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T ‐Symmetrical Icosahedra: A New Type of Chirality in Metal Complexes
Author(s) -
Sander Jürgen,
Hegetschweiler Kaspar,
Morgenstern Bernd,
Keller Alice,
Amrein Walter,
Weyhermüller Thomas,
Müller Iris
Publication year - 2001
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 - 10.1002/1521-3773(20011119)40:22<4179::aid-anie4179>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , metal , type (biology) , crystallography , materials science , chemistry , physics , geology , metallurgy , quantum mechanics , paleontology , chiral symmetry , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
A homoleptic metal complex with four tripodal tridentate ligands can have chiral tetrahedral T symmetry. An example of such a complex has been prepared, and the proposed highly symmetric, but chiral structure (see schematic representation, MP=mirror plane, R=NHCH 2 PH) has been confirmed.