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Halogen-Bonding Complexes Based on Bis(iodoethynyl)benzene Units: A New Versatile Route to Supramolecular Materials

Publicated to: Chemistry Of Materials. 25 (22): 4503-4510 - 2013-11-26 25(22), DOI: 10.1021/cm401849f

Authors:

Gonzalez, Lucia; Gimeno, Nelida; Maria Tejedor, Rosa; Polo, Victor; Blanca Ros, M; Uriel, Santiago; Luis Serrano, Jose
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Affiliations

Acad Gen Mil, Ctr Univ Def, Zaragoza 50090, Spain - Author
Univ Zaragoza, CSIC, Inst Ciencia Mat Aragon, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain - Author
Univ Zaragoza, Fac Ciencias, Dept Quim Fis, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain - Author
Univ Zaragoza, Fac Ciencias, Dept Quim Organ, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain - Author
Univ Zaragoza, Inst Nanociencia Aragon, Zaragoza 50015, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Iodoalkynes [1,4-bis(iodoethynyl)benzene (p-BIB) and 1,3-bis(iodoethynyl)benzene (m-BIB)] have been used successfully to prepare halogen bonding complexes with a range of 4-pyridine derivatives showing liquid crystalline organizations. The trimeric halogen-bonded complexes obtained from p-BIB have a rod-like structure and exhibited high order calamitic phases (SmB and G). In contrast, m-BIB gives rise to bent-shaped structures that display SmAP-like mesophases. Furthermore it was found that the presence of three and five aromatic rings in these halogen-bonding complexes promotes calamitic mesophases while seven rings are required to stabilize bent-core mesophases. The formation of halogen bonding in the complexes was confirmed by several techniques, including FT-IR, XPS, and single crystal X-ray diffraction and the strength of the bonds was evaluated by DFT calculations
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Keywords

1-iodoacetylenesBis(iodoethynyl)bencenHalogen bondingHomologous seriesLiquid crystalsLiquid-crystallinePhasePoly(diiododiacetylene)PolymeRecognitionSupramolecular materials

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Chemistry Of Materials due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2013, it was in position 13/135, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Chemistry, Physical.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.51. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-01-20, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 72
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-01-20:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 58.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 58 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 3 (Altmetric).
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (González Bermúdez, Lucía) .

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Awards linked to the item

Dr. Jane Murray of CleveTheoComp LLC (Cleveland) is acknowledged for fruitful discussions. This work was financially supported by MICINN-FEDER of Spain-EU (Projects MAT2009-14636-C03-01, MAT2011-27978-C02-01, CTQ2012-35692 and MAT2012-38538-C03-01) and Aragon Government-FSE (Project E04). The authors acknowledge the Spanish Government for a JAEDoc-CSIC contract (N. Gimeno) and MICINN-FPI fellowship (L. Gonzalez). Thanks are given to Crystallography Service of the University of Zaragoza (Spain), XPS Service of the Institut de Nanociencia Aragon, University of Zaragoza (Spain), and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Mass Spectrometry and Thermal Analysis Services from the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, Unversidad de Zaragoza-CSIC (Spain).
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