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Cover Feature: Disappearing Polymorphs in Metal–Organic Framework Chemistry: Unexpected Stabilization of a Layered Polymorph over an Interpenetrated Three‐Dimensional Structure in Mercury Imidazolate (Chem. Eur. J. 8/2020)
Author(s) -
Speight Isaiah R.,
Huskić Igor,
Arhangelskis Mihails,
Titi Hatem M.,
Stein Robin S.,
Hanusa Timothy P.,
Friščić Tomislav
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201905863
Subject(s) - agostic interaction , metal organic framework , imidazolate , intermolecular force , crystallography , chemistry , lone pair , cover (algebra) , metal , computational chemistry , chemical physics , materials science , molecule , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , adsorption , mechanical engineering , engineering
The “disappearing polymorph” phenomenon in metal–organic frameworks has been demonstrated and presents intermolecular agostic interactions, validated by Bader analysis of electron density shown in the image, as structure‐directing elements in such materials. More information can be found in the Full Paper by T. P. Hanusa, T. Friščić, et al. on page 1811.