Structural Science

 

Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 903-913  [ doi:10.1107/S010876810201618X ]

The structure of orange HgI₂. I. Polytypic layer structure

M. Hostettler, H. Birkedal and D. Schwarzenbach

Synopsis: Orange polytypic crystals of mercuric iodide (HgI) are fractal complications of the stable red HgI structure, exhibiting frequent stacking faults with an average thickness of ordered domains of 30 Å.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 914-920  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102016191 ]

The structure of orange HgI₂. II. Diamond-type structure and twinning

M. Hostettler and D. Schwarzenbach

Synopsis: Metastable orange crystals of HgI present three types of structures built from HgI supertetrahedra, that are corner-linked into a three-dimensional network or into layers that can be stacked in two different ways.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 921-933  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102012120 ]

Prediction of new displacive ferroelectrics through systematic pseudosymmetry search. Results for materials with Pba2 and Pmc2₁ symmetry

E. Kroumova, M. I. Aroyo and J. M. Perez-Mato

Synopsis: New ferroelectrics are predicted among the structures with symmetry and using a systematic pseudosymmetry search. An empirical relation between the transition temperature and the atomic displacements in the case of proper ferroelectrics permits the estimation of the transition temperature for materials proposed as possible ferroelectrics.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 934-938  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102015756 ]

Group-theoretical analysis of octahedral tilting in ferroelectric perovskites

H. T. Stokes, E. H. Kisi, D. M. Hatch and C. J. Howard

Synopsis: Ferroelectric patterns of cation displacement together with simple tilting of the octahedral units in perovskite give rise to considerable structural variation. 61 possible structures are listed along with the pertinent group-subgroup relationships and an indication of which transitions between the different structures are allowed to be continuous.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 939-947  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102010273 ]

Pressure-induced phase transitions of piezoelectric single crystals from the langasite family: La₃Nb_0.5Ga_5.5O₁₄ and La₃Ta_0.5Ga_5.5O₁₄

A. Pavlovska, S. Werner, B. Maximov and B. Mill

Synopsis: The hydrostatic compression of piezoelectric single crystals of La₃Nb_0.5Ga_5.5O₁₄ and La₃Ta_0.5Ga_5.5O₁₄ was studied at pressures of up to 23 GPa in diamond-anvil high-pressure cells.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 948-964  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102015070 ]

Crystal chemistry of orthosilicates and their analogs: the classification by topological types of suprapolyhedral structural units

G. D. Ilyushin, V. A. Blatov and Y. A. Zakutkin

Synopsis: A method is developed for the analysis and classification of orthosilicates and their analogs M_x(TO₄)_y containing M cations and tetrahedral TO₄ anions. First, the suprapolyhedral level of crystal structure organization was studied, where T tetrahedra were considered as templates for the condensation of M polyhedra. Using this methodology, the crystal structures of 54 orthosilicates and orthogermanates were analyzed within the first 12 coordination spheres of T nodes and were arranged into 21 topological types.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 965-969  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102017925 ]

Atomic displacement parameters for spessartine Mn₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ and their lattice-dynamical interpretation

C. M. Gramaccioli, T. Pilati and F. Demartin

Synopsis: Lattice-dynamical calculations on the silicate garnet spessartine Mn₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ are presented, with an evaluation of the atomic displacement parameters, vibrational spectra and thermodynamic functions.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 970-976  [ doi:10.1107/S010876810201741X ]

The incommensurate modulation of the structure of Sr₂Nb₂O₇

P. Daniels, R. Tamazyan, C. A. Kuntscher, M. Dressel, F. Lichtenberg and S. van Smaalen

Synopsis: The incommensurately modulated structure of the ferroelectric SrNbO is determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The driving force for the modulation is found to be the internal strain around the Sr atoms.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 977-985  [ doi:10.1107/S010876810201772X ]

Commensurate and incommensurate structures of the hexabromotellurate(IV) bis{dibromodiselenate(I)} ion - [(C₂H₅)_n(C₆H₅)_4-nP]₂[TeBr₆(Se₂Br₂)₂], n = 0,1

V. Janickis, M. Necas, J. Novosad, M. Dusek and V. Petrícek

Synopsis: Structure analysis of [(C₂H₅)_n(C₆H₅)_4-nP]₂[TeBr₆(Se₂Br₂)₂] is presented for n = 1 and 0. The latter is an incommensurate one-dimensionally modulated structure with alternating cis- and trans- arrangements of the bromine atoms. The alternations are caused by modulation.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 986-997  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102019663 ]

Modified photoreactivity due to mixed crystal formation. II. Enhanced reactivity upon conformational mimicry and cavity enlargement

C. Vithana, H. Uekusa, A. Sekine and Y. Ohashi

Synopsis: Single-crystal-to-single-crystal photoisomerization in two mixed cobaloxime complex crystals is reported. The enhanced photoreactivity of the 2-cyanopropyl and the 2-cyanoethyl groups in the mixed crystal is well explained qualitatively and quantitatively by conformational change of the reactive groups and by the size of the reaction cavity.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 998-1004  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102015033 ]

Atomic thermal motions studied by variable-temperature X-ray diffraction and related to non-linear optical properties of crystalline meta-di-nitrobenzene

G. Wójcik, I. Mossakowska, J. Holband and W. Bartkowiak

Synopsis: The meta-dinitrobenzene crystal structure and thermal expansion and a rigid-body analysis of its anisotropic displacement parameters are studied over the 100-300 K temperature range. Ab initio calculations evaluate the vibrational contribution to the static first-order hyperpolarizability of the molecule.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 1005-1010  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102017603 ]

