Anionic host layers constructed with guanidinium-hydrogen carbonate dimer 2:1 rosette-ribbons and bridging carboxylate connectors

  • Jie Han
  • , Chung Wah Yau
  • , Chin Wing Chan
  • , Thomas C.W. Mak

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Abstract

Four new inclusion compounds featuring an anionic layer-type host lattice constructed with guanidinium-bis(hydrogen carbonate) 2:1 rosette-ribbons that accommodate the same tetra-n-butylammonium guest species have been obtained and characterized by single-crystal X-ray analysis. In these crystal structures, an array of rosette-ribbons in parallel or nearly parallel alignment are cross-linked by selected carboxylate molecular connectors with effective bridging distances in the range 10.1-19.8 Å: 4,4′- biphenyldicarboxylate, with the longest separation between its colinear hydrogen-bonding acceptor sites in [(n-Bu) 4N +] 6[C(NH 2) 3 +] 6(HCO 3 -) 6[4,4′-C 12H 8(COO -) 2] 3•6H 2O (1); cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate, with a nonplanar molecular skeleton in [(n-Bu) 4N +] 4[C(NH 2) 3 +] 8(HCO 3 -) 6[1,4′- C 6H 10(COO -) 2] 3• 8H 2O (2); 4-cyanobenzoate, with a strong "Y type" hydrogen-bonding acceptor site at one end and a weak one at the other in [(n-Bu) 4N +] 2[C(NH 2) 3 +] 2(HCO 3 -) 2[NCC 6H 4(COO -)] 2•2H 2O (3); and 1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylate, functioning as a multiple hydrogen-bond acceptor in [(n-Bu) 4N +] 3[C(NH 2) 3 +] 4(HCO 3 -) 4[H +{C 3N 2H -(COO -)(COOH)} 2] (4). The resulting planar anionic layer in 1 becomes an undulatory one in 3 and 4. In 2, adjacent wavy layers are supported by centrosymmetric cyclic (GM +) 2(H 2O) 4 "double molecular pillars" to yield a three-dimensional anionic host network.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4457-4465
Number of pages9
JournalCrystal Growth and Design
Volume12
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Sept 2012

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