Single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation and catalytic properties of new hybrid perhalidometallates

Autor: Stephany Zárate-Roldán, Raquel P. Herrera, M. Concepción Gimeno, Brahim Ayed, Manel Moncer, Irene Ara, Ali Rayes, Necmi Dege
Přispěvatelé: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Gobierno de Aragón, European Commission
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Catalysts, Vol 11, Iss 758, p 758 (2021)
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Catalysts
Volume 11
Issue 7
Popis: This article belongs to the Special Issue Catalytic Approaches to Selective Elaboration of Organic Molecules.
Two new organic–inorganic salts of perhalidometallates with protonated organic amine cations have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction and thermal analysis. (CHBMAH2)ZnBr4·3/2H2O 1 and (CHBMAH2)ZnCl4 4 [(CHBMAH2)2+: 1,3-cyclohexanebis(methylammonium)] were obtained in single-crystal form. The crystal packing in all of the obtained compounds is governed by the formation of various non-covalent intermolecular forces between tetrahalidometallate anions and organic cations, assisted by water molecules in the hydrates. Hirshfeld surface analysis denotes that the most important contributions to the crystal packing are X···H/H···X (X: Cl, Br, I) and H···H interactions. Interestingly, the compound 1,3-cyclohexanebis(methylammonium)tetrachloridozincate (II) dihydrate, (CHBMAH2)ZnCl4·2H2O 2, undergoes thermally-triggered single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) transformation upon dehydration to produce a supramolecular solid compound, 1,3-cyclohexanebis(methylammonium) tetrachloridozincate (II), (CHBMAH2)ZnCl4 4. The SCSC transformation causes changes in the lattice parameters and a structural rearrangement. Furthermore, the catalytic properties of (CHBMAH2)ZnCl4·2H2O 2 and (CHBMAH2)CdI4·2H2O 3 have been explored in the acetalization process using various uncommon alcohols, beyond methanol or ethanol, for the first time in the literature, with outstanding results, and opening the door to the formation of alternative acetals.
This research was funded by Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), projects CTQ2017-88091-P, PID2019-104379RB-C21, PID2020-117455GB-I00 and PGC2018-093451-B-I00 and Gobierno de Aragón-Fondo Social Europeo (Research Groups E07_20R and E17_17R).
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