Supramolecular synthons based on N-H...N and C-H...O hydrogen bonds. Crystal engineering of a helical structure with 5,5-diethylbarbituric acid

Peddy Vishweshwar; Ram Thaimattam; Mariusz Jaskólski; Gautam R Desiraju

doi:10.1039/b204388b

Supramolecular synthons based on N-H...N and C-H...O hydrogen bonds. Crystal engineering of a helical structure with 5,5-diethylbarbituric acid

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Sep 7:(17):1830-1. doi: 10.1039/b204388b.

Authors

Peddy Vishweshwar¹, Ram Thaimattam, Mariusz Jaskólski, Gautam R Desiraju

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 046, India.

PMID: 12271630
DOI: 10.1039/b204388b

Abstract

5,5-Diethylbarbituric acid is a convenient molecular precursor for a newly identified N-H...N/C-H...O synthon, which is robust enough for the design of a helix architecture.