Chiral Zn–salen complexes: a new class of fluorescent receptors for enantiodiscrimination of chiral amines??

New Journal of Chemistry Pub Date: 2016-12-23 DOI: 10.1039/C6NJ03592B

Abstract

The first example of fluorescent chiral Zn–salen hosts, able to efficiently recognise chiral amines via non-covalent interactions, is reported here. The host–guest interactions have been characterised by 2D-NMR spectroscopy in order to elucidate the origin of enantioselectivity.

Graphical abstract: Chiral Zn–salen complexes: a new class of fluorescent receptors for enantiodiscrimination of chiral amines
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