Memorial Issue Dedicated to Dr. Howard D. Flack: The Man behind the Flack Parameter

Catherine E Housecroft,Katharina M Fromm

doi:10.3390/chemistry3030058

Catherine E Housecroft, Katharina M Fromm

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https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry3030058

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Abstract

This Special Issue of Chemistry is dedicated to Dr. Howard D. Flack (1943–2017), a renowned crystallographer who transformed the way in which, by using single crystal X-ray diffraction, we are able to determine the absolute structure of a crystalline material, and thereby determine the absolute configuration of molecular species within the material [...]

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Howard Flack is probably most associated with the Flack parameter, which is routinely reported for all chiral molecules for which-single crystal X-ray diffraction data are reported in the literature
Constable and Housecroft have focused on the development of crystallographic methods within metal coordination chemistry, and demonstrated the role of the Flack parameter in providing a routine method for determining the absolute configuration of coordination compounds [4]

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Introduction

Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Flack (1943–2017), a renowned crystallographer who transformed the way in which, by using single crystal X-ray diffraction, we are able to determine the absolute structure of a crystalline material, and thereby determine the absolute configuration of molecular species within the material.

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