Ultra-fast rotors for molecular machines and functional materials via halogen bonding: crystals of 1, 4-bis (iodoethynyl) bicyclo [2.2. 2] octane with distinct gigahertz …

…, P Batail, S Brown, MA Garcia-Garibay

Index: Lemouchi, Cyprien; Vogelsberg, Cortnie S.; Zorina, Leokadiya; Simonov, Sergey; Batail, Patrick; Brown, Stuart; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011 , vol. 133, # 16 p. 6371 - 6379

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Abstract

As a point of entry to investigate the potential of halogen-bonding interactions in the construction of functional materials and crystalline molecular machines, samples of 1, 4-bis (iodoethynyl) bicyclo [2.2. 2] octane (BIBCO) were synthesized and crystallized. Knowing that halogen-bonding interactions are common between electron-rich acetylenic carbons and electron-deficient iodines, it was expected that the BIBCO rotors would be an ideal ...