Exploring the relationship between cocrystal stability and symmetry: Is Wallach's rule applicable to multi-component solids?

  • Tomislav Friščić
  • , László Fábián
  • , Jonathan C. Burley
  • , David G. Reid
  • , Melinda J. Duer
  • , William Jones*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Comparison of structure and hydration stability of pairs of chiral and racemic binary cocrystals indicates that the racemic solid is more stable than the chiral one; we illustrate that this difference might arise from intermolecular (crystal packing) factors in one case, while intramolecular (molecular conformation) factors are more significant in the other.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1644-1646
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Ceramics and Composites
  • General Chemistry
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry

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