Gunawardana C A, Đaković M, Aakeröy C B
Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Jan 16;54(6):607-610. doi: 10.1039/c7cc08839f.
The reactions between a tetrahedrally-shaped tecton, tetrakis(4-(iodoethynyl)phenyl)methane, and tetraphenylphosphonium halides readily afford interpenetrated and densely packed diamondoid architectures sustained by C-IX (X = chloride, bromide, iodide) interactions. In all these halogen-bonded networks, the halide anions act as four-connecting nodes, while the tetraphenylphosphonium cations provide essential templating information and structural support.
