Orthogonal packing of enantiomerically pure helical silver coordination networks

Abstract

The combination of the chiral tecton 3 based on the (R)-6,6′-dibromo-1,1'-binaphthyl moiety bearing two isonicotinoyl groups with AgX (X = BF₄⁻, CF₃SO₃⁻, PF₆⁻) leads to the formation of enantiomerically pure helical strands with orthogonal packing in the rare space group I2₁3.