Janusz Kowalik, Donald VanDerveer, Caroline Clower and Laren M. Tolbert
Important differences in the crystal packing of 6-perfluorohexylsulfonyl-2-naphthol (1F) including π–π stacking aromatic interactions and F···F non-bonded contacts, in contrast to its nonfluorinated analog (1), appear to translate into differences between their photophysical properties both in the solid state and in solution.