Isobaric and isochoric freezing of CH2BrCl and isostructural relations between CH2Cl2, CH2Br2 and CH2BrCl

2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 903-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Podsiadło ◽  
Andrzej Katrusiak

Bromochloromethane, CH2BrCl, has been temperature-frozen and in situ pressure-frozen and the structure determined by X-ray diffraction at low temperatures of 170 and 100 K at ambient pressure (0.10 MPa), and at high pressures of 1.04 and 1.72 GPa at room temperature (295 K). CH2BrCl exhibits a remarkable polymorphism: at low temperature it crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c (phase I), isostructural to the crystals of CH2Br2. The pressure-frozen crystal of CH2BrCl is orthorhombic, space group Pbcn, and is isostructural to the crystal of CH2Cl2. In both phases I and II the Br and Cl atoms are substitutionally disordered. The freezing temperatures and pressures of simple dihalomethanes have been correlated to their molecular weight and halogen... ˙˙halogen distances. Calculated electrostatic potential surfaces have been related to the different crystal packing of dihalomethanes investigated.

Author(s):  
Kamil F. Dziubek ◽  
Andrzej Katrusiak

1,4-Dibromobenzene melts at a considerably higher temperature than the 1,2- and 1,3-isomers. This melting-point difference is consistent with the molecular symmetry, as described by Carnelley's rule, and with the frequency of Br...Br halogen bonds. The lowest melting point of 1,3-dibromobenzene correlates with its two symmetry-independent molecules, indicating their inability to pack closely. Single crystals of 1,2- and 1,3-dibromobenzene have been grown under isochoric conditions in a diamond–anvil cell and at isobaric conditions in a glass capillary. Their structures have been determinedin situby X-ray diffraction. At 295 K 1,2-dibromobenzene crystallizes at 0.2 GPa as orthorhombic, space groupPbca,Z′ = 1, and 1,3-dibromobenzene at 0.3 GPa as orthorhombic, space groupP212121,Z′ = 2. The same crystal phases are formed at ambient pressure by freezing these liquids below 256.15 and 248.45 K, respectively. The third isomer, 1,4-dibromobenzene, is a solid at room temperature and crystallizes as monoclinic, space groupP21/a. Striking relations between the structures and melting points of the corresponding dibromobenzene and dichlorobenzene isomers have been discussed.


1988 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 873-884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Brummer

Abstract The 35Cl NQR spectra of 2,4,4,6-tetrachloro-3,5-dimethyl-cyclohexadiene-2,5-one-l and 2,4,4,6- tetrachloro-cyclohexadiene-2,5-one-l were studied from 77 K up to the decomposition temperature, their crystal structure having been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The first com­pound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C22h -P21/m with two molecules in the unit cell. The lattice constants are a = 887.2 (3) pm, b = 704.8 (3) pm, c = 824.0 (3) pm, β = 96.10(1)°. The sec­ond compound crystallizes orthorhombic, space group D182h - Cmca, with 8 molecules in the unit cell which has the dimensions a = 711.2(2) pm, b = 1388.4(3) pm, c = 1729.8(4) pm. The structures deter­mined belong to the stable phases of the title compounds as seen from the NQR spectra as a function of temperature which show no sign for a phase transition between the melting point and 77 K. In both title compounds the molecules are planar. Their symmetry is compared with other chloro- cyclohexadiene-2,5-ones-1 and chloro-cyclohexadiene-2,5-diones-1.4. The intramolecular distances d(C-Cl) of the sp2 carbon atoms and the 35Cl NQR frequencies assigned to the corresponding Cl atoms correlate quite well according to the theory: ν(35Cl) ~ (d(c-cl))-3 The relation is ν(35Cl)/MHz = 2 + 174 · 106 -(d/pm)-3.


1992 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Edelmann ◽  
Sally Brooker ◽  
Norbert Bertel ◽  
Mathias Noltemeyer ◽  
Herbert W. Roesky ◽  
...  

Abstract The Molecular Structures of [2,4,6-(CF3)3C6H2S]2 (1) [2,4,6-Me3C6H2Te]2 and [2-Me2N-4,6-(CF3)2C6H2Te]2 (3) have been determined by X-ray diffraction. Crystal data: 1: orthorhombic, space group P212121, Z = 4, a = 822.3(2), b = 1029.2(2), c = 2526.6(5) pm (2343 observed independent reflexions, R = 0.042); 2: orthorhombic, space group Iba 2, Z = 8, a = 1546.5(2), b = 1578.4(2), c = 1483.9(1) pm (2051 observed independent reflexions, R = 0.030); 3: monoclinic, space group P 21/c, Z = 4, a = 1118.7(1), b = 1536.5(2), c = 1492.6(2) pm, β = 98.97(1)° (3033 observed independent reflexions, R = 0.025).


