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Chiral cavities with inward-pointing functional groups are afforded by chiral bis(bipyridine) ligands. Upon coordination to suitable transition-metal ions, these self-assemble in a diastereoselective manner to form double- and triple-stranded helicates (left and right pictures, respectively).
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Lützen et al. (2002) studied this question.
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