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Synthesis, X-ray Characterization and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Studies of Two Polymorphs of the α,α,α,α, Isomer of Tetra-p-Iodophenyl Tetramethyl Calix[4]pyrrole: On the Importance of Halogen Bonds

This manuscript reports the improved synthesis of the α,α,α,α isomer of tetra-p-iodophenyl tetra-methyl calix[4]pyrrole and the X-ray characterization of two solvate polymorphs. In the solid state, the calix[4]pyrrole receptor adopts the cone conformation, including one acetonitrile molecule in its...

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Autores principales: Dăbuleanu, Dragoș, Bauzá, Antonio, Ortega-Castro, Joaquín, Escudero-Adán, Eduardo C., Ballester, Pablo, Frontera, Antonio
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7024273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31936802
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25020285
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author Dăbuleanu, Dragoș
Bauzá, Antonio
Ortega-Castro, Joaquín
Escudero-Adán, Eduardo C.
Ballester, Pablo
Frontera, Antonio
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Bauzá, Antonio
Ortega-Castro, Joaquín
Escudero-Adán, Eduardo C.
Ballester, Pablo
Frontera, Antonio
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description This manuscript reports the improved synthesis of the α,α,α,α isomer of tetra-p-iodophenyl tetra-methyl calix[4]pyrrole and the X-ray characterization of two solvate polymorphs. In the solid state, the calix[4]pyrrole receptor adopts the cone conformation, including one acetonitrile molecule in its aromatic cavity by establishing four convergent hydrogen bonds between its nitrogen atom and the four pyrrole NHs of the former. The inclusion complexes pack into rods, displaying a unidirectional orientation. In turn, the rods form flat 2D-layers by alternating the orientation of their p-iodo substituents. The 2D layers stack on top of another, resulting in a head-to-head and tail-to-tail orientation of the complexes or their exclusive arrangement in a head-to-tail geometry. The dissimilar stacking of the layers yields two solvate polymorphs that are simultaneously present in the structures of the single crystals. The ratio of the two polymorph phases is regulated by the amount of acetonitrile added to the chloroform solutions from which the crystals grow. Halogen bonding interactions are highly relevant in the crystal lattices of the two polymorphs. We analyzed and characterized these interactions by means of density functional theory (DFT) calculations and several computational tools. Remarkably, single crystals of a solvate containing two acetonitrile molecules per calix[4]pyrrole were obtained from pure acetonitrile solution.
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spelling pubmed-70242732020-03-11 Synthesis, X-ray Characterization and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Studies of Two Polymorphs of the α,α,α,α, Isomer of Tetra-p-Iodophenyl Tetramethyl Calix[4]pyrrole: On the Importance of Halogen Bonds Dăbuleanu, Dragoș Bauzá, Antonio Ortega-Castro, Joaquín Escudero-Adán, Eduardo C. Ballester, Pablo Frontera, Antonio Molecules Article This manuscript reports the improved synthesis of the α,α,α,α isomer of tetra-p-iodophenyl tetra-methyl calix[4]pyrrole and the X-ray characterization of two solvate polymorphs. In the solid state, the calix[4]pyrrole receptor adopts the cone conformation, including one acetonitrile molecule in its aromatic cavity by establishing four convergent hydrogen bonds between its nitrogen atom and the four pyrrole NHs of the former. The inclusion complexes pack into rods, displaying a unidirectional orientation. In turn, the rods form flat 2D-layers by alternating the orientation of their p-iodo substituents. The 2D layers stack on top of another, resulting in a head-to-head and tail-to-tail orientation of the complexes or their exclusive arrangement in a head-to-tail geometry. The dissimilar stacking of the layers yields two solvate polymorphs that are simultaneously present in the structures of the single crystals. The ratio of the two polymorph phases is regulated by the amount of acetonitrile added to the chloroform solutions from which the crystals grow. Halogen bonding interactions are highly relevant in the crystal lattices of the two polymorphs. We analyzed and characterized these interactions by means of density functional theory (DFT) calculations and several computational tools. Remarkably, single crystals of a solvate containing two acetonitrile molecules per calix[4]pyrrole were obtained from pure acetonitrile solution. MDPI 2020-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7024273/ /pubmed/31936802 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25020285 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Dăbuleanu, Dragoș
Bauzá, Antonio
Ortega-Castro, Joaquín
Escudero-Adán, Eduardo C.
Ballester, Pablo
Frontera, Antonio
Synthesis, X-ray Characterization and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Studies of Two Polymorphs of the α,α,α,α, Isomer of Tetra-p-Iodophenyl Tetramethyl Calix[4]pyrrole: On the Importance of Halogen Bonds
title Synthesis, X-ray Characterization and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Studies of Two Polymorphs of the α,α,α,α, Isomer of Tetra-p-Iodophenyl Tetramethyl Calix[4]pyrrole: On the Importance of Halogen Bonds
title_full Synthesis, X-ray Characterization and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Studies of Two Polymorphs of the α,α,α,α, Isomer of Tetra-p-Iodophenyl Tetramethyl Calix[4]pyrrole: On the Importance of Halogen Bonds
title_fullStr Synthesis, X-ray Characterization and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Studies of Two Polymorphs of the α,α,α,α, Isomer of Tetra-p-Iodophenyl Tetramethyl Calix[4]pyrrole: On the Importance of Halogen Bonds
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis, X-ray Characterization and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Studies of Two Polymorphs of the α,α,α,α, Isomer of Tetra-p-Iodophenyl Tetramethyl Calix[4]pyrrole: On the Importance of Halogen Bonds
title_short Synthesis, X-ray Characterization and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Studies of Two Polymorphs of the α,α,α,α, Isomer of Tetra-p-Iodophenyl Tetramethyl Calix[4]pyrrole: On the Importance of Halogen Bonds
title_sort synthesis, x-ray characterization and density functional theory (dft) studies of two polymorphs of the α,α,α,α, isomer of tetra-p-iodophenyl tetramethyl calix[4]pyrrole: on the importance of halogen bonds
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7024273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31936802
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25020285
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