title: Synthesis and helicate formation of a new family of BINOL-based bis(bipyridine) ligands.
abstract: A new family of BINOL-based bis(bipyridine) ligands 1-3 (BINOL = 2,2'-dihydroxy-1,1'-binaphthyl) was prepared in enantiomerically pure form. Whereas the coordination of zinc(II) ions to these ligands did not result in the selective formation of a specific metallosupramolecular aggregate, 1-3 were found to undergo highly diastereoselective self-assembly to D(2)-symmetric dinuclear double-stranded helicates upon coordination to silver(I) and copper(I) ions and to D(3)-symmetric dinuclear triple-stranded helicates upon coordination to iron(II) as demonstrated by mass spectrometry and by NMR and CD spectroscopy in combination with quantum chemical calculations.
authors.affiliation: Kekule-Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, D-53121 Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bunzen
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bruhn
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bringmann
authors.forename: Arne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lützen