Halogen bonding drives the self-assembly of piperazine cyclophanes into tubular structures

Kari Raatikainen; Juhani Huuskonen; Manu Lahtinen; Pierangelo Metrangolo; Kari Rissanen

doi:10.1039/b901473j

Halogen bonding drives the self-assembly of piperazine cyclophanes into tubular structures

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Apr 28:(16):2160-2. doi: 10.1039/b901473j. Epub 2009 Mar 12.

Authors

Kari Raatikainen¹, Juhani Huuskonen, Manu Lahtinen, Pierangelo Metrangolo, Kari Rissanen

Affiliation

¹ Nanoscience Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FIN-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

PMID: 19360179
DOI: 10.1039/b901473j

Abstract

Halogen bonding with 1,4-diiodotetrafluorobenzene leads to the self-assembly of piperazine cyclophanes into well-defined tubular structures with solvent inclusion.