From helices to superhelices: hierarchical assembly of homochiral van der Waals 1D coordination polymers.

ABSTRACT: Chiral transcription from the molecular level to the macroscopic level by self-organization has been a topic of considerable interest for mimicking biological systems. Homochiral coordination polymers (CPs) are intriguing systems that can be applied in the construction of artificial helical architectures, but they have scarcely been explored to date. Herein, we propose a new strategy for the generation of superhelices of 1D CPs by introducing flexible cyclohexyl groups on the side chains to simultaneously induce interchain van der Waals interactions and chain misalignment due to conformer interconversion. Superhelices of S- or R-Tb(cyampH)₃·3H₂O (S-1H, R-1H) [cyampH₂ = S- or R-(1-cyclohexylethyl)aminomethylphosphoni

SUBMITTER: Weng GG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8494031 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature