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CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 461 - 464, DOI: 10.1039/b717207a

A chiral C3-symmetric hexanuclear triangular-prismatic copper(II) cluster derived from a highly modular dipeptidic N,N-terephthaloyl-bis(S-aminocarboxylato) ligand

Barbara Wisser, Anne-Christine Chamayou, Robert Miller, Wolfgang Scherer and Christoph Janiak

The enantiomeric dipeptidic ligand N,N-terephthaloyl-bis(L-phenylalaninato) (TBPhe2–) reacts with copper(II) acetate in ethanol under the formation of the hexanuclear double-layered triangular-prismatic cluster [Cu2(4-TBPhe-O:O:O:O)2(EtOH)(H2O)]3·28(H2O/0.33EtOH) with C3-symmetry, homochiral conformer assembly in the crystal and strong antiferromagnetic coupling within the Cu2(O2CR)4 paddle-wheel unit (J = -214 K).

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