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Cover Picture: Crystal Engineering: A Holistic View (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44/2007)
Author(s) -
Desiraju Gautam R.
Publication year - 2007
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.200790222
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , crystal (programming language) , intermolecular force , crystal engineering , crystallography , atom (system on chip) , crystal structure , materials science , chemistry , physics , molecule , computer science , engineering , quantum mechanics , supramolecular chemistry , mechanical engineering , programming language , embedded system
What determines the crystal structure , intermolecular interactions or close packing? This dichotomy recurs in crystal engineering, which attempts to understand complexity in molecular solids, as described by G. R. Desiraju in the Review on page 8342 ff. The cover picture shows that while the iodine atoms (blue) are in contact in 1,3,5‐trichloro‐2,4,6‐triiodobenzene, the chlorine atoms (green) are not. The background shows a massive stone wheel of the sun god's chariot in the Konarak temple, symbolizing the scientist's quest for the eternal truth between the atom and the absolute.