Molecular tectonics: from enantiomerically pure sugars to enantiomerically pure triple stranded helical coordination network

Abstract

The self-assembly between a bis-monodentate tecton based on two pyridine units connected to an enantiomerically pure isomannide stereoisomer and HgCl₂ leads to the formation of an enantiomerically pure triple stranded helical infinite coordination network which was structurally characterised by X-ray diffraction on single crystal.