Chemistry Letters, Vol.37, No.7, 716-717, 2008
Chiral bead-like trimer of tris(2,4-pentanedionato)ruthenium(III)
A chiral tri-nuclear metal complex, Delta Delta Delta- or Lambda Lambda Lambda-[Ru(acac)(2)(taet)Ru(acac)(taet)Ru(acac)(2)] (acac = acetylacetonato and taet = tetraacetylethanato), was prepared and its monolayer behavior was investigated, leading to the conclusion that the bead-like character of the trimer was an essential factor in achieving stable two-dimensional molecular packing.