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Caroline Evania Mulijanto1, Hong Sheng Quah1, Geok Kheng Tan1, Bruno Donnadieu1, Jagadese J Vittal1.
Abstract
A dramatic effect of crystal morphology, photoreactivity and photosalient property is observed in a zinc(II) complex due to solvent effects and fluorine substitution at the backbone of the ligand. Of the two crystal forms with a 3-fluoro derivative, one yielded a curved morphology of single crystals and the second form shows photoreactivity in the solid state, whereas crystals of the 2-fluoro derivative pop during the [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reaction. This is the first report documenting curved single crystals of metal complexes obtained naturally during crystallization, although such bent crystals have been observed in extended solids naturally, or bent by mechanical force or by UV irradiation.Entities:
Keywords: Zn(II) complex; curved single crystals; cycloaddition reaction; photosalient property
Year: 2017 PMID: 28250942 PMCID: PMC5331466 DOI: 10.1107/S2052252516019072
Source DB: PubMed Journal: IUCrJ ISSN: 2052-2525 Impact factor: 4.769
Figure 1A view showing the packing of [Zn(NCS)2(3F-4spy)2] in (2) along the b-axis (a) and another view from the b-axis showing the channels occupied by guest solvents (b).
Figure 2Curved single crystals of 2 in (a) DMF and thf; (b) DMF, acetonitrile and diethylether; (c) DMF, acetonitrile and thf; (d) DMF, acetonitrile and chloroform; (e) DMF, acetonitrile and ethylene glycol; (f) DMF and methanol.
Figure 3Packing of [Zn(NCS)2(3F-4spy)2] in 3 which promotes the formation of a one-dimensional coordination polymer upon [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction under UV light.
Figure 4One-dimensional packing of photosalient [Zn(NCS)2(2F-4spy)2], 4.