The crystal structures of ten sulfonamides
have been determined
by X-ray diffraction. On the basis of our previous data, the obtained
results and literature data crystal properties including molecular
conformational states, packing architecture, and hydrogen bond networks
were comparatively analyzed using graph set notations. Conformational
flexibility of the bridge connecting two phenyl rings was studied.
It was found out that the most frequently occurring graphs for compounds
with a single hydrogen bond are infinite chains with four atoms included.
The molecular packing architecture of the selected crystals may be
conditionally divided into three different groups. The idea underlying
such classification is the difference in structure and composition
of molecular layers that can be singled out for most packings. The
influence of various molecular fragments on crystal lattice energy
was analyzed. A correlation between melting points and fragmental
molecular interactions in the crystal lattices was obtained. The thermodynamic
aspects of the sulfonamide sublimation were studied by determining
the temperature dependence of vapor pressure using the transpiration
method. A correlation between the Gibbs energy of the sublimation
process and the melting points was found. Besides, a regression equation
was derived to describe the correlation between the sublimation entropy
terms and crystal density data calculated from X-ray diffraction results.