1,2,5]Chalcogenadiazole-fused Dicyanonaphthoquinodiimines: Larger Contribution from Chalcogen Bond than Weak Hydrogen Bond in Determining Crystal Structures

Abstract

The title electron acceptors are planar molecules undergoing reversible two-stage one-electron reduction processes. In the crystal of selenadiazole derivative (1), tetrameric structure is formed by two kinds of chalcogen bond (ChB), which is further connected by ChB and weak hydrogen bond (WHB). Although sulfur analogue (2) has only weaker ChB, it crystallizes isomorphously to 1 forming ChB-tetramer, thus contribution from ChB is more dominant than WHB in determining the crystal packing, which is different from the corresponding tetracyanoquinodimethane analogues.