Steric control of the formation of dinuclear double helicate and dinuclear meso-helicate assemblies

David J Cooke; Jasmine M Cross; Rebecca V Fennessy; Lindsay P Harding; Craig R Rice; Christopher Slater

doi:10.1039/c3cc44611e

Steric control of the formation of dinuclear double helicate and dinuclear meso-helicate assemblies

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Sep 14;49(71):7785-7. doi: 10.1039/c3cc44611e.

Authors

David J Cooke¹, Jasmine M Cross, Rebecca V Fennessy, Lindsay P Harding, Craig R Rice, Christopher Slater

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.

PMID: 23892602
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc44611e

Abstract

We describe a ligand system that forms either a dinuclear double helicate or a dinuclear double mesocate dependent upon the size of the metal ion or the steric bulk of the ligand strand.