Metal ion coordination and I···I halogen bonding direct the self-assembly of achiral starting materials (a calix[4]arene tetraamide, BaI2·2H2O, and 1,8-diiodoperfluorooctane) into a homochiral supramolecular complex containing double helices.
| Molecular and Supramolecular Homochirality: Enantiopure Perfluorocarbon Rotamers and Halogen- Bonded Fluorous Double Helices |
| Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 1915 |
| A. Casnati, R. Liantonio, P. Metrangolo, G. Resnati, R. Ungaro, F. Ugozzoli |
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| Homochiral supramolecular complex containing fluorous double helices (see structure: Ba pink, I purple, F green, O red, N blue, C gray; one double helix in red and yellow). |
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Metal ion coordination and I···I halogen bonding direct the self-assembly of achiral starting materials (a calix[4]arene tetraamide, BaI2·2H2O, and 1,8-diiodoperfluorooctane) into a homochiral supramolecular complex containing double helices.
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