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ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION B-STRUCTURAL SCIENCE CRYSTAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS
Volume 68, Issue -, Pages 305-312Publisher
INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
DOI: 10.1107/S0108768112014711
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- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [09-03-00206, 11-03-00652]
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The non-bonded interactions in five sets of polymorph substances with photochromic properties have been investigated within the Voronoi-Dirichlet approach. Twenty compounds with the general formula CwHxNyOz were analyzed. Among ten possible types of non-bonded interactions at least five types are observed in the crystal structures of compounds under discussion. For all the structures the majority of interactions involve H atoms, namely London forces (H center dot center dot center dot H and H center dot center dot center dot C) and hydrogen bonds (H center dot center dot center dot O and H center dot center dot center dot N). A conformational polymorph was stated to be characterized by a unique set of inter- and intramolecular non-bonded interactions. It was quantitatively demonstrated that molecules in the same conformation can pack in a different way, and, vice versa, the change in conformation of a molecule does not prevent a substance from realising the same set of intermolecular contacts. In accordance with the data obtained for 2,4-dinitrobenzylpyridine derivatives, only conformational polymorphs with an intramolecular N center dot center dot center dot N interaction between a nitro group and a pyridine are photochromic.
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