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Chemical Communications

The formation of a hydrated homochiral helix from an achiral zwitterionic salt, spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and redox chromism of crystals†

Qing-Xia Yao,a   Wei-Min Xuan,b   Hui Zhang,b   Chao-Yang Tua  and  Jie Zhang*a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter and Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
E-mail: zhangjie@fjirsm.ac.cn
Fax: (+86) 591-83710051

b Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Abstract

A unique supramolecular helix assisted by water tetramers is obtained by static evaporation of aqueous solution of a zwitterionic salt, 1,1′-bis(4-carboxylatebenzyl)-4,4′-bipyridinium; spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking occurs in crystallization; interestingly, redox chromism behavior of crystals upon exposure to alcohol atmosphere has been observed.

Graphical abstract: The formation of a hydrated homochiral helix from an achiral zwitterionic salt, spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and redox chromism of crystals

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B815456B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Sep 2008
Accepted
28 Oct 2008
First published
18 Nov 2008

Chem. Commun., 2009, 59-61

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The formation of a hydrated homochiral helix from an achiral zwitterionic salt, spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and redox chromism of crystals

Q. Yao, W. Xuan, H. Zhang, C. Tu and J. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2009, 59 DOI: 10.1039/B815456B

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