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Combination of primary amide and dipyrrin for the elaboration of extended architectures built upon both coordination and hydrogen bonding
Stéphane A. Baudron, Domingo Salazar-Mendoza and Mir Wais Hosseini, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 1245
DOI: 10.1039/b901167f


Single crystal cistrans photoisomerizations of 2-(9-anthrylmethylene)-1-indanones
Jun Harada, Mayuko Harakawa, Shingo Sugiyama and Keiichiro Ogawa, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 1235
DOI: 10.1039/b821900a


Metal-directed assembly of two 2-D 4d–4f coordination polymers based on elliptical triple-deck cylinders hinged by meso-double helical chains
Yue-Peng Cai, Qiong-Yan Yu, Zheng-Yuan Zhou, Zuo-Jun Hu, Hua-Cai Fang, Ning Wang, Qing-Guang Zhan, Li Chen and Cheng-Yong Su, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 1006
DOI: 10.1039/b823457d


Probing atomic level structural transformation in O–HN heterosynthon crystal
Mujeeb Khan, Volker Enkelmann and Gunther Brunklaus, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 1001
DOI: 10.1039/b820732a


Weak intermolecular interactions and molecular aggregation in isostructural dihaloperfluoroethanes,
Anna Olejniczak, Andrzej Katrusiak and Ashwani Vij, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 1073
DOI: 10.1039/b819942f


Precursor control of crystal structure and stoichiometry in twin metal oxide nanocrystals
Sean W. Depner, Kenneth R. Kort and Sarbajit Banerjee, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 841
DOI: 10.1039/b819948p


Reversible single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation driven by adsorption/desorption of water over organic solvents and thermal stimulation
Man-Li Cao, Hao-Jun Mo, Jin-Juan Liang and Bao-Hui Ye, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 784
DOI: 10.1039/b817993j


Annealing assisted mechanochemical syntheses of transition-metal coordination compounds and co-crystal formation
Reiko Kuroda, Jun Yoshida, Asao Nakamura and Shin-ichi Nishikiori, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 427
DOI: 10.1039/b819701f


Nonlinear effects in proline-catalysed aldol reactions under solvent-free conditions based on the ternary phase behaviour of scalemic proline
Angelika Bruckmann, Belén Rodríguez and Carsten Bolm, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 404
DOI: 10.1039/b821415h


The role of solvent in mechanochemical and sonochemical cocrystal formation: a solubility-based approach for predicting cocrystallisation outcome
Tomislav Frii, Scott L. Childs, Syed A. A. Rizvi and William Jones, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 418
DOI: 10.1039/b815174a


Putting pressure on elusive polymorphs and solvates
Iain D. H. Oswald, Isabelle Chataigner, Stephen Elphick, Francesca P. A. Fabbiani, Alistair R. Lennie, Jacques Maddaluno, William G. Marshall, Timothy J. Prior, Colin R. Pulham and Ronald I. Smith, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 359
DOI: 10.1039/b814471k


Gas storage in soft 1D nano-tunnels by the induced fit of a serration structure
Toshimasa Katagiri, Satoshi Takahashi, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Kouji Kawabata, Yoshiyuki Hattori, Katsumi Kaneko and Kenji Uneyama, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 347
DOI: 10.1039/b814508c


Ten years of co-crystal synthesis; the good, the bad, and the ugly
Christer B. Aakeröy, John Desper, Meg Fasulo, Izhar Hussain, Brock Levin and Nate Schultheiss, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1816
DOI: 10.1039/b811809d


Halogen/methyl exchange in a series of isostructural 1,3-bis(m-dihalophenyl)ureas
Christina Capacci-Daniel, Shoaleh Dehghan, Victoria M. Wurster, Joseph A. Basile, Rupa Hiremath, Amy A. Sarjeant and Jennifer A. Swift, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1875
DOI: 10.1039/b812138a


