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

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

Lecomte, Claude; Espinosa, Enrique; Matta, Cherif F.
Date:   2015-03
Type:   Text
ISSN:  2052-2525

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IUCrJ 2(2), 161-163. (2015)

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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 usefulness of the bond path concept in a crystallographic and crystal engineering context.

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  • Crystallography
  • Chemical bonds
  • Atoms

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