research papers
3D electron
of a novel, mechanochemically synthesized supramolecular organic framework based on tetrakis-4-(4-pyridyl)phenylmethaneaDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, Parma, 43123, Italy, bCenter for Materials Interfaces, Electron Crystallography, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, Pontedera, 56025, Italy, and cELDICO Scientific AG, PARK INNOVAARE: deliveryLAB, Villigen, 5234, Switzerland
*Correspondence e-mail: mauro.gemmi@iit.it
Tetrakis-4-(4-pyridyl)phenylmethane (TPPM) is a tetrahedral rigid molecule that crystallizes forming a dynamically responsive supramolecular organic framework (SOF). When exposed to different stimuli, this supramolecular network can reversibly switch from an empty to a filled solvated solid phase. This article describes a novel expanded form of a TPPM-based SOF that has been mechanochemically synthesized and whose
has been determined by 3D electron using a novel electron diffractometer.Keywords: 3D electron diffraction; electron diffractometer; mechanochemistry; supramolecular organic frameworks.
CCDC reference: 2292774
1. Introduction
Supramolecular organic frameworks (SOFs) are an important class of functional porous materials which have been extensively studied in recent years due to their possible applications in sensing and molecular recognition (Ishi-i et al., 2020; Chen et al., 2022), as well as for their dynamic behaviour upon application of external stimuli (Natarajan et al., 2013; Wang et al., 2019). We have recently reported the selective and reversible solvent uptake by an SOF based on tetrakis-4-(4-pyridyl)phenylmethane (TPPM), a rigid, aromatic tecton [Fig. 1(a)] which undergoes a single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation when exposed to vapours of selected organic solvents and heat (Marchetti et al., 2022). As represented in Fig. 1(b), this SOF exists in two forms: an empty, closed structure containing only small, isolated voids (TPPM-E), and an expanded framework endowed with channels that could be occupied by different guests (chloroform, ethanol, benzene, acetonitrile etc.). In order to obtain the solvated, expanded form (TPPM-S), the empty form can be exposed to vapours of specific organic solvents (e.g. chloroform and benzene) for a few minutes. Another way to obtain the expanded form consists of crystallizing the tecton by slow evaporation of a solution with the desired solvent, typically chloroform. Chloroform can then be displaced by soaking the crystals for a couple of days in a different medium, preferably one in which TPPM shows very low solubility (such as, for example, ethanol or acetonitrile).
An alternative approach is the use of mechanochemistry, an environmentally friendly synthetic strategy that has been shown to be green, versatile and efficient (Howard et al., 2018; Gomollón-Bel, 2019; Ardila-Fierro & Hernández, 2021). Mechanochemistry often yields microcrystalline materials that cannot be analysed with single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. While in the past this was a severe obstacle, nowadays it has been demonstrated that this problem can be overcome by using 3D electron diffraction (ED) directly on the crude reaction product (Marchetti et al., 2021; Biswas et al., 2023; Gogoi et al., 2023; Sasaki et al., 2023).
The development of 3D ED has been impressive in the last decade, becoming a method well established for the et al., 2019). Initially, 3D ED was mainly applied to inorganic beam-resistant materials (Mugnaioli et al., 2009), but, with the introduction of continuous-rotation methods (Nannenga et al., 2014; Gemmi et al., 2015) combined with fast, single-electron detectors (Nederlof et al., 2013), it has also become a valuable technique for radiation-sensitive materials like hybrid (Huang et al., 2021), organic (Andrusenko & Gemmi, 2022; Andrusenko et al., 2023) and macromolecular compounds (Xu et al., 2019). This is having an indirect influence also on synthetic chemistry, since by widening the spectrum of crystalline materials whose can be investigated, we are able to explore synthesis routes which up to now have remained extremely challenging, such as mechanochemistry.
of nanocrystalline compounds (GemmiThe increased interest caused by the successes of 3D ED has also triggered the development of a new class of instruments dedicated to 3D ED as an alternative to the existing solutions based on transmission electron microscope architectures. The ELDICO ED-1 is a new electron diffractometer specifically designed to collect 3D ED data in a reliable and reproducible way (Simoncic et al., 2023). In this paper, we present the structure solution and of a SOF having channels partially filled with solvent, one of the first unknown structures obtained from this instrument. Other very recent examples have been reported by Sieger et al. (2023) and Woods et al. (2023).
