To bend or not to bend-are heteroatom interactions within conjugated molecules effective in dictating conformation and planarity?

Gary Conboy; Howard J. Spencer; Enrico Angioni; Alexander L. Kanibolotsky; Neil J. Findlay; Simon J. Coles; Claire Wilson; Mateusz B. Pitak; Chad Risko; Veaceslav Coropceanu; Jean Luc Brédas; Peter J. Skabara

doi:10.1039/c6mh00051g

To bend or not to bend-are heteroatom interactions within conjugated molecules effective in dictating conformation and planarity?

Gary Conboy, Howard J. Spencer, Enrico Angioni, Alexander L. Kanibolotsky, Neil J. Findlay, Simon J. Coles, Claire Wilson, Mateusz B. Pitak, Chad Risko, Veaceslav Coropceanu, Jean Luc Brédas, Peter J. Skabara^*

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Abstract

We consider the roles of heteroatoms (mainly nitrogen, the halogens and the chalcogens) in dictating the conformation of linear conjugated molecules and polymers through non-covalent intramolecular interactions. Whilst hydrogen bonding is a competitive and sometimes more influential interaction, we provide unambiguous evidence that heteroatoms are able to determine the conformation of such materials with reasonable predictability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	333-339
Number of pages	7
Journal	Materials Horizons
Volume	3
Issue number	4
Early online date	26 Apr 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c6mh00051g
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2016

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Conboy, G., Spencer, H. J., Angioni, E., Kanibolotsky, A. L., Findlay, N. J., Coles, S. J., Wilson, C., Pitak, M. B., Risko, C., Coropceanu, V., Brédas, J. L., & Skabara, P. J. (2016). To bend or not to bend-are heteroatom interactions within conjugated molecules effective in dictating conformation and planarity? Materials Horizons, 3(4), 333-339. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6mh00051g

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