Chiral molecular clips control orthogonal crystalline organization

Yunfeng Chen; Nengfang She; Xianggao Meng; Guodong Yin; Anxin Wu; Lyle Isaacs

doi:10.1021/ol0704340

Chiral molecular clips control orthogonal crystalline organization

Org Lett. 2007 May 10;9(10):1899-902. doi: 10.1021/ol0704340. Epub 2007 Apr 18.

Authors

Yunfeng Chen¹, Nengfang She, Xianggao Meng, Guodong Yin, Anxin Wu, Lyle Isaacs

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, PR China.

PMID: 17439224
DOI: 10.1021/ol0704340

Abstract

Chiral molecular clips constitute a robust system for crystal engineering studies and undergo several levels of orthogonal organization including heterochiral dimerization, H-bond or metal-ligand mediated tape formation, and longitudinal packing of the tapes.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Crystallization
Dimerization
Hydrogen Bonding
Ligands
Models, Chemical*
Models, Molecular
Molecular Structure
Stereoisomerism

Substances

Ligands