Remarkable structural similarities between organic co-crystals and a metal–organic coordination network—insights into hydrogen bonded aliphatic ammonium chlorides
Ulrich Baisch, Katia Rubini and Dario Braga, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1939
DOI: 10.1039/b812892h


The four polymorphic modifications of the semiconductor dibenzo-tetrathiafulvalene
Aldo Brillante, Ivano Bilotti, Raffaele Guido Della Valle, Elisabetta Venuti, Silvia Milita, Chiara Dionigi, Francesco Borgatti, Adina Nicoleta Lazar, Fabio Biscarini, Marta Mas-Torrent, Neil S. Oxtoby, Nuria Crivillers, Jaume Veciana, Concepció Rovira, Michael Leufgen, Georg Schmidt and Laurens W. Molenkamp, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1899
DOI: 10.1039/b810993a


Interpenetrated three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded networks from metal–organic molecular and one- or two-dimensional polymeric motifs
Igor A. Baburin, Vladislav A. Blatov, Lucia Carlucci, Gianfranco Ciani and Davide M. Proserpio, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1822
DOI: 10.1039/b811855h


An array-based study of reactivity under solvent-free mechanochemical conditions—insights and trends
Anne Pichon and Stuart L. James, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1839
DOI: 10.1039/b810857a


A strategy for the propagation of hydrogen-bonding in bicyclic guanidinium salts
Majid S. Khalaf, Sarah H. Oakley, Martyn P. Coles and Peter B. Hitchcock, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1653
DOI: 10.1039/b811191j


Packing similarity in polymorphs of sulfathiazole
Thomas Gelbrich, David S. Hughes, Michael B. Hursthouse and Terence L. Threlfall, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1328
DOI: 10.1039/b807898j


3D geometrically frustrated magnets assembled by transition metal ion and 1,2,3-triazole-4,5-dicarboxylate as triangular nodes
Wei-Xiong Zhang, Wei Xue, Jian-Bin Lin, Yan-Zhen Zheng and Xiao-Ming Chen, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1770
DOI: 10.1039/b809838g


Water nanotubes confined to nanochannels of a (10,3)-b net constructed by binary building blocks via the R22(9) synthon
Ying Cui, Man-Li Cao, Li-Fei Yang, Yan-Li Niu and Bao-Hui Ye, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1288
DOI: 10.1039/b809511f


A self-assembled tetrameric water cluster stabilized by the hexachlororhenate(IV) anion and diprotonated 2,2-biimidazole: X-ray structure and magnetic properties
J. Martínez-Lillo, D. Armentano, G. De Munno, N. Marino, F. Lloret, M. Julve and J. Faus, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1284
DOI: 10.1039/b806729e


Co-crystallisation at high pressure—an additional tool for the preparation and study of co-crystals
Iain D. H. Oswald and Colin R. Pulham, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1114
DOI: 10.1039/b805591b


An unusual metal–organic framework showing both rotaxane- and cantenane-like motifs
Feng Luo, Yu-Ting Yang, Yun-Xia Che and Ji-Min Zheng, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 981
DOI: 10.1039/b805025b


Nanosized lanthanide oxide rods in I1O3 hybrid organic–inorganic frameworks involving in situ ligand synthesis
Lan-Fen Chen, Jian Zhang, Guo-Qiang Ren, Zhao-Ji Li, Ye-Yan Qin, Pei-Xiu Yin, Jian-Kai Cheng and Yuan-Gen Yao, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1088
DOI: 10.1039/b804490b


A novel (4,8)-connected 3D polyoxometalate-based metal–organic framework containing an in situ ligand
Ya-Qian Lan, Shun-Li Li, Yang-Guang Li, Zhong-Min Su, Kui-Zhan Shao and Xin-Long Wang, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1129
DOI: 10.1039/b802627k


Copper 5-sulfoisophthalato quasi-planar squares in coordination polymers modulated by alkaline-earth metals: a way to molecular squares?
Rong Cao, Jian Lü and Stuart R. Batten, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 784
DOI: 10.1039/b801887a


