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Self‐Complementarity Achieved through Quadruple Hydrogen Bonding
Author(s) -
Beijer Felix H.,
Kooijman Huub,
Spek Anthony L.,
Sijbesma Rint P.,
Meijer E. W.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19980202)37:1/2<75::aid-anie75>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - hydrogen bond , intramolecular force , supramolecular chemistry , acceptor , molecule , complementarity (molecular biology) , crystal engineering , chemistry , solid state , crystallography , low barrier hydrogen bond , hydrogen , crystal structure , materials science , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , physics , biology , genetics , condensed matter physics
Highly stable dimers are formed in solution and in the solid state by a class of readily synthesized, self‐complementary building blocks for supramolecular chemistry, which associate through a donor‐acceptor‐donor‐acceptor array of four hydrogen‐bonding sites. An additional intramolecular hydrogen bond in the compound whose crystal structure is shown on the right preorganizes the molecule for dimerization.