Arene-Arene Double T-Contacts: Lateral Synthons in the Engineering of Highly Anisotropic Organic Molecular Crystals
Abstract
An arene-arene double T-contact describes a pair of intermolecular arene-arene T-contacts between two molecules that each contain two spacer-connected arene rings. We have been employing such double T-contacts as lateral synthons in the crystal engineering of highly anisotropic organic crystals. In particular, this type of intermolecular interaction has been employed as a stabilizing factor to overcome the intrinsic preference for the anti-parallel alignment of dipolar molecules. Here, we review pertinent properties of benzene and of the benzene-benzene interaction and present and discuss arene-arene double T-contacts in crystals of a representative number of symmetrical and unsymmetrical acetophenone azines, X-C6H4-CMe=N-N=CMe-C6H4-Y, including the structures of two near-perfectly dipole parallel-aligned crystals.
Recommended Citation
M. A. Lewis et al., "Arene-Arene Double T-Contacts: Lateral Synthons in the Engineering of Highly Anisotropic Organic Molecular Crystals," ACS Symposium Series, vol. 798, pp. 97 - 111, American Chemical Society (ACS), Jan 2001.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2001-0798.ch007
Department(s)
Chemistry
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-0-8412-3689-9; 978-0-8412-1879-6
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0097-6156; 1947-5918
Document Type
Book - Chapter
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2001 American Chemical Society (ACS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2001
