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From Molecules to Materials: Engineering New Ionic Liquid Crystals Through Halogen Bonding
Published on: March 24, 2018
Three-dimensional supramolecular architecture in imidazolium hydrogen 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoroterephthalate
Li-Li Yu1, Mei-Ling Cheng, Qi Liu
1Key Laboratory of Fine Petrochemical Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Polytechnic University, Changzhou 213164, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The asymmetric unit of the title salt formed between 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoroterephthalic acid (H(2)tfbdc) and imidazolium (ImH), C(3)H(5)N(2)(+).C(8)HF(4)O(4)(-), contains one Htfbdc(-) anion and one ImH(2)(+) cation, joined by a classical N-H...O hydrogen bond. The acid and base subunits are further linked by N-H...O and O-H...O hydrogen bonds into infinite two-dimensional layers with R(6)(5)(32) hydrogen-bond motifs. The resulting (4,4) network layers interpenetrate to produce an interlocked three-dimensional structure. The final three-dimensional supramolecular architecture is further stabilized by the linkages of two C-H...O interactions.
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