Crystal engineering of pharmaceutical cocrystals in the discovery and development of improved drugs

G Bolla, B Sarma, AK Nangia - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The subject of crystal engineering started in the 1970s with the study of topochemical
reactions in the solid state. A broad chemical definition of crystal engineering was published …

Cocrystal engineering: a collaborative strategy toward functional materials

L Sun, Y Wang, F Yang, X Zhang, W Hu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cocrystal engineering with a noncovalent assembly feature by simple constituent units has
inspired great interest and has emerged as an efficient and versatile route to construct …

Creating organic functional materials beyond chemical bond synthesis by organic cocrystal engineering

L Sun, W Zhu, X Zhang, L Li, H Dong… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Organic cocrystal engineering refers to two or more organic molecules stoichiometrically
combined and held together by noncovalent intermolecular interactions, which differs from …

Halogen-bonded shape memory polymers

H Guo, R Puttreddy, T Salminen, A Lends… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Halogen bonding (XB), a non-covalent interaction between an electron-deficient halogen
atom and a Lewis base, is widely adopted in organic synthesis and supramolecular crystal …

Crystal engineering strategies towards halogen-bonded metal–organic multi-component solids: Salts, cocrystals and salt cocrystals

V Nemec, K Lisac, N Bedeković, L Fotović… - …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past several decades, halogen bonding has become a standard 'tool'in
supramolecular chemistry and particularly in crystal engineering. Traditionally, the study of …

Principles and Applications of CF2X Moieties as Unconventional Halogen Bond Donors in Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and Drug Discovery

S Vaas, MO Zimmermann, D Schollmeyer… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As an orthogonal principle to the established (hetero) aryl halides, we herein highlight the
usefulness of CF2X (X= Cl, Br, or I) moieties. Using tool compounds bearing CF2X moieties …

Unravelling the potential of sigma hole-assisted co-crystallization: Highlighting recent developments

R Siddiqui, J Rani, HM Titi, R Patra - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
In the past several decades, the field of cocrystal engineering has developed into a vital
research topic in supramolecular chemistry, holding the foremost scope in crystal …

Co-crystal synthesis: fact, fancy, and great expectations

CA Gunawardana, CB Aakeröy - Chemical Communications, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
From discrete and dispersed to condensed and organized, directed assembly provides a
link between molecular structure and macroscopic properties. If we are able to combine …

Halogen-bonded cocrystallization with phosphorus, arsenic and antimony acceptors

K Lisac, F Topić, M Arhangelskis, S Cepić… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The formation of non-covalent directional interactions, such as hydrogen or halogen bonds,
is a central concept of materials design, which hinges on using small compact atoms of the …

Synthesis of ternary cocrystals, salts, and hydrates of acefylline with enhanced dissolution and high permeability

S Allu, A Garai, VV Chernyshev… - Crystal Growth & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Acefylline (ACF) is a stimulant xanthine derivative drug, which is formulated as a piperazine
salt for the treatment of bronchial asthma. ACF falls under BCS class IV category of low …