Syntheses, crystal structures, and polymorphism of quaternary pyrrolidinium chlorides
Gerhard Laus, Gino Bentivoglio, Volker Kahlenberg, Ulrich J. Griesser, Herwig Schottenberger and Gerhard Nauer, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 748
DOI: 10.1039/b718917f


Unusual pH value dependent encapsulation and release of water–methanol binary guests by a cryptand host
Li-Zi Yang, Long Jiang, Xiao-Long Feng and Tong-Bu Lu, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 649
DOI: 10.1039/b717967g


Strength from weakness: CH stabilized conformational tuning of benzyl ethers and a consequent co-operative edge-to-face CH network
Kana M. Sureshan, Tadafumi Uchimaru, Yonghui Yao and Yutaka Watanabe, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 493
DOI: 10.1039/b718099c


Complexes as metalloligands in network formation: synthesis and characterisation of a mixed-metal coordination network containing palladium and zinc
Andrew D. Burrows, Mary F. Mahon and Claudia T. F. Wong, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 487
DOI: 10.1039/b718961c


Structural transformations from a 1-D chain to two 3-D supramolecular isomers via crystal disassembly and reassembly
Yue-Ling Bai, Jun Tao, Rong-Bin Huang and Lan-Sun Zheng, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 472
DOI: 10.1039/b717297d


A chiral C3-symmetric hexanuclear triangular-prismatic copper(II) cluster derived from a highly modular dipeptidic N,N-terephthaloyl-bis(S-aminocarboxylato) ligand
Barbara Wisser, Anne-Christine Chamayou, Robert Miller, Wolfgang Scherer and Christoph Janiak, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 461
DOI: 10.1039/b717207a


Electronic and steric control over AuAu, C–HO and C–H interactions in the crystal structures of mononuclear triarylphosphinegold(I) carbonimidothioates: R3PAu[SC(OMe)=NR] for R=Ph, o-tol, m-tol or p-tol, and R=Ph, o-tol, m-tol, p-tol or C6H4NO2-4
Fong Sheen Kuan, Soo Yei Ho, Primjira P. Tadbuppa and Edward R. T. Tiekink, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 548
DOI: 10.1039/b717198f


Solvent-dependent copper(I) conformational supramolecular pseudo-polymorphs based on a flexible thioether ligand
Rong Peng, Shi-Ren Deng, Mian Li, Dan Li and Zao-Ying Li, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 590
DOI: 10.1039/b717165j


Alloxan—a new low-temperature phase determined by neutron powder diffraction
Richard M. Ibberson, William G. Marshall, Laura E. Budd, Simon Parsons, Colin R. Pulham and Christopher K. Spanswick, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 465
DOI: 10.1039/b716960d


Electrostatic potentials mapped on Hirshfeld surfaces provide direct insight into intermolecular interactions in crystals
Mark A. Spackman, Joshua J. McKinnon and Dylan Jayatilaka, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 377
DOI: 10.1039/b715227b


Crystal-to-crystal transformation amongst dimorphs of racemic 2,6-di-O-(p-halo benzoyl)-myo-inositol 1,3,5-orthoformates that achieves halogen bonding contacts
Rajesh G. Gonnade, Mohan M. Bhadbhade and Mysore S. Shashidhar, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 288
DOI: 10.1039/b712528c


Molecular dynamics simulations of the interaction of citric acid with the hydroxyapatite (0001) and (011¯0) surfaces in an aqueous environment
N. H. de Leeuw and J. A. L. Rabone, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 1178
DOI: 10.1039/b710974a


Synthesis-dependant structural variations in amorphous calcium carbonate
Raymond S. K. Lam, John M. Charnock, Alistair Lennie and Fiona C. Meldrum, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 1226
DOI: 10.1039/b710895h


Calcite shape modulation through the lattice mismatch between the self-assembled monolayer template and the nucleated crystal face
Boaz Pokroy and Joanna Aizenberg, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 1219
DOI: 10.1039/b710294a


