2-D and 3-D porous structures from tetrakis(4-thyminylmethylphenyl)methane. Issue 9 (9th February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Qi, L.; Gundersen, L.-L.; Görbitz, C. H.
• Is Part Of: CrystEngComm. Volume 20:Issue 9(2018)
• Page Start: 1179
• Page End: 1184
• Publication Date: 2018-02-09
• Subjects: Crystals -- Periodicals; Crystal growth -- Periodicals; Crystallography -- Periodicals; Cristaux -- Périodiques; Cristaux -- Croissance -- Périodiques; Cristallographie -- Périodiques; 548
• DOI: 10.1039/c8ce00078f
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1466-8033

Abstract

Abstract : Using tetraphenylmethane as a scaffold, a potent hub for generation of organic porous networks has been synthesized by introduction of thymine functionalities in all para -positions. Abstract : Using tetraphenylmethane as a scaffold, a potent hub for generation of organic porous networks has been synthesized by introduction of thymine functionalities in all para -positions. Depending on the choice of solvent, crystal structures are produced with 35–46% solvent volume organized in two- or three-dimensional channel systems. The intermolecular interactions are dominated by two features: formation of dimers connected by six C–H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and links between these dimers as R22(8) ring motifs formed by pairs of thymines. These are the first structures of their kind and suggest further use of DNA-inspired building units in supermolecular engineering of biocompatible functional materials.