Reply to the 'Comment on "Trimorphs of 4-bromophenyl 4-bromobenzoate. Elastic, brittle, plastic"' by J. J. Whittaker, A. J. Brock, A. Grosjean, M. C. Pfrunder, J. C. McMurtrie and J. K. Clegg, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, DOI: 10.1039/D0CC07668F.
Subhankar SahaGautam R DesirajuPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2021)
Crystals that differ in their molecular constitution may yet share the same mechanical property, such as plastic deformation, because they are equivalent in a supramolecular sense.