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Monitoring dynamic pre-crystallization aggregation processes in solution by VT-DOSY-NMR spectroscopy
Andreas Mix1, Jan-Hendrik Lamm1, Jan Schwabedissen1
1Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Chemie, Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie (ACS) and Centre for Molecular Materials (CM2), Universitätsstr. 25, Bielefeld D-33615, Germany. mitzel@uni-bielefeld.de.
Abstract:
Equimolar mixtures of pyridine (Py) with para-halotetrafluoropyridine (BrTFP and ITFP) were investigated by VT-diffusion NMR experiments. The formation of a halogen-bond-stabilized ITFP·Py complex was detected upon cooling a solution in methylcyclohexane-d14 to 260 K; this allows monitoring a halogen-bond-driven aggregation process preceding crystallization in solution.

