Propensity of formation of zipper architecture vs. Lincoln log arrangement in solvated molecular complexes of melamine with hydroxybenzoic acids


Autoria(s): SeethaLekshmi, Sunil; Row, Guru TN
Data(s)

2011

Resumo

Molecular complexes of melamine with hydroxy and dihydroxybenzoic acids have been analyzed to assess the collective role of the hydroxyl (OH) and carboxyl (COOH) functionalities in the recognition process. In most cases, solvents of crystallization do play a major role in self-assembly and structure stabilization. Hydrated compounds generate linear chains of melamine molecules with acid molecules pendant resulting in a zipper architecture. However, anhydrous and solvated compounds generate tetrameric units consisting of melamine dimers together with acid molecules. These tetramers in turn interweave to form a Lincoln log arrangement in the crystal. The salt/co-crystal formation in these complexes cannot be predicted apriori on the basis of Delta pK(a) values as there exists a salt-to-co-crystal continuum.

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http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/39751/1/Propensity.pdf

SeethaLekshmi, Sunil and Row, Guru TN (2011) Propensity of formation of zipper architecture vs. Lincoln log arrangement in solvated molecular complexes of melamine with hydroxybenzoic acids. In: CrystEngComm, 13 (15). pp. 4886-4894.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2011/CE/C1CE05179B

http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/39751/

Palavras-Chave #Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
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Journal Article

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