Chiral organic materials hold significant potential in optoelectronics, sensing, and catalysis, with macrocycles potentially offering enhanced chiroptical properties thanks to their preorganisation. Here, the authors synthesize bis-perylene diimide-based macrocycles with multiple sources of chirality, revealing the dominant influence of chromophore helical chirality on chiroptical properties and enabling chirality induction in achiral guests.
- Denis Hartmann
- Samuel E. Penty
- Timothy A. Barendt