title: Dibenzoeilatin: a novel ligand exhibiting remarkable complementary pi-pi stacking interactions.
abstract: The complex [Ru(bpy)2(dbneil)][PF6]2 forms discrete dimers in solution held by strong pi-pi stacking interactions via its distorted dibenzoeilatin ligand, indicating that planarity is not an obligatory requirement for achieving strong pi-stacking, as long as complementarity between the stacking moieties can be achieved.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel.
authors.forename: Sheba D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Bergman
authors.forename: Dvora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reshef
authors.forename: Stanislav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Groysman
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kol