Diastereoselective formation and optical activity of an M4L6 cage complex.
A chiral bridging ligand affords a single diastereoisomer of tetrahedral M4L6 cage complex in which the optical rotation of each ligand is increased by a factor of 5 on coordination.
Argent
Stephen P
SP
Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK S3 7HF.
Riis-Johannessen
Thomas
T
Jeffery
John C
JC
Harding
Lindsay P
LP
Ward
Michael D
MD