Triphenylmethanethiol as a Precursor for the Simultaneous Formation of Bis (Triphenylmethyl) Sulfide, Bis(Triphenylmethyl) Trisulfide, and Bis(Triphenylmethyl) Peroxide: Crystal Structures and Hirshfeld Surface Analyses

Abstract

Structurally identified, three unexpected products, obtained from the reaction of tritphenylmethanethiol with (+)-R-pulegone, i.e., bis(triphenylmethyl) sulfide, bis(tripheny- lmethyl) trisulfide, and bis(triphenylmethyl) peroxide, have been examined using Hirshfeld surface analysis. This analysis has been also performed for several of their simple

analogues. Comparison of the results obtained shows that relative contributions of close contacts to the Hirshfeld surfaces of the molecules depend on the number of sulfur atoms between the central C atoms of compounds Ph₃CS_nCPh₃ (n = 1, 2, 3 and 6), and in the case of Ph₃XO₂XPh₃ (X = C, Si, Ge) compounds on the type of central X atom.

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Keywords:

• Hirshfeld surface analysis
• fingerprint plots
• multiple phenyl embrace

Acknowledgments

The work was financially supported by the National Science Center fund awarded, based on the decision UMO-2011/01/B/ST5/06304 (to JD).