Rhenium complexes bearing phosphole–pyridine chelates: simple molecules with large chiroptical properties

Rhenium complexes bearing phosphole–pyridine chelates: simple molecules with large chiroptical properties†‡

Eszter Takacs,^a Aude Escande,^a Nicolas Vanthuyne,^b Christian Roussel,^b Christophe Lescop,^a Elisabeth Guinard,^a Camille Latouche,^a Abdou Boucekkine,^a Jeanne Crassous,*^a Régis Réau*^a and Muriel Hissler*^a

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^a Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS - Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
E-mail: muriel.hissler@univ-rennes1.fr, jeanne.crassous@univ-rennes1.fr, regis.reau@univ-rennes1.fr
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^b Chirosciences UMR 7313: ISM2 (Institut de Sciences Moléculaires de Marseille), Aix-Marseille Université, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France

The synthesis and chiroptical properties of chiral rhenium complexes bearing mono- or di-topic phosphole ligands are described.

This article is part of the themed collection: Frontiers in Molecular Main Group Chemistry