1988 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 283 ◽  
Author(s):  
GB Robertson ◽  
PA Tucker

The structures of two crystalline modifications of mer -(Pme2Ph)3H-cis-Cl2IrIII, (1), have been determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. Modification (A) is monoclinic, space group P21/c with a 12.635(1), b 30.605(3), c 14.992(2)Ǻ, β 110.01(2)° and Z = 8. Modification (B) is orthorhombic, space group Pbca with a 27.646(3), b 11.366(1), c 17.252(2)Ǻ and Z = 8. The structures were solved by conventional heavy atom techniques and refined by full-matrix least- squares analyses to conventional R values of 0.037 [(A), 8845 independent reflections] and 0.028 [(B), 5291 independent reflections]. Important bond lengths [Ǻ] are Ir -P(trans to Cl ) 2.249(1) av. (A) and 2.234(1) (B), Ir -P(trans to PMe2Ph) 2.339(2) av. (A) and 2.344(1), 2.352(1) (B), Ir-Cl (trans to H) 2.492(2), 2.518(2) (A) and 2.503(1) (B) and Ir-Cl (trans to PMe2Ph)2.452(2) av. (A) and 2.449(1)(B). Differences in chemically equivalent metal- ligand bond lengths emphasize the importance of non-bonded contacts in determining those lengths.


1996 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 1301 ◽  
Author(s):  
GW Allen ◽  
ECH Ling ◽  
LV Krippner ◽  
TW Hambley

The preparation and purification of [Pt( hpip )Cl2] and [Pd( hpip )Cl2] ( hpip = homopiperazine = 1,4-diazacycloheptane) are described. Crystal structures of [Pt( hpip )Cl2] and [Pd( hpip )Cl2] have been determined by X-ray diffraction methods and refined to R values of 0.023 (932 F) and 0.023 (948 F). The crystals of [Pt( hpip )Cl2] are orthorhombic, space group Pbcm , a 7.7019(8), b 9.8080(12), c 12.1944(14) Ǻ, and those of [Pd( hpip )Cl2] are monoclinic, space group P21/m, a 6.1001(9), b 11.527(2), c 6.458(I) Ǻ, β 106.30(2)°. The seven- membered rings of the ligands in both complexes adopt boat-like conformations in which the five- membered chelate ring has an eclipsed N-C-C-N group and the six- membered chelate ring adopts a chair conformation. Molecular mechanics methods were used to investigate whether this conformation was a crystallographic artefact but it was found to be real. An alternative conformation in which the six-membered chelate ring adopts a skew-boat conformation was also investigated. It was found to be less stable than the conformation observed in the crystal structures, but to a degree that depends on whether non-bonded interactions involving the metal atom were included or not.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (32) ◽  
pp. 812-819
Author(s):  
G. DELGADO ◽  
M. GUILLEN ◽  
A. J. MORA

Polymorphism is known as the ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure, with important applications in the preparation of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Characterization of different polymorphs of the specific metabolite of 4-xylene can contribute to the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. Polymorphism is of particular importance in industrial processes, where different physical properties of polymorphic forms can substantially alter the viability and quality of a manufactured product. This is particularly so for the design and production of drugs in the pharmaceutical industry, as varying physical properties between different polymorphs can affect shelf life and durability, solubility, as well as bioavailability and manufacturing of the drug. The crystallization, spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction characterization of two polymorph and one solvatomorph of 4-methylhippuric acid are presented. These compounds crystallizes in different crystalline systems. Polymorph I (4mH-I) crystalize in an orthorhombic cell with space group P212121. Polymorph II (4mHII) crystallizes in a monoclinic space group P21/c. Solvatomorph (4mH-S) crystallizes in a triclinic P-1 cell. All polymorphs crystallize in neutral form. The crystal packing of the three compounds are governed by hydrogen bonds intermolecular interactions of the type N--H···O and O--H···O forming tridimensional networks.


