What is it about?
The structure of a complicated reaction product is characterized which shows how it forms an extensive three dimensional hydrogen bonded network. The molecule crystallizes with two different types of solvent molecules, two water molecules and two molecules of a solvent called acetonitrile. The waters are hydrogen bonded together, as well as to the main molecule.
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Why is it important?
In living systems, complex molecules are the norm, not the exception. In a chemistry lab, the reverse is true. This work started as an effort to simplify the process of taking simple compounds off the shelf (or bought from suppliers at reasonable prices), and converting them into complicated structures, some of which could approach the complexity of molecules found in living systems, like proteins. The hope is that characterizing and understanding these molecules will help in the understanding of larger molecules found in living systems like proteins, DNA, and RNA.
Perspectives
Literally reaching for a compound in a jar in the lab is one of the most satisfying things to do as a chemist, since it embodies all the reasons to be a chemist (or a scientist, really). The compound is chosen because its properties have been envisioned to be appropriate for combining it with other substances, to make some final product. And the final product is something needed, either to further the understanding of substances in general, or to fulfill some material need, like making the next compound in a series. And of course, the entire scientific process is taking place in the background, from idea to hypothesis to conclusion.
Jonathan Filley
Oligometrics, Inc.
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This page is a summary of: Binary solvent participation in crystals of a multi-aromatic 1,2,3-triazole, Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications, January 2025, International Union of Crystallography,
DOI: 10.1107/s2056989024011915.
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