Boric Acid Co-crystals in Guar Gelation

Perrin, Andrea; Goodwin, Melissa J.; Musa, Osama M.; Yufit, Dimitrii S; Steed, Jonathan W.

doi:10.1039/c7ce01858d

Boric Acid Co-crystals in Guar Gelation

Perrin, Andrea; Goodwin, Melissa J.; Musa, Osama M.; Yufit, Dimitrii S; Steed, Jonathan W.

Authors

Andrea Perrin

Melissa J. Goodwin

Osama M. Musa

Dimitrii S Yufit

Professor Jonathan Steed jon.steed@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

A series of bis(pyrrolidone) and ε-caprolactam co-crystals of boric acid and 1,4-phenylenediboronic acid are reported. The high polarity of the lactam carbonyl group is highly complementary to the boronic acid hydrogen bond donor functionalities and co-crystals are based on cyclic boronic acid tape motifs, including an unusual donor-donor motif, with strong perpendicular interactions to the lactam functionalities. All of the co-crystals are able to act as a source of boric or boronic acid cross-linker in guar gelation.

Citation

Perrin, A., Goodwin, M. J., Musa, O. M., Yufit, D. S., & Steed, J. W. (2017). Boric Acid Co-crystals in Guar Gelation. CrystEngComm, 19(47), 7125-7131. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ce01858d

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Nov 16, 2017
Online Publication Date	Nov 16, 2017
Publication Date	Dec 21, 2017
Deposit Date	Nov 17, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Nov 16, 2018
Journal	CrystEngComm
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	19
Issue	47
Pages	7125-7131
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ce01858d