Abstract:The special case of the stacking of trihalogeno mesitylene (TXM) molecules has been investigated. Below 300 K, these molecules lead to needle shaped crystals in a triclinic arrangement. Thanks to DFT computations and an empirical atom-atom interaction model this packing mode has been rationalized. Aggregates of TXM molecules differently packed have been considered, namely dimers and trimers of type A, the molecules being piled one over the other along the axis a, and dimers B and trimers B, the molecules lying… Show more
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