Halogen bonding in 1,2-dibromo-4,5-dimethoxy-benzene and 1,2-diiodo-4,5-dimethoxy-benzene
An interesting case of 'halogen-bonding-promoted' crystal structure architecture is presented. The two title compounds, C8H8Br2O2 and C8H8I2O2, have almost indistinguishable mol-ecular structures but very different spatial organization, and this is mainly due to differences in the halogen-...
| Autores: | , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales |
| Repositorio: | Biblioteca Digital (UBA-FCEN) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | paperaa:paper_01082701_v64_n11_po604_Cukiernik |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01082701_v64_n11_po604_Cukiernik |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Benzene Bromine compounds Halogen compounds Asymmetric units C links Columnar arrays Halogen bondings Linear chains Spatial organizations Synthon Title compounds Crystal structure |
| Sumario: | An interesting case of 'halogen-bonding-promoted' crystal structure architecture is presented. The two title compounds, C8H8Br2O2 and C8H8I2O2, have almost indistinguishable mol-ecular structures but very different spatial organization, and this is mainly due to differences in the halogen-bonding inter-actions in which the different species present, i.e. Br and I, take part. The dibromo structure exhibits a π-bonded columnar array involving all four independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit, with inter-columnar inter-actions governed by C - Br⋯Br - C links and with no C - Br⋯O/N inter-actions present. In the diiodo structure, instead, the C - I⋯O synthon prevails, defining linear chains, in turn inter-linked by C - I⋯I - C inter-actions. © 2008 International Union of Crystallography. |
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