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ISSN: 2053-2296

January 2014 issue

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Cover illustration: Deformation density contours for 6,7-di­nitro-1,3[lambda]4[delta]2,5,2,4-tri­thia­diazepine, drawn in the mean plane of the ring at inter­vals of 0.05 e Å-3 (negative contours are shown as broken lines). Colour shading indicates whether the calculated difference electron density is positive (green) or negative (brown). See Jones [Acta Cryst. (2014), C70, 60-66].

editorial


inorganic compounds


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Polar inter­metallic phases with complex structures are reported in the RE–Li–Sn system (RE = Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm). They crystallize in the chiral ortho­rhom­bic space group P212121 (No. 19), which is relatively uncommon among inter­metallic phases.

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The four isotypic arsenate(V) and phosphate(V) dihydrates M2HXO4·2H2O (M = Rb, Cs; X = P, As) crystallize in the space group P21/c. A hypothetical proton-disordered C2/c structure is discussed.

metal-organic compounds


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This study reports the structure of a new heteroleptic oxalate-based compound obtained with the 2-picolyl­amine ligand. It is built-up by bimetallic oxalate-bridged CrIII–K helical chains which are linked through centrosymmetric K2O2 units.

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A one-dimensional chiral helical coordination polymer was synthesized from the rigid chiral bidentate Schiff base ligand 1,1-diphenyl-3,3′-[(1R,2R)-cyclo­hexane-1,2-diylbis(aza­nedi­yl)]dibut-2-en-1-one with MnII. The structure displays intra­molecular ionic N+—H⋯O hydrogen bonding and π–π inter­actions between pairs of phenyl rings which strengthen the chains.

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In the title complex, the (4 + 2) coordination polyhedron around the CuII centre includes N atoms from three different 1,1,3,3-tetra­cyano-2-eth­oxy­propenide ligands, so forming a two-dimensional coordination polymer.

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A linear trinuclear Pd3 complex containing N,S-coordinating 2-(benzyl­sulfanyl)anilinide and 1,3-benzo­thia­zole-2-thiol­ate ligands has \overline{1} symmetry and a Pd⋯Pd separation of 3.2012 (4) Å. All three PdII atoms have a square-planar geometry, while the central PdII core shows an all N-coordination. 1,3-Benzothiazole-2-thiolate was formed in situ from 2-(benzyl­sulfanyl)aniline.

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The title compound has a fivefold inter­penetrating diamondoid three-dimensional metal–organic framework, with each ZnII centre surrounded by two O-donor atoms from monodentate carboxyl­ate groups belonging to two different benzene-1,4-di­acetate ligands and by two triazole N-donor atoms from two different 1,4-bis­[(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)methyl]benzene ligands.

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The new nano-sized rigid double-armed oxa­diazole-bridged ligand 2,5-bis­{2-methyl-5-[2-(pyridin-3-yl)ethen­yl]phen­yl}-1,3,4-oxa­diazole has been used to create two novel metallocyclic complexes with one adopting a 20-membered `0'-shaped metallocyclic structure and the second adopting a discrete `8'-shaped metallocyclic structure.

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The new ligand 1,1′-bis­(pyridin-4-ylmeth­yl)-2,2′-bi-1H-benzimidazole has been combined with HgX2 (X = Cl, Br and I) to create three one-dimensional coordination polymers. The three complexes have one-dimensional zigzag chains and the HgII centres are in a distorted tetra­hedral [HgX2N2] geometry in each case.

organic compounds


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Cocrystallized trimesic acid (TMA) and pyrazine N,N′-dioxide (PNO) mol­ecules form strong O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, but also important weak C—H⋯O and dipole–dipole inter­molecular inter­actions, to generate a densely packed three-dimensional network.

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A hybrid βγ dipeptide, Boc-Ant-Gpn-OMe, adopts a folded conformation stabilized by intra­molecular six- (C6) and seven-membered (C7) hydrogen bonds, together with weak C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π inter­actions, resulting in a ribbon-like structure.


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Mol­ecules of two substituted 1H-benzimidazoles are arranged in dimeric units through C—H⋯N and parallel-displaced π-stacking inter­actions. The mol­ecular packing of the dimers arises by the concurrence of a diverse set of weak inter­molecular C—XD (X = H, NO2; D = O, π) inter­actions.

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The most precise determinations to date for the 1,3,5,2,4-tri­thia­diazepine and 1,3,5,2,4,6-tri­thia­triazepine ring systems are presented, including deformation density maps consistent with the expected bonding electron density.

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In two hydrated structures of bis­(adeninium) zoledronate, the zoledronate anion displays its usual zwitterionic character, with a protonated imidazole ring; however, the ionization state of the phospho­nate groups of the anions are different.

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