M. Miyata et al., HYDROGEN-BONDING NETWORKS IN BILAYERED CRYSTALS COMPOSED OF FACIALLY AMPHIPHILIC COMPOUNDS, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 240, 1994, pp. 183-186
Highly asymmetric and facially amphiphilic compounds, cholic acid and
its derivatives, form asymmetric bilayers with variable hydrogen bondi
ng networks. The bilayers are stacked in various modes to produce dyna
mical inclusion crystals suitable for molecular recognition and reacti
on.