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Hydrogen-Bon<strong>de</strong>d Ribbons, Tapes and Sheets as Motifs for Crystal Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g 103<br />

Fig. 4. Polar sheets formed by 3 and 4<br />

3 4<br />

a donor (D) with an available acidic hydrogen atom is brought <strong>in</strong>to <strong>in</strong>timate<br />

contact with an acceptor (A) as shown <strong>in</strong> Fig. 5 [32]. The strength of different<br />

hydrogen bonds can vary from 1 kcal/mol for C-H◊◊◊O [33] <strong>in</strong>teractions to<br />

40 kcal/mol for [F-H-F] – [34, 35]. In terms of geometry, the hydrogen bond has<br />

been studied by statistical <strong>in</strong>vestigations [31] and by X-ray diffraction analysis<br />

[36] (see also the article by J.P. Glusker <strong>in</strong> this volume).<br />

One of the first <strong>de</strong>tailed studies of hydrogen bond<strong>in</strong>g patterns <strong>in</strong> the solid<br />

state was conducted by Etter. Her studies showed that functional groups display<br />

a preference for certa<strong>in</strong> recognition patterns, lead<strong>in</strong>g to the conclusion that<br />

hydrogen bond<strong>in</strong>g is not random, but controlled by the directional strength of<br />

the <strong>in</strong>termolecular <strong>in</strong>teractions [27]. Thereby illustrat<strong>in</strong>g that hydrogen bond<strong>in</strong>g<br />

can be used as a synthetic tool to affect profoundly the spatial arrangement<br />

of molecules and ions <strong>in</strong> the solid-state. Another important contribution by<br />

Etter was the <strong>de</strong>velopment of graph sets <strong>in</strong> or<strong>de</strong>r to <strong>de</strong>f<strong>in</strong>e the morphology of<br />

hydrogen bon<strong>de</strong>d arrays. Recently, Bernste<strong>in</strong> et al. have expan<strong>de</strong>d the approach

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