Frontiers in crystal engineering/ edited by Edward R.T. Tiekink, Jagadese J. Vittal.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontiers in Crystal Engineering; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; 1 Applications of Crystal Engineering Strategies in Solvent-free Reactions: Toward a Supramolecular Green Chemistry; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Making Crystals by Smashing Crystals?; 1.2 Milling, Grinding, Kneading and Seeding; 2 Mechanochemical Preparation of Hydrogen-Bonded Adducts; 3 Mechanically Induced Formation of Covalent Bonds; 3.1 Mechanochemical Preparation of Coordination Networks; 4 The Solvent-free Chemistry of the Zwitterion [CoIII(η5-C5H4COOH)(η5-C5H4COO)]; 5 Concluding Remarks; 6 Acknowledgments; References
2 Crystal Engineering of Pharmaceutical Co-crystals1 Introduction; 1.1 What Are Co-crystals?; 1.2 How Are Co-crystals Prepared?; 1.3 Why Are Co-crystals of Relevance in the Context of APIs?; 2 What Is the Origin of Polymorphism and Is It Prevalent in Co-crystals?; 3 What Is a Pharmaceutical Co-crystal?; 3.1 A Case Study: Pharmaceutical Co-crystals of Carbamazepine, 1 (CBZ, 1); 3.2 But Beware of "Fake" Pharmaceutical Co-crystals!; 4 Conclusions; 5 Acknowledgments; References; 3 Template-controlled Solid-state Synthesis: Toward a General Form of Covalent Capture in Molecular Solids
1 Introduction1.1 Target-oriented Organic Synthesis; 1.2 Target-oriented Organic Synthesis and Covalent Capture; 1.3 Overview; 2 Controlling Reactivity Using Linear Templates; 3 Template-controlled Solid-state Reactivity; 3.1 Template-controlled Reactivity in the Solid state; 3.2 Resorcinol as a Linear Template; 3.3 Modularity and Generality; 4 Target-oriented Organic Synthesis in the Solid State; 4.1 [2.2]-Paracyclophane; 4.2 Template Switching; 4.3 Ladderanes; 5 Other Linear Templates; 5.1 1,8-Naphthalenedicarboxylic Acid; 5.2 Bis-p-phenylene[34]-crown[10]
5.3 Carballylic and 1,2,4,5-Benzenetetracarboxylic Acids5.4 Tetrakis(4-iodoperfluorophenyl)erythritol; 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; 3.1 Mercury and Tin; 3.2 Comparison with Calculation; 3.3 Influence of Disorder; 4 Speciation; 5 Molecular Conformation; 6 Conclusions; References; 5 Crystal Engineering of Halogenated Heteroaromatic Clathrate Systems; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Clathrates; 1.2 New Clathrand Inclusion Hosts
1.3 Halogenated Heteroaromatic Hosts2 Aromatic Edge-Edge C-H· · ·N Dimers; 3 Heteroatom-1,3-Peri Interactions; 3.1 The Ether-1,3-Peri Aromatic Hydrogen Interaction; 3.2 The Thioether-and Aza-1,3-Peri Aromatic Hydrogen Interactions; 4 Molecular Pen Structures; 5 Halogenated Edge-Edge Interactions; 6 Pi-Halogen Dimer (PHD) Interactions; 6.1 A New Aromatic Building Block; 6.2 Staircase Inclusion Compounds; 6.3 Layer Inclusion Compounds; 7 Molecular Bricks, Spheres and Grids; 7.1 Bricks and Mortar Inclusion Systems; 7.2 Molecular Spheres of Variable Composition; 7.3 Interlocking Molecular Grids
8 Conclusions