Metric engineering of perfluorocarbon-hydrocarbon layered solids driven by the halogen bonding

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Jul 7:(13):1492-3. doi: 10.1039/b402305f. Epub 2004 May 24.

Abstract

The halogen bonding driven self-assembly of 1,4-dicyanobutane and 1,6-dicyanohexane with a range of perfluorinated telechelic diiodoalkanes yields layered 1D, infinite chain co-crystals. The structure and metrics of these co-crystals are remarkably predictable.