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Cover Picture: Designing Permeable Molecular Crystals That React with External Agents To Give Crystalline Products (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 43/2003)
Author(s) -
Brunet Philippe,
Demers Eric,
Maris Thierry,
Enright Gary D.,
Wuest James D.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200390610
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , cover (algebra) , covalent bond , macromolecule , materials science , crystallography , chemistry , nanotechnology , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , crystal structure , engineering , mechanical engineering , biochemistry
Permeable molecular crystals can be specifically designed to let external agents enter, react, and produce single crystals of new substances with retention of the original crystalline architecture. Such topotactic processes can be made to cross‐link molecular crystals covalently, thus capturing temporary supramolecular constructs as permanent crystalline macromolecular replicas. The Communication by J. D. Wuest et al on page 5303 ff. describes how suitable dithiols react with exposed allyl groups in such a manner.