Spontaneous resolution upon crystallization and preferential induction of chirality in a discrete tetrahedral zinc(II) complex comprised of achiral precursors

Yadav, C. L., Rajput, G., Bisht, K. K., Drew, M. G. B. and Singh, N. (2019) Spontaneous resolution upon crystallization and preferential induction of chirality in a discrete tetrahedral zinc(II) complex comprised of achiral precursors. Inorganic Chemistry, 58 (21). pp. 14449-14456. ISSN 1520-510X doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01934

Abstract/Summary

A pair of enantiomeric tetrahedral complexes (Λ-[Zn(L)2] and Δ-[Zn(L)2]) comprised of the achiral ligand methyl-3-hydroxy-3-phenyl-2-propenedithioate (L) have been synthesized by spontaneous resolution. Two chiral inducers, viz., D-(−)- and L-(+)-tartaric and mandelic acids, have been employed to achieve bulk homochirality and extend the generality of the present work. The work highlights the achievement of bulk homochirality using readily available chiral inducers in the synthesis of a spontaneously resolving chiral tetrahedral zinc(II) complex using achiral starting materials. These findings are established by 30 sets of singlecrystal X-ray diffraction data with refined Flack parameters and circular dichroism spectroscopy.

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Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
Uncontrolled Keywords	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
Publisher	American Chemical Society (ACS)
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