Network and guest dependent thermal stability and thermal expansion in a trigonal host

Abstract

Thermal stability and thermal expansion of bromo trimer synthon mediated hexagonal inclusion compounds of 2,4,6-tris(4-bromophenoxy)-1,3,5-triazine (BrPOT) with dichloromethane (DCM), tetrahydrofuran (THF) and hexamethyl benzene (HMB) and also the guest-free form of BrPOT are reported. Each of these three guests produced two concomitant inclusion compounds with BrPOT. The thermal stability of the solvate lattice increases with decreasing cavity size. The channel network of the DCM inclusion compound is stable only for a few seconds at room temperature outside the mother liquor, whereas the cage network of the DCM solvate is stable for months under similar conditions. Thermal expansions of the lattices depend upon the network, guest content as well as the type of guest molecules. The guest-free form exhibits the least thermal expansion in this series of systems.