Porous and Close Packed Supramolecular Assemblies from 2,4-Difluoronitrobenzene with Three Different Linkers and an n -Butylamine Cap.

A porous structure formed from sheets with cavities and two close packed structures were crystallised from building blocks prepared from 2,4-difluoronitrobenzene, a diamine linker and n -butylamine. The porous structure crystallised from a flexible building block prepared using 1,4-diaminobutane as linker. The close packed structures were prepared using either piperazine or 1,4-bis(aminomethyl)benzene as a linker and have less conformational freedom.