Supramolecular chirality

In chemistry, the term supramolecular chirality is used to describe supramolecular assemblies that are non-superposable on their mirror images.

Chirality in supramolecular chemistry implies the non-symmetric arrangement of molecular components in a non-covalent assembly. Chirality may arise in a supramolecular system if one of its component is chiral or if achiral components arrange in a non symmetrical way to produce a supermolecule that is chiral.[1]

References
  1. Suárez M, Branda N, Lehn JM, Decian A, Fischer J (1998). "Supramolecular Chirality: Chiral hydrogen-bonded supermolecules from achiral molecular components". Helvetica Chimica Acta. 81: 1–13. doi:10.1002/hlca.19980810102.


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