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Noncovalent Bonding Interactions between Tetraphenylborate Anions and Paraquat and Diquat Dications†

  1. Dr. Gwilym J. Moody2,
  2. Dr. Richard K. Owusu2,
  3. Alexandra M. Z. Slawin3,
  4. Dr. Neil Spencer1,
  5. Dr. J. Fraser Stoddart1,*,
  6. Dr. J. D. Ronald Thomas2,
  7. Dr. David J. Williams3

Article first published online: 22 DEC 2003

DOI: 10.1002/anie.198708901

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English

Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English

Volume 26, Issue 9, pages 890–892, September 1987

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Moody, G. J., Owusu, R. K., Slawin, A. M. Z., Spencer, N., Stoddart, J. F., Thomas, J. D. R. and Williams, D. J. (1987), Noncovalent Bonding Interactions between Tetraphenylborate Anions and Paraquat and Diquat Dications. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 26: 890–892. doi: 10.1002/anie.198708901

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  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry, The University, Sheffield S3 7HF (UK)

  2. 2

    Department of Applied Chemistry, PO Box 13, UWIST, Cardiff CF1 3XF (UK)

  3. 3

    Chemical Crystallography Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, London SW7 2AY (UK)

*Department of Chemistry, The University, Sheffield S3 7HF (UK)

  1. †

    This work was supported by the Science and Engineering, and Agricultural and Food, Research Councils in the United Kingdom. We thank the Leverhulme Trust for the award of a Research Fellowship to J. F. S.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 DEC 2003
  2. Article first published online: 22 DEC 2003
  3. Manuscript Revised: 15 JUN 1987
  4. Manuscript Received: 20 MAR 1987

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A ternary complex—in solution and in the crystal—with π-π charge transfer interactions is formed be the dication paraquat (MeN⊕C5H4[BOND]C5H4N⊕Me) and two tetraphenylborate anions. This involves face-to-face and face-to-edge interactions between pyridinium rings and phenyl rings. Scarcely more than a methyl group of the flat paraquat is discernable in the illustration on the right.

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