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From Molecules to Materials: Engineering New Ionic Liquid Crystals Through Halogen Bonding
Published on: March 24, 2018
N,N,2,4,6-Penta-methyl-anilinium hexa-fluoro-phosphate-1,4,7,10,13,16-hexa-oxa-cyclo-octa-decane (2/1)
Yi Qi Chang1, Yuan Zhang1, Huo Lin Lian1
1Department of Applied Chemistry, Nanjing College of Chemical Technology, Nanjing 210048, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the title compound, 2C11H18N(+)·2PF6 (-)·C12H24O6, the 18-crown-6 mol-ecule has crystallographically imposed inversion symmetry. In the crystal, it inter-acts with the cation through weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The cations and anions are further linked via N-H⋯F and C-H⋯F hydrogen bonds, leading to a sandwich structure .
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