Hydrogen-bonding architectures

Aakeroy, C.B. Beatty, A.M. Leinen. D.S. The oxime functionality A versatile synthon for supramolecular assembly of metal-containing hydrogen-bonded architectures. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998. 120, 7383. 

On the basis of similar noncovalent interactions, Wikaira et al. proved that discrete hydrogen-bonded architectures... 

These exceptional properties, exclusive to water, result from the structure of its molecule and the nature of the bonds (links) between its constituent atoms. The molecule of water is made up of two atoms of hydrogen bonded to one of oxygen, so that its formula is H20. The composition gives no clue as to its unusual properties, however. It is the special architecture... 

It has been emphasized that in the construdion of complex molecular and supramolecular architectures the use of non-covalent bonding can be more efficient and more economic than the conventional covalent approach.1351 We outline here, how the interplay of a hydrogen bonding and alkyl chain... 

By its nature, resorcinol is locked into a single conformation, and it is immediately evident from a comparison of the structures in Fig. 7.9 that each form is characterized by a different motif of hydrogen bonding. In particular, the a-form features a relative open architecture that is maintained by a spiraling array of hydrogen bonding that ascends... 

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