The growing importance of crystalline molecular flasks and the crystalline sponge method. Issue 46 (6th November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gee, William J.
• Is Part Of: Dalton transactions. Volume 46:Issue 46(2017)
• Page Start: 15979
• Page End: 15986
• Publication Date: 2017-11-06
• Subjects: Chemistry, Inorganic -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Inorganic -- Periodicals; 546.05
• DOI: 10.1039/c7dt03136j
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1477-9226

Abstract

Abstract : Recent advances in crystalline molecular flasks and the crystalline sponge method are reviewed and discussed. Abstract : This article showcases recent advancements made using crystalline molecular flasks and the widening list of prospective applications for the crystalline sponge method. This expansion has coincided with an increasing number of materials termed crystalline sponges, and a report of a predictive means of identifying candidates from crystallographic databases. The crystalline sponge method's primary application has been determination of absolute configuration, and this has evolved from the analysis of carefully chosen planar aromatic guests to more diverse identification of natural products, biological metabolites, and analysis of volatile chemical components. However with time-resolved X-ray crystallography providing arguably the most informative atomic scale insights of dynamic chemical processes, this application of the crystalline sponge method may soon eclipse structural determination in terms of importance.