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Ordinary organic crystal chemistry. Interpretation of the most probable homomolecular structures

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For homomolecular organic crystals, most characteristic types of molecular arrangement corresponding to most widespread structural classes and subclasses are named and interpreted. These characteristic structural variants cover about 70% of crystal substances consisting of chemically identical molecules. Examples of crystal structures are cited to illustrate the structural laws of organic crystals; the structures are given as easily perceptible representations taken from the album “Structure of Organic Crystals.” An important structural feature of ordinary molecular crystals is coexistence of molecules with four or two different orientations (64 and 28%, respectively). Basic notions and approaches of modern organic crystal chemistry are briefly defined.

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M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. Translated fromZhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 126–152, January–February, 1998.

This work was supported by RFFR grant No. 96-03-32455.

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Zorkii, P.M., Zorkaya, O.N. Ordinary organic crystal chemistry. Interpretation of the most probable homomolecular structures. J Struct Chem 39, 103–124 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02873832

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