A solvothermal and mechanochemical strategy for the construction of chiral N,N-ditopic metalloligands: oxygenation process of a Cu(I)X/quinine system

Oxygenation process of a CuX/QN system (where X = Cl, Br; QNsingle bondH = quinine) involving either a solvothermal or mechanochemical approach affords novel chiral N,N-ditopic metalloligands [XCu(μ-QN)]2. The molecular and crystal structures of the resulting complexes have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and PXRD.