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Chirality in Transition Metal Chemistry: Molecules, Supramolecular Assemblies and Materials

Hani Amouri, Michel Gruselle, J. Derek Woollins (Series Editor), David A. Atwood (Series Editor), Robert H. Crabtree (Series Editor), Gerd Mayer (Series Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-470-06053-7
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264 pages
December 2008
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Foreword by Alex von Zelewsky

1.Introduction

2 Chirality and enantiomers

2.1 Chirality

2.2 Enantiomers and racemic compounds

2.3 Absolute configurations and system descriptors

2.4 Physical properties of enantiomers and racemics

2.5 Principles of resolution and preparation of enantiomers

2.6 Summary

3 Some examples of chiral organometallic complexes and asymmetric catalysis

3.1 Chirality at metal half-sandwich compounds

3.2 Chiral-at-metal complexes in organic synthesis

3.3 Asymmetric catalysis by chiral complexes

4 Chiral recognition in organometallic and coordination compounds

4.2 Chiral recognition using the chiral anion strategy:

4.3 Brief introduction to DNA discrimination by octahedral polypyridyl metal complexes:

5 Chirality in supramolecular coordination compounds

5.1 Self-assembly of chiral polynuclear complexes from achiral building units.

5.2 Chirality transfer in polynuclear complexes: Enantioselective Synthesis

6 Chiral enantiopure molecular materials

6.1 General considerations

6.2 Conductors

6.3 Metallomesogens

6.4 Porous metal-organic coordination networks (MOCN)

6.5 Molecular magnets

6.6 Chiral surfaces

6.7 Summary

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