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Helical Chirality in Pentacoordinate Zinc Complexes—Selective Access to Both Pseudoenantiomers with One Ligand Configuration
Author(s) -
Seitz Michael,
Stempfhuber Sabine,
Zabel Manfred,
Schütz Martin,
Reiser Oliver
Publication year - 2004
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.200460843
Subject(s) - heteroatom , zinc , ligand (biochemistry) , chirality (physics) , chemistry , oxazoline , crystallography , stereochemistry , physics , organic chemistry , ring (chemistry) , quantum mechanics , biochemistry , chiral symmetry breaking , receptor , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark , catalysis
Δ 2 or Λ 2 , that is the question! Depending on the heteroatom X, the pentadentate bis(oxazoline) ligand will fold around a zinc( II ) ion exclusively in the Δ 2 or Λ 2 configuration, both in solution and in the solid state.