Spontaneous asymmetrical crystallization of a three-dimensional diamondoid framework material from achiral precursors.
Presented here is a homochiral three-dimensional diamondoid framework material, [Zn(AMTD)(2)](n) generated through an unusual spontaneous asymmetrical crystallization from achiral precursors without any enantiopure additives, which first demonstrates that symmetry breaking could be driven by the cooperation of twisted framework topology and an asymmetrical ligand.
Chen
Shan-Ci
SC
State Key Laboratory of Structure Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China.
Zhang
Jian
J
Yu
Rong-Min
RM
Wu
Xiao-Yuan
XY
Xie
Yi-Ming
YM
Wang
Fei
F
Lu
Can-Zhong
CZ