Selective growth of a less stable polymorph of 2-iodo-4-nitroaniline on a self-assembled monolayer template

Rupa Hiremath; Stephen W Varney; Jennifer A Swift

doi:10.1039/b411649f

Selective growth of a less stable polymorph of 2-iodo-4-nitroaniline on a self-assembled monolayer template

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Dec 7:(23):2676-7. doi: 10.1039/b411649f. Epub 2004 Oct 15.

Authors

Rupa Hiremath¹, Stephen W Varney, Jennifer A Swift

Affiliation

¹ Georgetown University, Department of Chemistry, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, DC 20057-1227, USA.

PMID: 15568063
DOI: 10.1039/b411649f

Abstract

Orthorhombic and triclinic crystals of 2-iodo-4-nitroaniline (INA) grow concomitantly from supersaturated ethanol solutions, but the less stable orthorhombic phase can be selectively grown on 3'-X-4-mercaptobiphenyl (X = NO(2), I) self-assembled monolayer templates.