Chiral inclusion crystals constructed with achiral host and achiral guest molecules.
Achiral molecules of tetrakis(p-bromophenyl)ethylene and 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxy triphenylene were found to arrange in a chiral form in their inclusion crystal with an achiral guest molecule. The chiral arrangement of these achiral molecules was studied by X-ray analysis and CD spectral measurement in the solid state.
Toda
Fumio
F
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, Japan. toda@chem.ous.ac.jp