Driving crystal construction via stoichiometry: π–π stacks in squaric acid organometallic salts

Abstract

Depending on the stoichiometric ratio, squaric acid (H₂SQA) reacts with [Co(η⁵-C₅H₅)₂][OH] to form crystalline materials based on anion–cation π–π stacks and/or squarate ion ribbons held together by O–H···O hydrogen bonds between squarate anions and by charge-assisted C–H^δ+···O^δ– hydrogen bonds between organometallic and organic components.

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