2. Methods
2.1. Mechanochemical synthesis
In order to obtain the solvated form of the TPPM-based SOF, crystals of the empty form (TPPM-E; obtained by heating a batch of single crystals of TPPM·CHCl3 at 100°C for 2 h) were manually ground in the presence of benzyl alcohol (BnOH). The reaction consists of a liquid-assisted grinding (LAG) in which one of the reagents (BnOH) also acts as a liquid additive.
2.2. 3D ED data collection
The ELDICO ED-1 electron diffractometer (see Fig. S2 in the supporting information) is a novel instrument designed specifically for easy access to diffraction experiments and not primarily for imaging (like a transmission electron microscope). This results in a horizontal setup in which the sample rotates around a vertical axis and the number of lenses is limited to just the illumination and scanning system. The diffractometer is assembled from three crucial components: the electron-beam system, the goniometer and a single-electron detector. A detailed description of each can be found in the supporting information.
The nanocrystalline powder was directly characterized, as-synthesized, through 3D ED analysis. The sample was prepared with the procedure reported in the supporting information. The data collection was conducted on the ELDICO ED-1 in continuous-rotation mode with a beam diameter of ∼750 nm. This modality is analogous to a single-crystal X-ray experiment with an area detector; however, in the case of electrons, the much stronger interaction with matter allows a faster data collection on remarkably smaller crystal volumes compared with X-rays. The 3D ED experiments lasted only a few minutes. On the other hand, the use of very sensitive and fast single-electron detectors like the Dectris QUADRO does not require an intense beam; therefore the total electron dose is minimized (Gemmi & Lanza, 2019).
The high mechanical stability of the vertical goniometer guarantees that, after a fine optimization of the eucentric height, the nanocrystal is maintained in a stable position inside the electron beam during the whole rotation.
Scanning
(STEM) imaging was used to search for crystals suitable for the 3D ED analysis and their crystal quality was preliminarily checked with a single diffraction pattern, placing the beam on the crystal of interest.Three different microcrystals were characterized in order to maximize the completeness (Fig. 2). Despite the TPPM-based crystals being quite sensitive to the electron beam, as previously checked on a standard transmission electron microscope, the electron diffractometer configuration allowed a complete 3D ED experiment. Indeed, ED frames were collected over 109° of with a resolution of 1.2 Å, avoiding the amorphization of the crystals or any visible resolution loss at the end of the experiment (Fig. S3). For the three analysed crystals, four data sets were collected. The PETS2 software (Palatinus et al., 2019) was employed to analyse the diffraction patterns to find the index and integrate the reflection intensities.
The collected diffraction data for each crystal were combined in one single data set using the merging tool implemented in the PETS2 software. The merged data set was employed for the ab initio performed by standard using the SHELXT software (Sheldrick, 2015). The data were initially refined with a fully kinematical approximation and the least-squares was performed with the software SHELXL-2014 interfaced with Olex2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009).
For the dynamical PETS2. The reflections were properly integrated considering a rotation semiangle (Δα) of 0.25° (corresponding to half of the angular integration step) and the integrated intensities were combined in virtual frames (see the supporting information). The dynamical was carried out using the Jana2020 software (Petříček et al., 2014) simultaneously on different data sets (see Table S3).
the diffraction data coming from different crystals were analysed separately with2.3. Powder X-ray diffraction
The powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) patterns of the samples were collected using Ni-filtered Cu K radiation [λ(Kα1) = 1.5406 Å, λ(Kα2) = 1.5444 Å] on a Rigaku SmartLab XE diffractometer equipped with a HyPix-3000 detector. The data were processed with SmartLab Studio II (Rigaku). PXRD patterns were collected in Bragg–Brentano geometry in the 2θ range 5–75°, with the sample placed on a silicon zero-background specimen holder. The LeBail on PXRD data was conducted with Jana2020 (see the supporting information).
3. Results
The mechanochemical product is crystalline; however, its PXRD profile cannot be indexed as the SOF empty form (Fig. 3).
A probable strong
and the low resolution of X-ray diffraction data hamper a structure solution based on PXRD characterization and prompted us to try 3D ED. The compound was stable under the ELDICO ED-1 beam and full data sets could be automatically collected on it.Despite the presence of some spurious reflections coming from other small crystals falling inside the illuminated area, the reconstructed ) could be unambiguously indexed with a monoclinic C-centred lattice with parameters a = 27.946 (7), b = 7.0236 (5), c = 21.610 (3) Å, β = 119.031 (14)°. The C-centring extinction rule and the c glide clearly observed in the h0l plane led to the identification of the C1c1 compatible with space groups Cc and C2/c. The indexed data were then integrated with the fit profile model of PETS2, in which the mosaicity and resolution dependence of the peak width were refined globally, and then the orientation of each pattern (geometrical optimization) was optimized (Fig. S4).
