Crystal Photodimerization Reactions of Spatially Engineered Isocoumarin Assemblies
作者:Mihiri S. Weerasinghe、Steven T. Karlson、Yuhua Lu、Kraig A. Wheeler
DOI:10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00808
日期:2016.4.6
We report the single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) photodimerization of a sulfonamide isocoumarin. When recrystallized, this material forms centrosymmetrically related supramolecular dimers that assemble via the complementary features of molecular shape and carboxyl···carboxyl contacts. This prescribed motif persists despite the presence of two-part whole-molecule disorder. Each disorder component is involved in a unique set of hydrogen-bonding interactions, N–H···O═C versus N–H···O═S, that propagate along the [111] and [110] directions of the crystal, respectively. Despite the observed disorder, the overall recognition profile of this supramolecular dimer remained intact, effectively promoting coplanar head-to-tail alignment with a separation of 3.4–4.1 Å between the neighboring C═C groups. UV illumination studies using the tail-irradiation technique produced a single photodimer product in quantitative yield via a SCSC transformation.
我们报道了磺胺异香豆素的单晶到单晶(SCSC)光二聚反应。当重结晶时,这种物质形成中心对称相关的超分子二聚体,通过分子形状的互补特征和羧基···羧基接触而组装。尽管存在两部分整体分子的无序排列,这种规定的模式依然持续存在。每个无序部分都参与了一组独特的氢键相互作用,N–H···O═C 与 N–H···O═S,分别沿晶体的 [111] 和 [110] 方向传播。尽管观察到了无序现象,这种超分子二聚体的整体识别轮廓依然保持完整,有效地促进了平面内头尾对齐,相邻 C═C 基团之间分离距离为 3.4–4.1 Å。使用尾部照射技术的紫外光照研究产生了一种单一的光二聚产物,通过 SCSC 转变以定量产率生成。