Design and synthesis of a cyclitol-derived scaffold with axial pyridyl appendages and its encapsulation of the silver(I) cation

• Pierre-Marc Léo,
• Christophe Morin and
• Christian Philouze

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1022–1024, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.115

• scaffold with C3v symmetry bearing three axial pyridyl appendages is presented. This pre-organized hexadentate ligand allows complexation of silver(I). The crystal structure of the complex was established. Keywords: cyclitol; glyco-scaffolds; hexadentate; scyllo-inositol; silver(I) complexation