Mariano Marziali Bermúdez, Federico G Muller, Ricardo Baggio, Fabio D Cukiernik
{"title":"Synthesis, crystal structure, magnetic behaviour and thermal stability of a paddle-wheel copper(II) complex bearing equatorial 3,4-diethoxybenzoate ligands.","authors":"Mariano Marziali Bermúdez, Federico G Muller, Ricardo Baggio, Fabio D Cukiernik","doi":"10.1107/S2053229624008465","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2053229624008465","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The binuclear paddle-wheel copper(II) complex tetrakis(μ-3,4-diethoxybenzoato-κ<sup>2</sup>O:O')bis[(ethanol-κO)copper(II)], [Cu<sub>2</sub>(C<sub>11</sub>H<sub>13</sub>O<sub>4</sub>)<sub>4</sub>(C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>], has been synthesized and characterized. In each molecule, two Cu<sup>II</sup> centres are bridged in a syn-syn fashion by four equatorial 3,4-diethoxybenzoate ligands, the two axial positions being occupied by ethanol molecules. The thermal stability has been studied by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques. The magnetic behaviour, studied by SQUID magnetometry, shows a Cu<sup>II</sup>-Cu<sup>II</sup> antiferromagnetic exchange interaction with 2J = -288 cm<sup>-1</sup>, a value that fits with a magnetic structure correlation established for compounds of this kind.</p>","PeriodicalId":7115,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142124503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Reinaldo Atencio, Marciel M Linares, Teresa González, Alexander Briceño
{"title":"Multivalent hydrogen-bonded architectures directed by self-complementarity between [Cu(2,2'-biimidazole)] and malonate building blocks.","authors":"Reinaldo Atencio, Marciel M Linares, Teresa González, Alexander Briceño","doi":"10.1107/S2053229624007897","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2053229624007897","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The synthesis and structural characterization of four novel supramolecular hydrogen-bonded arrangements based on self-assembly from molecular `[Cu(2,2'-biimidazole)]' modules and malonate anions are presented, namely, tetrakis(2,2'-biimidazole)di-μ-chlorido-dimalonatotricopper(II) pentahydrate, [Cu<sub>3</sub>(C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>N<sub>4</sub>)<sub>4</sub>]·5H<sub>2</sub>O or [Cu(H<sub>2</sub>biim)<sub>2</sub>(μ-Cl)Cu<sub>0.5</sub>(mal)]<sub>2</sub>·5H<sub>2</sub>O, aqua(2,2'-biimidazole)malonatocopper(II) dihydrate, [Cu(C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>)(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>N<sub>4</sub>)(H<sub>2</sub>O)]·2H<sub>2</sub>O or [Cu(H<sub>2</sub>biim)(mal)(H<sub>2</sub>O)]·2H<sub>2</sub>O, bis[aquabis(2,2'-biimidazole)copper(II)] dimalonatodiperchloratocopper(II) 2.2-hydrate, [Cu(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>N<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)]<sub>2</sub>[Cu(C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>)(ClO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]·2.2H<sub>2</sub>O or [Cu(H<sub>2</sub>biim)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)]<sub>2</sub>[Cu(mal)<sub>2</sub>(ClO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]·2.2H<sub>2</sub>O, and bis(2,2'-biimidazole)copper(II) bis[bis(2,2'-biimidazole)(2-carboxyacetato)malonatocopper(II)] tridecahydrate, [Cu(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>N<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>][Cu(C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>)(C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>)(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>N<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]·13H<sub>2</sub>O or [Cu(H<sub>2</sub>biim)<sub>2</sub>][Cu(H<sub>2</sub>biim)<sub>2</sub>(Hmal)(mal)]<sub>2</sub>·13H<sub>2</sub>O. These assemblies are characterized by self-complementary donor-acceptor molecular interactions, demonstrating a recurrent and distinctive pattern of hydrogen-bonding preferences among the carboxylate, carboxylic acid and N-H groups of the coordinated 2,2'-biimidazole and malonate ligands. Additionally, coordination of the carboxylate group with the metallic centre helps sustain remarkable supramolecular assemblies, such as layers, helices, double helix columns or 3D channeled architectures, including mixed-metal complexes, into a single structure.</p>","PeriodicalId":7115,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142003329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyana M Sanders, Samantha K Bruffy, Andrew R Buller, Václav Petříček, Ilia A Guzei
