Design of an SHG-active crystal, 4-iodo-4′-nitrobiphenyl: the role of supramolecular synthons

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Jagarlapudi A. R. P. Sarma, Frank H. Allen, Vanessa J. Hoy, Judith A. K. Howard, Ram Thaimattam, Kumar Biradha and Gautam R. Desiraju


Abstract

The crystal structure of 4-iodo-4′-nitrobiphenyl has been determined with packing calculations and the presence of polar and parallel iodo···nitro supramolecular synthons leads to non-centrosymmetry and measurable SHG activity


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