A Chiral Quadruple-Stranded Helicate Cage for Enantioselective Recognition and Separation

作者：Weimin Xuan, Mengni Zhang, Yan Liu, Zhijie Chen, Yong Cui · 发表于：Journal of the American Chemical Society · 年份：2012 · DOI：10.1021/ja212132r · 被引用次数：349 · 研究领域：Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes、Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials、Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

The self-assembly of enantiopure pyridyl-functionalized metallosalan units affords a homochiral helicate cage, [Zn(8)L(4)Cl(8)], in which the optical rotation of each ligand is increased by a factor of 10 upon coordination. The octanuclear cage featuring a chiral amphiphilic cavity exhibits enantioselective luminescence enhancement by amino acids in solution. The cage exists in two different crystalline polymorphic forms that possess porous structures built of helicate cages interconnected by 1D channels or pentahedral cages and have the ability to separate small racemic molecules by adsorption but with different enantioselectivities.