Crystalline Molecular Complexes and Compounds

Abstract
This book presents a rational classification of the vast amount of material in literature followed by a sketch of the historical background. The structures and properties of the various kinds of crystalline inclusion complexes are described in some detail, distinguishing among container-molecule hosts, such as the cyclodextrins, clathrates, linear tunnel inclusion complexes, and two-dimensional intercalation complexes. Together with material on packing complexes, this comprises the first half. The second half contains descriptions of molecular compounds based on localized and delocalized interactions between the two components. Localized interactions are found in binary compounds with hydrogen bonding and those with charge-transfer interactions. The final group consists of binary compounds linked by delocalized charge transfer interactions with separate discussion of mixed stack compounds and segregated stack complexes. The most emphasis is placed on the solid state arrangements, supplemented by thermodynamic data where available. Rational classification and comprehensive comparison of the various structure types is an important feature of the treatment.

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