Evidence for the isomorphism of the low-temperature form of hexaamminecobalt(III) iodide with the room-temperature structure of hexaamminecobalt(III) chloride

Author(s):  
T. R. Welberry ◽  
B. E. Williamson

Acenaphthylene, C 12 H 8 , occurs in space group Pbam (or Pba2) at room temperatures (23 °C) with a = 7.705 (5), b = 7.865 (5), c = 14.071 (5) Å and Z = 4, and is disordered. At about 130 K it undergoes a reversible transition to space group P2 1 nm with a = 7.588 (13), b = 7.549 (10), c = 27.822 (2) Å and Z = 8 (85 K) with an ordered structure. A general study of the system has revealed that the structure of both forms consists of layers of closely packed molecules stacked in the c direction. The room temperature structure has a two-layer repeat and the low temperature form a four-layer repeat. Observation of diffuse X-ray diffraction effects at temperatures close to the transition indicates that an intermediate form having a six-layer repeat is formed. A preliminary structure determination of the low-temperature form reveals that the four layers though having a similar packing scheme differ in the orientation of the constituent molecules relative to c . It is proposed that the almost circular shape of the molecules allows each layer to change its identity under thermal agitation by a rotation of its constituent molecules in their own planes. The transition can be explained in terms of changes of the correlations between neighbouring layers. A simple model based on short-range order parameters is described, which explains the occurrence of the six-layer intermediate and the observed sequence of diffuse diffraction phenomena. The nature of the structure of the disordered room temperature form, which is predicted by this model, is confirmed as far as possible with the data available which are limited because of the dearth of high-angle diffraction maxima.


1982 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Moret ◽  
R. Comes ◽  
G. Furdin ◽  
H. Fuzellier ◽  
F. Rousseaux

ABSTRACTIn α-C5n-HNO3 the condensation of the room-temperature liquid-like diffuse ring associated with the disorder-order transition around 250 K is studied and the low-temperature. superstructure is examined.It is found that β-C8n-HNO3 exhibits an in-plane incommensurate order at room temperature.Two types of graphite-Br2 are found. Low-temperature phase transitions in C8Br are observed at T1 ≍ 277 K and T2 ≍ 297 K. The room-temperature structure of C14Br is reexamined. Special attention is given to diffuse scattering and incommensurability.


2018 ◽  
Vol 233 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masoumeh Tabatabaee ◽  
Morgane Poupon ◽  
Václav Eigner ◽  
Přemysl Vaněk ◽  
Michal Dušek

AbstractThe room temperature structure withP21/csymmetry of the zinc(II) complex of pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid was published by Okabe and Oya (N. Okabe, N. Oya, Copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes of pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid.Acta Crystallogr. C.2000,56, 305). Here we report crystal structure of the low temperature phaseβ-[Zn(pydcH)2]·3H2O, pydc=C7H3NO4, resulting from the phase transition around 200K. The diffraction pattern of the low temperature phase revealed satellite reflections, which could be indexed with q-vector 0.4051(10)b* corresponding to (3+1)Dincommensurately modulated structure. The modulated structure was solved in the superspace groupX21/c(0b0)s0, whereXstands for a non-standard centring vector (½, 0, 0, ½), and compared with the room temperature phase. It is shown that hydrogen bonds are the main driving force of modulation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (11) ◽  
pp. 1632-1637
Author(s):  
Irene Ara ◽  
Zeineb Basdouri ◽  
Larry R. Falvello ◽  
Mohsen Graia ◽  
Pablo Guerra ◽  
...  

