Chirality from achiral components: N,N'-bis(4-dimethylaminobenzyl)dodecane-1,12-diammonium in cucurbit[8]uril.
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.
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Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China.
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Zhi-Fang
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