Author:
Pinalli Roberta,Massera Chiara
Abstract
The crystal structure of a new supramolecular complex between the tetraphosphonate cavitand 5,11,17,23-tetramethyl-6,10:12,16:18,22:24,4-tetrakis(phenylphosphonato-κ2O,O′)resorcin(4)arene and the nitrosyl cation NO+, as the BF4−salt, is reported. The complex, of general formula [(C56H44P4O12)(NO)]BF4·CH2Cl2or NO@Tiiii[H, CH3, C6H5] BF4·CH2Cl2, crystallizes in the space groupP-1. The nitrosyl cation is disordered over two equivalent positions, with occupancies of 0.503 (2) and 0.497 (2), and interacts with two adjacent P=O groups at the upper rim of the cavitand through dipole–charge interactions. In the lattice, the cavitands are connected through a series of C—H...π interactions involving the methyl and methylenic H atoms and the aromatic rings of the macrocycle. The structure is further stabilized by the presence of C—H...F interactions between the hydrogen atoms of the cavitands and the F atoms of the tetrafluoridoborate anion. As a result of the disorder, the lattice dichloromethane molecules could not be modelled in terms of atomic sites, and were treated using thePLATONSQUEEZE procedure [Spek (2015).Acta Cryst.C71, 9–18]. The complexation process has also been studied in solution through NMR titrations.
Publisher
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science,General Chemistry
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