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12.07.2019

Publicació de l'article "Gallic Acid Dimer As a Double π–Hole Donor: Evidence from X-ray, Theoretical Calculations, and Generalization from the Cambridge Structural Database"

El Dr. Rafel Prohens, responsable de la Tecnologia de Polimorfisme i Calorimetria , així com la Dra. Mercè Font-Bardia, de la Unitat Difracció de raigs X (DRX) dels CCiTUB , han publicat l’article "Gallic Acid Dimer As a Double π–Hole Donor: Evidence from X-ray, Theoretical Calculations, and Generalization from the Cambridge Structural Database” a la revista Crystal Growth & Design. Remarcar que aquests article es fruit del conveni entre CCiTUB i l'empresa CIRCE i s'ha fet en col·laboració amb la Universitat de les Illes Balears

El resum de l'article és el següent:

"In this work, we demonstrate that the centrosymmetric eight-membered supramolecular ring R22(8) that is formed upon dimerization of benzoic acids has a marked tendency to establish π–hole interactions with electron-rich atoms. We have used the Cambridge Structural Database to demonstrate the preference of carboxylic acid dimers to form donor–acceptor interactions involving π–holes located at the C atoms above and below the molecular plane. Moreover, we have carried out DFT calculations (PBE0-D3/def2-TZVP) to investigate the geometric and energetic features of these interactions and how they are affected by the substituents of the aromatic ring. Finally, as an example we report the synthesis and X-ray characterization of a solvate of gallic acid with dioxane, where two molecules of dioxane are located above and below the eight-membered supramolecular ring, forming two symmetrically equivalent O···C π–hole interactions."

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