CH₃CN: X-ray structural investigation of a unique single crystal. phase transition and crystal structure

R. Enjalbert and J. Galy

Synopsis: The unusual solid-solid phase transition (  ) preserving the single-crystal form of acetonitrile, CH₃CN, has been studied. Single crystals of the form transform to single crystals of the form when warmed through the transition.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 1011-1017  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102018712 ]

Electron density study of 2H-chromene-2-thione

P. Munshi and T. N. Guru Row

Synopsis: Topological analysis of the electron density in 2-thiocoumarin crystals using a multipole model fitted to the experimental X-ray diffraction data at 90 K is presented and the dipole moment components are compared with those obtained from theoretical estimates.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 1018-1024  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102018797 ]

Pressure-induced polymorphism in phenol

D. R. Allan, S. J. Clark, A. Dawson, P. A. McGregor and S. Parsons

Synopsis: The crystal structure of phenol (C₆H₅OH) at 0.16 GPa has been determined using a combination of single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques and ab initio density-functional calculations. In contrast to the ambient-pressure phase, in which the molecules are linked by OHO hydrogen bonds into a pseudo-threefold helix, chains are formed about 2₁ and pseudo-2₁ screw axes.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 1025-1031  [ doi:10.1107/S010876810201981X ]

Crystal packing in vicinal diols C_nH_m(OH)₂

C. P. Brock

Synopsis: A survey of the O-HO bonds in vic-diols C_nH_m(OH)₂ reveals a variety of hydrogen-bonding patterns. The space-group frequencies are anomalous for the half of the vic-diols that form complete, or almost complete, sets of O-HO bonds.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 1032-1035  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102018803 ]

A reexamination of the low-temperature crystal structure of the p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene-toluene inclusion compound. Differences in spatial averaging with Cu and Mo K radiation

G. D. Enright, E. B. Brouwer, K. A. Udachin, C. I. Ratcliffe and J. A. Ripmeester

Synopsis: The low-temperature crystal structure of the p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene-toluene inclusion compound exhibits significant guest-induced distortion of the host calixarene molecule. Remarkably, the space group and unit cell that best describe the structure appear to depend on the wavelength of the incident radiation.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 1036-1043  [ doi:10.1107/S010876810201947X ]

Crystal structure of the inclusion complex of -cyclodextrin with mefenamic acid from high-resolution synchrotron powder-diffraction data in combination with molecular-mechanics calculations

M. M. Pop, K. Goubitz, G. Borodi, M. Bogdan, D. J. A. De Ridder, R. Peschar and H. Schenk

Synopsis: Mefenamic acid and -cyclodextrin form a monomeric inclusion complex. Mefenamic acid is partially included in -cyclodextrin with either the xylyl or the benzoic-acid moiety inside the cavity.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 1044-1050  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102013824 ]

Diastereomeric salts of lactic acid and 1-phenylethylamine, their structures and relative stabilities

A. Langkilde, J. Oddershede and S. Larsen

Synopsis: The crystal structures of two diastereomeric salts are investigated. Differences in solubilities between the two salts are related to differences in enthalpy and entropy of the crystals.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 1051-1056  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102018827 ]

X-ray studies on crystalline complexes involving amino acids and peptides. XL. Conformational variability, recurring and new features of aggregation, and effect of chirality in the malonic acid complexes of DL- and L-arginine

N. T. Saraswathi and M. Vijayan

Synopsis: The requirements of hydrogen bonds that involve the guanidyl group appear to affect the frequency of occurrence of different arginine conformations. The aggregation pattern in the DL-arginine complex exhibits varying degrees of resemblance to patterns in similar structures while that in the L-arginine complex is observed for the first time.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 1057-1066  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102015987 ]

The formation of paracetamol (acetaminophen) adducts with hydrogen-bond acceptors

I. D. H. Oswald, D. R. Allan, P. A. McGregor, W. D. S. Motherwell, S. Parsons and C. R. Pulham

Synopsis: The crystal structures of five hemiadducts of paracetamol with 1,4-dioxane, N-methylmorpholine, morpholine, N,N-dimethylpiperazine and piperazine and a related 1:1 adduct of paracetamol with 4,4'-bipyridine are described. All structures are characterized by the formation of chains of paracetamol molecules, linked via either OHO=C or NHO=C interactions, depending on the presence or absence of substituent groups on the guest molecule.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 1067-1073  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102018608 ]

Structural investigations of phosphorus-nitrogen compounds. 5. Relationships between molecular parameters of 2,2-diphenyl-4,6-cis-oxytetra(ethyleneoxy)-4,6-R₂-cyclotriphosphazatrienes (R = Cl, OCH₂CF₃, OPh, OMe, NHPh, NHBu^t) and substituent basicity constants

S. Besli, S. J. Coles, D. B. Davies, M. B. Hursthouse, A. Kiliç, T. A. Mayer and R. A. Shaw

Synopsis: The syntheses and crystal structures of six new cis-ansa derivatives N₃P₃Ph₂[O(CH₂CH₂O)₄]R₂ (R = Cl, OCH₂CF₃, OPh, OMe, NHPh, NHBu^t) are reported and the observed relationship between molecular parameters of the N₃P₃ ring and substituent basicity constants is discussed.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 1074-1075  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102017494 ]

Crystal structure analysis. Principles and practice

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 1075  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102020220 ]

Perovskites modern and ancient

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Acta Cryst. (2002). B58, 1075  [ doi:10.1107/S0108768102020244 ]

Fundamentals of solid-state phase transitions, ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity

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