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Homochiral self-assembly of biocoordination polymers: anion-triggered helicity and absolute configuration inversion† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Preparation and physical characterization data of 1P and 2M, additional structural description, UV-Vis and CD spectra (Fig. S1–S7), crystallographic refinement details for 1P and 2M (Table S1), selected bond distances and angles for 1P and 2M (Tables S2–S5), ESI(+)-MS and ESI(+)-MSMS spectra (Fig. S8–S11 and Schemes S1 and S2) and PXRD (Fig. S12). CCDC 1046609 and 1046610. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01089f Click here for additional data file. Click here for additional data file.

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The templating roles of ClO4 – and CF3SO3 – allow control and reversible inversion of the chirality of nucleotide-based copper(ii) helices. These results hold great potential for developing responsive materials.