title: pi-Stacking and hydrogen bonding direct diastereoselectivity in one-pot syntheses of octahedral iron(II) complexes.
abstract: One-pot reactions of FeCl(2).4H(2)O and 2,2'-bipyridine-6-carbaldehyde with enantiopure chiral amines lead to octahedral [FeL(2)](2+) complexes, the diastereoselectivity of which depends on the nature of the amine; an interplay of intra-cation pi-stacking and hydrogen bonding directs the diastereoselectivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, CH 4056, Basel, Switzerland. edwin.constable@unibas.ch
authors.forename: Edwin C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Constable
authors.forename: Guoqi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Catherine E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Housecroft
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neuburger
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Zampese