scholarly journals A new crystalline form of αβ-D-lactose prepared by oven drying a concentrated aqueous solution of D-lactose

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (7) ◽  
pp. 904-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Nicholls ◽  
Carole Elleman ◽  
Norman Shankland ◽  
Kenneth Shankland

A new crystalline form of αβ-D-lactose (C12H22O11) has been prepared by the rapid drying of an approximately 40% w/v syrup of D-lactose. Initially identified from its novel powder X-ray diffraction pattern, the monoclinic crystal structure was solved from a microcrystal recovered from the generally polycrystalline mixed-phase residue obtained at the end of the drying step. This is the second crystalline form of αβ-D-lactose to be identified and it has a high degree of structural three-dimensional similarity to the previously identified triclinic form.

2011 ◽  
Vol 396-398 ◽  
pp. 284-287
Author(s):  
Xiao Xia Liu ◽  
Hai Lian Qin ◽  
Gui Hua Peng ◽  
Zhen Hua Liang

The long afterglow phosphor CaAl2O4: Eu2+, Nd3+ was prepared by combustion synthesis, and the influence of glycine on the luminescent properties of the long afterglow phosphor was studied. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and fluorescence spectroscopy (PL) etc. The results showed that the main phase of the combustion products is CaAl2O4 with monoclinic crystal structure. The introduction of glycine prolongs the afterglow time.


2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. i70-i72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludmila S. Ivashkevich ◽  
Kirill A. Selevich ◽  
Anatoly I. Lesnikovich ◽  
Anatoly F. Selevich

The monoclinic crystal structure of lithium chromium(III) diphosphate, LiCrP2O7, isotypic with other members of the series LiM IIIP2O7 (M III = Mn, Fe, V, Mo, Sc and In), was refined from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data using the Rietveld method. The Cr3+ cation is bonded to six O atoms from five diphosphate anions to form a distorted octahedron. Links between the bent diphosphate anions and the Cr3+ cations result in a three-dimensional network, with tunnels filled by the Li+ cations in a considerably distorted tetrahedral environment of O atoms.


2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 330-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Kovač ◽  
Ljiljana Karanović ◽  
Tamara Đorđević

Two isostructural diarsenates, SrZnAs2O7(strontium zinc diarsenate), (I), and BaCuAs2O7[barium copper(II) diarsenate], (II), have been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The three-dimensional open-framework crystal structure consists of corner-sharingM2O5(M2 = Zn or Cu) square pyramids and diarsenate (As2O7) groups. Each As2O7group shares its five corners with five differentM2O5square pyramids. The resulting framework delimits two types of tunnels aligned parallel to the [010] and [100] directions where the large divalent nine-coordinatedM1 (M1 = Sr or Ba) cations are located. The geometrical characteristics of theM1O9,M2O5and As2O7groups of known isostructural diarsenates, adopting the general formulaM1IIM2IIAs2O7(M1II= Sr, Ba, Pb;M2II= Mg, Co, Cu, Zn) and crystallizing in the space groupP21/n, are presented and discussed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 2823-2832
Author(s):  
P. Elliott ◽  
A. Pring

AbstractThe crystal structure of the manganese phosphate mineral gatehouseite, ideally Mn52+(PO4)2(OH)4, space group P212121, a = 17.9733(18), b = 5.6916(11), c = 9.130(4) Å, V= 933.9(4) Å3, Z = 4, has been solved by direct methods and refined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data (T = 293 K) to an R index of 3.76%. Gatehouseite is isostructural with arsenoclasite and with synthetic Mn52+(PO4)2(OH)4. The structure contains five octahedrally coordinated Mn sites, occupied by Mn plus very minor Mg with observed <Mn—O> distances from 2.163 to 2.239 Å. Two tetrahedrally coordinated P sites, occupied by P, Si and As, have <P—O> distances of 1.559 and 1.558 Å. The structure comprises two types of building unit. A strip of edge-sharing Mn(O,OH)6 octahedra, alternately one and two octahedra wide, extends along [010]. Chains of edge- and corner-shared Mn(O,OH)6 octahedra coupled by PO4 tetrahedra extend along [010]. By sharing octahedron and tetrahedron corners, these two units form a dense three-dimensional framework, which is further strengthened by weak hydrogen bonding. Chemical analyses by electron microprobe gave a unit formula of (Mn4.99Mg0.02)Σ5.01(P1.76Si0.07(As0.07)Σ2.03O8(OH)3.97.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (a1) ◽  
pp. C1138-C1138
Author(s):  
Chiaki Tsuboi ◽  
Kazuki Aburaya ◽  
Shingo Higuchi ◽  
Fumiko Kimura ◽  
Masataka Maeyama ◽  
...  

