Issue 42, 2002

Building cyclotriveratrylene host molecules into network structures

Abstract

Cyclotriveratrylene is a rigid bowl-shaped host molecule that can be used as a 3-connecting crystal engineering tecton by virtue of its tris-dimethoxy arrangement which may act as hydrogen bond acceptors, or chelating ligand sites. Network structures of unusual topology have resulted, and a number of common structural types are emerging. The tetragonal structure of [Fe(H2O)6]{(CH3CN)(CTV)}4(H2O)4[Co(C2B9H11)2]2 has been determined and features an unusual 3,12-connected 3D hydrogen bonded network structure, with the [Fe(H2O)6]2+ complex cation disordering to achieve the required geometry for the network. The structure of [Ag(CTV)2(H2O)3(CH3CN)2](CB11H12) has been determined and likewise conforms to a key structural type, and shows novel coordination of CTV to Ag+ centres.

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 mar 2002
Accepted
05 apr 2002
First published
15 iyl 2002

CrystEngComm, 2002,4, 227-231

Building cyclotriveratrylene host molecules into network structures

R. Ahmad and M. J. Hardie, CrystEngComm, 2002, 4, 227 DOI: 10.1039/B202197H

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