A Triple Anion Helicate Assembled from a Bis(biurea) Ligand and Phosphate Ions

A word in urea: A strategy of mimicking the scaffold and metal coordination behavior of oligo-2,2′-bipyridine ligands was used to obtain a triple anion helicate from a bis(biurea) receptor and phosphate ions. The successful assembly of the triple helical structure provides guidelines for the design of new anion ligands by taking advantage of the similarities of metal and anion coordination. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as "Supporting Information". Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.