The Supramolecular Synthon in Crystal Engineering

Stimulating Concepts in Chemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 293-306

  Desiraju, Gautam R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Crystal engineering; Crystallization; Interaction insulation; Interaction interference strong and weak hydrogen bonds; Polymorphism; Robustness; Supramolecular synthon retrosynthesis; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; CRYSTAL ENGINEERING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULES; POLYMORPHISM; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CRYSTAL SYNTHESIS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; DESIGN STRATEGIES; INCLUSION COMPLEX; RETROSYNTHESIS; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; SUPRAMOLECULAR SYNTHONS; WEAK HYDROGEN BOND;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

EID: 84949998029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/3527605746.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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