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Supramolecular Chirality: A Reporter of Structural Memory
Author(s) -
Ziegler Marco,
Davis Anna V.,
Johnson Darren W.,
Raymond Kenneth N.
Publication year - 2003
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/anie.200390183
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , chirality (physics) , supramolecular chirality , dissociation (chemistry) , tetrahedron , supramolecular assembly , chemistry , nanotechnology , materials science , crystallography , crystal structure , stereochemistry , topology (electrical circuits) , physics , mathematics , organic chemistry , chiral symmetry breaking , quantum mechanics , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark , combinatorics
Non‐tetrahedron‐forming L 2 ligands insert into a resolved ΔΔΔΔ ‐[Ga 4 L 1 6 ] 12− tetrahedral assembly of labile metal and ligand components without compromising its supramolecular structure (see scheme). Preservation of the chirality of the initial architecture verifies its structural memory.