Supramolecular chirogenesis in zinc porphyrins: Complexation with enantiopure thiourea derivatives, binding studies and chirality transfer mechanism

Supramolecular chirality transfer to large random aggregates of porphyrins.

Chirality is rapidly induced in a fractal aggregate of the porphyrin t-CuPagg by addition of α-helical poly-glutamate. These results demonstrate a facile transfer of chirality via noncovalent interactions to preformed supramolecular assemblies grown in the absence of a chiral template.

Phase-sensitive supramolecular chirogenesis in bisporphyrin systems.

Transfer of supramolecular chirality in block copoly(thiophene)s.

Conjugated block copolymers have received considerable attention in recent years, as they hold promise, for instance for solar cells and nanoelectronics. Block copolymers consisting of one conjugated block and one or more nonconjugated, usually coil-like blocks, have been shown to possess a variety of defined morphologies which differ from those of the parent conjugated homopolymers. However, s...

Supramolecular Chirality: Solvent Chirality Transfer in Molecular Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry

Controlled mirror symmetry breaking arising from chemical and physical origin is currently one of the hottest issues in the field of supramolecular chirality. The dynamic twisting abilities of solvent molecules are often ignored and unknown, although the targeted molecules and polymers in a fluid solution are surrounded by solvent molecules. We should pay more attention to the facts that mostly...

A binaphthol-substituted tetrathiafulvalene with axial chirality and its enantiopure TCNQF4 charge-transfer salts