The first salen- type ligands derived from 3',5'-diamino- 3',5'-dideoxythymidine and -dideoxyxylothymidine and their corresponding copper(II) complexes

• Daniel Koth,
• Michael Gottschaldt,
• Helmar Görls and
• Karolin Pohle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2006, 2, No. 17, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-2-17

• catalytic reactions, demonstrating that modified nucleosides could act as chiral ligands for transition metal ions. This approach opens up a new class of metal complexes containing ligands based on nucleoside derivatives. The wide variety in this type of ligands in terms of their structural diversity such