Chirality Transfer from Guest Chiral Metal Complexes to Inorganic Framework: The Role of Hydrogen Bonding

Yu Wang, Jihong Yu*, Yi Li, Zhan Shi, Ruren Xu

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Abstract

The structure elucidation of a new zinc phosphate [CoII(en) 3][Zn4(H2- PO4)3(HPO 4)2(PO4)(2H2O)2] (1) reveals that the racemic cobalt complex templates the zinc phosphate framework in such a way that the local C2 point symmetry of the structural motif of the inorganic framework conforms with that of the cobalt complex pairing with it, in essence transferring its chirality to the inorganic host. An analysis of hydrogen bonding between the guest molecules and the inorganic host framework reveals that hydrogen bonding is responsible for the stereospecific structural arrangement. Upon examining previously reported chiral metal-complex-templated structures of metal phosphates, it is revealed that such hydrogen bonding is the common origin for inducing chirality transfer in metal-phosphate frameworks templated with chiral metal complexes. Crystal data of 1: orthorhombic, Pbcn (no. 60), a = 10.4787(8) Å, b = 20.0091(14) Å, c = 14.9594(10) Å, and Z = 2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5048-5055
Number of pages8
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume9
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Oct 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Chirality transfer
  • Host-guest systems
  • Hydrogen bonds
  • Hydrothermal synthesis
  • Structure elucidation

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