Crystal engineering: Identification of a unique supramolecular synthon based on C=O⋯X interaction in halogen-substituted aromatic carboxaldehydes

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 581-585

  Moorthy, J Narasimha ^a   Venkatakrishnan, P ^a   Mal, Prasenjit ^a   Dixit, Seema ^b   Venugopalan, P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; HALOGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION;

EID: 0037828148     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg034001p     Document Type: Article

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