Date of Graduation
Summer 2014
Degree
Master of Science in Chemistry
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Committee Chair
Eric Bosch
Abstract
The goal of crystal engineering is to design solids with useful properties. Towards this goal, molecules are designed to self-assemble from solution into the solid state through synergistic intermolecular interactions to form crystalline supramolecular structures. Over the past decade, halogen bonding has been recognized as a useful interaction for self-assembly. The research described herein is focused on the synthesis of planar polyaromatic molecules designed to form self-complementary dimers in solution and in the solid state. The Sonogashira coupling reaction was used to couple ethynylpyridines with polyfluorinated iodo and bromobenzenes. Five molecules were synthesized of which four formed the first reported self- complementary halogen bonded dimers. 1H, 19F and 13C NMR analyses were used for the conformation of target molecules. Single crystal X-ray structures of a series of molecular-dimer forming molecules are presented. The self-complimentary dimers exhibited short nitrogen-iodine or nitrogen-bromine distances between 81 and 89% of the sum of the van der Waals radii. Short H...F and π-π stacking interactions were also identified within the three dimensional structures.
Keywords
crystal engineering, supramolecular chemistry, fluorine, sonogashira, NMR, halogen bonding, self-complementary dimers, x-ray, polyfluorinated benzene
Subject Categories
Chemistry
Copyright
© Shalisa M. Oburn
Recommended Citation
Oburn, Shalisa M., "Synthesis of Self-Complementary Molecular Dimers For the Evaluation of Halogen Bonding in Crystal Engineering" (2014). MSU Graduate Theses. 1994.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/1994
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