Extending substrate sensing capabilities of zinc tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine-based stereodynamic probe
Tripodal metal complexes have been widely used for catalysis and more recently also for molecular recognition applications. Their ability in recognition and signal amplification of chiral substrates is because of the setup of the ligand around the metal in a propeller shape. Within this subject, we have recently reported tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine- and triphenolamine-based complexes for the determination of the enantiomeric excess of various substrates.