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Chiral and achiral helical coordination polymers of zinc and cadmium from achiral 2,6-bis(imidazol-1-yl)pyridine: Solvent effect and spontaneous resolution

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Four 2D helical coordination polymers (CPs) (1–4) were synthesized using achiral 2,6-bis (imidazol-1-yl)pyridine (pyim2) ligand with metal nitrates (metal = zinc and cadmium), which showed that variation in the solvent condition leads to difference in geometry around the central metal ion and results in chiral/achiral behaviour of these CPs. By using (pyim2), [trans-Zn(pyim2)2(NO3)2]n (1) was obtained by unary solvent (MeOH), while [trans- Cd(pyim2)2(NO3)2] n (2) was formed under binary solvent mixtures (DMF/MeOH). On the other hand, in ternary solvent mixture (DMF/MeOH/H2O) it resulted into an achiral {[trans-Zn(pyim2)2(H2O)2] ·(NO3)2}n (3) and homochiral {[cis-Cd(pyim2)2(H2O)2] ·(NO3)2}n (4) coordination polymer, respectively. The homochiral behaviour of the coordination polymer (4) was further studied by solid state CD spectra and also its optical behaviour was analyzed by polarimetry.

Four solvent dependent 2D coordination polymers (CPs) 1-4, containing helical chains were synthesized using achiral ligand 2,6-bis(imidazol-1-yl)pyridine (pyim2), with zinc nitrate and cadmium nitrate. Single crystal X-ray analysis revealed, 1-3 are achiral frameworks whereas, 4 is homochiral in nature which is further confirmed by CD spectroscopy and polarimetry.

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The authors thank Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Department of Science and technology (DST), Government of India for financial support and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur for infrastructural facilities. Also we thank “Thematic Unit of Excellence on Soft Nanofabrication with Application in Energy, Environment and Bioplatform at IIT Kanpur” for PXRD facility. ST (CSIR), RS (IITK), and NS (University of Grant Commission, UGC) thank the respective agencies mentioned in the brackets for research fellowships. We are thankful to Dr. Mrinalini G. Walawalkar and M. Nethaji for crystallographic support on complex 4.

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TRIPATHI, S., SRIRAMBALAJI, R., SINGH, N. et al. Chiral and achiral helical coordination polymers of zinc and cadmium from achiral 2,6-bis(imidazol-1-yl)pyridine: Solvent effect and spontaneous resolution. J Chem Sci 126, 1423–1431 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-014-0650-8

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