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species 1 81.458 is determined. According to a simple bonding
model this torsion angle is a result of the interaction of the 3p
lone pairs at the two sulfur centers which try to become
orthogonal. For the H–S–S–H molecule an angle of 90.58 was
calculated in this work at the MP2/6-31G* level of theory.
The most remarkable difference between the non-fluorinated
and the fluorinated species is observed for the torsion angles C–
C–S–S. They enlarge from 10.58 (average) in 3 to 74.88 in 2,
with the aryl groups almost parallel to the SS bond to almost
perpendicular. Compared to 3, in 1 the PhH group deviates more
from the SS plane (27.28) whilst the angle to the PhF group
slightly decreases in comparison with 2.
In complex 5 the interaction of 3 with C10F8 has almost no
influence on bond distances and bond and torsion angles.
In complex 4 the C–C–S–S torsion angles increase to almost
perpendicular (88.48), and for the C–S–S–C torsion angle a
dramatic increase from 73.68 to 107.158 4 is determined in
going from homo-crystals 2 to co-crystals 4, seemingly due to
p-stacking interactions between 2 and C10H8.
temperature the solvent was removed with syringe and the
residual solid was dried under vacuum, first at ꢀ50 8C, then at
ambient temperature. Compound 1 was obtained as white
crystals, 1.17 g (95%), mp 21–22 8C (22 8C [15]). MS, m/z:
307.9755 (M+, calculated for C12H5F5S2 307.9753). NMR, d:
1H: 7.53–7.29 (5H); 19F: 31.0 (2F), 11.8 (1F), 1.7 (2F).
According to the GC–MS analysis, the purity of 1 was 96.6%.
Crystals of 1 obtained as described above were too small to
be measured by XRD. The single crystals suitable to XRD were
prepared as follows: a drop of liquid 1 was placed into Krytox
oil (Du Pont), and the system was cooled by stream of the cold
nitrogen. Under these conditions, 1 solidified into well-shaped
big transparent crystals.
4.1.2. Complex of 1,10,2,20,3,30,4,40,5,50-decafluorodiphenyl
disulfide with naphthalene (4) and complex of diphenyl
disulfide with octafluoronaphthalene (5)
A mixture of 0.40 g (0.001 mol) of C6F5SSC6F5 and 0.26 g
(0.002 mol) of C10H8, or 0.22 g (0.001 mol) of C6H5SSC6H5
and 0.54 g (0.002 mol) of C10F8, was dissolved in 2 mL of
boiling hexane and solution was gradually cooled to 20 8C.
Complexes 4 and 5 were obtained as transparent colorless
needles: 4, 0.38 g (58%), mp 58–59 8C; 5, 0.26 g (68%), mp
55–56 8C.
3. Conclusions
Unexpectedly, aromatic disulfides revealed rather low
affinity for p-stacking interactions of the arene–polyfluoroar-
ene type. However, it follows from this work that the disulfides
can be involved in these interactions under certain circum-
stances. As a result, ArH/ArF p-stacking interactions might
have some prospects in improving structural order of thiolate
SAMs. The design and synthesis of (fluoro) aromatic disulfides
with enlarged propensity to the discussed interactions, in
particular based on the approach used in this work for preparing
1, might be a direction for further research.
The composition and stoichiometry of the complexes were
confirmed by GC–MS data.
4.2. Crystallographic analysis
The single crystal X-ray determinations (Table 1) were
carried out on a Siemens P4 diffractometer using Mo Ka
(71.073 pm) radiation. The crystals were mounted using KEL-F
oil on a thin glass fiber. The structures were solved by direct
methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares against F2 of
all data using SHELX-97 software [22]. The structures obtained
were analyzed for shortened contacts between non-bonded
atoms with the PLATON program [23].
4. Experimental
The 1H and 19F NMR spectra were measured with a Bruker
AV-300 spectrometer at frequencies of 300.13 and
282.37 MHz, respectively, for solutions in CDCl3, with TMS
and C6F6 as standards. The high-resolution mass-spectra were
recorded with a Finnigan MAT MS-8200 instrument. GC–MS
Crystallographic data (excluding structure factors) for the
structures have been deposited with the Cambridge Crystal-
lographic Data Centre as supplementary publications no.
CCDC 290029 (1), CCDC 290030 (4) and CCDC 290028 (5).
Copies of data can be obtained, free of charge, on application to
CCDC, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK (fax: +44
measurements were performed with a Hewlett-Packard
G1800A GCD device for solutions in CH2Cl2.
4.1. Compounds
Compounds C6F5SSC6F5 (2) [18], C6F5SCl [19],
C6H5SSi(CH3)3 [20], and C6F5SeSeC6F5 [21] were prepared
as described before. Compounds C10F8, C10H8, C6H5SSC6H5
and C6H5SeSeC6H5 were commercially available (Aldrich).
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to Mr. Peter Brackmann for his
assistance in the XRD experiments, and to the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany, for financial support of this
work (project 436 RUS 113/486/0-3 R).
4.1.1. 1,2,3,4,5-Pentafluorodiphenyl disulfide (1)
At 20 8C and under argon, a solution of 0.94 g (0.004 mol) of
C6F5SCl in 5 mL of Et2O was added dropwise to a stirred
solution of 0.73 g (0.004 mol) of C6H5SSi(CH3)3 in 5 mL of the
same solvent. After 1 h, the solvent was distilled off under
reduced pressure, the residue was dissolved in 2 mL of hexane
and solution was placed into cryostat at ꢀ50 8C. At the same
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