Assembly of C-propyl-pyrogallol[4]arene with bipyridine-based spacers and solvent molecules

Co-crystallization of C-propyl-pyrogallol[4]arene (PgC3) with 4,4'-bipyridine (bpy) in ethanol afforded a multi-component complex (PgC3) center dot 3(bpy) center dot (EtOH) (1) that consists of a one-dimensional brick-wall framework, which was formed by four pyrogallol[4]arene molecules and two juxtaposed bpy molecules, entrapping two other bpy molecules as guests within each cavity. Heating a mixture of PgC3 and trans-1,2-bis-(4-pyridyl)ethylene (bpe) in an ethanol-water mixed solvent allowed the isolation of a multi-component complex (PgC3) center dot (bpe) center dot 2(EtOH) center dot (H2O) (2), which has a two-dimensional wave-like polymer structure with the bpe molecules embedded in the wave trough between two PgC3 molecules. Single-crystal X-ray crystallography was utilized to investigate the hydrogen bonding networks of the multi-component complexes 1 and 2.