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Single-crystal-to-single-crystal topochemical polymerizations of a terminal diacetylene: Two remarkable transformations give the same conjugated polymer
Ouyang, Xi,Fowler, Frank W.,Lauher, Joseph W.
, p. 12400 - 12401 (2007/10/03)
Host-guest chemistry was used to prepare a cocrystal of a dipyridyl substituted oxalamide host and a resorcinol derivative of a terminal diacetylene. X-ray crystallography revealed that the molecules assemble into a triple-helix with the diacetylene functionalities aligned in the center of the helix. Upon heating, the diacetylenes polymerize to give the corresponding polymer. In a second experiment, the X-ray structure of the crystalline hydrate of the same diacetylene also showed a suitable alignment of the diacetylene functionalities. These crystals polymerize at only 50 °C with the C1 carbon end of the diacetylene undergoing an unprecedented 2.4 A inward swinging movement. This results in a remarkable 9% increase in crystal density. These are the first structurally characterized polymerizations of any terminal diacetylene. A detailed comparison of the two sets of structural changes offers an interesting insight into the precise trajectories of polymerization reactions. Copyright
