High-yield synthesis of a dicopper(I) trefoil knot containing 1,3-phenylene groups as bridges between the chelate units

1 January 1994

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 19,p. 2231-2232
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39940002231

Abstract

A dicopper(I) trefoil knot is synthesized in 30% yield by the use of 1,3-phenylene spacers, the double stranded helical precursor complex being formed quantitatively.

Keywords

YIELD SYNTHESIS
DICOPPER
HELICAL
DOUBLE
CHELATE
SPACERS
STRANDED
HIGH YIELD
PHENYLENE
KNOT