A robust structural motif in inclusion crystals of norbile acids

Abstract

Four norbile acids (norcholic, nordeoxycholic, norchenodeoxycholic and norlithocholic acids) include various organic compounds and have a common robust motif in their crystal structures based on a cyclic hydrogen bond network and steric complementarity in the lipophilic parts.

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