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Title: Organometallic Chirality Sensing via “Click”‐Like η6‐Arene Coordination with an Achiral Cp*Ru(II) Piano Stool Complex
Piano stool complexes have been studied over many years and found widespread applications in organic synthesis, catalysis, materials and drug development. We now report the first examples of quantitative chiroptical molecular recognition of chiral compounds through click‐like η6-arene coordination with readily available half sandwich complexes. This conceptually new approach to chirality sensing is based on irreversible acetonitrile displacement of [Cp*Ru(CH3CN)3]PF6 by an aromatic target molecule, a process that is fast and complete within a few minutes at room temperature. The metal coordination coincides with characteristic circular dichroism inductions that can be easily correlated to the absolute configuration and enantiomeric ratio of the bound molecule. A relay assay that decouples the determination of the enantiomeric composition and of the total sample amount by a practical CD/UV measurement protocol was developed and successfully tested. The introduction of piano stool complexes to the chiroptical sensing realm is mechanistically unique and extends the scope of currently known methods with small‐molecule probes that require the presence of amino, alcohol, carboxylate or other privileged functional groups for binding of the target compound. A broad application range including pharmaceutically relevant multifunctional molecules and the use in chromatography‐free asymmetric reaction analysis are also demonstrated.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2246747
PAR ID:
10511917
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume:
63
ISSN:
1433-7851
Page Range / eLocation ID:
e202404594
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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