Vincent A. Grillo, Elisa J. Seddon, Craig M. Grant, Guillem Aromí, John C. Bollinger, Kirsten Folting and George Christou
Addition of the bis(β-diketone) ligand L [L = 1,3-bis(3-phenyl-3-oxopropanoyl)benzene] to a suitable source of MIII ions (M = Ti, V, Mn, Fe) in a L:M = 3:2 ratio gives the dinuclear products [M2L3], which have a triple-helical structure.