-Cyclodextrin trimers enclosing an unusual organization of guest: The inclusion complex -cyclodextrin/4-pyridinealdazine
Spyros D. Chatziefthimiou, Konstantina Yannakopoulou and Irene M. Mavridis, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 976
DOI: 10.1039/b709155a


Using the crystal to engineer the molecule: cis-trans-isomer selection in anionic bis(orotate) complexes
Larry R. Falvello, Daniel Ferrer, María Piedrafita, Tatiana Soler and Milagros Tomás, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 852
DOI: 10.1039/b709168k


Fine structure of nacre revealed by solid state 13C and 1H NMR
Christian Jäger and Helmut Cölfen, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 1237
DOI: 10.1039/b708600h


Tetrakis(4-sulfophenyl)methane dodecahydrate. Reversible and selective water inclusion and release in an organic host
Bipul Sarma and Ashwini Nangia, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 628
DOI: 10.1039/b706194c


Self-assembly of 3-D 4d–4f coordination frameworks based on 1-D inorganic heterometallic chains and linear organic linkers
Xiaojun Gu and Dongfeng Xue, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 471
DOI: 10.1039/b704544a


Comparing entire crystal structures: structural genetic fingerprinting
Andrew Parkin, Gordon Barr, Wei Dong, Christopher J. Gilmore, Dylan Jayatilaka, Joshua J. McKinnon, Mark A. Spackman and Chick C. Wilson, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 648
DOI: 10.1039/b704177b


Cocrystals of chlorzoxazone with carboxylic acids
Scott L. Childs and Kenneth I. Hardcastle, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 364
DOI: 10.1039/b703292g


A well-resolved discrete dodecameric water cluster in a metal–organic complex
Hui-Hua Song and Bao-Qing Ma, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 625
DOI: 10.1039/b703185h


Versatility of {M(30-crown-10)} (M = K+, Ba2+) as a guest in UO22+ complexes of [3.1.3.1]- and [3.3.3]homooxacalixarenes
Bernardo Masci and Pierre Thuéry, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 582
DOI: 10.1039/b703172f


A pillared-grid MOF with large pores based on the Cu2(O2CR)4 paddle-wheel
Anne Pichon, Claudio Mendicute Fierro, Mark Nieuwenhuyzen and Stuart L. James, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 449
DOI: 10.1039/b702176c


Crystal engineering of 3-D coordination polymers by pillaring ferromagnetic copper(II)-methylmalonate layers
Jorge Pasán, Joaquín Sanchiz, Francesc Lloret, Miguel Julve and Catalina Ruiz-Pérez, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 478
DOI: 10.1039/b701788j


Stable polymorphs: difficult to make and difficult to predict
Jia Wei Chew, Simon N. Black, Pui Shan Chow, Reginald B. H. Tan and Keith J. Carpenter, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 128
DOI: 10.1039/b617321g


Self-assembled monolayers as two-dimensional crystals: relationship to three-dimensional crystals
Edwin C. Constable, Marc Häusler, B. A. Hermann, Catherine E. Housecroft, Markus Neuburger, Silvia Schaffner and Lukas J. Scherer, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 176
DOI: 10.1039/b616968f


All series of multiple solvates (including hydrates) from the Cambridge Structural Database
Jacco van de Streek, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 350
DOI: 10.1039/b615938a


Exploring the hydrogen-bond preference of N–H moieties in co-crystals assembled via O–H(acid)N(py) intermolecular interactions
Christer B. Aakeröy, Izhar Hussain, Safiyyah Forbes and John Desper, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 46
DOI: 10.1039/b614984g


Making crystals from crystals: three solvent-free routes to the hydrogen bonded co-crystal between 1,1-di-pyridyl-ferrocene and anthranilic acid
Dario Braga, Stefano Luca Giaffreda, Katia Rubini, Fabrizia Grepioni, Michele R. Chierotti and Roberto Gobetto, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 39
DOI: 10.1039/b613569b


