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Structural Variability in the Monofluoroethynylbenzenes Mediated through Interactions Involving ``Organic'' Fluorine

Dikundwar, Amol G and Sathishkumar, Ranganathan and Row, Tayur Guru N and Desiraju, Gautam R (2011) Structural Variability in the Monofluoroethynylbenzenes Mediated through Interactions Involving ``Organic'' Fluorine. In: Crystal Growth & Design, 11 (9). pp. 3954-3963.

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Abstract

Competition among weak intermolecular interactions can lead to polymorphism, the appearance of various crystalline forms of a substance with comparable cohesive energies. The crystal structures of 2-fluorophenylacetylene (2FPA) and 3-fluorophenylacetylene (3FPA), both of which are liquids at ambient conditions, have been determined by in situ cryocrystallization. Both compounds exhibit dimorphs, with one of the forms observed in common, P2(1), Z = 2 and the other form being Pna2(1), Z = 4 for 2FPA and P2(1)/c, Z = 12 for 3FPA. Variations in the crystal structures of the dimorphs of each of these compounds arise from subtle differences in the way in which weak intermolecular interactions such as C-H center dot center dot center dot pi and C-H center dot center dot center dot F are manifested. The interactions involving ``organic'' fluorine, are entirely different from those in the known structure of 4-fluorophenylacetylene (4FPA), space group P2(1)/c, Z = 4. The commonalities and differences in these polymorphs of 2FPA and 3FPA have been analyzed in terms of supramolecular synthons and extended long-range synthon aufbau module (LSAM) patterns. These structures are compared with the three polymorphs of phenylacetylene, in terms of the T-shaped C-H center dot center dot center dot pi interaction, a feature common to all these structures.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Crystal Growth & Design
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to American Chemical Society.
Department/Centre: Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited: 28 Sep 2011 10:47
Last Modified: 28 Sep 2011 10:47
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/40771

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