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 language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1724-1728 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2002 |
Keywords
- Crystal engineering
- Helical structures
- Hydrogen bonds
- Inclusion compounds
- Self-assembly
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Chemistry(all)