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Cation triggered spring-like helicates based on ketone-substituted bis-catechol ligands

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The development of switchable molecular units is a challenging task of modern synthetic and supramolecular chemistry. In the present study, alkyl bridged bis(catecholketone) ligands are introduced in order to obtain helicates which cation triggered show some spring type dynamics. The preparation of the ligands as well as of the complexes and corresponding switching processes are described.

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We thank Dr. W. Bettray and Ms C. Dittmer for the detection of the mass spectra as well as Ms. Leonie Schütz for help in the ligand synthesis.

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Funding for Xiaofei Chen was provided by China Scholarship Council.

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    Xiaofei Chen, Miriam Baumert & Markus Albrecht

  2. Organisch-chemisches Institut der Universität, Corrensstrasse 40, 48149, Münster, Germany

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Chen, X., Baumert, M., Fröhlich, R. et al. Cation triggered spring-like helicates based on ketone-substituted bis-catechol ligands. J Incl Phenom Macrocycl Chem 94, 133–140 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10847-019-00888-9

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