Frontiers in Crystal Engineering

Foreword.

1. Applications of Crystal Engineering Strategies in Solvent-free Reactions: Toward a Supramolecular Green Chemistry.

1 Introduction.

1 Mechanochemical preparation of Hydrogen-Bonded Adducts.

1 Mechanically induced formation of covalent bonds.

1 The solvent-free chemistry of the zwitterion.

1 Concluding remarks.

1 Acknowledgements.

References.

2. Crystal Engineering of Pharmaceutical Co-crystals.

1 Introduction.

2 What is the origin of polymorphism and is it prevalent in co-crystals?.

3 What is the pharmaceutical co-crystal?.

4 Conclusions.

5 Acknowledgements.

References.

3. Template-controlled Solid-state Synthesis: Toward a General Form of Covalent Capture in Molecular Solids.

1 Introduction.

2 Controlling reactivity using linear templates.

3 Template-controlled solid-state reactivity.

4 Target-oriented organic synthesis in the organic state.

5 Other linear templates.

6 Summary and outlook.

References.

4. Interplay of Non-covalent Bonds: Effect of Crystal Structure on Molecular Structure.

1 Introduction.

2 Second-sphere coordination.

3 Soft coordination environments.

4 Speciation.

5 Molecular conformation.

6 Conclusions.

References.

5. Crystal Engineering of Halogenated Heteroaromatic Clathrate Systems.

1 Introduction.

2 Aromatic edge-edge C-H...N dimers.

3 Heteroatom-1,3-peri interactions.

4 Molecular pen structures.

5 Halogenated edge-edge interactions.

6 Pi-halogen dimer (PHD) interactions.

7 Molecular bricks, spheres and grids.

8 Conclusions.

9 Acknowledgements.

References.

6. Steric Control over Supramolecular Aggregation: A Design Element in Crystal Engineering?

1 Introduction.

2 Diorganotin carboxylates.

3 Triorganotin carboxylates.

4 Binary zinc xanthates.

5 Bipyridine adducts of zinc dithiophosphates.

6 Binary mercury dithiocarbamates.

7 Binary bismuth xanthates.

8 Conclusions and Outlook.

9 Acknowledgements.

References.

7. Incorporating Molecular Hosts into Network Structures.

1 Introduction.

2 Hydrogen-bonded structures with CTV.

3 Coordination polymers.

4 Extended-arm CTV derivatives and their coordination polymers.

5 Conclusions.

6 Acknowledgements.

References.

8. Interpenetrating Networks.

1 Introduction.

2 Notation.

3 1-D nets.

4 2-D nets.

5 3-D nets.

6 Unusual interpenetration.

7 Consequences of interpenetration.

8 Self-penetration.

9 Entangled but not interpenetrating.

10 Conclusions.

References.

9. Architecture and Functional Engineering Based on Paddlewheel Dinuclear Tetracarboxylate Building Blocks.

1 Introduction.

2 Synthetic strategy.

3 Architecture engineering based on preorganized building blocks.

4 Conductive and magnetic properties based on preorganized building blocks.

5 Porous properties based on preorganized and in situ building blocks.

6 Conclusion and outlook.

References.

10. Supramolecular Interactions in Directing and Sustaining Coordination Molecular Architectures.

1 Introduction.

2 Molecular architectures assembled by hydrogen-bonding interactions.

3 Molecular architectures assembled VIA ... Interactions.

4 Metallophilic interactions.

5 Concluding remarks and outlooks.

6 Acknowledgements.

References.

11. The Structure-directing Influence of Hydrogen Bonding in Coordination Polymers.

1 Introduction.

2 A novel cadmium cyanide network.

3 Dihydroxybenzoquinone and Chloranilic acid derivatives of Lanthanides.

4 A stable zinc saccharate network.

5 Anionic metal-carbonate networks.

6 Conclusions.

References.

12. Hydrogen-bonded Coordination Polymeric Structures.

1 Introduction.

2 Solid-state supramolecular transformation of hydrogen-bonded 3-D network to 3-D coordination polymetric network structures by thermal dehydration.

3 Interconvertible solid-state supramolecular transformation.

4 Solid-state transformation of a helical coordination polymetric structure to a 3-D coordination network structure by thermal dehydration.

5 Influence of chiral centers on the helicity of the coordination polymers.

6 Consequences of C=O... interactions.

7 Supramolecular isomerism.

8 Starlike channels and hexagonal diamondoid topology.

9 Hydrogen-bonded helical water molecules inside a staircase 1-D coordination polymer.

10 Hydrogen-bonded polyrotaxane-like structure containing cyclic (H2O)4 in [Zn(OAc)2(m-bpe)].2H2O.

11 Summary.

12 Acknowledgements.

References.

Index.