Zhang Zhi-Ming, Li Yang-Guang, Yao Shuang, Wang En-Bo, Wang Yong-Hui, Clérac Rodolphe
Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of the Ministry of Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Ren Min Street No.5268, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2009;48(9):1581-4. doi: 10.1002/anie.200805827.
Wheels of steel: Two enantiomerically pure chiral {Fe(28)} wheel-like aggregates have been synthesized from the acetate buffer solution containing ferric ions and chiral tartrate ligands (see picture). These compounds are the largest chiral ferric aggregates isolated to date.