Crystal engineering based on polymeric hydrogen-bonded supramolecules by self-assembling of 4,4′-(9-fluorenylidene)diphenol and 4,4′-cyclohexylidenebisphenol with bipyridines

Qingdao Zeng*, Dongxia Wu, Caiming Liu, Hongwei Ma, Jun Lu, Shandong Xu, Yan Li, Chen Wang, Chunli Bai

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Abstract

4,4′-(9-Fluorenylidene)diphenol (FDP) and/or 4,4′- cyclohexylidenebisphenol (CBP) is crystallized with bipyridine bases 4,4′-bipyridyl (bipy), 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane (bipy-eta), 1,2-di(4-pyridyl)ethylene (dipy-ete), and 4,4′-dipyridyl N,N′-dioxide (dipy-dox) to afford molecular complexes (FDP)·(bipy) 1, (FDP)·(bipy-eta)0.5 2, (FDP)2· (dipy-ete) 3, (FDP)·(dipy-dox) 4, and (CBP)·(bipy) 5. The crystal structures of 1-5 have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. All these molecular complexes exhibit polymeric supramolecular structures via O-H⋯N or O-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding. 1 forms double helices. 2 forms an infinite honeycomblike supramolecular structure. 3 forms a brick supramolecular structure. 4 forms an X-shaped supramolecular structure. 5 forms a single strand infinite helix. Thus, by changing the guest molecule, we can obtain different supramolecular hydrogen-bonded polymers through interactions of host-guest systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1041-1047
Number of pages7
JournalCrystal Growth and Design
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2005
Externally publishedYes

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