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International Union of Crystallography, Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, 2(65), p. 223-229, 2009

DOI: 10.1107/s0108768109002134

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An aza-cyclophane stacked in racemic columnar assemblies: Whole-molecule disorder in a two-dimensional solid solution

Journal article published in 2009 by Matthias Zeller ORCID, Marlon R. Lutz, Daniel P. Becker
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The oxime derivative of [1.1.1]cyclophane cyclotriveratrylene (CTV) was ring expanded utilizing a Beckmann rearrangement to provide a ten-membered N-acetyl macrocyclic amide that crystallizes as a chloroform monosolvate in columnar assemblies manifesting an unusual disorder within the crystal. Columns made up of this structure consist of infinite columnar assemblies of alternating D and L enantiomers and therefore necessarily are made up of a racemate, yet the chiralities of individual molecules in adjacent columns are independent of one another, leading to the overall formation of a two-dimensional solid solution. The random arrangement of the columns within the structure leads to the emergence of a crystallographic mirror plane not reflected by the molecular symmetry, to a change of symmetry from Pna21 to Pnma and to whole-molecule disorder of the bowl-shaped molecules within the columns.