Published on Angewandte Chemie (30 December 2021)

Author(s): Dr. Chao Zhao, Shuangshuang Meng, Dr. Hei-Nga Chan, Dr. Xueli Wang, Prof. Hung-Wing Li, Prof. Michael C. W. Chan

Abstract

“Dynamic” helical metal-based polymers can offer adaptability and functionality, but such systems remain unexplored. The titled polymers display mirror-image CD spectra for β-(L and D)-arabinopyranosyl sidechains (signifying helical coiling with preferred, opposite screw sense); the responsiveness and dynamic nature of the folded conformations are evident, and developments toward helicity-governed activity are described.

Read more:  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202115712