A novel hydrogen-bonded duplex made up of water molecules and halide ions in the sandwich inclusion structures of (C10H8N3S)(+)center dot X center dot 2H(2)O [X=Cl-,Br-] (Sept, pg 1080, 2000)

Prabakaran P; Murugesan S; Robert JJ; Panneerselvam P; Muthiah PT; Bocelli G; Righi L

Chemistry Letters, Vol.29, No.10, 1229-1229, 2000

Prabakaran P, Murugesan S, Robert JJ, Panneerselvam P, Muthiah PT, Bocelli G, Righi L

The X-ray crystal structures of thiabendazolium halide dihydrates (C10H8N3S)(+).X . 2H(2)O [X = Cl-, Br-] 1, 2 reveal a novel hydrogen-bonded duplex consisting of alternate edge-sharing (H2O .X)(2) quadrilaterals and (2H(2)O .X)(2) hexagons; notably these duplexes exist as host lattices and sandwich thiabendazole molecules into two different supramolecular architectures by similar N . . .X and N . . .O hydrogen bonds.