Metal complexes of cinchonine as chiral building blocks: a strategy for the construction of nanotubular architectures and helical coordination polymers

Tomasz Kaczorowski; Iwona Justyniak; Teodozja Lipińska; Janusz Lipkowski; Janusz Lewiński

doi:10.1021/ja8098867

Metal complexes of cinchonine as chiral building blocks: a strategy for the construction of nanotubular architectures and helical coordination polymers

J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Apr 22;131(15):5393-5. doi: 10.1021/ja8098867.

Authors

Tomasz Kaczorowski¹, Iwona Justyniak, Teodozja Lipińska, Janusz Lipkowski, Janusz Lewiński

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland.

PMID: 19317472
DOI: 10.1021/ja8098867

Abstract

The first chiral bipyridyl-type metalloligands based on aluminum derivatives of cinchonine (CN-H) were synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. These bischelate complexes, (CN)(2)AlX [X = Cl (1a), Me (1b)] were found to be effective building blocks for the preparation of novel helical nanotubular architectures as well as chiral bimetallic coordination polymers, as demonstrated by the rational synthesis of a helical structure formed by 1a and ZnCl(2). The applied methodology stands as an exemplary strategy for the rational synthesis of chiral metal-organic frameworks through self-organization driven by nonbonding interactions or coordination, which could potentially find applications in enantioselective separations and catalysis.