A homochiral porous metal-organic framework for enantioselective adsorption of mandelates and photocyclizaton of tropolone ethers

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Sep 25;49(74):8253-5. doi: 10.1039/c3cc43549k.

Abstract

A chiral porous metal-organic framework of an axially C2-symmetric 1,1'-biphenol ligand is constructed and can be used as a solid-state host to enanioselectively adsorb mandelates with up to 93.1% ee and to entrap achiral tropolone ethers and induce their asymmetric photocyclization with up to 98.5% ee.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Cyclization
  • Ethers / chemistry*
  • Mandelic Acids / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Particle Size
  • Photochemical Processes
  • Porosity
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Surface Properties
  • Tropolone / chemistry*

Substances

  • Ethers
  • Mandelic Acids
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Tropolone