Enantiomerically pure polytungstates: Chirality transfer through zirconium coordination centers to nanosized inorganic clusters
Enantiomerically pure polytungstates: Chirality transfer through zirconium coordination centers to nanosized inorganic clusters
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200500415
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发表时间:
2005-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Hill, CL
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作者:
Fang, XK;Anderson, TM;Hill, CL
Stable, nanometer-sized enantiomerically pure polyoxoanions could lead to useful chiral materials ranging from microporous solids and inorganic pharmaceuticals to catalysts for homogeneous asymmetric oxidation. However, chirality has been largely unexplored in polyoxometalate (POM) systems.[1] Most POMs with chiral structures undergo rapid racemization in solution, and racemic mixtures are usually seen in solution as well as in the solid state. Typically in crystals the two enantiomers coexist in the same unit cell, related to each other by a crystallographically imposed inversion center.[2] Although Pfeiffer effects have been demonstrated with a wide range of racemic POM systems, the chiral resolution of the enantiomers is frequently complicated by their solubility, lability, and structural similarity.[3, 4] Three different synthetic routes to enantiopure POMs in the solid state have been reported. First, hydrothermal synthesis can produce solid inorganic materials with helical characters.[5] One example is the vanadium phosphate complex,[(CH3) 2NH2] K4 [V10O10 (H2O) 2 (OH) 4 (PO4) 7]· 4 H2O, with a chiral interpenetrating double helix of Zubieta and coworkers.[5a] Second, reactions of a few polymolybdates and chiral amino acids afford chiral POMs.[6] A recent study by Kortz et al. demonstrated that the bound amino acids are probably labile in solution, based on NMR spectroscopy and X-ray studies (weak bonding, approximately 2.3, between the Mo and carboxylate O atoms).[6b] Therefore it is not surprising that the chirality of these complexes is largely localized on the amino acid moieties. Third, counterions can play a critical role in determining the solid-state structures of POMs, and, in some cases, cause achiral POMs to crystallize in chiral space groups.[7] Sometimes crystallization of racemic bulk solids can lead to chiral crystals.[8] However, there is no report of chiroptical activity in the solution-state for such enantiopure POM systems. Realization of an intrinsically chiral and configurationally stable POM should afford enantioselective catalytic properties and enhanced biological activities.[9] Furthermore, the control of chiral induction is an important component of the larger goal of effectively managing and utilizing chirogenic phenomena.