New software for searching the Cambridge Structural Database for solvated and unsolvated crystal structures applied to hydrates
Jacco van de Streek and Sam Motherwell, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 55
DOI: 10.1039/b613332k


In situ crystallization of ionic liquids with melting points below –25 °C
Angshuman R. Choudhury, Neil Winterton, Alexander Steiner, Andrew I. Cooper and Kathleen A. Johnson, CrystEngComm, 2006, 8, 742
DOI: 10.1039/b609598d


Molecular and supramolecular structures of benzil dihydrazone, an organic helical molecule. Comparison with diacetyl dihydrazone
Senjuti De, Shubhamoy Chowdhury, Derek A. Tocher and Dipankar Datta, CrystEngComm, 2006, 8, 670
DOI: 10.1039/b608107j


The effects of strong Lewis-base reagents on supramolecular hydrogen bonding of meso-tetra(carboxyphenyl)porphyrins
Sophia Lipstman, Sankar Muniappan, Sumod George and Israel Goldberg, CrystEngComm, 2006, 8, 601
DOI: 10.1039/b608852j


Correlation of melting points of inositols with hydrogen bonding patterns
Alexandra Simperler, Stephen W. Watt, P. Arnaud Bonnet, William Jones and W. D. Samuel Motherwell, CrystEngComm, 2006, 8, 589
DOI: 10.1039/b606107a


The solvates of o-acetamidobenzamide
Sarah A. Barnett, Derek A. Tocher and Martin Vickers, CrystEngComm, 2006, 8, 313
DOI: 10.1039/b600288a


Solvent-free synthesis of a microporous metal–organic framework
Anne Pichon, Ana Lazuen-Garay and Stuart L. James, CrystEngComm, 2006, 8, 211
DOI: 10.1039/b513750k


Synthesis and solid state structure for a series of poly(1-pyrrolylmethyl)benzene derivatives. Control of the interplaying and C–H interactions?
José Giner Planas, Carles Masalles, Reijo Sillanpää, Raikko Kivekäs, Francesc Teixidor and Clara Viñas, CrystEngComm, 2006, 8, 75
DOI: 10.1039/b515930j


Threefold interpenetration of hydrogen-bonded two-dimensional sheets with 44 topology: supramolecular assembly of dimeric cyanuric acid nodes with four-fold connectivity
David J. Ring, Alexander J. Blake, Neil R. Champness and Claire Wilson, CrystEngComm, 2006, 8, 29
DOI: 10.1039/b515668h


Solvent hydrolysis and templating effects in the synthesis of metal–organic frameworks
Andrew D. Burrows, Kevin Cassar, Richard M. W. Friend, Mary F. Mahon, Sean P. Rigby and John E. Warren, CrystEngComm, 2005, 7, 548
DOI: 10.1039/b509460g


Direct observation of H2 adsorbed state within a porous crystal by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis
Satoshi Takamizawa and Ei-ichi Nakata, CrystEngComm, 2005, 7, 476
DOI: 10.1039/b508305b


Supramolecular self-assembly of tin(IV) porphyrin channels stabilizing single-file chains of water molecules
Hee-Joon Kim, Hwa Jin Jo, Jaheon Kim, Soo-Young Kim, Dongwoo Kim and Kimoon Kim, CrystEngComm, 2005, 7, 417
DOI: 10.1039/b504841a


(H2O)12-containing infinite chain encapsulated in supramolecular open framework built of cadmium(II), 1,3-di(4-pyridyl)propane and 5-sulfoisophthalic acid monosodium salt
Qing -Yan Liu and Li Xu, CrystEngComm, 2005, 7, 87
DOI: 10.1039/b418341j


An exploration of the polymorphism of piracetam using high pressure
Francesca P. A. Fabbiani, David R. Allan, Simon Parsons and Colin R. Pulham, CrystEngComm, 2005, 7, 179
DOI: 10.1039/b418976k