The formation of a hydrated homochiral helix from an achiral zwitterionic salt, spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and redox chromism of crystals

Qing Xia Yao; Wei Min Xuan; Hui Zhang; Chao Yang Tu; Jie Zhang

doi:10.1039/b815456b

The formation of a hydrated homochiral helix from an achiral zwitterionic salt, spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and redox chromism of crystals

Qing Xia Yao
, Wei Min Xuan
, Hui Zhang
, Chao Yang Tu
, Jie Zhang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A unique supramolecular helix assisted by water tetramers is obtained by static evaporation of aqueous solution of a zwitterionic salt, 1,1′-bis(4-carboxylatebenzyl)-4,4′-bipyridinium; spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking occurs in crystallization; interestingly, redox chromism behavior of crystals upon exposure to alcohol atmosphere has been observed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	59-61
Number of pages	3
Journal	Chemical Communications
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/b815456b
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

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The formation of a hydrated homochiral helix from an achiral zwitterionic salt, spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and redox chromism of crystals

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