Hydrogen-bonded helices in crystals with prescribed organization

Radu Custelcean, Michael D. Ward

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Abstract

Like spiral staircases connecting the floors of a building, twisted chiral organic "pillars" link hydrogen-bonded guanidinium sulfonate sheets and produce extended supramolecular helices (see picture) that wind through crystals with predictable three-dimensional architectures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1724-1728
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume41
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Crystal engineering
  • Helical structures
  • Hydrogen bonds
  • Inclusion compounds
  • Self-assembly

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