RSC Publishing


Publishing

 

Cover image for CrystEngComm, click here for current issue

CrystEngComm

A monthly journal at the forefront of crystal engineering.



Predicting temperature effects on topology


31 January 2007

Predicting inclusion compounds
Rules to introduce more control into the synthesis of host-guest compounds are described by Bakhtiyar Ibragimov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) in his CrystEngComm  Highlight.   

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