The crystal structure of dundasite

1972 ◽  
Vol 38 (297) ◽  
pp. 564-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Cocco ◽  
L Fanfani ◽  
A. Nunzi ◽  
P. F. Zanazzi

SummaryThe crystal structure of dundasite from Gonnesa (Italy) was solved by a three-dimensional Patterson function computed using intensity data collected photographically by the Weissenberg method, and refined by successive Fourier maps and least-squares cycles to an R index 0·.066 for 505 independent observed reflections.The chemical formula resulting from the structural analysis is PbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O. The mineral is orthorhombic, space group Pbnm, with a 9·08 Å, b 16·37 Å, c 5·62 Å. The dundasite structure consists of a three-dimensional framework of coordination polyhedra around Pb and Al. Pb ions are coordinated by nine oxygen atoms with distances ranging from 2·53 to 2·91 Å. Al ions show the usual octahedral coordination with average Al-O distance 1.90 Å. C-O mean distances are 1·28 and 1·27 Å for the two non-equivalent CO3 groups. The water molecules are not coordinated by the cations.

1973 ◽  
Vol 39 (303) ◽  
pp. 264-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Fanfani ◽  
A. Nunzi ◽  
P. F. Zanazzi ◽  
A. R. Zanzari

SummaryThe crystal structure of buttgenbachite from Likasi (Congo) was solved by a three- dimensional Patterson function, computed using intensity data collected photographically by the Weissenberg method, and refined by successive Fourier maps and least-squares refinement to an R index 0·055 for 328 independent observed reflections. The cell content resulting from the structural analysis is Cu36·6Cl6·7(NO3)2·6(OH)63·9.2·1 H2O. The space group is P63/mmc with a = 15·750 Å and c = 9·161Å. The buttgenbachite structure is not completely ordered. It consists of a rigid three-dimensional skeleton formed by Cu co-ordination polyhedra sharing edges and corners. The large channels in the framework show a zeolite-like nature; inside the channels the disorder is caused by the different orientations of nitrate groups and by the occurrence of the substitution . The crystal structure of buttgenbachite is closely related to that of connellite. The mechanism of forming an isomorphous series is discussed: the present study shows that the replacement is more complicated than was supposed in the literature.


Author(s):  
Kostiantyn V. Domasevitch ◽  
Andrey B. Lysenko

The title Cu2+–chloride coordination polymer with the 4,4′-bi-1,2,4-triazole ligand (btr), [Cu4Cl8(C4H6N6)3] n , crystallizes in the non-centrosymmetric orthorhombic space group Fdd2. The two independent Cu2+ cations adopt distorted square-pyramidal geometries with {Cl2N2+Cl} coordination polyhedra. The metal atoms are bridged by μ-Cl anions forming left- and right-handed helical chains of sequence [–(μ-Cl)CuCl–] n along the c-axis direction. In the perpendicular directions, the btr ligands act in μ- and μ 3– coordination modes in a 2:3 ratio. The μ-btr bridges connect neighboring helices of the same handedness, whereas the μ 3-btr ligands link the helices of opposite handedness, leading to a racemic three-dimensional framework. The structure is consolidated by weak C—H...Cl and C—H...N interactions.


Author(s):  
D. L. Dorset

AbstractThe three-dimensional crystal structure of a commercial paraffin wax has been determined from electron diffraction intensity data collected from epitaxially oriented samples. The orthorhombic space group is


Author(s):  
Amina Benylles ◽  
Donald Cairns ◽  
Philip J. Cox ◽  
Graeme Kay

Reaction between cysteamine (systematic name: 2-aminoethanethiol, C2H7NS) and L-(+)-tartaric acid [systematic name: (2R,3R)-2,3-dihydroxybutanedioic acid, C4H6O6] results in a mixture of cysteamine tartrate(1−) monohydrate, C2H8NS+·C4H5O6−·H2O, (I), and cystamine bis[tartrate(1−)] dihydrate, C4H14N2S22+·2C4H5O6−·2H2O, (III). Cystamine [systematic name: 2,2′-dithiobis(ethylamine), C4H12N2S2], reacts with L-(+)-tartaric acid to produce a mixture of cystamine tartrate(2−), C4H14N2S22+·C4H4O62−, (II), and (III). In each crystal structure, the anions are linked by O—H...O hydrogen bonds that run parallel to theaaxis. In addition, hydrogen bonding involving protonated amino groups in all three salts, and water molecules in (I) and (III), leads to extensive three-dimensional hydrogen-bonding networks. All three salts crystallize in the orthorhombic space groupP212121.


