Four hydroxybenzoic acid building blocks, m-hydroxybenzoic acid, 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,5-dihydroxyterephthalic acid, and 5-hydroxyisophthalic acid, have been synthesized as robust cocrystallizing agents and employed in reactions with piperazine, including [（C4H12N2 2＋）.（C7H5O3-）2] （l）, [（CaH12N2 2＋）.（C7H5O4-）2] （2）, [（C4H12N2 2＋）.（C8H5O6 2- ）] （3）, and [（C4H12N2 2＋）1/2. （C8H5O5）] . 2H2O （4）. Hydrogen-bonded directed assemblies of four salts were validated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. In compounds 1-4, hydroxybenzoic acids are all deprotonated and piperazine molecules are all protonated to form piperazine dications and keep the chair conformation. Thermal stability of these compounds has been investigated.
WANG LeiXUE RuiFengXU LingYanLU XiFengCHEN RuiXinTAO XuTang
Imidazole base was crystallized with different aromatic carboxylic acids 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 5-chlorosalicylic acid, and 1,8-naphthalic acid, affording three new binary molecular organic salts of [(C 3 H 5 N 2 + )·(C 7 H 5 O 4 )] (1), [(C 3 H 5 N 2 + )·(C 7 H 4 O 3 Cl )] C 7 H 5 O 3 Cl (2), and [(C 3 H 5 N 2 + ) (C 12 H 7 O 4 )] (3). Proton transfer occurs from the COOH of carboxylic acid to nitrogen of imidazole in all complexes (1-3), leading to the hydrogen bond N-H…O in all structures. To our knowledge, the recognition pattern between the carboxylic acid group and imidazole (acid-imidazole synthon) is less well-studied so far. The cooperation among COOH, COO and imidazolium cation functional groups for the observed hydrogen bond synthons is examined in the three structures. Generally, the strong N-H…O and O-H…O hydrogen bonds define supramolecular architecture and connectivity within chains, while weaker C-H…O hydrogen bonds play the dominant role in controlling the interactions between layers in these novel organic salts. Thermal stability of these compounds has been investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of mass loss.
WANG LeiZHAO LeiLIU MengCHEN RuiXinYANG YuGU YuanXiang
Multifunctional molecules are capable of assembling via different supramolecular synthons, or hydrogen bond motifs, between the same or different functional groups, leading to the possibility of cocrystal. Utilization of the interplay of dimensionality （I-D, 2-D and 3-D）, orientation of functional groups of the building blocks, influence of rigid/flexible linking groups, and weak interactions provides an interesting route for the creation of novel supramolecular architectures in the crystal lattice. N-unsubstituted 1H-benzotriazole and carboxylic acid, being self-complementary molecules, offer a broad scope of study of binary compounds based on the complementary combination of H-bonding/donating sites. We report here the construction of three extended molecular networks in cocrystals of the carboxylic acid group of the acid and the 1H-benzotriazole triazole moiety. We have been able to identify four major supramolecualr synthons that would be helpful in the prediction of structural motifs for these kinds of studies. Interestingly, these heterosynthons are strikingly similar, to those of the homosynthons of the individual functional groups. The nature of the aza groups helps to enhance the overall volume of the crystal lattice thus lead- ing to the formation of various supramolecular assemblies. Thermal stability of these compounds has been investigated by thermogravimetric analysis （TGA） of mass loss.
WANG LeiZHAO LeiXUE RuiYuLU XiFengWEN YongHongYANG Yu
With dimethylamine as a template, a new one-dimensional zincophosphite （C2H8N）·[Zn（HPO3）（H2PO3）] was prepared under hydrothermal conditions and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, FTIR spectrametry, elemental analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, and thermogravimetric analysis. The compound crystallized in the Monoclinic space group P2（1）/c, with cell parameters, a=0.78410（9） nm, b=1.54744（2） nm, c=0.81418（1） nm, β=105.8150（1）°, V=0.95049（2） nm3 and Z=4. The connectivity of the ZnO4 tetrahedron and HPO3 pseudo pyramid resulted in inifinite corner-sharing 4-membered ring chains, which were further linked by the protonated amine molecules to form a 3D structure via hydrogen bonds. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first existence of a zincophosphite with the anionic framework composition of [Zn（HPO3）（H2PO3）]-. The compound exhibits intense photoluminescence at room temperature.
WANG LeiLUO Yan-lingWEN Yong-hongLI Guang-huaFENG Shou-hua
利用相转移催化法,以对苯二胺和咪唑为原料,经两步反应合成了一种双咪唑化合物1,4-二(1-咪唑甲基甲酰胺基)苯,通过元素分析、1 H NMR及13 C NMR对化合物进行了表征。考察了催化剂种类、催化剂用量及反应时间等因素对反应收率的影响。得到最佳反应条件:n(咪唑)∶n(氢氧化钠)∶n(1,4-二(氯甲基甲酰氨基)苯)=2.2∶2.2∶1.0,反应温度60℃,反应时间3h,三乙基苄基溴化铵为催化剂,摩尔分数为1%。在最佳反应条件下,1,4-二(1-咪唑甲基甲酰胺基)苯的收率可达97%。
