title: Chirality from achiral components: N,N'-bis(4-dimethylaminobenzyl)dodecane-1,12-diammonium in cucurbit[8]uril.
abstract: The long alkyl chain of N,N'-bis(4-dimethylaminobenzyl)dodecane-1,12-diamine (C(12)DA) adopts different chiral helical conformations, one left-handed and the other right-handed, when bound within the cavities of two distorted cucurbit[8]uril (Q[8]) units, as unequivocally established by X-ray crystallography.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Jing-Xin
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhi-Fang
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Qian-Jiang
authors.initials: QJ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Sai-Feng
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Zhu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tao