Orthogonal halogen and hydrogen bonds involving a peptide bond model
Vera Vasylyeva,a Susanta K. Nayak,b Giancarlo Terraneo,*ab Gabriella Cavallo,ab Pierangelo Metrangolo*abc and Giuseppe Resnatiab
a NFMLab, D.C.M.I.C. "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milan, Italy. E-mail:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Fax: (+39) 02 2399 3180; Tel: (+39) 02 2399 3041
b Center for Nano Science and Technology@Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Pascoli 70/3, 20133 Milan, Italy
c VTT-Technical Research Centre of Finland, P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Finland
CrystEngComm, 2014,16, 8102-8105
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE01514B
Received 15 Jun 2014, Accepted 23 Jul 2014
First published online 24 Jul 2014
The peptide bond model N-methylacetamide self-assembles with a range of dihalotetrafluorobenzenes forming co-crystals that all show the occurrence of orthogonal hydrogen and halogen bonds.
