Molecular tectonics: design of enantiomerically pure single-stranded helical H-bonded molecular networks

The self-assembly between self-complementary tectons based on the enantiomerically pure isomannide stereoisomer bearing both H-bond donor ( OH) and acceptor ( pyridine) groups generates analogous enantiomerically pure single-stranded helical infinite H-bonded networks, which were structurally characterised by X-ray diffraction studies on single crystals.