Making crystals from crystals: a green route to crystal engineering and polymorphism
Supramolecular reactions between crystalline materials as well as reactions between a crystalline material and a vapour can be used to generate new crystalline substances. These solvent-free processes can be exploited to prepare both hydrogen-bonded co-crystals and coordination networks. Solid-vapou...
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| Published in | Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) no. 29; p. 3635 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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England
07.08.2005
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| Online Access | Get more information |
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| Summary: | Supramolecular reactions between crystalline materials as well as reactions between a crystalline material and a vapour can be used to generate new crystalline substances. These solvent-free processes can be exploited to prepare both hydrogen-bonded co-crystals and coordination networks. Solid-vapour reactions do not differ from solid-vapour uptake/release processes, and can also be used to prepare polymorphs and solvates. It is argued that solvent-less reactions involving molecular crystals represent a green route to supramolecular solid-state chemistry and crystal engineering. |
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| ISSN: | 1359-7345 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/b504668h |