Enantiomeric programming in tripodal transition metal scaffolds

Fletcher, Nicholas C. and Martin, Ciarán and Abraham, Heather J. (2007) Enantiomeric programming in tripodal transition metal scaffolds. New Journal of Chemistry, 31 (8). pp. 1407-1411. ISSN 1144-0546

Abstract

A new route to the isolation of the enantiopure tris-chelate complex (Δ/Λ)-fac-[Ru(L1)3]2+ (where L1 is 2,2′-bipyridine-5-carboxylic acid) is demonstrated, where the transition metal centre retains the memory of the chirality present in a simple tripodal tether used to control the metal centred geometry.