On atom–atom `short contact' bonding interactions in crystals

On atom–atom `short contact' bonding interactions in crystals

Professor Dunitz questions the usefulness of ascribing crystalline structural stability to individual atom–atom intermolecular interactions viewed as bonding (hence stabilizing) whenever linked by a bond path. An alternative view is expressed in the present essay that articulates the validity and us...

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Main Authors: Claude Lecomte, Enrique Espinosa, Cherif F. Matta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2015-03-01
Series:IUCrJ
Subjects:
bond paths in crystals
crystal binding
crystal stability
electron density
quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM)
high-resolution X-ray diffraction
synthons
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2052252515002067

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