1997 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 1229-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dagmar Henschel ◽  
Karna Wijaya ◽  
Oliver Moers ◽  
Armand Blaschette ◽  
Peter G. Jones

The complex compounds 4HN (SO2Me)2 · (diaza-18-crown-6) (1) and Na[N(SO2Ph)2] · 2HN(SO2Ph)2 · 2 (12-crown-4) · 2 MeOH (2) were obtained from their components and characterized by low-temperature X-ray diffraction. Structure 1 (monoclinic, space group P21/n) displays centrosymmetric formula units consisting of a biangular diazonia-18-crown-6 dication, two (MeSO2)2N− anions situated above and below the macrocycle and linked to the NH2+ groups via an N - H ··· O and N -H ··· N bond system, and finally two HN(SO2Me)2 molecules, each forming an N -H ··· O bond to one of the anions. The molecule-anion entity represents an iso form of the [(RSO2)2N -H ··· N (SO2R)2]− homoconjugates previously described. The crystal packing of 1 is stabilized by an extensive and highly organized [H2C -H ··· O(S)] hydrogen bond network. Structure 2 (monoclinic, space group P21/n) exhibits inconspicuous [Na(12-crown-4)2]+ cations and, as a striking feature, supramolecular anions assembled from a central (PhSO2)2N− ion, two MeOH molecules flanking the amide anion, and two HN (SO2Ph)2 molecules bonded to the MeOH moieties. The assembly is held together by two N -H ··· O(H )(Me) bonds, one MeO -H ··· N− bond and one MeO -H ··· O(anion) interaction. For both structures, conformational peculiarities of the N(SO2C)2 groups are discussed.


1997 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor W. Hambley ◽  
Walter C. Taylor ◽  
Stephen Toth

Four novel norditerpenoids were isolated from a new encrusting sponge, conveniently labelled Aplysilla pallida. The structures of aplypallidenone (1), aplypallidoxone (2), aplypallidione (3) and aplypallidioxone (4) were elucidated by spectroscopic studies and the crystal structures of aplypallidenone and aplypallidoxone have been determined by X-ray diffraction methods. The structure of (1) was refined to a residual of 0·040 for 1665 independent observed reflections and the structure of (2) was refined to a residual of 0·031 for 1699 independent observed reflections. The crystals of (1) are orthorhombic, space group P212121, a 7·728(2), b 10·838(4), c 24·880(5) Å, Z 4. Those of (2) are monoclinic, space group C 2, a 23·927(7), b 6·674(2), c 14·033(3) Å, Z 4.


2005 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 464-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary S. Nichol ◽  
William Clegg

The crystal structure of barbituric acid dihydrate (C4H4N2O3·2H2O) has twice been reported as orthorhombic, space group Pnma, with all atoms (except for CH2 H atoms) lying on the mirror plane [Al-Karaghouli et al. (1977). Acta Cryst. B33, 1655–1660; Jeffrey et al. (1961). Acta Cryst. 14, 881–887]. The present study has found that at low temperatures, below 200 K, the crystal structure is no longer orthorhombic but is non-merohedrally twinned monoclinic, space group P21/n. This phase is stable down to 100 K. Above 220 K the crystal structure is orthorhombic, and between 200 and 220 K the structure undergoes a phase change, with the monoclinic-to-orthorhombic phase transition itself taking place at around 216–217 K. The size of the β angle in the monoclinic structure is temperature dependent; at 100 K β is around 94° and it decreases in magnitude towards 90° as the temperature increases. Although the hydrogen-bonding motifs are the same for both crystal systems, there are significant differences in the crystal packing, in particular the out-of-plane displacement of the two water molecules and the sp 3-hybridized C atom of barbituric acid.


1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (9) ◽  
pp. 1520-1525
Author(s):  
Luciano Antolini ◽  
Ugo Folli ◽  
Dario Iarossi ◽  
Adele Mucci ◽  
Silvia Sbardellati ◽  
...  

The crystal structures of the title compounds were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. The molecule of the Z isomer, which crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c with Z = 4 in a cell of dimensions a = 14.891 (2), b = 10.780(2), c = 8.769(1) Å, β = 97.47(2)°, V = 1395.7(7) Å3 has crystallographic twofold symmetry. The E form crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca with a = 11.730(1), b = 6.932(1), c = 16.841(1) Å, V = 1369.4(2) Å3 and Z = 4. Its molecules have crystallographically dictated [Formula: see text] symmetry. In both isomers the phenyl rings are roughly perpendicular to the average ethylene plane. The atoms characterizing this plane show significant deviations from planarity in the Z isomer. Marked bond-angle distortions at the ethene carbons of both structures are observed. The 1H and 13C NMR spectra of the compounds were measured and, particularly in the case of the 1H chemical shifts, fall into two quite separate spectral regions. At low temperature, two conformational isomers, those with different relative orientation of the C—Cl bonds of the phenyl rings, are observed in the spectrum of each compound. Keywords: chlorostilbenes, overcrowded molecules. X-ray structure, conformations, NMR spectroscopy.


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