10.1021/ol035365d.s002 Robin A. Kloster Robin A. Kloster Michael D. Carducci Michael D. Carducci Eugene A. Mash Eugene A. Mash Crystal Engineering of a Liquid Crystalline Piperazinedione<sup>†</sup><sup>,</sup><sup>‡</sup> American Chemical Society 2003 van der Waals interactions building blocks recognition elements assembly paradigm crystal Engineering orthogonal thermotropic molecule validity incorporation Results support Piperazinedione Crystalline 2003-09-09 00:00:00 Dataset https://acs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Crystal_Engineering_of_a_Liquid_Crystalline_Piperazinedione_sup_sup_sup_sup_sup_sup_/3748218 A molecule designed to self-assemble via hydrogen bonding, arene-arene, and van der Waals interactions and expected to possess thermotropic liquid crystalline properties has been synthesized and characterized. Results support the validity of an assembly paradigm based on incorporation of chemically orthogonal and spatially independent recognition elements in the molecular building blocks.