Concepedia

Crystal engineering via Cl ⋯ Cl non-bonded interactions. The novel 2 : 1 complex, 6-chloro-3,4-(methylenedioxy)cinnamic acid–2,4-dichlorocinnamic acid. Topochemical conversion into an unsymmetrical cyclobutane and kinetics of the reaction

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1984 · 23 citations · 0 references

Concepts

Natural SciencesChemistryCrystal StructureOrganic ChemistrySolid-state ChemistryChemical BondingCoordination ChemistryCrystal ChemistryCrystal EngineeringChlorine ChemistryNon-covalent InteractionsTopochemical Reactions

Abstract

Two chloro-subsitituted cinnamic acids have been induced to co-crystallise as a molecular complex which is converted, at different rates, into an unsymmetrical and two symmetrical cyclobutanes during solid-state topochemical 2 + 2 photoaddition.