Insights into the formation of chiral second sphere coordination complexes with aromatic tris amines: combined single crystal X-ray crystallography and molecular modeling analyses.
A family of isostructural, chiral supramolecular networks have been obtained in the solid state by exploiting second sphere coordination interactions in the self-assembly of achiral tris amines and with tetrahalometallate and halide ions. Quantum-Mechanical (QM) calculations specific for solid phases provided additional insights into the intramolecular and packing interactions which determine chirality, pointing to a direct effect of the methyl groups of the central benzene ring.
College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China. fguo@lnu.edu.cn.
Hong-Cui
HC
Yu
Lei
L
Li
Ji
J
Gao
Jian
J
Tong
Wenxu
W
Zheng
Massimo
M
Cametti
Antonino
A
Famulari
Stefano Valdo
SV
Meille
Fang
F
Guo
Javier
J
Martí-Rujas