Issue 10, 2011

Copper(ii) carboxylate tetramers formed from an enantiopure ligand containing a π-stacking supramolecular synthon: single-crystal to single-crystal enantioselective ligand exchange

Abstract

An enantiopure ligand built from connecting the π⋯π stacking 1,8-naphthalimide supramolecular synthon with L-asparagine, Lasn, forms tetrameric [Cu4(Lasn)8(py)(MeOH)]. The methanol ligand, located in a chiral pocket, is replaced enantioselectively when exposed to racemicethyl lactate vapor to yield [Cu4(Lasn)8(py)((S)-ethyl lactate)], in a single-crystal to single-crystal gas/solid transformation.

Graphical abstract: Copper(ii) carboxylate tetramers formed from an enantiopure ligand containing a π-stacking supramolecular synthon: single-crystal to single-crystal enantioselective ligand exchange

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Nov 2010
Accepted
13 Jan 2011
First published
01 Feb 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 2805-2807

Copper(II) carboxylate tetramers formed from an enantiopure ligand containing a π-stacking supramolecular synthon: single-crystal to single-crystal enantioselective ligand exchange

D. L. Reger, J. J. Horger and M. D. Smith, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 2805 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04797J

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