The supramolecular organization in the solid state of five novel gamma-hydroxybutenolides is described. The functionalities on their framework drive the construction of the crystalline packing through weak non-covalent forces such as H-bonds, CH-pi, pi-pi and CH center dot center dot center dot O interactions. Gamma-butenolides bearing an unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic ring as the side arm exhibit a helical assembly, in which the helical sense is determined by the chirality of the molecule, promoted by a three-center, bifurcated intraintermolecular H-bond. In this assembly, the aromatic residues form an "aromatic zipper" between adjacent homochiral helices. Crystal structures of gamma-butenolide with p-substituted aromatic rings exhibit dimers, promoted by mutual O-H center dot center dot center dot O=C intermolecular hydrogen-bond interactions. Finally, when the p-position of the aromatic ring is occupied by a potential H-bond acceptor substituent, such as CN group, the aromatic substituent is involved in an exclusive intermolecular H-bond in the observed crystal packing. The ability of gamma-butenolides to control the type of packing induced by the substitution pattern of their side arm makes them interesting for the engineering of novel crystalline assemblies.
Supramolecular synthons in the gamma-hydroxybutenolides
Hickey, Neal
;Geremia, Silvano;
2017-01-01
Abstract
The supramolecular organization in the solid state of five novel gamma-hydroxybutenolides is described. The functionalities on their framework drive the construction of the crystalline packing through weak non-covalent forces such as H-bonds, CH-pi, pi-pi and CH center dot center dot center dot O interactions. Gamma-butenolides bearing an unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic ring as the side arm exhibit a helical assembly, in which the helical sense is determined by the chirality of the molecule, promoted by a three-center, bifurcated intraintermolecular H-bond. In this assembly, the aromatic residues form an "aromatic zipper" between adjacent homochiral helices. Crystal structures of gamma-butenolide with p-substituted aromatic rings exhibit dimers, promoted by mutual O-H center dot center dot center dot O=C intermolecular hydrogen-bond interactions. Finally, when the p-position of the aromatic ring is occupied by a potential H-bond acceptor substituent, such as CN group, the aromatic substituent is involved in an exclusive intermolecular H-bond in the observed crystal packing. The ability of gamma-butenolides to control the type of packing induced by the substitution pattern of their side arm makes them interesting for the engineering of novel crystalline assemblies.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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