On the Phase Transition of Bis(pyridinium)hexachlorometallates, (C5H5NH)2[MCl6], M = Sn, Te, Pb, Pt. An X-Ray and 35Cl NQR Study

1987 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 739-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Borchers ◽  
Alarich Weiss

A phase transition has been observed in bis(pyridinium) hexachlorometallates (C5H5NH)2[MIVCl6]. M = Sn. Te. Pb. Pt. The crystal structure of the low temperature phase II of the salt with M = Sn was determined, space group C 1ḷ- P 1̅, Z = 1 (a = 734.1pm, b = 799.0 pm, c = 799.7 pm,α= 83.229°. β = 65.377°, γ= 84.387°, T = 297 K). The four compounds are isotypic in phase II as well as in the high temperature phase I (C2H2-B2 /m, Z = 2) for which the crystal structure is known for M = Te . The lattice constants of all compounds (both phases) are given. The temperature dependence of the 35Cl NQR spectrum was investigated. The three line 35Cl NQR spectrum is in agreement with the crystal structure. The dynamics of the pyridinium ring shows up in a fade out of part of the 35Cl NQR spectrum . The influence o f H ↔ D exchange on 35Cl NQR is studied and an assignment of ν (35Cl) ↔ Cl(i) is proposed. The nature of the phase transition P1̅ (Z = 1) ↔ B2 /m (Z = 2) is discussed.

1991 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 777-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Lenck ◽  
Shi-qi Dou ◽  
Alarich Weiss

AbstractThe crystal structure of (CH3)4NTlCl4 and (C2H5)4NTlCl4 was determined at room temperature by single crystal technique. (CH3)4NTlCl4: D2h17-Cmmm; Z = 2; a = 913.2pm, b = 894.6 pm, c = 752.5 pm; (C2H5)4NTlCl4: C6v4-P63mc; Z = 2; a = 827.9 pm, c = 1329.8 pm. (C2H5)4NTlCl4 is isomorphous with (C2H5)4NInCl4. The compounds undergoe a phase transition at 239 K and 222 K, respectively. For both compounds no35 Cl NQR signal was observable in the high temperature phase I due to the dynamics of the anion. The 35 Cl NQR was studied in the low temperature phase II of both compounds as a function of temperature. (CH3)4NTlCl4 shows a two line, (C2H5)4NTlCl4 a four line spectrum. The possible phase II structures and the dynamics of the cation, studied by 1H-NMR, are discussed


1990 ◽  
Vol 45 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 327-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masao Hashimoto ◽  
Akiko Shono ◽  
Yoshiyuki Mido ◽  
Haruo Niki ◽  
Hiroshi Hentona ◽  
...  

Abstract Dielectric measurements on single crystals and DSC of the title compound (monoclinic, space group P21) revealed a ferroelectric transition at ca. 355 K (ΔH ≈ 0.5 kJ mol-1) Powder x-ray diffraction indicated that the high temperature phase is also monoclinic and the change in volume at the transition is very small. A displacement of hydrogen atoms is considered as responsible for the appearance of ferroelectricity. The 35Cl NQR signals at ca. 77 K were considerably broad, but a drastic narrowing took place after the compound had once experienced the phase transition. A tentative assignment of the NQR spectrum was made from a calculation of the NQR frequencies based on the CNDO/2 method. Another phase transition was evidenced by a small drift of the DSC curve and a slight anomaly of the dielectric behavior around 358 K. The present 1H NMR experiments gave no indication of the onset of torsional motion of the NH2 group reported to occur at ca. 210 K.


1996 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Zaleski ◽  
A. Pietraszko

[NH2(CH3)2]3Sb2Cl9 (dimethylammonium nonachlorodiantimonate, DMACA) has, at 200 K, a monoclinic Pc space group, with a = 9.470 (3), b = 9.034 (3), c = 14.080 (4) Å, β = 95.81 (3)°, V = 1198.4 (4) Å3, Z = 2 [R = 0.024, wR = 0.025 for 4613 independent reflections with F > 4σ(F)]. At 298 K DMACA has P21/c space group with a = 9.686 (3), b = 9.037 (3), c = 14.066 (4) Å, β = 95.57 (3)°, V = 1225.3 (5) Å3, Z = 2 [R = 0.034, wR = 0.035 for 2736 reflections with F > 4σ(F)]. The anionic sublattice of DMACA consists of polyanionic (Sb2Cl9 3−), layers. In the low-temperature phase there are three crystallographically non-equivalent dimethylammonium cations in the crystal structure. One of the cations is located inside the polyanionic layers, two others – one ordered and one disordered – between the polyanionic layers. In the room-temperature phase there are two non-equivalent cations – both disordered – in the crystal structure. Temperature dependencies of lattice parameters between 200 and 300 K were determined. The occurrence of a second-order phase transition at T = 242 K was confirmed. The dependence of lengths of Sb—Cl contacts on the presence and strength of N—H...CI hydrogen bonds was discussed. It was found that lengths of Sb—Cl bonds may differ from each other by as much as 0.3 Å, because of the presence of N—H...Cl hydrogen bonds. These differences were attributed to distortion of the lone-electron pair on antimony(Ill).


