title: A novel left-handed double helicate constructed from L-tartrate bridged molybdenum(vi) and gadolinium(iii) atoms.
abstract: The one-dimensional double helicate, [NH4][Mo2O4Gd(H2O)6(L-C4H2O6)2] x 4H2O (1), which was synthesized by the reaction of GdCl3, L-tartaric acid and ammonium molybdate in acidified water solution, is built up by two heft-handed single-helical chains, linked up further by eight-coordinated GdIII pieces in an enantiopure left-handed double helical configuration, of which each helix is formed by L-tartrate bridged six-coordinated MoVI atoms.
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Chuan-De
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Can-Zhong
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Ding-Ming
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shao-Fang
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Hong-Hui
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Jin-Shun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Huang