@article{ 2_41089, author = {Franz Kollipost and Katharina E. Otto and Martin A. Suhm}, title = {A Symmetric Recognition Motif between Vicinal Diols: The Fourfold Grip in Ethylene Glycol Dimer}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Ethylene glycol has a transiently chiral, asymmetric global minimum structure, but it favors a highly symmetric, achiral dimer arrangement which has not been considered or found in previous quantum-chemical studies. Complementary FTIR and Raman spectroscopy in supersonic jets allows for the detection and straightforward assignment of this four-fold hydrogen-bonded dimer, which introduces an interesting supramolecular binding motif for vicinal diols and provides a strong case for transient chirality synchronization.}, doi = {10.1002/anie.201600603}, organization ={Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [SU 121/2]} }