Molecular tectonics: design of enantiomerically pure single-stranded helical H-bonded molecular networks

Abstract

The self-assembly between self-complementary tectons based on the enantiomerically pure isomannide stereoisomer bearing both H-bond donor (OH) and acceptor (pyridine) groups generates analogous enantiomerically pure single-stranded helical infinite H-bonded networks, which were structurally characterised by X-ray diffraction studies on single crystals.