The tin-containin
g diyne Ph
3SnC
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3 (
4) forms 1:1 host-
guest complexes witha lar
ge variety of or
ganic molecules. These complexes have been characterized by
1H NMRspectroscopy, thermo
gravimetry (TGA), and differential scannin
g calorimetry (DSC). Weakinteractions between the host and
guest molecules are observed with toluene, tetrachloroethane, and
p-xylene (the latter
gives a 2:1 complex). Stron
g interactions are found withdichloromethane, chloroform, tetrahydrofuran, and dioxane. An intermediate behavior isobserved with acetone, benzene, and pyridine. Guest-selectivity studies have been carriedout on some of these complexes that confirm the results obtained from the TGA measurements. A sin
gle-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of
4:dioxane shows that it has a trueclathrate (ca
ge) structure with the
guest molecule bein
g surrounded by 12 phenyl
groupsfrom 6 Ph
3Sn moieties. Inclusion compounds do not form when the len
gth of the spacer isshortened, i.e. with Ph
3SnC
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3, or when the SnPh
3 groups of
4 are replaced by SnMe
3moieties. On
goin
g from Ph
3SnC
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3 to Ph
3Sn(CH
2)
4SnPh
3, i.e. when the ri
giddiacetylene fra
gment is replaced by the flexible butanediyl
group, formation of a clathrateis observed only in the case of dioxane. When Ph
2PC
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2 or Ph
3SiC
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3is used as host instead of Ph
3SnC
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3, there is no evidence for clathrate formation.However, in the case of Ph
3SiC
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5: Np = 1-naphthyl), a 1:1 clathrate isobtained with dioxane. A sin
gle-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of the
5:dioxane inclusioncompound shows that the
guest molecule lies exclusively in channels formed by phenylsubstituents from the Ph
3Si
groups. Solid-state
13C,
119Sn, and
29Si NMR and X-ray powderdiffraction analyses have been carried out on
4:CHCl
3,
4:dioxane and
5:dioxane prior to andafter removal of the
guest molecules, and the results demonstrate the structure-stabilizin
gability of these molecules. It has been possible to obtain sin
gle crystals of
4 with no includedsolvent, and the X-ray crystal structure of this material shows that the or
ganization of thediacetylenic compound is such that it leads to a more compact packin
g as compared to thatfound in
4:dioxane.