Zebra reaction or the recipe for the synthesis of heterodimeric zinc complexes?

Dalton Transactions Pub Date: 2015-11-16 DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03883A

Abstract

A series of asymmetric heterodimeric zinc complexes have been synthesized in a direct reaction between conformationally flexible chiral/achiral homodimers. The cooperative activity of steric factors and coordination codes resulted in an intriguing chiral self-sorting process. Herein, we are reporting our recent exploration of the first example of such a type of reaction.

Graphical abstract: Zebra reaction or the recipe for the synthesis of heterodimeric zinc complexes
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