The formation of a self-interpenetrated honeycomb molecular network based upon 4,6-dichlororesorcinol (4,6-diCl res), a water molecule, and the photoproduct rtct-tetrakis(pyridin-4-yl)cyclobutane (
rtct
-TPCB) is reported. Interestingly, only three of the four pyridine rings on the central cyclobutane ring are found to engage in O—H...N hydrogen bonds with either the 4,6-diCl res or an included water molecule, resulting in a three-connected net. Notably, the solid (4,6-diCl res)·(
rtct
-TPCB)·(H2O), C6H4Cl2O2·C24H20N4·H2O, contains channels that run along the crystallographic b axis, which are found to be interpenetrated. Although
rtct
-TPCB has been employed as a bridging ligand in the formation of numerous metal–organic materials, surprisingly neither the single-component X-ray structure nor any multi-component molecular solids based upon this stereoisomer have been reported previously. Lastly, the single-crystal X-ray structure of the photoproduct
rtct
-TPCB is also reported.
Engineering the metal–organic interface by transferring a high-quality single layer graphene on top of organic materials
