Crystal Engineering Using Multiple Hydrogen Bonds

Abstract

A review. Crystal engineering is the branch of supramol. chem. concerned with the design and synthesis of extended structures with predictable form and function. The use of H bonds to generate 1-, two- and three-dimensional structures is discussed, with the different strategies employed compared. Systems in which two or more H bonds link components together, and extended structures based on both one and two components are highlighted. Parallels are drawn between crystal engineering using purely org. components, and the more recent extension to the inclusion of coordination and organometallic complexes. [on SciFinder (R)]