Self-assembly of Chiral Polynuclear Complexes from Achiral Building Units

1 Self-assembly of Chiral Polynuclear Complexes from Achiral Building Units 

Among the most eye-catching architectures resulting from the self-assembly process in supramolecular coordination chemistry are helicates. The term helicate was introduced by Lehn and coworkers,who made a great contribution to this area (see below). It is believed that the double helical structure of DNA represents a continuous inspiration in this area and chemists are tempted to produce such appealing motifs, namely by the use 

Chirality in Transition Metal Chemistry Molecules, Supramolecular Assemblies and Materials H. Amouri and M. Gruselle 2008 John Wiley Sons,Ltd. ISBN 978-0-470-06053-7 

Synthesis of single-stranded helicate 5.1 (reprinted from referencecopyright 1990, The Royal Society of Chemistry). 

The first double-stranded helicate [Cu3(2)2][Cp3COO]3 (5.3) analysed by X-ray diffraction was reported by Lehn et at During the following decade, the helicate chemistry 

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