Charge-Transfer Diamondoid Lattices: An Unprecedentedly Huge and Highly Catenating Diamondoid Network Arising from a Tetraphenol as a Tetrahedral Node and Benzoquinone as a Linear Spacer

Abstract

Tetrakis[4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)phenyl]methane (1) and benzoquinone assemble with the help of hydrogen bonding to give the largest known diamondoid lattice (2, 76 Å long). In this case the highest degree (11-fold) of catenation ever recorded results in phenol–quinone charge-transfer stacking. A section of the lattice 2 is shown schematically; the four-coordinate units represent 1, the linear blocks benzoquinone, and the dashed lines hydrogen bonds.