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The Geometry and Structural Properties of the 4,8,12-Trioxa-4,8,12,12c-tetrahydrodibenzo[cd,mn]pyrene System in the Cationic State. Structures of a Planar Organic Cation with Various Monovalent- and Divalent Anions.

  • Frederik C Krebs
  • , Bo W. Laursen
  • , Ib Johannsen
  • , André Faldt
  • , Klaus Bechgaard
  • , Claus Schelde Jacobsen
  • , Niels Thorup
  • , Kamal Boubekeur
  • Risø National Laboratory
  • IMN

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Abstract

The geometry of the 4,8,12-trioxa-4,8,12,12c- tetrahydrodibenzo[cd,mn]pyrene system in the cationic state was established by X-ray structural resolution of the salts formed between the cationand various anions. The geometry was found to be planar for the 4,8,12-trioxa-4,8,12,12c- tetrahydrodibenzo [cd,mn]pyrenylium and 2,6,10-tri (tert-butyl)-4,8,12-trioxa-4,8,12,12c-tetrahydrodibenzo[cd,mn]pyre nylium cations with the monovalentanions I-, BF4-, PF6- AsF6-, HNO3. NO3- and CF3SO3-, and the divalent anions S2O62- and Mo6Cl142-. The salts were found to crystallize in distinct space groups following a characteristic pattern. Mixed cation-anion stacking resulted in space groups with high symmetry: Pbca in three cases and R (3) over bar c in one; a temperature study of the latter was made at ten different temperatures. The formation of dimers of anions and cations resulted in lower-symmetry space groups, mainly monoclinic (P2(1)/n, P2(1)/c and C2/c), but also P (1) over bar.
Original languageEnglish
JournalActa Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials
VolumeB55
Pages (from-to)410-423
ISSN2052-5192
Publication statusPublished - 1999

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