(Fig. 4The correct unit-cell determination was checked on PXRD data through a LeBail Fig. S1). The converges to slightly bigger unit-cell parameters with respect to those obtained from the ED data (Table S4). This result can be ascribed to a loss of solvent molecules due to the strong vacuum condition inside the electron diffractometer column. It is well known that porous materials, like MOFs (metal–organic frameworks) and SOFs, have the capability to release the guest molecules held inside their pores, and this process is accelerated by vacuum and heat. Indeed, under the previously mentioned stimuli, the expanded, solvated form of the TPPM-based SOF could easily release guest molecules, such as CHCl3, EtOH, C6H6 and CH3CN (Marchetti et al., 2022). However, the fact that the unit-cell volume remains significantly larger than that of the empty phase (Table S4) indicates that the BnOH release is only partial and the molecules remaining in the pores can stabilize the expanded form of the TPPM-based SOF also under high vacuum [∼10−7 mbar [1 mbar = 0.1 kPa)] conditions. This is quite unusual for this SOF since with all other solvents the only phase detected in high vacuum was the empty one.
(The data sets collected from the analysed crystals were merged (using the merging procedure of PETS2), and the structural model was then solved ab initio with standard in C2/c. The model was initially refined kinematically, i.e. with the measured intensity considered proportional to the square modulus of the The kinematically refined model revealed the formation of a supramolecular network characteristic of the SOF expanded form (Marchetti et al., 2022), in which the TPPM molecules are mainly involved in CH⋯N interactions (Figs. S8 and S9). The existence of BnOH molecules inside the pores was highlighted by the difference Fourier map calculation, which shows the presence of residual electrostatic potential in the framework channels [Fig. 5(a)]. The modelling of the guest molecules embedded in the SOF channels required them to be disordered over two equivalent positions, each with occupancy of approximately 0.25 (Fig. S6); they were then modelled as rigid-body molecules, in a ratio of 1:2 with respect to TPMM. The solvent stoichiometry calculated from thermogravimetric and NMR analysis over the crude product show a ratio of TPPM and BnOH near to 1:1 (Figs. S11 and S13). This result confirms that, during the diffraction experiment, a partial removal of BnOH has taken place under vacuum, as suspected from the moderate decrease in the lattice parameters detected with respect to PXRD data.
To improve the TPPM·0.5BnOH structure and have better agreement factors between the experimental and calculated intensities, a dynamical et al., 2015) is needed. However, if we want to keep the high coverage obtained by merging data from different crystals, we are obliged to perform the against multiple data sets, one for each crystal, since for each different crystal the dynamical effects will be different due to their different thickness. We considered three different crystal data sets (crystals 2a, 2b, 3) and refined the structure dynamically against these three data sets simultaneously. Remarkably, the ED data quality proved suitable for a dynamical and the successfully converged. The dynamical requires one to consider and refine, together with the structural model, the thickness of the sample at 0° of tilt. In the case of multiple data sets, the number of refined thicknesses equals the number of crystals involved (in our case crystal 2a 645 Å, crystal 2b 578 Å, crystal 3 738 Å). The dynamical data treatment allowed, as expected, a concrete reduction of the agreement factors: the R1(obs) value was reduced from 27.47% to 14.42%. The atomic displacement parameters were also refined without any restraints, leading to a structural model that better represents the mobility of the pyridyl rings with respect to the inner phenyl groups (Fig. S10). From the calculation of the difference Fourier map, it was also possible to detect the positions of 80% of the hydrogen atoms of the TPPM molecule (Fig. 6).
which takes into account multiple scattering effects through a full Bloch calculation (Palatinus4. Conclusions
A new expanded phase of a TPPM-based SOF was synthesized by mechanochemical synthesis. The
of the as-synthesized product was elucidated by 3D ED analysis with a novel electron diffractometer. This is one of the first structures solved with a horizontal electron diffractometer with a completely new design with respect to a standard transmission electron microscope. The data quality allowed us to solve the of the SOF, leading to the discovery that the vacuum inside the instrument was not enough to completely empty the channels. The residual BnOH molecules in the channels could be detected in the difference Fourier maps and their position properly refined. The structure could also be refined dynamically against multiple data sets collected on three crystals. To our knowledge, this is one of the first successful attempts at such a procedure.5. Related literature
The following references are cited in the supporting information: Friščić et al. (2009), Garbuglia & Steinfeld (2022), Kitagawa et al. (2013), Niebel et al. (2021), Sheldrick (2008).
