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ISSN: 2053-2296

December 2017 issue

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Cover illustration: The reaction of a mixed carbocyclic/N-heterocyclic carbene Pd complex with an excess of iodine results in the surprising removal of a bromide ligand and the formation of a dimeric complex with penta­iodide counter-ions. See Jandl & Pöthig [Acta Cryst. (2017), C73, 1131-1136].

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Crystal structures have been determined for representative compounds along a four-stage synthetic sequence newly developed for the production from simple indoles of highly functionalized enolate esters as key building blocks for the synthesis of novel heteropolycyclic compounds.

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In crystals of a new one-dimensional coordination polymer based on binuclear copper(II) units, two symmetry-related CuII centres are bridged via carboxyl­ate O atoms in a classical paddle-wheel configuration, with a Cu⋯Cu distance of 2.643 (1) Å, while bridging Cl atoms complete the square-pyramidal geometry of the metal atoms. The magnetic analysis indicates a nontrivial anti­ferromagnetic behaviour arising from alternating weak–strong anti­ferromagnetic coupling between neighbouring CuII centres.

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Four solvates of oxyclozanide exhibit similar one-dimensional hydrogen-bond motifs. The lattice parameters and hydrogen-bond patterns indicate a close structural relationship between the structures in real space, but the number of short Cl⋯Cl contacts and the relative C—H⋯π distances vary and suggest that only two of the solvates are isostructural.

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Two new pharmaceutical salts containing pyridoxine, one member of the vitamin B6 family, and ferulic and syringic acids, respectively, were obtained and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The inter­molecular inter­actions between the anions and cations were analyzed in detail and compared with the inter­actions found in similar pyridoxine cocrystals/salts.

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K7–xAg1+x(XO4)4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4; X = Mo, W) represent a new structure type related to the α-K2SO4–glaserite family. Open AgO4 tetra­hedra have a polar disposition along the c axes. The compounds undergo first-order acentric-to-centrosymmetric polymorphous transitions.

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A new 2-thio­uracil crystal polymorph was synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The new and a previously reported polymorph were characterized by Hirshfeld surface analysis, QTAIM computational analysis and NCI plot analysis, revealing significant differences in the inter­molecular inter­actions.

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Two new CuII supra­molecular coordination polymers based on the multifunctional ligand 2-amino-4-sulfo­benzoic acid (H2asba) have been synthesized and characterized.

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By controlling the reaction conditions, Cu+ and Cu2+ can be simultaneously introduced into a Pb/I skeleton to produce two heterometallic iodo­plumbates which have been characterized by X-ray crystallography.

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In the 1:1 adducts of K[Au(CN)2] with 2,2′-bipyridyl or 1,10-phenanthroline, the chelating ligands are coordinated solely to the potassium ions.

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A one-pot reaction using simple starting materials has been used to synthesize two spiro­[indoline-3,3′-pyrrolizines] with high regio- and stereospecificity. In one compound, the supra­molecular assembly is three-dimensional, but in the other only isolated hydrogen-bonded dimers are found.

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The structure of the thermodynamically stable polymorph I of ganciclovir is reported for the first time and compared with the metastable polymorph II.

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The structural analysis of the terpyridine-based compound (ITPH3)2[ZnCl4]3·H2O [(ITPH3)3+ is the triply protonated cation of 4′-(isoquinolin-4-yl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine] demonstrates the concerted way in which a variety of noncovalent inter­actions, viz. hydrogen bonding, π–π and anion⋯π, participate in the crystal packing. An unexpected large enrichment ratio between the cationic C⋯N contacts can be understood in the light of their correlation with the atomic and ring NBO (natural bond order) charges.

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The reaction of a mixed carbocyclic/N-heterocyclic carbene Pd complex with an excess of iodine results in the surprising removal of a bromide ligand and the formation of a dimeric complex with penta­iodide counter-ions.

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A triclinic phase of 1-(4-hex­yloxy-3-hy­droxy­phen­yl)ethanone is described and compared with the previously reported ortho­rhom­bic phase. The polymorphic phase transition involving the structures is analyzed.

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New coordination compounds based on zinc thio­cyanate, namely (acetone thio­semicarbazone-κ2N1,S)bis­(iso­thio­cyanato-κN)zinc(II) monohydrate and di­aqua­tetra­kis­(urea-κO)zinc(II) tetra­kis­(iso­thio­cyanato-κN)zinc(II), produce fluorescence (blue and green, respectively) upon irradiation with violet light. The spectral properties were correlated with the observed mol­ecular and supra­molecular structures.

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In order to study the influence of the environment on the conformation of (Z)-5-(4-chloro­benzyl­idene)-2-[4-(2-hy­droxy­eth­yl)piperazin-1-yl]-3H-imidazol-4(5H)-one, the salts with picolinic and 4-nitro­phenyl­acetic acids were prepared. In both crystal structures, the imidazolone mol­ecule is protonated at an N atom of the piperazine ring by proton transfer from the corresponding acid. The carboxyl­ate groups are engaged in hydrogen bonds with the cations, resulting in different orientations of the hy­droxy­ethyl group.

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