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

Tomislav Friščić, Laszlo Fabian, Jonathan C. Burley, David G. Reid, Melinda J. Duer, William Jones

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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 - 30 Jan 2008

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