Organic multishell isostructural host-guest crystals: fullerenes C-60 inside a nitroxide open framework

David Bardelang (1) , Michel Giorgi (2) , Cedric Pardanaud (3) , Virginie Hornebecq (4) , Egon Rizzato (1) , Paul Tordo (1) , Olivier Ouari (1)

1 ICR - Institut de Chimie Radicalaire
2 AMU SPEC - Spectropôle - Aix Marseille Université
3 PIIM - Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires
4 MADIREL - Matériaux divisés, interfaces, réactivité, électrochimie

The dinitroxide biradical bTbk crystallizes forming hexagonal open frameworks with one-dimensional corrugated channels filled with crystallization solvent. The large pockets constitutive of the channels allowed the inclusion of C-60 in the paramagnetic network. The rapidity and high fidelity of crystal growth were used to prepare isostructural multilayer host-guest crystals successively stained with C-60.

Domains: Chemical Sciences

David Bardelang, Michel Giorgi, Cedric Pardanaud, Virginie Hornebecq, Egon Rizzato, et al.. Organic multishell isostructural host-guest crystals: fullerenes C-60 inside a nitroxide open framework. Chemical Communications, 2013, 49 (34), pp.3519--3521. ⟨10.1039/c3cc00170a⟩. ⟨hal-01460437⟩