The bright future of unconventional σ/π‐hole interactions

A Bauzá, TJ Mooibroek, A Frontera - ChemPhysChem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐covalent interactions play a crucial role in (supramolecular) chemistry and much of
biology. Supramolecular forces can indeed determine the structure and function of a host …

Halogen⋯ halogen interactions: nature, directionality and applications

BK Saha, RVP Veluthaparambath… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Halogen⋯ halogen interaction is a highly debated and important topic in crystal engineering
and supramolecular chemistry. There are controversies about the nature and geometry of …

Electrostatic potentials mapped on Hirshfeld surfaces provide direct insight into intermolecular interactions in crystals

MA Spackman, JJ McKinnon, D Jayatilaka - CrystEngComm, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
Ab initio electrostatic potentials for molecules can readily be mapped onto their Hirshfeld
surfaces and displayed within a crystal packing diagram. In this manner the close molecular …

Ab initio investigation of the complexes between bromobenzene and several electron donors: some insights into the magnitude and nature of halogen bonding …

YX Lu, JW Zou, YH Wang, YJ Jiang… - The Journal of Physical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Halogen bonding, a specific intermolecular noncovalent interaction, plays crucial roles in
fields as diverse as molecular recognition, crystal engineering, and biological systems. This …

Cocrystals of the tuberculosis drug isoniazid: polymorphism, isostructurality, and stability

B Swapna, D Maddileti, A Nangia - Crystal growth & design, 2014 - ACS Publications
Isoniazid (INH) is a key drug ingredient in the fixed dose combination for the treatment of
tuberculosis (TB). INH is highly soluble in aqueous medium and also stable in pure form, but …

A cocrystallisation-based strategy to construct isostructural solids

D Cinčić, T Friščić, W Jones - New journal of chemistry, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
Cocrystallisation provides a means for dissimilar functional groups to become structurally
equivalent, ie adopt similar structural roles in the solid. We describe a strategy to …

Crystal engineering of isostructural quaternary multicomponent crystal forms of olanzapine

HD Clarke, MB Hickey, B Moulton… - Crystal growth & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Pharmaceutical cocrystals have gained increased attention at least in part because of their
potential for enhancing physicochemical and biopharmaceutical properties of existing drugs …

Ab initio calculations on halogen‐bonded complexes and comparison with density functional methods

YX Lu, JW Zou, JC Fan, WN Zhao… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A systematic theoretical investigation on a series of dimeric complexes formed between
some halocarbon molecules and electron donors has been carried out by employing both …

A strategy for obtaining isostructurality despite structural diversity in coordination compounds

V Amani, M Esmaeili, F Norouzi, HR Khavasi - CrystEngComm, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
To investigate the effect of conformationally flexible molecules on the crystal packing of
coordination compounds, eleven mercury (II) complexes containing N-(3-halophenyl)-2 …

C–X··· X–C vs C–H··· X–C, which one is the more dominant interaction in crystal packing (X= halogen)?

A Saha, SA Rather, D Sharada… - Crystal Growth & Design, 2018 - ACS Publications
Three different approaches of statistical analyses, after surface area corrections, on the C–
X··· X–C (X= halogen) and C–H··· X–C interactions have been performed. The analyses …