Figure 4
An illustration of how molecules of the `light' net form, on the one hand, their own helices and at the same time, owing to interaction between cyano groups, promote the formation of the `dark' helices. As a first approximation, the structure could be represented as follows: atom N1ix (dark) interacts with atom C4x (light) in the molecule with symmetry code (x), which forms the six-molecule building block (see Fig. 2) through atoms N2x and H1x; thereby the `light' molecule net is assembled within the `dark' net. Inside the `dark' helix, `light' atoms N1xiii and N1xi interact with `dark' atoms C4xvii and C4xvi, respectively, as well as with C4xiii from the `light' net. Concurrently, the molecule at (x), through atoms N3x and H2x, forms two `light' helices with opposite handedness in which `dark' molecules are embedded. [Symmetry codes: (i) − + x, −y, 1 + z; (ii) − + x, −1 − y, 1 + z; (iii) x, −1 + y, 1 + z; (iv) − x, y, + z; (v) 1 − x, −y, + z; (vi) − x, y, + z; (vii) −1 + x, −1 + y, 1 + z; (viii) x, y, 1 + z; (ix) 1 − x, −1 − y, + z.] |