Homochiral D4 -symmetric metal-organic cages from stereogenic Ru(II) metalloligands for effective enantioseparation of atropisomeric molecules

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wu, Kai ^a   Li, Kang ^a   Hou, Ya Jun ^a   Pan, Mei ^a   Zhang, Lu Yin ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Su, Cheng Yong ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; NANOCAGE; RUTHENIUM;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; LIGAND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PALLADIUM; RESOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RACEMIC MIXTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84957837944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10487     Document Type: Article

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