The materials phenazine and perylene have been previously reported to exhibit polymorphic behavior.
Experimental evidence suggests that both molecules can exist in at least two polymorphic forms. In the case
of phenazine, only one polymorph has a fully described crystal structure. In the case of perylene, two
polymorphs have a reported structure, from single-crystal studies; however, one structure solution is of poor
quality. This paper reports the results of a molecular modeling study and postulates crystal structures for the
two polymorphs which lack a reliable experimental determination. Systematic searches of potential packing
arrangements were conducted in the reported cells for both the solved and unsolved polymorphs of phenazine
and perylene. A recently validated search method (Hammond, R. B.; Roberts, K. J.; Docherty, R.; Edmondson,
M. J. Phys. Chem. B
1997, 101, 6532) was employed to rank packing arrangements by considering nonbonded
atom−atom distances in combination with calculated lattice energies. The molecular packing arrangements
were compared and contrasted using the packing energy breakdown routines within the program HABIT95
(Clydesdale, G.; Roberts, K. J.; Docherty, R. Quantum Chemistry Program Exchange 1996, 16, 1).