{"title":"Occupational modulation in the (3+1)-dimensional incommensurate structure of (2S,3S)-2-amino-3-hydroxy-3-methyl-4-phenoxybutanoic acid dihydrate.","authors":"Kyana M Sanders, Samantha K Bruffy, Andrew R Buller, Václav Petříček, Ilia A Guzei","doi":"10.1107/S2053229624007009","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2053229624007009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The incommensurately modulated structure of (2S,3S)-2-amino-3-hydroxy-3-methyl-4-phenoxybutanoic acid dihydrate (C<sub>11</sub>H<sub>15</sub>NO<sub>4</sub>·2H<sub>2</sub>O or I·2H<sub>2</sub>O) is described in the (3+1)-dimensional superspace group P2<sub>1</sub>2<sub>1</sub>2<sub>1</sub>(0β0)000 (β = 0.357). The loss of the three-dimensional periodicity is ascribed to the occupational modulation of one positionally disordered solvent water molecule, where the two positions are related by a small translation [ca 0.666 (9) Å] and ∼168 (5)° rotation about one of its O-H bonds, with an average 0.624 (3):0.376 (3) occupancy ratio. The occupational modulation of this molecule arises due to the competition between the different hydrogen-bonding motifs associated with each position. The structure can be very well refined in the average approximation (all satellite reflections disregarded) in the space group P2<sub>1</sub>2<sub>1</sub>2<sub>1</sub>, with the water molecule refined as disordered over two positions in a 0.625 (16):0.375 (16) ratio. The refinement in the commensurate threefold supercell approximation in the space group P112<sub>1</sub> is also of high quality, with the six corresponding water molecules exhibiting three different occupancy ratios averaging 0.635:0.365.</p>","PeriodicalId":7115,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11371000/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141900529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concerning the structures of Lewis base adducts of titanium(IV) hexafluoroisopropoxide.","authors":"William G Van Der Sluys","doi":"10.1107/S2053229624006843","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2053229624006843","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The reaction of titanium(IV) chloride with sodium hexafluoroisopropoxide, carried out in hexafluoroisopropanol, produces titanium(IV) hexafluoroisopropoxide, which is a liquid at room temperature. Recrystallization from coordinating solvents, such as acetonitrile or tetrahydrofuran, results in the formation of bis-solvate complexes. These compounds are of interest as possible Ziegler-Natta polymerization catalysts. The acetonitrile complex had been structurally characterized previously and adopts a distorted octahedral structure in which the nitrile ligands adopt a cis configuration, with nitrogen lone pairs coordinated to the metal. The low-melting tetrahydrofuran complex has not provided crystals suitable for single-crystal X-ray analysis. However, the structure of chloridotris(hexafluoroisopropoxido-κO)bis(tetrahydrofuran-κO)titanium(IV), [Ti(C<sub>3</sub>HF<sub>6</sub>O)<sub>3</sub>Cl(C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>8</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>], has been obtained and adopts a distorted octahedral coordination geometry, with a facial arrangement of the alkoxide ligands and adjacent tetrahydrofuran ligands, coordinated by way of metal-oxygen polar coordinate interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":7115,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11370998/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141970392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samuel P Guimaraes, Leonardo H R Dos Santos, Bernardo L Rodrigues
{"title":"Coordination structure and intermolecular interactions in copper(II) acetate complexes with 1,10-phenanthroline and 2,2'-bipyridine.","authors":"Samuel P Guimaraes, Leonardo H R Dos Santos, Bernardo L Rodrigues","doi":"10.1107/S2053229624007617","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2053229624007617","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The crystal structures of two coordination compounds, (acetato-κO)(2,2'-bipyridine-κ<sup>2</sup>N,N')(1,10-phenanthroline-κ<sup>2</sup>N,N')copper(II) acetate hexahydrate, [Cu(C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>3</sub>O<sub>2</sub>)(C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>8</sub>N<sub>2</sub>)(C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>8</sub>N<sub>2</sub>)](C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>3</sub>O<sub>2</sub>)·6H<sub>2</sub>O or [Cu(bipy)(phen)Ac]Ac·6H<sub>2</sub>O, and (acetato-κO)bis(2,2'-bipyridine-κ<sup>2</sup>N,N')copper(II) acetate-acetic acid-water (1/1/3), [Cu(C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>3</sub>O<sub>2</sub>)(C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>8</sub>N<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>](C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>3</sub>O<sub>2</sub>)·C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>O<sub>2</sub>·3H<sub>2</sub>O or [Cu(bipy)<sub>2</sub>Ac]Ac·HAc·3H<sub>2</sub>O, are reported and compared with the