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Conformational changes and chiroptical switching of enantiopure bis-helicenic terpyridine upon Zn2+ binding

  • Helena Isla
  • , Monika Srebro-Hooper
  • , Marion Jean
  • , Nicolas Vanthuyne
  • , Thierry Roisnel
  • , Jamie L. Lunkley
  • , Gilles Muller
  • , J. A.Gareth Williams
  • , Jochen Autschbach
  • , Jeanne Crassous
  • Université de Rennes
  • Jagiellonian University in Kraków
  • Aix Marseille University
  • San Jose State University
  • Durham University

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Abstract

The molecular conformation of a bis-helicenic terpyridine system is strongly modified upon binding to Zn(ii) ion, a process that is accompanied by large changes in the optical and chiroptical properties. This system affords a new type of helicene-based chiroptical switching.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5932-5935
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume52
Issue number35
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2016

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