page_title: Crystal engineering
hierarchical_section_title: Crystal engineering
caption_attribution_description: This is a picture generated from a crystal structure data reported by Kenneth E. Maly, Eric Gagnon, Thierry Maris, and James D. Wuest in the Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, volume 129, pages 4306–4322 (doi:10.1021/ja067571x) entitled “Engineering Hydrogen-Bonded Molecular Crystals Built from Derivatives of Hexaphenylbenzene and Related Compounds”. It shows a portion of a crystal structure in which the molecules have been engineered to assemble into sheets by hydrogen-bonding with six of their neighbors. Hydrogen bonds are red.
context_page_description: Crystal engineering is the design and synthesis of molecular solid state structures with desired properties, based on an understanding and use of intermolecular interactions. The two main strategies currently in use for crystal engineering are based on hydrogen bonding and coordination bonding. These may be understood with key concepts such as the supramolecular synthon and the secondary building unit.
context_section_description: Crystal engineering is the design and synthesis of molecular solid state structures with desired properties, based on an understanding and use of intermolecular interactions. The two main strategies currently in use for crystal engineering are based on hydrogen bonding and coordination bonding. These may be understood with key concepts such as the supramolecular synthon and the secondary building unit.
caption: An example of crystal engineering using hydrogen bonding reported by Wuest and coworkers in J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 4306–4322.
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