Predicting temperature effects on topology
31 January 2007

Host-guest chemistry, involving the cocrystallisation of a compound with solvent molecules, is of interest to many chemists, and where the compound has pharmaceutical use, impacts on the pharmaceutical industry. These inclusion compounds can also be used as storage materials for volatile or toxic chemicals.
By investigating the influence of crystallisation temperature on the structures of polymorphic solvates, Ibragimov has developed rules that should help chemists make structure predictions in this problematic area of chemistry.
References
Bakhitayar Ibragimov, CrystEngComm, 2007
DOI: 10.1039/b613420c