1972 ◽  
Vol 38 (298) ◽  
pp. 687-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Fanfani ◽  
A. Nunzi ◽  
P. F. Zanazzi

SummaryA refinement of the crystal structure of spencerite, Zn4(PO4)2(OH)2·3H2O, was performed on a twin crystal from Salmo, British Columbia. Three-dimensional intensity data were collected by a Weissenberg apparatus. The R index was 0·098 for 335 independent observed reflections. The crystal structure previously determined is essentially confirmed. Co-ordination around Zn is both octahedral and tetrahedral. The atomic arrangement consists of complex sheets of co-ordination octahedra and tetrahedra around Zn and P atoms connected by layers of water molecules. The frequent occurrence of twinning in spencerite is explained from structural considerations.


Author(s):  
Matthias Weil ◽  
Berthold Stöger

Deuterated potassium orthophosphate heptahydrate, K3PO4·7D2O, crystallizes in the Sohnke space group P21, and its absolute structure was determined from 2017 Friedel pairs [Flack parameter 0.004 (16)]. Each of the three crystallographically unique K+ cations is surrounded by six water molecules and one oxygen atom from the orthophosphate group, using a threshold for K—O bonds of 3.10 Å. The highly irregular coordination polyhedra are linked by corner- and edge-sharing into a three-dimensional network that is consolidated by an intricate network of O—D...O hydrogen bonds of medium strength.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Köferstein

Triclinic single crystals of Cu4(H3N–(CH2)9–NH3)(OH)2[C6H2(COO)4]2·5H2O were preparedin aqueous solution at 80 °C in the presence of 1,9-diaminononane. Space group P-1 (no. 2)with a = 1057.5(2), b = 1166.0(2), c = 1576.7(2) pm, alpha = 106.080(10)°, beta = 90.73(2)° and gamma =94.050(10)°. The four crystallographic independent Cu2+ ions are surrounded by five oxygenatoms each with Cu–O distances between 191.4(3) and 231.7(4) pm. The connection betweenthe Cu2+ coordination polyhedra and the [C6H2(COO)4]4–anions yields three-dimensionalframework with negative excess charge and wide centrosymmetric channel-like voids. Thesevoids extend parallel to [001] with the diagonal of the nearly rectangular cross-section ofapproximately 900 pm. The channels of the framework accommodate [H3N–(CH2)9–NH3]2+cations and water molecules, which are not connected to Cu2+. The nonane-1,9-diammoniumcations adopt a partial gauche conformation. Thermoanalytical measurements in air show aloss of water of crystallization starting at 90 °C and finishing at approx. 170 °C. Thedehydrated compound is


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Kaduk

The crystal structures of calcium citrate hexahydrate, calcium citrate tetrahydrate, and anhydrous calcium citrate have been solved using laboratory and synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data, and optimized using density functional techniques. Both the hexahydrate and tetrahydrate structures are characterized by layers of edge-sharing Ca coordination polyhedra, including triply chelated Ca. An additional isolated Ca is coordinated by water molecules, and two uncoordinated water molecules occur in the hexahydrate structure. The previously reported polymorph of the tetrahydrate contains the same layers, but only two H2O coordinated to the isolated Ca and two uncoordinated water molecules. Anhydrous calcium citrate has a three-dimensional network structure of Ca coordination polyhedra. The new polymorph of calcium citrate tetrahydrate is the major crystalline phase in several commercial calcium supplements.


Author(s):  
Joseph R. Smyth

AbstractTechniques allowing single-crystal investigations on the precession camera up to the melting point of platinum have been developed. The crystal structure of protoenstatite has been refined from three-dimensional intensity data obtained at 1100°C using a crystal of enstatite from the Norton County, Kansas meteorite. The space group is


2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (11) ◽  
pp. 1599-1602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matimon Sangsawang ◽  
Kittipong Chainok ◽  
Nanthawat Wannarit

The title compound, [CdNa2(C8H4O4)2(C3H7NO)(H2O)2]nor [CdNa2(1,3-bdc)2(DMF)(H2O)2]n, is a new CdII–NaIheterobimetallic coordination polymer. The asymmetric unit consists of one CdIIatom, two NaIatoms, two 1,3-bdc ligands, two coordinated water molecules and one coordinated DMF molecule. The CdIIatom exhibits a seven-coordinate geometry, while the NaIatoms can be considered to be pentacoordinate. The metal ions and their symmetry-related equivalents are connectedviachelating–bridging carboxylate groups of the 1,3-bdc ligands to generate a three-dimensional framework. In the crystal, there are classical O—H...O hydrogen bonds involving the coordinated water molecules and the 1,3-bdc carboxylate groups and π–π stacking between the benzene rings of the 1,3-bdc ligands present within the frameworks.


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