title: Conformational polymorphism of methacrylamide.
abstract: The industrially important compound methacrylamide crystallizes as concomitant conformational polymorphs; the monoclinic form contains only the s-cis conformer, while the orthorhombic form contains only the s-trans conformer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9110, USA.
authors.forename: Chengyun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Magali B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Hickey
authors.forename: Evan R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Guggenheim
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Enkelmann
authors.forename: Bruce M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Foxman
mesh_terms: D000178:Acrylamides / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D033362:Powder Diffraction; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000178:Acrylamides; C045985:methacrylamide