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Metric Engineering of Crystalline Inclusion Compounds by Structural Mimicry
Author(s) -
Holman K. Travis,
Ward Michael D.
Publication year - 2000
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(20000502)39:9<1653::aid-anie1653>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - crystal engineering , crystal structure , hydrogen bond , robustness (evolution) , lattice (music) , mimicry , materials science , crystallography , inclusion (mineral) , chemistry , molecule , supramolecular chemistry , physics , biology , mineralogy , organic chemistry , biochemistry , ecology , acoustics , gene
The structural robustness and flexibility of hydrogen‐bonded host frameworks are exploited to produce inclusion compounds (such as that shown in the picture) with host–guest organization that mimics, almost exactly, the packing features that are innate to the crystal structures of the respective pure guests. Using only the lattice parameters that define the two‐dimensional herringbone packing motif in crystals of these guests, the crystalline architecture and specific metric parameters of corresponding inclusion compounds can be reliably predicted.