Electronic and chiroptical properties of chiral cycloiridiated complexes bearing helicenic NHC ligands

Nora Hellou (1) , Claire Jahier-Diallo (1) , Olivier Baslé (1) , Monika Srebro-Hooper (2) , Loic Toupet (3) , Thierry Roisnel (1) , Elsa Caytan (1) , Christian Roussel (4) , Nicolas Vanthuyne (4) , Jochen Autschbach (5) , Marc Mauduit (1) , Jeanne Crassous (1)

1 ISCR - Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes
2 UJ - Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie = Jagiellonian University
3 IPR - Institut de Physique de Rennes
4 ISM2 - Institut des Sciences Moléculaires de Marseille
5 Department of Chemistry [Buffalo]

The first helicene-NHC-iridium complexes have been prepared in enantiopure forms. Their stereochemical, electronic, and chiroptical features were characterized experimentally and via first-principles calculations, highlighting the helical and iridium-centered chirality.

Domains: Chemical Sciences; Coordination chemistry; Chemical Sciences; Organic chemistry

Nora Hellou, Claire Jahier-Diallo, Olivier Baslé, Monika Srebro-Hooper, Loic Toupet, et al.. Electronic and chiroptical properties of chiral cycloiridiated complexes bearing helicenic NHC ligands. Chemical Communications, 2016, 52 (59), pp.9243-9246. ⟨10.1039/C6CC04257K⟩. ⟨hal-01339910⟩