Matching of host and guest symmetry in crystalline lattice inclusion complexes of the triaroylbenzene derivative 1,3,5-tris(3-methoxybenzoyl)benzene

V.S. Senthil Kumar, F. Christopher Pigge, Nigam Rath

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Abstract

<div class="line" id="line-11"> <span style='color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> Conformationally flexible 1,3,5-tris(3-methoxybenzoyl)benzene was found to form isomorphous lattice-type inclusion adducts with benzene, acetone and trimethylamine&nbsp; </span> <i style='color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> N </i> <span style='color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> -oxide (TMNO). All three inclusion complexes crystallize in the three-fold symmetric space group&nbsp; </span> <i style='color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> P </i> <img src="https://www.rsc.org/images/entities/char_0033_0304.gif"/> <span style='color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> &nbsp;which correlates with the&nbsp; </span> <i style='color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> C </i> <span style='color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif;'> 3 </span> <span style='color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", source-sans-pro, museo_sans300, museo-sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'> &nbsp;molecular symmetry evident in the triaroylbenzene hosts and enclathrated guests. Inclusion complexes were not obtained when the title compound was crystallized from larger solvents or solvents lacking trigonal symmetry elements. Thus, it appears that reinforcing symmetry properties of host and guest act in tandem to afford highly symmetrical (trigonal/hexagonal) clathrates. </span></div>
Original languageAmerican English
JournalCrystEngComm
Volume6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004

Disciplines

  • Life Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology

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