Molecular tectonics: from a rigid achiral organic tecton to 3D chiral Co and Fe coordination networks.
Patrick LarpentAbdelaziz JouaitiNathalie KyritsakasMir Wais HosseiniPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)
An achiral organic tecton bearing four coordinating sites of the pyridyl type leads to the formation of iso-structural 3D helical coordination polymers when combined with Co(SCN)2 and Fe(SCN)2 achiral neutral complexes. Their formation occurs during the self-assembly process in the solid state, which leads to crystals composed of homochiral coordination polymers.