Condensation rea
ctions between the enantiopure,substitutionally inert building blo
cks
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3][PF
6]
2(
2) and
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2(1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-diamine)][PF
6]
2(
3) gave the
D3-symmetri
c tetramer[(
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2Ru(tpphz))
3-
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8+(
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3-
1) in 68% isolated yield as thePF
6- salt (where tpphz istetrapyrido[3,2-
a:2',3'-
c:3'',2''-
h:2'',3''-
j]phenazine).Rea
ctions between appropriate enantiomers of
2and
3 also yieldedthe remaining
D3 isomers
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3-
1,
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3-
1, and
3-
1 whi
ch
colle
ctively represent thehighest nu
clearity Ru oligomersbased on bidentate type ligands prepared in a stereospe
cifi
c fashion togive diasteromeri
cally and enantiomeri
callypure produ
cts. The
complexes were purified via
cation-ex
changeHPLC.
1H and
13C NMR, COSY andHMQCNMR, and UV-visible spe
ctros
copy were employed to
chara
cterize thesesupramole
cular assemblies. MALDI-TOF mass spe
ctrometry gave parent mole
cular ion peaks
corresponding tothe spe
cies
m/z 2638 [
1 -8PF
6]
+, 2783[
1 - 7PF
6]
+, 2928[
1 - 6PF
6]
+, 3073[
1 - 5PF
6]
+, 3218[
1 - 4PF
6]
+, and 3363 [M -3PF
6]
+, proving the ma
cromole
cular stru
cture. Cir
cular di
chroism spe
ctros
copy was used todetermine the absolute stereo
chemistry and opti
calpurity of ea
ch of these stereoisomers.