Fig. 5: Evaluation of enantiopurity and stability of (SZn)-[ZnL(NCtBu)] by 19F NMR spectroscopy (C6D6, 300 K, 471 MHz).

a Structure of the chiral shift reagent (R)-mts and the reference spectrum with rac-[Zn2L2] + (R)-mts (1.10 equiv.). b Isolated (SZn)-[ZnL(NCtBu)] + (R)-mts (5 equiv.). c (SZn)-[ZnL(NCtBu)] was heated at 70 °C in C6D6 (8 mM) for one week, then (R)-mts (5 equiv.) was added to the reaction mixture. ee enantiomer excess.