Single-crystal X-ray Diffraction Study (single-crystal + x-ray_diffraction_study)

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Selected Abstracts


Synthesis, Structural, Thermal and Magnetic Characterization of a Pyrophosphato-Bridged Cobalt(II) Complex

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Issue 17 2008
Oluwatayo F. Ikotun
Abstract The reaction in water of CoII sulfate heptahydrate with 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) and sodium pyrophosphate (Na4P2O7) in a 2:4:1 stoichiometric ratio resulted in the crystallization of a neutral dinuclear CoII complex, {[Co(phen)2]2(,-P2O7)}·6MeOH (1), as revealed by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. The bridging pyrophosphato ligand between the two [Co(phen)2]2+ units in a bis(bidentate) coordination mode places the adjacent metal centers at 4.857 Ĺ distance, and its conformation gives rise to intramolecular ,,, stacking interaction between adjacent phen ligands. Indeed, intermolecular ,,, stacking interactions between phen ligands from adjacent dinuclear complexes create a supramolecular 2D network in 1. Magnetic susceptibility measurements on a polycrystalline sample of 1 in the temperature range 1.9,295 K are typical of an overall antiferromagnetic coupling with a maximum of the magnetic susceptibility at 3.0 K. The analysis of the magnetic data in the whole temperature range allows the determination of the value of the intramolecular magnetic coupling (J = ,1.23 cm,1). The ability of the pyrophosphato ligand to mediate magnetic interactions between different first-row transition-metal ions when adopting the bis(bidentate) bridging mode is analyzed and discussed in the light of the small number of magneto-structural reports on this type of compound, bearing in mind the number of unpaired electrons and type of magnetic orbitals on each metal center. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2008) [source]


Preparation, Crystallographic Characterization, and Theoretical Study of C70(CF3)14,

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Issue 11 2006
Alexey A. Goryunkov
Abstract Five C70(CF3)14 isomers have been isolated chromatographically from the mixture produced in the ampoule reaction between C70 and CF3I at 390 °C. Molecular structures of four isomers have been determined in a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. A quantum chemical survey of the theoretically possible isomers demonstrated that the structures obtained are energetically favorable but that there is probably no full thermodynamic control in the trifluoromethylation process.(© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006) [source]


X-ray diffraction by a crystal in a permanent external electric field: general considerations

ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION A, Issue 4 2005
Semen V. Gorfman
The variations of X-ray diffraction intensities from a crystal in the presence of a permanent external electric field is modeled analytically using a first-order stationary perturbation theory. The change in a crystal, induced by an external electric field, is separated into two contributions. The first one is related to a pure polarization of an electron subsystem, while the second contribution can be reduced to the displacements of the rigid pseudoatoms from their equilibrium positions. It is shown that a change of the X-ray diffraction intensities mainly originates from the second contribution, while the influence of the pure polarization of a crystal electron subsystem is negligibly small. The quantities restored from an X-ray diffraction experiment in the presence of an external electric field were analyzed in detail in terms of a rigid pseudoatomic model of electron density and harmonic approximation for the atomic thermal motion. Explicit relationships are derived that link the properties of phonon spectra with E -field-induced variations of a structure factor, pseudoatomic displacements and piezoelectric strains. The displacements can be numerically estimated using a model of independent atomic motion if the Debye,Waller factors and pseudoatomic charges are known either from a previous single-crystal X-ray diffraction study or from density functional theory calculations. The above estimations can be used to develop an optimum strategy for a data collection that avoids the measurements of reflections insensitive to the electric-field-induced variations. [source]


Disordered misfit [Ca2CoO3][CoO2]1.62 structure revisited via a new intrinsic modulation

ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION B, Issue 2 2008
Hervé Muguerra
The structure of the thermoelectric lamellar misfit cobalt oxide [Ca2CoO3][CoO2]1.62 was refined again using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. A new commensurate intrinsic modulation was observed involving a modulation vector orthogonal to the misfit direction (,,0,,,). The five-dimensional superspace group is C2/m(1,0)(,0,)gm and the structure was solved using a commensurate approximation. A new model is given involving an occupation modulation of the split sites of the [CoO] layer. This [CoO] layer can be described by triple chains running along b. The residual disorder along b can then be explained by the assumption of a local ordering with two types of clusters: CoO2 and Co5O4. A powder neutron diffraction experiment confirmed the ordering evidenced by the single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, but was not sufficient by itself to deal with this double modulated scheme. The new intrinsic modulation is destroyed by partial metal substitutions in the [CoO] layer. The structural modifications of this layer directly influence the physical properties which are related to the electronic structure of the [CoO2] layers. [source]


Structure and hydrogen bonding in 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid at 90, 100, 110 and 150,K; a theoretical and single-crystal X-ray diffraction study

ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION B, Issue 2 2007
Andrew Parkin
A new polymorph of 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid is reported. The structure was characterized by multiple-temperature X-ray diffraction and solid-state DFT computations. The material shows a geometric pattern of hydrogen bonding consistent with cooperativity between the intermolecular carboxylic acid dimer and intramolecular hydrogen bonds. The presence of proton disorder within this hydrogen-bond system, which would support such a cooperative model, was not fully ruled out by the initial X-ray studies. However, solid-state calculations on the three possible end-point tautomers indicate that the dominant crystallographically observed configuration is substantially lower in energy than the other tautomers (by at least 9,kJ,mol,1), indicating that no disorder should be expected. It is therefore concluded that no disorder is observed either in the intra- or intermolecular hydrogen bonds of the title compound and that the cooperativity between the hydrogen bonds is not present within the temperature range studied. [source]