NEW COORDINATION-COMPOUNDS FOR PHOTOCHEMICAL PURPOSES AND BEYOND

A general account is given of the synthetic research carried out in th e field of coordination chemistry in one group in the Institute of Ino rganic Chemistry in Fribourg. With the goal of synthesizing artificial structures, which can function as photochemical molecular devices, se veral synthetic strategies for multicenter coordination species are me ntioned. It is reported, that the molecules, which have been designed to form coordination compounds with predefined chiralities of the cent ral metal, can also be used as ligands in enantioselective catalysis.