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[7]-Helicene: a chiral molecular tweezer for silver(i) salts

2012; Royal Society of Chemistry; Volume: 41; Issue: 27 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1039/c2dt30900a

1477-9234

Matthew J. Fuchter, J. Schaefer, D.K. Judge, Benjamin Wardzinski, M. Weimar, Ingo Krossing,

Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications

We have unambiguously demonstrated the binding of the silver(I) ion in the central cavity of [7]-helicene, given that the counterion is weakly coordinating. In such a binding mode, the helicene is functioning as a chiral molecular tweezer.