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Back Cover: Electron Sharing and Anion–π Recognition in Molecular Triangular Prisms (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49/2013)
Author(s) -
Schneebeli Severin T.,
Frasconi Marco,
Liu Zhichang,
Wu Yilei,
Gardner Daniel M.,
Strutt Nathan L.,
Cheng Chuyang,
Carmieli Raanan,
Wasielewski Michael R.,
Stoddart J. Fraser
Publication year - 2013
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.201309249
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , stacking , ion , crystallography , cover (algebra) , electron transfer , chemistry , electron , molecule , chirality (physics) , materials science , physics , nanotechnology , photochemistry , crystal structure , engineering , mechanical engineering , nambu–jona lasinio model , chiral symmetry breaking , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , quark
Anion‐induced π–π stacking with triiodide ions (see picture: purple) binding inside the cavities of homochiral molecular prisms leads to the formation of single‐handed supramolecular molecules. In their Communication on page 13100 ff., J. F. Stoddart, M. R. Wasielewski, et al. show that this process happens with chirality transfer and is aided by through‐space orbital interactions within the prisms, which lead to electron sharing around a triangular cavity upon reduction.