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Several ligands based on the rigid, V-shaped s
tructure of Tr&
ouml;ger's base bearing 2,2'-bipyridine and 2-pyridylmethanimine moieties have beensynthesized. These ligands undergo diastereoselective self-assembly to dinuclear double-s
tranded
D2d-symme
tric helicates upon coordinationto copper(I) and silver(I) ions as elucidated by NMR techniques and ESI mass spec
trome
tric methods.