Crystallographic studies on substituted m-terphenyls: identification of weak [CH3···I] interactions

Abstract

Crystallographic studies of 2,6-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-4-methyliodobenzene 1 and 2,6-diphenyl-4-methyliodobenzene 2 were performed and in both cases [CH₃···I] interactions were identified. Theoretical calculation of the dipole moment of 1 and the partial charges of the iodine and methyl hydrogens were performed. These charges, although small, suggest that they are large enough to encourage the formation of weak dipole-dipole interactions in the absence of other stabilizing forces