Chiral Self‐Recognition and Self‐Discrimination of Strapped Perylene Bisimides by π‐Stacking Dimerization

Abstract

Narcissism of molecules! Configurationally restricted chiral perylene bisimide dyes show a very strong preference for the formation of homochiral dimers (self-recognition) (red pair) upon π stacking in solution. Minor amounts of heterochiral dimers (red– yellow pair) enable the determination of P/M enantiomeric ratios by 1H NMR spectroscopy without using any chiral auxiliary. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.