Chemistry Letters, Vol.48, No.2, 137-139, 2019
Dispersion Interaction and Crystal Packing Realize an Ultralong C-C Single Bond: A Theoretical Study on Dispirobis(10-methylacridan) Derivatives
Kawai et al. reported the crystal structure of a dispirobis(10-methylacridan) derivative that contains a C-C single bond over 1.77 angstrom long. In this Letter, quantum chemical calculations of the compound and its derivatives for the isolated and the crystal systems were performed. These calculations demonstrated that the intramolecular and intermolecular dispersion interactions, as well as the crystal packing effect, are important to realize such an ultralong C-C bond length.