A versatile messenger for chirality communication: asymmetric silica framework

Abstract

Asymmetric tetrahedral carbon is the basic structural unit of many organic compounds in life and its molecular chirality plays a key role in regulating biological functions. Silica (SiO₂) is highly earth abundant and its basic unit is also the tetrahedral form of SiO₄. However, much less attention has been paid to the molecular-scale chirality of SiO₂ frameworks with repeating SiO₄ units because it is challenging to enantioselectively control the molecular structures of SiO₂. Research into the chiral molecular structures of SiO₂ deserves to be a significant topic for understanding widespread chiral phenomena and for exploring the chiral properties hidden in inorganic matter. This review highlights the asymmetric synthesis strategies that endow SiO₂ with chirality transferred from asymmetric carbon at the molecular scale. The chirality transfer ability of SiO₂ is also demonstrated for the construction of various inorganic and/or organic chiral materials with a wide range of applications in asymmetric synthesis, circularly polarized luminescence and Raman scattering-based chiral recognition.

Keywords

Chiral silica / asymmetric SiO₄ tetrahedra / chirality transfer / circularly polarized luminescence / enantioselective Raman scattering

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