Issue 10, 2005

Hydrogen-bonded chains of α,ω-diaminoalkane and α,ω-dihydroxyalkane guest molecules lead to disrupted tunnel structures in urea inclusion compounds

Abstract

Structural features of the urea inclusion compounds containing 1 ∶ 1 mixtures of α,ω-diaminoalkane and α,ω-dihydroxyalkane guest molecules, reported in this paper, provide interesting contrasts to those of conventional urea inclusion compounds. All the α,ω-diaminoalkane/α,ω-dihydroxyalkane/urea inclusion compounds reported have a hydrogen-bonded chain of alternating α,ω-diaminoalkane and α,ω-dihydroxyalkane guest molecules, which is surrounded by urea molecules in a manner that bears some resemblance to the conventional urea tunnel structure, but with the urea–urea hydrogen bonding scheme disrupted by the formation of N–H⋯O hydrogen bonds between NH2 groups of the urea molecules and OH groups of the α,ω-dihydroxyalkane molecules. As a consequence, the guest and host components have the same periodicity, and these inclusion compounds are commensurate, in contrast to conventional urea inclusion compounds. So far, attempts to prepare α,ω-diaminoalkane/α,ω-dihydroxyalkane/urea inclusion compounds for α,ω-dihydroxyalkanes longer than 1,3-dihydroxypropane have been unsuccessful, suggesting that there may be an upper limit to the length of the α,ω-dihydroxyalkane component in this family of structures.

Graphical abstract: Hydrogen-bonded chains of α,ω-diaminoalkane and α,ω-dihydroxyalkane guest molecules lead to disrupted tunnel structures in urea inclusion compounds

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Feb 2005
Accepted
04 May 2005
First published
09 Aug 2005

New J. Chem., 2005,29, 1266-1271

Hydrogen-bonded chains of α,ω-diaminoalkane and α,ω-dihydroxyalkane guest molecules lead to disrupted tunnel structures in urea inclusion compounds

S. Lee, B. M. Kariuki and K. D. M. Harris, New J. Chem., 2005, 29, 1266 DOI: 10.1039/B502004M

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