Supporting information
CCDC reference: 2292774
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052520623007680/je5052sup1.cif
contains datablock I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052520623007680/je5052Isup2.hkl
Supporting information including Tables S1-S6 and Figs. S1-S14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052520623007680/je5052sup3.pdf
C45H32N4·0.5(C7H7O) | F(000) = 1434 |
Mr = 682.35 | Dx = 1.222 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, C2/c | Electron radiation, λ = 0.0285 Å |
Hall symbol: -C 2yc | Cell parameters from 2636 reflections |
a = 27.946 (7) Å | θ = 0.1–0.8° |
b = 7.0236 (5) Å | µ = 0 mm−1 |
c = 21.610 (3) Å | T = 293 K |
β = 119.031 (14)° | Plate, clear light white |
V = 3708.7 (12) Å3 | 0.001 × 0.001 × 0.0002 mm |
Z = 4 |
Eldico ED-1 diffractometer | 1719 reflections with I > 3σ(I) |
Radiation source: LaB6 | θmax = 0.8°, θmin = 0.1° |
3D – cRED scans | h = −26→27 |
15678 measured reflections | k = −6→6 |
3291 independent reflections | l = −21→20 |
Refinement on F | 0 constraints |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.144 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.153 | Weighting scheme based on measured s.u.'s w = 1/(σ2(F) + 0.0001F2) |
S = 3.91 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.015 |
3291 reflections | Δρmax = 0.15 e Å−3 |
210 parameters | Δρmin = −0.19 e Å−3 |
50 restraints |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | Occ. (<1) | |
O1s | −0.28 | −0.72 | −0.012 | 0.054* | 0.25 |
C1s | −0.234 | −0.602 | 0.015 | 0.07* | 0.25 |
C2s | −0.252 | −0.398 | 0.007 | 0.093* | 0.25 |
C3s | −0.219 | −0.25 | 0.011 | 0.096* | 0.25 |
C4s | −0.233 | −0.06 | 0.004 | 0.092* | 0.25 |
C5s | −0.286 | −0.014 | −0.01 | 0.094* | 0.25 |
C6s | −0.32 | −0.158 | −0.011 | 0.105* | 0.25 |
C7s | −0.303 | −0.345 | −0.004 | 0.102* | 0.25 |
N1a | −0.1039 (5) | −1.2917 (8) | −0.1027 (4) | 0.047 (2)* | |
N1b | −0.2700 (5) | 0.2104 (12) | 0.1658 (4) | 0.070 (3)* | |
C1 | 0 | −0.5194 (12) | 0.25 | 0.020 (3)* | |
C2a | −0.0193 (4) | −0.6531 (7) | 0.1851 (3) | 0.0159 (18)* | |
C2b | −0.0455 (4) | −0.3890 (6) | 0.2426 (4) | 0.0180 (18)* | |
C3a | 0.0159 (3) | −0.7971 (7) | 0.1882 (3) | 0.0152 (18)* | |
C3b | −0.0751 (4) | −0.4134 (7) | 0.2775 (3) | 0.023 (2)* | |
C4a | 0.0010 (4) | −0.9205 (6) | 0.1299 (4) | 0.023 (2)* | |
C4b | −0.1189 (4) | −0.2915 (8) | 0.2633 (3) | 0.032 (2)* | |
C5a | −0.0484 (4) | −0.8993 (7) | 0.0697 (3) | 0.0174 (19)* | |