We have developed magnetically oriented microcrystal array (MOMA) technique that enables single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses from microcrystalline powder. In this method, microcrystals suspended in a UV-curable monomer matrix are there-dimensionally aligned by special rotating magnetic field, followed by consolidation of the matrix by photopolymerization. From thus achieved MOMAs, we have been succeeded in crystal structure analysis for some substances [1, 2]. Though MOMA method is an effective technique, it has some problems as follows: in a MOMA, the alignment is deteriorated during the consolidation process. In addition, the sample microcrystals cannot be recovered from a MOMA. To overcome these problems, we performed an in-situ X-ray diffraction measurement using a three-dimensional magnetically oriented microcrystal suspension (3D MOMS) of L-alanine. An experimental setting of the in-situ X-ray measurement of MOMS is schematically shown in the figure. L-alanine microcrystal suspension was poured into a glass capillary and placed on the rotating unit equipped with a pair of neodymium magnets. Rotating X-ray chopper with 10°-slits was placed between the collimator and the suspension. By using this chopper, it was possible to expose the X-ray only when the rotating MOMS makes a specific direction with respect to the impinging X-ray. This has the same effect as the omega oscillation in conventional single crystal measurement. A total of 22 XRD images of 10° increments from 0° to 220° were obtained. The data set was processed by using conventional software to obtain three-dimensional molecular structure of L-alanine. The structure is in good agreement with that reported for the single crystal. R1 and wR2 were 6.53 and 17.4 %, respectively. RMSD value between the determined molecular structure and the reported one was 0.0045 Å. From this result, we conclude that this method can be effective and practical to be used widely for crystal structure analyses.


Author(s):  
P. Bayliss ◽  
N. C. Stephenson

SummaryThe crystal structure of gersdorffite (III) has been examined with three-dimensional Weissenberg X-ray diffraction data. The unit cell is isometric with a 5·6849 ± 0·0003 Å, space group PI, and four formula units per cell. This structure has the sulphur and arsenic atoms equally distributed over the non-metal atom sites of pyrite. All atoms show significant random displacements from the ideal pyrite positions to produce triclinic symmetry, which serves to distinguish this mineral from a disordered cubic gersdorffite (II) and a partially ordered cubic gersdorffite (I). Factors responsible for the atomic distortions are discussed.


1996 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 646-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralf Czekalla ◽  
Wolfgang Jeitschko ◽  
Rolf-Dieter Hoffmann ◽  
Helmut Rabeneck

The isotypic carbides Ln4C7 (Ln = Ho, Er, Tm, Lu) were prepared by arc-melting of the elemental components, followed by annealing at 1300 °C. The positions of the metal and of some carbon atoms of the monoclinic crystal structure of LU4C7 were determined from X-ray powder data, and the last carbon positions were found and refined from neutron powder diffraction data: P21/c, a = 360.4(1), b = 1351.4(3), c = 629.0(2) pm, β = 104.97(2)°, Z = 2, R = 0.026 for 429 structure factors and 15 positional parameters. The structure contains isolated carbon atoms with octahedral lutetium coordination and linear C3-units, with C-C bond lengths of 132(1) and 135(1) pm. This carbide may therefore be considered as derived from methane and propadiene. The hydrolysis of LU4C7 with distilled water yields mainly methane and propine, while the hydrolyses of the corresponding holmium and erbium carbides resulted in relatively large amounts of saturated and unsaturated C2-hydrocarbons in addition to the expected products methane and propine. The structure comprises two-dimensionally infinite NaCl-type building elements, which are separated by the C3-units. It may be described as a stacking variant of a previously reported structure of HO4C7, now designated as the a-modification. The Lu4C7-type β -modification was obtained at higher temperatures. Its structure was refined by the Rietveld method from X-ray powder data to a residual R = 0.037 for 320 F values and 15 positional parameters. Lu4C7 is Pauli paramagnetic; β -HO4C7 and Er4C7 show Curie-Weiss behavior with magnetic ordering temperatures of less than 20 K.


2016 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar E. Piro ◽  
Gustavo A. Echeverría ◽  
Beatriz S. Parajón-Costa ◽  
Enrique J. Baran

AbstractMagnesium acesulfamate, Mg(C4H4NO4S)2·6H2O, was prepared by the reaction of acesulfamic acid and magnesium carbonate in aqueous solution, and characterized by elemental analysis. Its crystal structure was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods. The substance crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1̅ with one molecule per unit cell. The FTIR spectrum of the compound was also recorded and is briefly discussed. Some comparisons with other simple acesulfamate and saccharinate salts are also made.


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