Vinu V. Panikkattu, Abhijeet S. Sinha and Christer B. Aakeröy
CrystEngComm, 2022,24, 738-742
DOI:
10.1039/D1CE01583D,
Communication
Strong halogen bonds can provide a foundation for reliable supramolecular strategies for effective self-assembly and design of functional materials. A new class of halogen-bond donors have been developed using structural and theoretical tools and these 3-iodo-1-phenylprop-2-yn-1-ones demonstrate several features that make them promising additions to the crystal engineering tool-box.