Structural Diversity in the Complexes of Trimeric Perfluoro- o -phenylene Mercury with Tetrathia- and Tetramethyltetraselenafulvalene

Journal Article · Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Crystal Growth and Design

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/cg501594t· OSTI ID:1247160

Castañeda, Raúl ^[1]; Yakovenko, Andrey A. ^[2]; Draguta, Sergiu ^[1]; Fonari, Marina S. ^[3]; Antipin, Mikhail Yu. ^[4]; Timofeeva, Tatiana V. ^[5]

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1. New Mexico Highlands Univ., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
3. New Mexico Highlands Univ., Las Vegas, NV (United States); Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Chisinau (Moldova)
4. New Mexico Highlands Univ., Las Vegas, NV (United States); Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow (Russian Federation)
5. New Mexico Highlands Univ., Las Vegas, NV (United States); ITMO Univ., St. Petersburg (Russia)

Five potential charge transfer complexes of trimeric perfluoro-o-phenylene mercury (I) with tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) and tetramethyltetraselenefulvalene (TMTSF) were grown from different solvent mixtures. The adducts (I)2·TTF (1) and I·TTF (2) were grown by slow evaporation from the 1:1 mixture of dichloromethane (CH₂Cl₂, DCM) and carbon disulfide (CS₂). Use of the different 1:1 solvent mixtures of dichloromethane (CH₂Cl₂, DCM) and dichloroethane (C₂H₄Cl₂, DCE) has led to the crystalline adducts I·TTF (3) and I·TTF·DCE (4). Adduct I.TMTSF (5) was grown by the interface crystallization on the border of two immiscible layers, ethyl acetate, and carbon disulfide. The cocrystals differ by the donor–acceptor ratio, molecular packing, and the solvent inclusion. The components in 1–5 form mixed donor–acceptor stacks. The stacks are stabilized by Hg···S and Hg···C short contacts, while the lateral interactions between stacks include F···F, CH···F, and S/Se···F short contacts.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1247160
• Journal Information: Crystal Growth and Design, Vol. 15, Issue 3; ISSN 1528-7483
• Publisher: American Chemical Society
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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