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Dinuclear double helicates with a twist: Synthesis, structure and supramolecular entanglement in [M2L2] metallo-helices {M = Co(II), Cu(II), H2L = bis(N-salicylidene-4,4'-diaminodiphenyl)methane}

Paul E. Kruger,*a Noreen Martin,*a,b and Mark Nieuwenhuyzen.c

aDepartment of Chemistry, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. E-mail:

bDepartment of Chemistry, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin 2, Ireland.

cSchool of Chemistry, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, UK BT9 5AG.

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Table ESI 1Selected distances (Å) and angles (°) for ... (face-to-face) and CH... interactions in 1.

Table ESI 2Selected distances (Å) and angles (°) for the ... (face-to-face) and CH... interactions in 2.

Table ESI 1.

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C1a—C25bii3.566(6)

C1a—C26bii3.387(6)

C1a—C27bii3.958(6)

C2a—C25bii3.572(6)

C2a—C26bii3.865(6)

C3a—C24bii3.960(6)

C3a—C25bii3.663(6)

C4a—C24bii3.592(6)

C4a—C25bii3.737(6)

C5a—C24bii3.566(6)

C5a—C25bii3.681(6)

C5a—C26bii3.941(6)

C5a—C28bii3.924(6)

C5a—C29bii3.718(6)

C6a—C24bii3.959(6)

C6a—C25bii3.612(6)

C6a—C26bii3.420(6)

C6a—C27bii3.529(6)

C6a—C28bii3.861(6)

C2b—C3aiii3.877(6)

C3b—C3aiii3.777(7)

C10a—C27bii3.753(6)

C10a—C28bii3.950(6)

C9b—C9a 3.463(6)

C9b—C10a 3.950(6)

C9b—C14a 3.673(6)

C10b—C9a 3.478(6)

C10b—C10a 3.640(6)

C10b—C11a 3.815(6)

C10b—C12a 3.858(6)

C10b—C13a 3.699(6)

C10b—C14a 3.496(6)

C11b—C10a 3.895(6)

C11b—C11a 3.881(6)

C18b—C18a 3.924(6)

C18b—C19a 3.694(6)

C19b—C18a 3.989(6)

C19b—C19a 3.511(6)

C19b—C20a 3.773(6)

C17b—C26biv 3.644(6)

C17b—C27biv 3.565(6)

C17b—C28biv 3.896(6)

C18b—C26biv 3.590(6)

C18b—C27biv3.930(6)

C25a—C12bv3.623(6)

C25a—C13bv3.793(6)

C25b—C24avi3.959(6)

C25b—C27avi3.931(6)

C25b—C28avi3.733(6)

C25b—C29avi3.753(6)

C15a—C1bi3.967(6)

C15a—C2bi3.860(6)

C15a—C3bi3.625(6)

C15a—C4bi3.465(6)

C15a—C5bi3.532(6)

C15a—C6bi3.774(6)

C15a—C3bi3.625(6)

C15a—C4bi3.465(6)

H15a—C1bi3.104(6)

H15a—C2bi3.006(6)

H15a—C3bi3.040(6)

H15a—C4bi3.151(6)

H15a—C5bi3.198(6)

H15a—C6bi3.169(6)

H15b—C3bi3.262(6)

H15b—C4bi2.962(6)

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C15a—H15a—C1bi 146.44(12)

C15a—H15a—C2bi 145.18(13)

C15a—H15a—C3bi 118.98(13)

C15a—H15a—C4bi 100.13(13)

C15a—H15a—C5bi 101.51(12)

C15a—H15a—C6bi 120.87(12)

C15a—H15b—C3bi 103.59(12)

C15a—H15b—C4bi 112.63(13)

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Symmetry codes: i = x, 2.5 - y, 0.5 + z; ii = x, 1.5 - y, -0.5 + z; iii = 1 - x, 0.5 + y, -0.5 - z;

iv = -x, 0.5 + y, 0.5 - z; v = x, 2.5 - y, 0.5 + z; vi = -x, -0.5 + y, 0.5 - z.

Table ESI 2.

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C6—C9i3.882(13)

C1—C11i3.878(17)

C1—C12i3.749(18)

C2—C12i3.775(16)

C3—C12i3.918(14)

C4—C12i3.978(16)

C5—C12i3.934(17)

C6—C12i3.805(18)

C1—C13i3.916(20)

C4—C13i3.602(15)

C5—C13i3.330(17)

C6—C13i3.470(19)

C5—C14i3.588(14)

C6—C14i3.471(17)

C18—C9ii3.560(18)

C18—C10ii3.733(20)

C18—C13ii3.908(14)

C18—C14ii3.686(17)

C26—C13iii3.895(20)

C26—C18iv3.758(16)

C15—C2i3.681(18)

C15—C3i3.617(16)

H15B—C2i2.890(19)

H15B—C3i2.959(17)

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C15—H15B—C2i 137.46(36)

C15—H15B—C3i 124.87(39)

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Symmetry codes: i = -x, 2 - y, -z; ii = -x, y, -0.5 - z; iii = x, 1-y, -0.5 + z;

iv = -x, 1 - y, -1 - z; v = 0.5 - x, -0.5 + y, 0.5 - z; vi = -0.5 + x, 2.5 - y, -0.5 + z;

vii = 0.5 - x, 2.5 - y, -z; viii = -0.5 + x, -0.5 + y, -1 + z; ix = 0.5 + x, 0.5 + y, 1 + z;

x = 0.5 - x, 0.5 + y, 0.5 - z.

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