Abstract
A new class of attractive intermolecular interaction between azide and ethynyl structural entities in a wide range of molecular crystals is reported. This interaction was systematically evaluated by using 11 geometrically different structural motifs that are preorganized to direct a solid-state topochemical azide-alkyne cycloaddition (TAAC) reaction. The supramolecular features of the azide-alkyne interaction were mapped by various crystallographic and quantum chemical approaches. Topological analysis shows the noticeable participation of electron density in the azide⋅⋅⋅alkyne interactions. Interestingly, reorientation of the atomic polarizabilities in vicinal azide and alkyne groups upon interaction in crystals favors soft orbital-guided TAAC reactions. Moreover, various solid-state and gas-phase energy decomposition methods of individual azide⋅⋅⋅alkyne interactions summarize that the strength (varies from -5.7 to -30.1 kJ mol-1 ) is primarily guided by the dispersion forces with a influencing contribution from the electrostatics.
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