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Uracil Derivatives for Halogen-Bonded Cocrystals

Publicated to: International Journal Of Molecular Sciences. 22 (19): - 2021-10-01 22(19), DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910663

Authors: Benito, M; Rosello, Y; Barcelo-Oliver, M; Frontera, A; Molins, E

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CSIC, Inst Ciencia Mat Barcelona ICMAB, Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Spain - Author
Univ Illes Balears, Dept Quim, Ctra Valldemosa Km 7-5, Palma de Mallorca 07122, Spain - Author
Univ Rovira & Virgili, Dept Quim Fis & Inorgan, Tarragona 43007, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Among non-covalent interactions, halogen bonding is emerging as a new powerful tool for supramolecular self-assembly. Here, along with a green and effective method, we report three new halogen-bonded cocrystals containing uracil derivatives and 1,2,4,5-tetrafluoro-3,6-diiodobenzene as X-bond donor coformer. These multicomponent solids were prepared both by solvent-drop grinding and solution methods and further characterized by powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy, and thermal methods (TGA-DSC). In order to study the relative importance of hydrogen versus halogen bonds in the crystal packing, computational methods were applied.

Keywords

CocrystalCrystalCrystal engineeringDftMechanochemistryMolecular recognitionNoncovalent interactionsNucleobasesThymine

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal Of Molecular Sciences due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 69/297, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-12-06:

  • WoS: 3

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-12-06:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 4.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 4 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

Awards linked to the item

M.B. and E.M. are grateful to the Severo Ochoa FunFuture project (MICINN, CEX2019-917S) and Generalitat de Catalunya (2017SGR1687). A.F. thanks the MICIU/AEI from Spain for financial support (Projects CTQ2017-85821-R and PID2020-115637GB-I00, Feder funds).