Free radicals as clathrate hosts: crystal and molecular structure of 1: 1 perchlorotriphenylmethyl radical–benzene
Abstract
The perchlorotriphenylmethyl radical (2) acts as a clathrate host for benzene, halogenobenzenes, and 1,4-dioxane giving inclusion compounds with different stabilities; the structure of (2)·C6H6, established by X-ray diffraction, shows the guest molecules located in channels between the hosts.