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Halogen Bonding And Host–Guest Chemistry Between N-Alkylammonium Resorcinarene Halides, Diiodoperfluorobutane And Neutral Guests, Fangfang Pan, Mohadeseh Dashti, Michael R. Reynolds, Kari Rissanen, John F. Trant, Ngong Kodiah Beyeh

Chemistry and Biochemistry Publications

Single crystal X-ray structures of halogen-bonded assemblies formed between host N-hexylammonium resorcinarene bromide (1) or N-cyclohexylammonium resorcinarene chloride (2), and 1,4-diiodooctafluorobutane and accompanying small solvent guests (meth- anol, acetonitrile and water) are presented. The guests’ inclusion affects the geometry of the cavity of the receptors 1 and 2, while the divalent halogen bond donor 1,4-diiodooctafluorobutane determines the overall nature of the halogen bond assembly. The crystal lattice of 1 contains two structurally different dimeric assemblies A and B, formally resulting in the mixture of a capsular dimer and a dimeric pseudo-capsule. ¹H …