Anion−π and π−π Cooperative Interactions Regulating the Self-Assembly of Nitrate−Triazine−Triazine Complexes
- 23 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
- Vol. 112 (7), 1627-1632
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jp711225x
Abstract
We theoretically investigate the cooperative enhancement of the interactions between anions and electron-deficient aromatics by π−π stacking, focusing on the recent crystallographic observation of anion−π−π interactions in a synthesized coordination compound based on 1,3,5-triazine moieties. Using a combination of state-of-the-art dispersion-corrected density functional and quantum Monte Carlo calculations, we rationalize the unusual structural features observed in this nitrate−triazine−triazine complex. We show that the triazine rings are staggered and bent and slip with respect to each other with the nitrate bound off-center in a T-like configuration. Our results indicate that this π−π stacking is not simply enforced by the coordination of the triazines within the particular crystal structure but is regulated by cooperative anion−π and π−π interactions. In the nitrate−triazine−triazine complex, this cooperative effect amounts to 6% of the total binding energy. Ways to further increase this energetic enhancement in the design of anion−host architectures are discussed.Keywords
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