Journal
STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 25, Issue 5, Pages 1547-1552Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11224-014-0413-7
Keywords
Crystal structure; Intermolecular interactions; Benzene-acetylene co-crystals; Topology of interactions
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Crystal structure of benzene-acetylene co-crystal was analysed based on calculated energies of intermolecular interactions between basic molecules located in asymmetric part of unit cell and their neighbours belonging to their first coordination sphere. It is demonstrated that the basic structural motif of the crystal is represented by infinite chains formed by the hydrogen-bonded benzene and acetylene molecules. Energy of interaction of the basic pair of molecules to neighbours within the chain is 2.2 times higher than the energy of interactions with molecules of any neighbouring chain. This ratio almost does not depend on method of calculation of interaction energy. Also, results of calculations were compared with analysis of topology of electron density distribution in crystal. The possibility to find the basic structural motif of the crystal based on properties of intermolecular bond critical points is demonstrated.
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