previously published structure of [Cu(phen)<sub>2</sub>Ac]Ac·7H<sub>2</sub>O (phen is 1,10-phenanthroline, bipy for 2,2'-bipyridine, ac is acetate and Hac is acetic acid). The geometry around the metal centre is pentacoordinated, but highly distorted in all three cases. The coordination number and the geometric distortion are both discussed in detail, and all complexes belong to the space group P-1. The analysis of the geometric parameters and the Hirshfeld surface properties d<sub>norm</sub> and curvedness provide information about the metal-ligand interactions in these complexes and allow comparison with similar systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":7115,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142034924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Camila B Pinto, Leonardo H R Dos Santos, Bernardo L Rodrigues
{"title":"Further evaluation of the shape of atomic Hirshfeld surfaces: M...H contacts and homoatomic bonds.","authors":"Camila B Pinto, Leonardo H R Dos Santos, Bernardo L Rodrigues","doi":"10.1107/S2053229624007125","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2053229624007125","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is well known that Hirshfeld surfaces provide an easy and straightforward way of analysing intermolecular interactions in the crystal environment. The use of atomic Hirshfeld surfaces has also demonstrated that such surfaces carry information related to chemical bonds which allow a deeper evaluation of the structures. Here we briefly summarize the approach of atomic Hirshfeld surfaces while further evaluating the kind of information that can be retrieved from them. We show that the analysis of the metal-centre Hirshfeld surfaces from structures refined via Hirshfeld Atom Refinement (HAR) allow accurate evaluation of contacts of type M...H, and that such contacts can be related to the overall shape of the surfaces. The compounds analysed were tetraaquabis(3-carboxypropionato)metal(II), [M(C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>4</sub>], for metal(II)/M = manganese/Mn, cobalt/Co, nickel/Ni and zinc/Zn. We also evaluate the sensitivity of the surfaces by an investigation of seemingly flat surfaces through analysis of the curvature functions in the direction of C-C bonds. The obtained values not only demonstrate variations in curvature but also show a correlation with the hybridization of the C atoms involved in the bond.</p>","PeriodicalId":7115,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141900528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of secondary interactions in a series of 2:1 halogen-bonded cocrystals formed between 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine and ditopic halogen-bond donors.","authors":"Eric Bosch, Nathan P Bowling","doi":"10.1107/S205322962400771X","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S205322962400771X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The structures of a series of 2:1 cocrystals formed between 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine and each of 1,2,4,5-tetrachloro-3,6-diiodobenzene, 2C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>10</sub>N<sub>2</sub>·C<sub>6</sub>Cl<sub>4</sub>I<sub>2</sub>, 1,2,4,5-tetrabromo-3,6-diiodobenzene, 2C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>10</sub>N<sub>2</sub>·C<sub>6</sub>Br<sub>4</sub>I<sub>2</sub>, 1-bromo-4-iodo-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzene, 2C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>10</sub>N<sub>2</sub>·C<sub>6</sub>BrF<sub>4</sub>I, and 1,2-dibromo-4,5-difluoro-3,6-diiodobenzene, 2C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>10</sub>N<sub>2</sub>·C<sub>6</sub>Br<sub>2</sub>F<sub>2</sub>I<sub>2</sub>, are reported. In all five structures, the core halogen-bonded 2:1 trimolecular units have geometrically similar parameters, with the central halogen-bond donor flanked by two pyridine halogen-bond acceptors twisted with respect to the central halogen-bond donor at angles ranging from 76 to 86°. The I...N halogen-bond separations are all short, ranging from 73.3 to 76.7% of the sum of the van der Waals radii, while the C-I...N bond angles are essentially linear. The Br...N halogen-bond separation in the cocrystal formed with 1-bromo-4-iodo-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzene is 80.4% of the sum of the van der Waals radii. Subtle differences in the crystal packings are attributed to the role of secondary C-H...π and weak π-type interactions with chloro and bromo substituents. The cocrystals 2C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>10</sub>N<sub>2</sub>·C<sub>6</sub>Cl<sub>4</sub>I<sub>2</sub> and 2C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>10</sub>N<sub>2</sub>·C<sub>6</sub>Br<sub>4</sub>I<sub>2</sub> are isomorphous.</p>","PeriodicalId":7115,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141970393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tim P Schlachta, Michael J Sauer, Leon F Richter, Fritz E Kühn
