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December 2018 issue

Cover illustration: Eugenol is a natural molecule that exhibits versatile properties useful in various domains. There is increasing interest from the scientific and industrial community in eugenol-based polymers and this bioactive compound has high potential as a therapeutic agent since it has antiparasitic, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Vanillylformamide [systematic name: N-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl)formamide] and eugenol can be considered to be `isosteres' of each other, since they share comparable molecular shape and volume. See: Baillargeon, Rahem, Amigo, Fortin & Dory [IUCrData (2018). 3, x181590].
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Polar crystal of vanillylformamide through replacement of the alkene by an isosteric formamide group




















