New Coordination Compounds for Photochemical Purposes and Beyond

Abstract

A general account is given of the synthetic research carried out in the field of coordination chemistry in one group in the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry in Fribourg. With the goal of synthesizing artificial structures, which can function as photochemical molecular devices, several synthetic strategies for multicenter coordination species are mentioned. It is reported, that the molecules, which have been designed to form coordination compounds with predefined chiralities of the central metal, can also be used as ligands in enantioselective catalysis.