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The synthesis, molecular structures, and supramolecular architecture of amine adducts of bis(pentafluorophenyl)zinc
Mountford, Andrew J.,Lancaster, Simon J.,Coles, Simon J.,Horton, Peter N.,Hughes, David L.,Hursthouse, Michael B.,Light, Mark E.
, p. 3837 - 3847 (2008/10/09)
A series of eight adducts of the form (RR′R″N) 2·Zn(C6F5)2 have been prepared through treatment of the Lewis acid Zn(C6F5) 2 with 2 equiv of the corresponding amine (R = tBu or CH2Ph, R′ = R″ = H; R = R′ = Me or CH 2Ph, R″ = H; R = Me, R′ = CH2Ph, R″ = H; RR′ = cyclo-C4H8 or cyclo-C5H 10, R″ = H; R = R′ = Me, R″ = CH2Ph). The solid-state structures of all eight compounds have been elucidated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In each case the geometry about the zinc atom is essentially tetrahedral. However, there is considerable variation in the supramolecular architectures in the solid state. A number of types of noncovalent interactions are observed including phenyl-pentafluorophenyl stacking, X-H...F-C contacts, and offset face-to-face contacts between pentafluorophenyl rings, giving rise to one-, two-, and three-dimensional supramolecular structures. In our examples we find that no one intermolecular interaction predominates.
