(4R)-3-Hy-droxy-7-isopropyl-4-methyl-5,6-di-hydro-benzo-furan-2(4H)-one.

In the title compound, alternatively called α-hy-droxy-γ-alkyl-idenebutenolide, C12H16O3, two independent mol-ecules (A and B) crystallize in the asymmetric unit in each of which the 5,6-di-hydro-benzo ring has an envelope conformation. The torsion angle along the butadiene chain in the γ-alkyl-idenebutenolide core is -177.9 (2)° for mol-ecule A and 179.

(Z)-4-(2,5-Di-tert-butyl-anilino)pent-3-en-2-one.

In the crystal structure of the title ketoamine, C(19)H(29)NO, the bond lengths from the N atom through the alkene group to the ketone O atom show the presence of an extensively delocalized π-system. The dihedral angle between the plane of the phenyl ring and that of the alkene component is 63.45 (7)° due to steric hindrance exerted by the tert-butyl groups.

(E)-3-(1-Naphthyl-amino)-methyl-ene-(+)-camphor.

In the crystal structure of the title ketoamine {systematic name: (E)-1,7,7-trimethyl-3-[(1-naphthyl-amino)-methyl-idene]bicyclo-[2.2.1]heptan-2-one}, C(21)H(23)NO, there are two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit.

2,6-Bis[1-(2-isopropyl-phenyl-imino)-ethyl]-pyridine.

The title compound, C(27)H(31)N(3), has E substitution at each imine double bond where the two N atoms adopt a trans-trans relationship. The benzene rings are twisted out of the mean plane of the pyridine ring; the mean planes of the aromatic groups are rotated by 63.0 (1) and 72.

Robust hydrogen-bonded self-assemblies from biimidazole complexes. Synthesis and structural characterization of [M(biimidazole)2(OH2)2]2+ (M = Co2+, Ni2+) complexes and carboxylate modules.

A robust heteromeric hydrogen-bonded synthon [R2(2) (9)-Id] is exploited to drive the modular self-assembly of four coordination complexes [M(H2biim)2(OH2)2]2+ (M = Co2+, Ni2+) and carboxylate counterions. This strategy allowed us to build molecular architectures of 0-, 1-, and 2-dimensions. A hydrogen-bonded 2D-network with cavities has been designed, which maintains its striking integrity after reversible water desorption-resorption processes.