{"title":"Formation of a diiron-(μ-η<sup>1</sup>:η<sup>1</sup>-CN) complex from acetonitrile solution.","authors":"Tim P Schlachta, Michael J Sauer, Leon F Richter, Fritz E Kühn","doi":"10.1107/S2053229624007058","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2053229624007058","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The activation of C-C bonds by transition-metal complexes is of continuing interest and acetonitrile (MeCN) has attracted attention as a cyanide source with comparatively low toxicity for organic cyanation reactions. A diiron end-on μ-η<sup>1</sup>:η<sup>1</sup>-CN-bridged complex was obtained from a crystallization experiment of an open-chain iron-NHC complex, namely, μ-cyanido-κ<sup>2</sup>C:N-bis{[(acetonitrile-κN)[3,3'-bis(pyridin-2-yl)-1,1'-(methylidene)bis(benzimidazol-2-ylidene)]iron(II)} tris(hexafluorophosphate), [Fe<sub>2</sub>(CN)(C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>3</sub>N)<sub>2</sub>(C<sub>25</sub>H<sub>18</sub>N<sub>6</sub>)<sub>2</sub>](PF<sub>6</sub>)<sub>3</sub>. The cyanide appears to originate from the MeCN solvent by C-C bond cleavage or through carbon-hydrogen oxidation.</p>","PeriodicalId":7115,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11370999/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141900527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2,4-Diarylpyrroles: synthesis, characterization and crystallographic insights.","authors":"Mónica Farfán-Paredes, Rosa Santillan","doi":"10.1107/S2053229624007277","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2053229624007277","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Three 2,4-diarylpyrroles were synthesized starting from 4-nitrobutanones and the crystal structures of two derivatives were analysed. These are 4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-(thiophen-2-yl)-1H-pyrrole, C<sub>15</sub>H<sub>13</sub>NOS, and 3-(4-bromophenyl)-2-nitroso-5-phenyl-1H-pyrrole, C<sub>16</sub>H<sub>11</sub>BrN<sub>2</sub>O. Although pyrroles without substituents at the α-position with respect to the N atom are very air sensitive and tend to polymerize, we succeeded in growing an adequate crystal for X-ray diffraction analysis. Further derivatization using sodium nitrite afforded a nitrosyl pyrrole derivative, which crystallized in the triclinic space group P-1 with Z = 6. Thus, herein we report the first crystal structure of a nitrosyl pyrrole. Interestingly, the co-operative hydrogen bonds in this NO-substituted pyrrole lead to a trimeric structure with bifurcated halogen bonds at the ends, forming a two-dimensional (2D) layer with interstitial voids having a radius of 5 Å, similar to some reported macrocyclic porphyrins.</p>","PeriodicalId":7115,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141900525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Crystal structures, phase transition, and Hirshfeld surface analyses of the bromide and chloride congeners of aqua[2,4,6-tris(pyridin-4-yl)-1,3,5-triazine]zinc(II) halide.","authors":"Maegan Dailey, Eric W Jackson, Timothy R Ramadhar","doi":"10.1107/S205322962400737X","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S205322962400737X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During the course of exploring crystallization conditions in generating metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for use in the crystalline sponge method, two discrete metal-organic complexes, namely, aqua[2,4,6-tris(pyridin-4-yl)-1,3,5-triazine]zinc(II) bromide, [Zn(C<sub>18</sub>H<sub>12</sub>N<sub>6</sub>)(H<sub>2</sub>O)]Br<sub>2</sub>, and aqua[2,4,6-tris(pyridin-4-yl)-1,3,5-triazine]zinc(II) chloride, [Zn(C<sub>18</sub>H<sub>12</sub>N<sub>6</sub>)(H<sub>2</sub>O)]Cl<sub>2</sub>, were encountered. Structures in the orthorhombic space group Pnma (No. 62) for the bromide congener at 299 K and the chloride congener at 100 K were obtained. A phase transition for the bromide congener occurred upon cooling from 299 to 100 K, yielding a crystal polymorph with four domains that exhibits monoclinic P2<sub>1</sub>/m space-group symmetry (No. 11), which arises from conformational changes. The main intramolecular contacts that contribute to the crystal packing in all observed structures are H...H, Halide...H/H...Halide, C...H/H...C, and N...H/H...N. Intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the Zn-bound water and non-Zn-bound pyridyl N atoms is a prominent feature within the three-dimensional networks. Aromatic π-stacking between the non-Zn-bound pyridine rings and contacts involving the halide ligands further stabilize the crystal packing.</p>","PeriodicalId":7115,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141915861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}