Self‐Assembly of Bidentate Ligands for Combinatorial Homogeneous Catalysis Based on an A–T Base‐Pair Model

Abstract

The odd couple: Inspired by the principle of DNA base pairing a conceptually new approach for the generation of a heterobidentate-ligand library based on self-assembly through hydrogen-bonding is realized. From a 4×4 library a catalyst that shows outstanding activity and excellent regioselectivity could be identified (see scheme; FGR=functional group, Do=donor group).