Issue 13, 2014

Nanostructuring with chirality: binaphthyl-based synthons for the production of functional oriented nanomaterials

Abstract

Chirality is a powerful tool for the generation of order, directionality, and, as such, of function, in assembled nanoscale chemical devices. Axially chiral binaphthyls have been widely used in organic synthesis; the stability of the enantiomers enables their use as robust chirality inducers and catalysts in asymmetric reactions, and they are nowadays industrially applied in a variety of organic transformations. Applications of these compounds in the field of nanosciences are more recent, and not yet fully explored. The integration of such a robust class of chiral compounds, capable of efficient transfer of stereochemical information, into functional aggregates and nanoarchitectures is of great current interest. We will discuss preeminent examples of applications of these synthons in several fields of nanoscience, such as reticular chemistry, non-linear optical materials and imaging, and liquid crystals.

Graphical abstract: Nanostructuring with chirality: binaphthyl-based synthons for the production of functional oriented nanomaterials

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
12 Feb 2014
Accepted
31 Mar 2014
First published
02 Apr 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale, 2014,6, 7165-7174

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Nanostructuring with chirality: binaphthyl-based synthons for the production of functional oriented nanomaterials

M. Caricato, A. K. Sharma, C. Coluccini and D. Pasini, Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 7165 DOI: 10.1039/C4NR00801D

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