The title hydrated molecular salt (systematic name: tetra-n-butylammonium 2,6-dioxo-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyrimidine-4-carboxylate monohydrate), C16H36N+·C5H3N2O4 −·H2O, crystallizes with N—H...O and O—H...O hydrogen-bonded double-stranded antiparallel ribbons consisting of the hydrophilic orotate monoanions and water molecules, separated by the bulky hydrophobic cations. The hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions of the structure are joined by weaker non-classical C—H...O hydrogen bonds. An accurate structure analysis conducted at T = 100 K is compared to a lower-resolution less accurate determination using data measured at T = 295 K. The results of both analyses are evaluated using a knowledge-based approach, and it is found that the less accurate room-temperature structure analysis provides geometric data that are similar to those derived from the accurate low-temperature analysis, with both sets of results consistent with previously analyzed structures. A minor disorder of one methyl group in the cation at low temperature was found to be slightly more complex at room temperature; while still involving a minor fraction of the structure, the disorder at room temperature was found to require a non-routine treatment, which is described in detail.


2010 ◽  
Vol 65 (7) ◽  
pp. 907-916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Tiritiris ◽  
Falk Lissner ◽  
Thomas Schleid ◽  
Willi Kantlehner

Dicationic N,N´,N´,N´´,N´´-pentasubstituted guanidinium dichlorides 4a, b are obtained from the chloroformamidinium salt 2 and diamines 3a, b. N-[2-(Dimethylammonio)ethyl]-N´,N´,N´´,N´´-tetramethylguanidinium chloride tetraphenylborate (5a) and N-[3-(dimethylammonio)propyl]-N´,N´,N´´,N´´-tetramethylguanidinium chloride tetraphenylborate (5b) were synthesized from 4a, b by anion metathesis with one equivalent of sodium tetraphenylborate. The thermal properties of the salts 5a, b were studied by means of DSC methods, and their crystal structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. For 5a a solid-solid phase transition is observed at −156 ◦C to a low-temperature structure. The room-temperature modification (α-5a) crystallizes in the centrosymmetric orthorhombic space group Pbca (a = 13.1844(4), b = 13.8007(4), c = 34.7537(11) A° ).The guanidinium ions are interconnected via chloride ions through bridging N-H· · ·Cl hydrogen bonds, providing isolated units. The tetraphenylborate ions show some dynamic disordering in the crystal structure. The low-temperature modification (β -5a) also crystallizes orthorhombically, but in the non-centrosymmetric space group Pna21 (a = 13.1099(4), b = 69.1810(11), c = 13.5847(5) A° ) and consists of four crystallographically independent cations and anions in the unit cell. Compared with the room-temperature structure, a similar N-H· · ·Cl hydrogen bond pattern is observed in the β -phase, but the tetraphenylborate ions are now completely ordered. 5b crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c (a = 10.8010(3), b = 14.1502(5), c = 20.9867(9) A° , β = 94.322(1)◦). In the crystal structure the guanidinium ions are linked via chloride ions through N-H· · ·Cl hydrogen bonds, but in contrast to 5a two infinite strands are formed along the a axis with the tetraphenylborate ions interspersed between them for charge compensation.


2005 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 481-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Klimin ◽  
D. Fausti ◽  
A. Meetsma ◽  
L. N. Bezmaternykh ◽  
P. H. M. van Loosdrecht ◽  
...  

A single-crystal X-ray structure study of gadolinium triiron tetraborate, GdFe_3(BO_3)_4, at room temperature and at 90 K is reported. At room temperature GdFe_3(BO_3)_4 crystallizes in a trigonal space group, R32 (No. 155), the same as found for other members of the iron borate family RFe_3(BO_3)_4. At 90 K the structure of GdFe_3(BO_3)_4 transforms to the space group P3_{1}21 (No. 152). The low-temperature structure determination gives new insight into the weakly first-order structural phase transition at 156 K and into the related Raman phonon anomalies. The presence of two inequivalent iron chains in the low-temperature structure provides a new perspective on the interpretation of the low-temperature magnetic properties.


