Université de Fribourg

Do perfluoroarenearene and C–HF interactions make a difference to the structures of 4,2′:6′,4′′-terpyridine-based coordination polymers?

Constable, Edwin C. ; Housecroft, Catherine E. ; Vujovic, Srboljub ; Zampese, Jennifer A. ; Crochet, Aurélien ; Batten, Stuart R.

In: CrystEngComm, 2013, vol. 15, no. 46, p. 10068–10078

The consequences for the structures of coordination polymers of introducing fluoro substituents into the terminal phenyl domain of 4′-(biphenyl-4-yl)-4,2′:6′,4′′-terpyridine (1) have been investigated. Reaction between Cu(OAc)₂·H₂O and 4′-(2′,3′,4′,5′,6′-pentafluorobiphenyl-4-yl)-4,2′:6′,4′′-terpyridine (2) yields the...