163. The structure of molecular compounds. Part VI. The β-type clathrate compounds of quinol
163. The structure of molecular compounds. Part VI. The β-type clathrate compounds of quinol
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163. 分子化合物的结构第六部分。
DOI:
10.1039/jr9480000815
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发表时间:
1948
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通讯作者:
H. M. Powell
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作者:
D. Palin;H. M. Powell
Crystalline compounds of ideal formula 3 quinol: M are shown to have a common structural component consisting of quinol units hydrogen bonded to form two independent interpenetrating giant molecules which together enclose small molecules M of the second component. X-Ray and other data are recorded for the compounds where M is SO,, MeOH, HC1, HBr, H, S, C, H,, HCO, H, CO,, MeCN. Mixed compounds have also been prepared with two different kinds of molecule in the enclosures. Analyses and molecular-weight determinations from unit-cell dimensions and densities are in agreement in showing that there may be considerable departure* from the ideal formula through many of the cavities available for M being unoccupied. For several compounds in which M is a sufficiently small molecule the dimensions of the quinol structure are almost constant and are determined by the equilibrium of the two interpenetrating giant molecules. The larger enclosed molecules produce minor alterations in the unit-cell dimensions, distending the quinol framework along the c direction of the hexagonal cell and contracting it simultaneously at right angles by an effect analogous to the extension of a piece of trellis without alteration in the dimensions of its component parts. These variations have been correlated with the dimensions of the enclosed molecules. Slight alterations in the shape of the quinol cagework, without alteration in the dimensions of the quinol units or their connecting hydrogen-bonded hexagons of OH groups, are made so that the cavities may accommodate the different molecules M. These structural changes have been correlated with the variations in the weak birefringence in the series.IN Part IV (Powell, this vol., p. 6l), the conditions of formation and some properties of clathrate compounds formed by enclosure of one kind of molecule by others are discussed. The crystal structures given in detail in Parts I11 and V (Palin and Powell, J., 1947, 209; this vol., p. 571) show that two interpenetrating giant molecules of hydrogen-bonded quinol units may together enclose molecules M in this way to give complexes formulated as shown, and that there is some freedom of movement of the enclosed molecule which, although firmly retained, need not be closely bound to its surroundings. The present communication contains the results of structural examinations made on some other members of this series of compounds in order to determine whether there is a constant structural type and to find the effects of varying the type and concentration of the enclosed molecule. Some of these compounds have been prepared previously (for references, see Part 111) and it is now found that molecules of varied type may be enclosed in this way provided that they satisfy certain size requirements, and do not react chemically with quinol in the conditions of preparation. It is also normally necessary that the added component should exist in the form of molecules in solution with quinol in sufficient concentration to ensure its being trapped during the building up of the structure, although other methods of preparation may sometimes be possible.