C5b | −0.1324 (4) | −0.1459 (7) | 0.2137 (3) | 0.024 (2)* | |
C6a | −0.0842 (4) | −0.7551 (8) | 0.0663 (3) | 0.030 (2)* | |
C6b | −0.1026 (4) | −0.1221 (8) | 0.1793 (3) | 0.035 (2)* | |
C7a | −0.0691 (4) | −0.6302 (7) | 0.1246 (4) | 0.033 (2)* | |
C7b | −0.0596 (4) | −0.2422 (8) | 0.1932 (3) | 0.025 (2)* | |
C8a | −0.0677 (4) | −1.0340 (8) | 0.0074 (4) | 0.036 (2)* | |
C8b | −0.1830 (4) | −0.0207 (9) | 0.1966 (3) | 0.034 (2)* | |
C9a | −0.1069 (4) | −0.9836 (8) | −0.0588 (4) | 0.044 (3)* | |
C9b | −0.2306 (5) | −0.0934 (9) | 0.1899 (3) | 0.068 (3)* | |
C10a | −0.1248 (4) | −1.1200 (10) | −0.1148 (3) | 0.058 (3)* | |
C10b | −0.2744 (5) | 0.0283 (14) | 0.1742 (4) | 0.104 (4)* | |
C11a | −0.0650 (4) | −1.3435 (8) | −0.0372 (4) | 0.055 (3)* | |
C11b | −0.2231 (6) | 0.2831 (9) | 0.1725 (4) | 0.068 (3)* | |
C12a | −0.0465 (4) | −1.2172 (8) | 0.0182 (3) | 0.037 (2)* | |
C12b | −0.1796 (4) | 0.1700 (10) | 0.1879 (4) | 0.052 (3)* | |
H1s | −0.211821 | −0.6259 | −0.01415 | 0.084* | 0.25 |
H2s | −0.207512 | −0.633889 | 0.070863 | 0.084* | 0.25 |
H3s | −0.177971 | −0.285093 | 0.02057 | 0.1152* | 0.25 |
H4s | −0.203841 | 0.050296 | 0.009185 | 0.1104* | 0.25 |
H5s | −0.300235 | 0.133043 | −0.019956 | 0.1128* | 0.25 |
H6s | −0.360184 | −0.124033 | −0.017306 | 0.126* | 0.25 |
H7s | −0.331334 | −0.456323 | −0.00734 | 0.1224* | 0.25 |
H3a | 0.055337 | −0.815095 | 0.235796 | 0.0183* | |
H3b | −0.064535 | −0.527455 | 0.316218 | 0.0281* | |
H4a | 0.028929 | −1.033072 | 0.132913 | 0.0273* | |
H4b | −0.142463 | −0.310264 | 0.291004 | 0.0379* | |
H6a | −0.123799 | −0.738586 | 0.018761 | 0.0356* | |
H6b | −0.112986 | −0.007661 | 0.140848 | 0.0415* | |
H7a | −0.096782 | −0.516766 | 0.121616 | 0.0396* | |
H7b | −0.036292 | −0.222442 | 0.165328 | 0.0302* | |
H9a | −0.124389 | −0.840856 | −0.069067 | 0.0532* | |
H9b | −0.234265 | −0.245457 | 0.196747 | 0.0814* | |
H10a | −0.156231 | −1.080894 | −0.167979 | 0.0695* | |
H10b | −0.312516 | −0.028742 | 0.168878 | 0.1244* | |
H11a | −0.048146 | −1.487154 | −0.028118 | 0.0661* | |
H11b | −0.220135 | 0.435471 | 0.165439 | 0.0816* | |
H12a | −0.015113 | −1.26086 | 0.070823 | 0.0439* | |
H12b | −0.141967 | 0.231259 | 0.193268 | 0.0629* |
O1s—O1si | 1.5537 (9) | C2a—C3a | 1.390 (12) |
O1s—C1s | 1.3971 (6) | C2a—C7a | 1.382 (10) |
O1s—C1si | 1.3210 (2) | C2b—C3b | 1.375 (17) |
C1s—C2s | 1.5005 (2) | C2b—C7b | 1.396 (9) |
C1s—C4sii | 1.3951 (3) | C3a—C4a | 1.415 (9) |
C1s—C5sii | 1.0230 (2) | C3a—H3a | 1.09 |
C1s—H1s | 1.09 | C3b—C4b | 1.401 (13) |
