Jumping Crystals of Pyrene Tweezers: Crystal-to-Crystal Transition Involving pi/pi-to-CH/pi Assembly Mode Switching

Shibuya, Y; Itoh, Y; Aida, T

Itoh, Y; Aida, T (reprint author), Univ Tokyo, Dept Chem & Biotechnol, Sch Engn, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 1138656, Japan.; Aida, T (reprint author), RIKEN, Ctr Emergent Matter Sci, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan.

CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL, 2017; 12 (7): 811

Abstract

Crystals of pyrene tweezers 1 with interdigitating pyrenyl blades jump vigorously at around 160 degrees C. Singlecrystal X-ray diffraction analysis be......

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