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Design of Organic Solids

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Edwin Weber

    1. Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg/Sachsen, Germany

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  2. Y. Aoyama
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  3. M. R. Caira
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  4. G. R. Desiraju
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  5. J. P. Glusker
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  6. A. D. Hamilton
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  7. R. E. Meléndez
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  8. A. Nangia
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  • The rational design of materials presents a challenging opportunity for chemistry in the future.
  • This book gives a state of the art overview of the advantages and potential uses of organic solids in modern materials science. -
  • New approaches to the design of solid architectures and nanostructures are stressed. - Future prospects and limitations of this area are discussed by leading experts.

Part of the book series: Topics in Current Chemistry (TOPCURRCHEM, volume 198)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Directional Aspects of Intermolecular Interactions

    • Glusker Jenny P.
    Pages 1-56

  3. Supramolecular Synthons and Pattern Recognition

    • Nangia Ashwini, Desiraju Gautam R.
    Pages 57-95

  4. Hydrogen-Bonded Ribbons, Tapes and Sheets as Motifs for Crystal Engineering

    • Meléndez Rosa E., Hamilton Andrew D.
    Pages 97-129

  5. Functional Organic Zeolite Analogues

    • Aoyama Yasuhiro
    Pages 131-161

  6. Crystalline Polymorphism of Organic Compounds

    • Caira Mino R.
    Pages 163-208

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 209-220
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Considering the high level of our knowledge concerning covalent bond formation in the organic chemistry of molecules, our understanding of the principles involved in organic solid design is almost in its infancy. While chemists today are able to synthesize organic molecules of very high complexity using sophisticated methods of preparation, they lack general approaches enabling them to reliably predict organic crystalline or solid structures from molecular descriptors - no matter how simple they are. On the other hand, nearly all the organic matter surrounding us is not in the single-molecule state but aggregated and condensed to form liquid or solid molecular assemblages and structural arrays giving rise to the appearances and properties of organic compounds we usually observe. Obviously, the electrical, optical or magnetic properties of solid organic materials that are important requirements for future technologies and high-tech applications, as well as the stability and solubility behavior of a medicament depend on the structure of the molecule and the intramolecular forces, but even more decisively on the intermolecular forces, i. e. the packing structure of the molecules to which a general approach is lacking. This situation concerned ]. Maddox some years ago to such a degree that he described it as "one of the continuing scandals in the physical sciences" [see (1998) Nature 335:201; see also Ball, P. (1996) Nature 381:648]. The problem of predicting organic solid and crystal structures is very dif- cult.

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  • Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg/Sachsen, Germany

    Edwin Weber

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