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This retrospect describes research in our group in the University of Hyderabad and in the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore over a period of 25 years on a topic in structural chemistry that has been both intriguing and invigorating. The theme of hydrogen bond-based amine-hydroxy recognition in organic crystals is cast against an overall background of developments in crystal engineering from the early 1990s up to the present time. This article is divided into two parts: the first is a somewhat autobiographical and sometimes informal account of how and why various things were done over the years, while the second takes the form of a current result-oriented study.
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One of us (GRD) thanks the Department of Science and Technology and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research for support of his research programs over the last few decades. We thank Dr. S. P. Gopi and Dr. M. Banik for their assistance in collecting X-ray data on the compounds reported here and solving and refining the structures.
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Dedicated to Prof. Alan L. Mackay on the occasion of his 90th birthday
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Sood, A., Desiraju, G.R. Looking at aniline-phenol recognition in molecular crystals: an evergreen endeavour. Struct Chem 28, 173–199 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-016-0869-8
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