title: Highly diastereoselective templated complexation of dipyrromethenes.
abstract: [reaction: see text] Bis(dipyrromethene)s with relatively long spacers (>5 atoms) form helical monomeric complexes as the two binding units of the bis(dipyrromethene) chelate around the same tetrahedrally coordinated metal ion. Herein we report the first highly diastereoselective mononuclear helicate-forming complexation reactions of bis(dipyrromethene)s using homochiral binol and tartrate motifs which serve as both linkers and asymmetric templates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J3, Canada.
authors.forename: Adeeb
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Sheikh-Ali
authors.forename: Kyle S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: T Stanley
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: Katherine N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thompson