名称:
Crystal Structure, Thermal Behavior, and Photochemical Reactivity of a Series of Co-Crystals of trans-1,2-Bis(4-pyridyl) Ethylene with Dicarboxylic Acids
摘要:
A series of co-crystals of trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl) ethylene (bpe) with aliphatic saturated or unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, of the type [(bpe)(L)] (L = dicarboxylic acid), were prepared and characterized by single crystal X-ray crystallography. In all cases chains of the type acid center dot center dot center dot bpe center dot center dot center dot acid were formed via strong O-H center dot center dot center dot N hydrogen bonds. The chains were further linked between them by weak C-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds, pi-pi and herringbone interactions to form three-dimensional structures. Thermal analysis showed considerable elevation of the melting/decomposition point of the co-crystals with respect either to both components or to bpe, ascribed to the formation of multiple complementary C-H center dot center dot center dot O bonds as well as to pi-pi interactions between the two conformer molecules. When L = fumaric acid, the two components stack separately with their C=C bonds strictly parallel between them at 3.83 angstrom from one another. However, photodimerization reaction takes place only between the olefin bonds of bpe. Photodimerization reaction between one C=C bond of the acid and that of bpe was also induced when L = trans,trans-muconic acid.