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THE term ‘clathrate compound’ has been suggested for that type of molecular complex in which molecules of one compound are held in cavities in the crystal structure of another. Whether a compound can be entrapped in a particular clathrate structure is determined by the physical dimensions of its molecules. Quinol forms clathrate compounds with a number of elements and compounds, and X-ray crystallographic studies of some of these have been made (see, for example, ref. 1). The β-quinol crystal structure contains cavities approximately spherical in shape, the ratio of the number of available cavities to quinol molecules being one to three.
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DRYDEN, J., MEAKINS, R. Dielectric Properties of some Clathrate Compounds of Quinol. Nature 169, 324 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169324a0
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