Interplay between core and peripheral chirality in polyethers.
A chiral-base mediated reaction has been used to synthesise the polyethers illustrated and their enantiomers; CD spectroscopy revealed that the homochiral isomers A may be viewed as a C3-symmetric arrangement of fixed paddles while the heterochiral isomers B form a C3-symmetric arrangement of rotating paddles.
Brewer
Alice R E
AR
Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Drake
Alex F
AF
Gibson
Susan E
SE
Rendell
Jacob T
JT
D004987:Ethers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D004987:Ethers; D011108:Polymers