Charge assisted chiral hybrid H-bonded molecular networks

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Jun 7:(11):1224-5. doi: 10.1039/b301467n.

Abstract

The co-crystallisation of [Fe(CN)5NO]2- and cyclic achiral 1(2+) and chiral 2(2+) or 3(2+) bisamidinium tectons leads in the crystalline phase to the formation of 1-D H-bonded achiral and chiral molecular networks respectively. In all cases, the network is formed by mutual bridging of the anionic and cationic units through a chelate mode of H-bonding.