A hydrogen-bonded molecular ladder. The crystal structure and guest-binding properties of a bishydroquinone derivative of anthracene

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1999.887

9, 10-Bis(2,5-dihydroxy-1-phenyl)anthracene, an H-shaped tetraphenol, forms a doubly hydrogen-bonded ladder-like polymeric chain in the crystal. The small in-ladder cavities incorporate tiny guests such as acetone selectively.