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Regular Figures, Minimal Transitivity, and Reticular Chemistry
Author(s) -
Liu Yuzhong,
O'Keeffe Michael
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.201800060
Subject(s) - chemistry , transitive relation , reticular connective tissue , reticular activating system , nanotechnology , neuroscience , reticular formation , psychology , medicine , materials science , mathematics , pathology , combinatorics , nucleus
Reticular chemistry is concerned with the design and synthesis of targeted framework structures by linking molecular building units with pre‐selected shapes. In this article, we review the geometrical aspects of the subject. In particular, the concept of minimal transitivity is introduced as a guideline to identify types of framework that are most suitable as targets for synthesis.