Figure 1
(a) Schematic diagram of the benzil molecule, with internal degrees of freedom, rotations around the torsional axes, denoted by the s. D indicates deuterium, as deuterated benzil was used for the neutron diffraction data collection. (b) View of the benzil unit cell looking at the ac plane. Molecules can be thought of as spiralling up the c axis and forming three planes of molecules, each parallel with the ab plane. (c) View of the unit cell looking down the c axis onto the ab plane. |