Efficient optical resolution of water-soluble self-assembled tetrahedral M<sub>4</sub>L<sub>6</sub> cages with 1,1′-bi-2-naphthol

Shigang Wan, Li-Rong Lin, Lili Zeng, Yiji Lin, Hui Zhang

Chemical Communications · 2014 · 27 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

In this paper, a water-soluble racemic self-assembled tetrahedral cage [Fe4L6](4-) was successfully resolved into their ΔΔΔΔ and ΛΛΛΛ enantiomers by (R)-/(S)-1,1'-bi-2-naphthol. The enantiomeric excess of the resolved Fe(II) cage was 99%.

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