Autori: Daniel L. Reger, Radu F. Semeniuc, and Mark D. Smith

Editorial: Cryst. Growth Des., 5, p.1181 - 119, 2005.

Rezumat:

The 2,6-py(CH2-pz)2 ligand was used to prepare metal complexes as follows: [py(CH2pz)2](BiI3), {Ag[py(CH2pz)2](OTf)·CH3CN}, {PtCl[py(CH2pz)2]}(BF4), {Cd[py(CH2pz)2]2}(BF4)2·[4,4′-bipy]·0.5H2O, and {Cd[phen]3}2(BF4)4·[py(CH2pz)2]·5H2O (py = pyridyl, pz = pyrazolyl, and phen = 1,10-phenanthroline). The solid state structures of each complex show that all five compounds are organized by noncovalent forces into complex extended structures. Each structure has a common supramolecular organizational feature between the ligands of a cooperative offset face-to-face pi – pi stacking and C-H··· pi interaction formed from both the pyridyl and the pyrazolyl rings that is termed the aryl-pyrazolyl embrace. The systematic analysis of this synthon showed that the – stacking component of the aryl-pyrazolyl embrace always involves rings of the same type.

Cuvinte cheie: crystal engineering, synthon, supramolecular