Exploiting modularity in template-controlled synthesis: a new linear template to direct reactivity within discrete hydrogen-bonded molecular assemblies in the solid state

G S Papaefstathiou; A J Kipp; L R MacGillivray

doi:10.1039/b106584j

Exploiting modularity in template-controlled synthesis: a new linear template to direct reactivity within discrete hydrogen-bonded molecular assemblies in the solid state

Chem Commun (Camb). 2001 Dec 7:(23):2462-3. doi: 10.1039/b106584j.

Authors

G S Papaefstathiou¹, A J Kipp, L R MacGillivray

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, USA.

PMID: 12240015
DOI: 10.1039/b106584j

Abstract

Co-crystallization of 1,8-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid (1,8-nap) with trans-1,2-bis(n-pyridyl)ethylene (n,n'-bpe) (n = 2 or 4) yields a discrete four-component molecular assembly, 2(n,n'-bpe).2(1,8-nap) 1, that is held together by four O-H...N hydrogen bonds where the dicarboxylic acid, serving as a linear template, directs alignment of olefins in the solid state for [2 + 2] photoreaction.