Metrangolo Pierangelo, Pilati Tullio, Resnati Giuseppe, Stevenazzi Andrea
Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering G. Natta, Polytechnic of Milan, Via L. Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milan, Italy.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Jul 7(13):1492-3. doi: 10.1039/b402305f. Epub 2004 May 24.
The halogen bonding driven self-assembly of 1,4-dicyanobutane and 1,6-dicyanohexane with a range of perfluorinated telechelic diiodoalkanes yields layered 1D, infinite chain co-crystals. The structure and metrics of these co-crystals are remarkably predictable.