Coordination polymers and metal-organic frameworks are prime candidates for general chemical sensing, but the use of these porous materials as chiral probes is still an emerging field. In the last decade, they have found application in a range of chiral analysis methods, including liquid-and gas-phase chromatography, circular dichroism spectroscopy, fluorescence sensing, and NMR spectroscopy. In this minireview, we examine recent works on coordination polymers as chiral sensors and their enantioselective hostguest chemistry, while highlighting their potential for application in different settings.

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A fluorescent, chiral coordination polymer (CP) with a novel topology has been synthesised using a dipyridyl ligand derived from 1,1′-bi-2-naphthol (BINOL). Enantioselectivity ratios up to 2.61 were obtained in fluorescence...

Spin-crossover is observed for the first time in a FeII(py)3(NC⋯)3 coordination environment which arises in a two-fold interpenetrated 3-D Hofmann-like framework.