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- The achiral compound 2,5-diphenyl-3,4-di(3-pyridyl)cyclopenta-2,4-dien-1-one reacts with zinc and mercury salts, resulting in the formation of coordination polymers.
- These coordination polymers, [(2)ZnCl2]infinity and [(2)HgBr2]infinity, exhibit a unique property of spontaneous chiral resolution.
- This process leads to the development of homochiral crystal colonies, where all the crystals share the same chirality.
Article Abstract
Reaction of achiral 2,5-diphenyl-3,4-di(3-pyridyl)cyclopenta-2,4-dien-1-one (2) with ZnCl2 and HgBr2, respectively, afforded the helically chiral coordination polymers [(2)ZnCl2]infinity and [(2)HgBr2]infinity, which show spontaneous chiral resolution, forming colonies of homochiral crystals.
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