title: 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(2-vinylpyridyl)-benzene-dichloromethane (1/2).
abstract: The title compound, C(34)H(26)N(4) x 2CH(2)Cl(2), lies about an inversion center. The solvent molecules interact with the benzene molecule both through C-H...N hydrogen bonding to span pyridine N atoms of adjacent vinyl groups, possibly stabilizing the rotational conformation observed, and through a pi interaction between a dichloromethane Cl atom and a pyridyl ring C-C bond of a c-glide-related molecule. The benzene molecules form stacks along the a axis such that two of the four olefin groups are properly oriented for photoreactivity (2+2 cyclodimerization).
authors.affiliation: Clemson University, Chemistry Department, HL Hunter Research Laboratories, Clemson, SC 29634-0973, USA.
authors.forename: Brian T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: Clifford W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Padgett
authors.forename: William T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Pennington