A systematic structural study of halogen bonding versus hydrogen bonding within competitive supramolecular systems.
A systematic structural study of halogen bonding versus hydrogen bonding within competitive supramolecular systems.
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DOI:
10.1107/s2052252515010854
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发表时间:
2015-09-01
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3.9
通讯作者:
Desper J
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作者:
Aakeröy CB;Spartz CL;Dembowski S;Dwyre S;Desper J
An extensive structural study on hydrogen and halogen bonding in co-crystals has helped clarify the competition and balance between them in a practical supramolecular synthesis. As halogen bonds gain prevalence in supramolecular synthesis and materials chemistry, it has become necessary to examine more closely how such interactions compete with or complement hydrogen bonds whenever both are present within the same system. As hydrogen and halogen bonds have several fundamental features in common, it is often difficult to predict which will be the primary interaction in a supramolecular system, especially as they have comparable strength and geometric requirements. To address this challenge, a series of molecules containing both hydrogen- and halogen-bond donors were co-crystallized with various monotopic, ditopic symmetric and ditopic asymmetric acceptor molecules. The outcome of each reaction was examined using IR spectroscopy and, whenever possible, single-crystal X-ray diffraction. 24 crystal structures were obtained and subsequently analyzed, and the synthon preferences of the competing hydrogen- and halogen-bond donors were rationalized against a background of calculated molecular electrostatic potential values. It has been shown that readily accessible electrostatic potentials can offer useful practical guidelines for predicting the most likely primary synthons in these co-crystals as long as the potential differences are weighted appropriately.