Polymorphism of 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene induced by a trisindane additive

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1149-1155

  Thallapally, Praveen K ^b   Jetti, Ram K R ^a   Katz, Amy K ^c   Carrell, H L ^c   Singh, Kuldeep ^d   Lahiri, Kakali ^d   Kotha, Sambasivarao ^d   Boese, Roland ^a   Desiraju, Gautam R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Additives; Crystal growth; Inhibition; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ALDEHYDES; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS;

POLYMORPHISM; TRISINDANE;

BENZENE;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; INDAN DERIVATIVE; TRINITROBENZENE; TRISINDANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; INDOLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRINITROBENZENES;

EID: 4544359331     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200352253     Document Type: Article

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