Issue 51, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Controlled formation of chiral networks and their reversible chiroptical switching behaviour by UV/microwave irradiation†

Fei-Long Hu,ab   Hui-Fang Wang,a   Dong Guo,c   Hui Zhang,c   Jian-Ping Lang*ab  and  Jonathon E. Beves*d  

* Corresponding authors

a College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, 199 RenAi Road, Suzhou 215123, China
E-mail: jplang@suda.edu.cn

b State Key laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

c College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

d School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
E-mail: j.beves@unsw.edu.au

Abstract

A 3D coordination polymer {[Cd(L1)(L2)]2}n (1) spontaneously resolves into enantiomorphic crystals of 1P and 1M without any chiral source. Bulk quantities of 1P and 1M can be predictably and reliably obtained by using chiral cyclohexane-1,2-diamine. 1 can be transformed into {[Cd(L1)(L3)0.5]2}n (2) by highly selective [2+2] photodimerization of L2 ligands. The reverse process can be achieved by microwave irradiation. The cycloreversion/cycloaddition cycles result in chiroptical switching behavior.

Graphical abstract: Controlled formation of chiral networks and their reversible chiroptical switching behaviour by UV/microwave irradiation

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC03256G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 apr 2016
Accepted
26 apr 2016
First published
03 may 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 7990-7993

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Controlled formation of chiral networks and their reversible chiroptical switching behaviour by UV/microwave irradiation

F. Hu, H. Wang, D. Guo, H. Zhang, J. Lang and J. E. Beves, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 7990 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC03256G

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