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John D. Wallis and colleagues at Nottingham Trent University, the University of Southampton, Brock University and the University of Fribourg look at the (1,5) interactions between aldehyde groups and hydroxyl or methoxy groups in this CrystEngComm Hot article.

The group systematically compare naphthalene and triptycene frameworks, to greater understand O^…C=O molecular interactions.

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The use of the triptycene framework for observing OCO molecular interactions
Alberth Lari, Mateusz B. Pitak, Simon J. Coles, Emma Bresco, Peter Belser, Andreas Beyeler, Melanie Pilkington and John D. Wallis
CrystEngComm, 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05955F