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RESEARCH ARTICLE

A Neutral Donor-Acceptor p-Stack: Solid-State Structures of 1 : 1 Pyromellitic Diimide-Dialkoxynaphthalene Cocrystals

Darren G. Hamilton, Daniel E. Lynch, Karl A. Byriel and Colin H. L. Kennard

Australian Journal of Chemistry 50(5) 439 - 446
Published: 1997

Abstract

Pyromellitic diimide forms orange-coloured cocrystals of 1 : 1 stoichiometry with dialkoxynaphthalene derivatives. The solid-state structures of two examples are presented. The cocrystal formed with 2,6-dimethoxynaphthalene presents vertical stacks of alternating π-rich and π-deficient subunits with the long axes of the respective components approximately parallel. Investigation of the packing in the cocrystal also reveals a stabilizing array of hydrogen bonds between the components of adjacent stacks. Cocrystallization with 1,5-[2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethoxy]naphthalene, a derivative bearing hydroxy terminated ethyleneoxy chains, gives rise to an altered structural arrangement. Alternating donor- acceptor stacks once again dominate the structure but adopt a geometry where the long axes of the constituents are essentially perpendicular. Hydrogen-bonding interactions result in the formation of continuous non-covalently linked columns of donor and acceptor subunits by linking the terminal hydroxy functions of the naphthalene component to the imide protons. The structural preferences revealed by these solid-state analyses indicate that these complexes are useful prototypes of more complex neutral supramolecular assemblies.

https://doi.org/10.1071/C97033

© CSIRO 1997

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