Absolute asymmetric synthesis of a tetrahedral silver complex.
Even though the isolation of tetrahedral stereoisomers usually presents a synthetic challenge, a highly enantioenriched tetrahedral silver complex could be easily accessed by either crystallization or Viedma ripening. The overall preparation may be regarded as an example of absolute asymmetric synthesis. Experimental results indicate that both crystallization and Viedma ripening follow a similar cluster-controlled mechanism.
Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 412 96 Gothenburg (Sweden).
Per Martin
PM
Björemark
Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 412 96 Gothenburg (Sweden).
Susanne
S
Olsson
Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 412 96 Gothenburg (Sweden).
Theonitsa
T
Kokoli
Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 412 96 Gothenburg (Sweden). hson@chem.gu.se.
Mikael
M
Håkansson
Viedma ripening; asymmetric synthesis; chirality; inorganic stereochemistry; metal complexes