Shape and size mimicry in the design of ternary molecular solids: towards a robust strategy for crystal engineering?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2011-10-12 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC14567C

Abstract

2- and 5-methylresorcinol form co-crystals with 4,4′-bipyridine in which some of the bipyridine molecules are loosely bound. These molecules can be replaced with other molecules of a similar shape and size to give a general method for the engineering of a ternary co-crystal.

Graphical abstract: Shape and size mimicry in the design of ternary molecular solids: towards a robust strategy for crystal engineering
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