A broad series of novel axially chiral ligands - trans-5,6-disubstituted 5,6-dihydro-1,10-phenanthrolines have been synthesized by a nucleophilic cleavage of the corresponding commercially available epoxide. The results of conformational study by 1H NMR demonstrated that the switch of axial chirality can be achieved either by variation of solvent or by structural modification of substituents.

New 5,6-dihydro-1,10-phenanthroline-based ligands with controlled axial chirality

248th National Meeting (2014)

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