Inherent helicity in an extended tris-bipyridyl molecular cage

A new molecular cage incorporating three bipyridyl units has been synthesised by a conventional multi-step procedure as well as, much more efficiently, by a Ni(ii) template procedure; an X-ray structure of the nickel complex shows that it adopts an exo configuration of each of the bridgehead nitroge...

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Published in:Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) England), 2004-01 (2), p.152-153
Main Authors: Perkins, David F, Lindoy, Leonard F, Meehan, George V, Turner, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A new molecular cage incorporating three bipyridyl units has been synthesised by a conventional multi-step procedure as well as, much more efficiently, by a Ni(ii) template procedure; an X-ray structure of the nickel complex shows that it adopts an exo configuration of each of the bridgehead nitrogen lone pairs, the central metal ion acts to promote a triple helical twist that extends [similar]22 [Angstrom] along the axial length of the molecule.
ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/b312716h