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Stereoselective Synthesis of Coordination Compounds: Self‐Assembly of a Polymeric Double Helix with Controlled Chirality
Author(s) -
Mamula Olimpia,
von Zelewsky Alex,
Bark Thomas,
Bernardinelli Gérald
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19991004)38:19<2945::aid-anie2945>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - enantiopure drug , chirality (physics) , helix (gastropod) , chemistry , bipyridine , self assembly , triple helix , stereochemistry , stereoselectivity , combinatorial chemistry , coordination polymer , crystallography , enantioselective synthesis , crystal structure , organic chemistry , catalysis , physics , ecology , chiral symmetry breaking , quantum mechanics , quark , snail , nambu–jona lasinio model , biology
Its information content is infinitely smaller than that of DNA, but its structure (see picture) ressembles the double‐stranded helix produced by nature. This self‐assembled, configurationally predetermined coordination polymer is built up from enantiopure chiral bipyridine‐type ligands and silver ions.