Fluorine in crystal engineering: photodimerization of (1E,3E)-1- phenyl-4-pentafluorophenylbuta-1,3-dienes in the crystalline state
- 17 May 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
- Vol. 1 (6), 427-430
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b202557d
Abstract
(1E,3E)-1,4-Diphenylbuta-1,3-diene is photostable in the crystalline state, while fluoro-substitution induces reactivity. Crystals of (1E,3E)-1-pentafluorophenyl-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)buta-1,3-diene 1, (1E,3E)-1-pentafluorophenyl-4-(4-methylphenyl)buta-1,3-diene 2 and (1E,3E)-1-pentafluorophenyl-4-phenylbuta-1,3-diene 3 undergo double [2+2] photodimerization topochemically to yield anti head-to-tail photodimers in the crystalline state. Remarkably fluoro-substitution brings the reactant molecules into an anti head-to-tail arrangement in the crystal lattice with weak intermolecular interactions: C–H⋯F, F⋯F, C–H⋯π, π⋯π.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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