Template-controlled face-to-face stacking of olefinic and aromatic carboxylic acids in the solid state.
A rigid 1,8-dipyridylnaphthalene template for supramolecular organization of unsaturated dicarboxylic acids in the solid state has been developed. Self-assembly of the template and aromatic dicarboxylic acids generates nondistorted paracyclophane and pyridinophane architectures with perfectly superimposed pi-systems. The dipyridyl template can be used to promote stereoselective solid-state dimerization of olefinic dicarboxylic acids.
Mei
Xuefeng
X
Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Liu
Shuanglong
S
Wolf
Christian
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