1996 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ute Berger ◽  
Wolfgang Schnick

Abstract Ba2Na(CN2)(CN)3 was obtained by the reaction of Ba2N with melamine and NaCN at 700 °C. The compound was structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray investigations (Fd3̄m, a = 1518.8(3) pm, Z = 16). In the crystal structure the Ba2+ ions form a cubic close packed arrangement, the Na+ and the CN2-2 ions occupy the octahedral interstices. The CN-ions are located within the close packed Ba2+ layers. The unit cell of Ba2Na(CN2)(CN)3 contains two interpenetrating substructures of the zinc-blende structure type, building up a variant of NaTl. A reversible phase transition has been observed during cooling of the compound. Whereas the Ba2(CN2)(CN)3 sublattice remains nearly unaffected in this process, the Na+ ions of the low-temperature phase are statistically distributed on two crystallographic positions.


2008 ◽  
Vol 1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinbo Yang ◽  
J. Lamsal ◽  
Q Cai ◽  
W B Yelon ◽  
W J James

AbstractNeutron diffraction at different temperatures has been used to study the crystal structure and possible phase transitions of Li2NH. It was found that the crystal structure and phase transition are related to the synthesis methods. A phase transition from the low temperature phase 16-350 K to the high temperature phase above 370 K has been confirmed for the ケ-Li2NH sample prepared by reacting Li3N with LiNH2. The Li2NH (β-Li2NH) prepared by decomposition of LiNH2 shows only the high temperature phase. The reaction of LiH+LiNH2 at 300°C for 12 h under vacuum produces some Li2NH (γ-Li2NH) with partially unreacted LiNH2 and LiH as impurities. There is no phase transition in the temperature range from 16 K to 400 K for the - and β-Li2NH phases.ケ-Li2NH exhibits a higher reversible hydrogen storage capacity and faster kinetics. The structural differences among the lithium imides may lead to different reaction mechanisms for hydrogen absorption/desorption in the Li-N-H system.


IUCrJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacco van de Streek ◽  
Edith Alig ◽  
Simon Parsons ◽  
Liana Vella-Zarb

By running a temperature series of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations starting from the known low-temperature phase, the experimentally observed phase transition in a `jumping crystal' was captured, thereby providing a prediction of the unknown crystal structure of the high-temperature phase and clarifying the phase-transition mechanism. The phase transition is accompanied by a discontinuity in two of the unit-cell parameters. The structure of the high-temperature phase is very similar to that of the low-temperature phase. The anisotropic displacement parameters calculated from the MD simulations readily identified libration as the driving force behind the phase transition. Both the predicted crystal structure and the phase-transition mechanism were verified experimentally using TLS (translation, libration, screw) refinement against X-ray powder diffraction data.


2004 ◽  
Vol 59 (9) ◽  
pp. 1029-1034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bartosz Zarychta ◽  
Maciej Bujak ◽  
Jacek Zaleski

The DSC diagram of tris(allylammonium) hexachlorobismuthate(III), (C3H5NH3)3[BiCl6], revealed three anomalies at 152, 191 and 299 K. The structure of the salt was determined at 200 and 315 K, below and above the high-temperature phase transition at 299 K. In both phases the crystals are monoclinic. At 200 K the space group is C2/c whereas at 315 K it is C2/m. The structures, at both temperatures, are composed of [BiCl6]3− octahedra and allylammonium cations. The organic and inorganic moieties are attracted to each other by a network of the N-H. . .Cl hydrogen bonds. The relationship between corresponding parameters of the unit cells has been found. The phase transition at 299 K, of the order-disorder type, is attributed to the ordering of one non-equivalent allylammonium cation in the low-temperature phase.


1996 ◽  
Vol 52 (a1) ◽  
pp. C364-C364
Author(s):  
J. A. Guevara ◽  
S. L. Cuffini ◽  
Y. P. Mascarenhas ◽  
P. de la Presa ◽  
A. Ayala ◽  
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