Author(s):  
Christoph Krebs ◽  
Inke Jess ◽  
Christian Näther

Single crystals of the high-temperature form I of [Co(NCS)2(DMAP)2] (DMAP = 4-dimethylaminopyridine, C7H10N2) were obtained accidentally by the reaction of Co(NCS)2 with DMAP at slightly elevated temperatures under kinetic control. This modification crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/m and is isotypic with the corresponding Zn compound. The asymmetric unit consists of one crystallographically independent Co cation and two crystallographically independent thiocyanate anions that are located on a crystallographic mirror plane and one DMAP ligand (general position). In its crystal structure the discrete complexes are linked by C—H...S hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional network. For comparison, the crystal structure of the known low-temperature form II, which is already thermodynamically stable at room temperature, was redetermined at the same temperature. In this polymorph the complexes are connected by C—H...S and C—H...N hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional network. At 100 K the density of the high-temperature form I (ρ = 1.457 g cm−3) is lower than that of the low-temperature form II (ρ = 1.462 g cm−3), which is in contrast to the values determined by XRPD at room temperature. Therefore, these two forms represent an exception to the Kitaigorodskii density rule, for which extensive intermolecular hydrogen bonding in form II might be responsible.


2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (11) ◽  
pp. 1001-1004
Author(s):  
Helen E. Mason ◽  
Judith A. K. Howard ◽  
Hazel A. Sparkes

A new polymorph of (E)-4-bromo-2-[(phenylimino)methyl]phenol, C13H10BrNO, is reported, together with a low-temperature structure determination of the previously published polymorph. Both polymorphs were found to have an intramolecular O—H...N hydrogen bond between the phenol OH group and the imine N atom, forming an S(6) ring. The crystals were observed to have different colours at room temperature, with the previously published polymorph being more orange and the new polymorph more yellow. The planarity of the molecule in the two polymorphs was found to be significantly different, with dihedral angles (Φ) between the two aromatic rings for the previously published `orange' polymorph of Φ = 1.8 (2)° at 120 K, while the new `yellow' polymorph had Φ = 45.6 (1)° at 150 K. It was also observed that both polymorphs displayed some degree of thermochromism and upon cooling the `orange' polymorph became more yellow, while the `yellow' polymorph became paler upon cooling.


Author(s):  
C. Hejny ◽  
L. Bindi

K2Sc[Si2O6]F exhibits, at room temperature, a (3 + 2)-dimensional incommensurately modulated structure [a= 8.9878 (1),c= 8.2694 (2) Å,V= 668.01 (2) Å3; superspace groupP42/mnm(α,α,0)000s(−α,α,0)0000] with modulation wavevectorsq1= 0.2982 (4)(a* +b*) andq2= 0.2982 (4)(−a* +b*). Its low-temperature behaviour has been studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Down to 45 K, the irrational component α of the modulation wavevectors is quite constant varying from 0.2982 (4) (RT), through 0.2955 (8) (120 K), 0.297 (1) (90 K), 0.298 (1) (75 K), to 0.299 (1) (45 K). At 25 K it approaches the commensurate value of one-third [i.e.0.332 (3)]: thus indicating that the incommensurate–commensurate phase transition takes place between 45 K and 25 K. The commensurate lock-in phase of K2Sc[Si2O6]F has been solved and refined with a 3 × 3 × 1 supercell compared with the tetragonal incommensurately modulated structure stable at room temperature. This corresponds to a 3 × 1 × 3 supercell in the pseudo-orthorhombic monoclinic setting of the low-temperature structure, space groupP2/m, with lattice parametersa= 26.786 (3),b= 8.245 (2)c= 26.824 (3) Å, β = 90.00 (1)°. The structure is a mixed tetrahedral–octahedral framework composed of chains of [ScO4F2] octahedra that are interconnected by [Si4O12] rings with K atoms in fourfold to ninefold coordination. Distorted [ScO4F2] octahedra are connected to distorted Si tetrahedra to form octagonal arrangements closely resembling those observed in the incommensurate structure of fresnoite- and melilite-type compounds.


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