C1s—H2s | 1.09 | C3b—H3b | 1.09 |
C1s—H5sii | 0.9354 | C4a—C5a | 1.370 (10) |
C2s—C3s | 1.3642 (3) | C4a—H4a | 1.09 |
C2s—C3sii | 1.2581 (3) | C4b—C5b | 1.395 (9) |
C2s—C4sii | 0.4717 (2) | C4b—H4b | 1.09 |
C2s—C5sii | 1.2030 (5) | C5a—C6a | 1.402 (12) |
C2s—C7s | 1.3775 (7) | C5a—C8a | 1.513 (9) |
C3s—C3sii | 1.5584 (10) | C5b—C6b | 1.367 (16) |
C3s—C4s | 1.3782 (2) | C5b—C8b | 1.550 (13) |
C3s—C5sii | 1.6645 (2) | C6a—C7a | 1.421 (9) |
C3s—C6sii | 1.2671 (5) | C6a—H6a | 1.09 |
C3s—C7sii | 0.9677 (2) | C6b—C7b | 1.377 (14) |
C3s—H3s | 1.09 | C6b—H6b | 1.09 |
C4s—C5s | 1.3982 (8) | C7a—H7a | 1.09 |
C4s—C7sii | 1.2072 (4) | C7b—H7b | 1.09 |
C4s—H4s | 1.09 | C8a—C9a | 1.360 (10) |
C5s—C6s | 1.3807 (3) | C8a—C12a | 1.388 (10) |
C5s—H1sii | 1.128 | C8b—C9b | 1.365 (18) |
C5s—H5s | 1.09 | C8b—C12b | 1.363 (10) |
C6s—C7s | 1.3798 (2) | C9a—C10a | 1.430 (10) |
C6s—H3sii | 0.4409 | C9a—H9a | 1.09 |
C6s—H6s | 1.09 | C9b—C10b | 1.395 (17) |
C7s—H3sii | 1.0301 | C9b—H9b | 1.09 |
C7s—H7s | 1.09 | C10a—H10a | 1.09 |
N1a—C10a | 1.310 (10) | C10b—H10b | 1.09 |
N1a—C11a | 1.351 (10) | C11a—C12a | 1.374 (9) |
N1b—C10b | 1.306 (13) | C11a—H11a | 1.09 |
N1b—C11b | 1.35 (2) | C11b—C12b | 1.350 (17) |
C1—C2a | 1.550 (8) | C11b—H11b | 1.09 |
C1—C2aiii | 1.550 (8) | C12a—H12a | 1.09 |
C1—C2b | 1.512 (11) | C12b—H12b | 1.09 |
C1—C2biii | 1.512 (11) | H1s—H5sii | 0.6467 |
O1si—O1s—C1s | 52.862 (15) | H1sii—C5s—H5s | 33.85 |
O1si—O1s—C1si | 57.474 (3) | C3sii—C6s—C5s | 77.768 (14) |
C1s—O1s—C1si | 110.335 (14) | C3sii—C6s—C7s | 42.621 (2) |
O1s—C1s—O1si | 69.665 (14) | C3sii—C6s—H3sii | 56.8 |
O1s—C1s—C2s | 109.224 (15) | C3sii—C6s—H6s | 161.03 |
O1s—C1s—C4sii | 91.034 (19) | C5s—C6s—C7s | 119.857 (13) |
O1s—C1s—C5sii | 150.171 (8) | C5s—C6s—H3sii | 127.04 |
O1s—C1s—H1s | 109.47 | C5s—C6s—H6s | 120.07 |
O1s—C1s—H2s | 109.47 | C7s—C6s—H3sii | 31.51 |
O1s—C1s—H5sii | 126.32 | C7s—C6s—H6s | 120.07 |
O1si—C1s—C2s | 171.424 (4) | H3sii—C6s—H6s | 104.45 |
O1si—C1s—C4sii | 157.929 (6) | C2s—C7s—C3sii | 62.008 (11) |
O1si—C1s—C5sii | 123.957 (10) | C2s—C7s—C4sii | 19.642 (5) |
O1si—C1s—H1s | 63.95 | C2s—C7s—C6s | 123.2644 (14) |
O1si—C1s—H2s | 78.56 | C2s—C7s—H3sii | 128.03 |
O1si—C1s—H5sii | 58.27 | C2s—C7s—H7s | 118.37 |
C2s—C1s—C4sii | 18.286 (4) | C3sii—C7s—C4sii | 77.784 (13) |
C2s—C1s—C5sii | 52.924 (12) | C3sii—C7s—C6s | 62.457 (12) |
C2s—C1s—H1s | 109.47 | C3sii—C7s—H3sii | 66.05 |
C2s—C1s—H2s | 109.47 | C3sii—C7s—H7s | 168.68 |
C2s—C1s—H5sii | 120.19 | C4sii—C7s—C6s | 140.239 (2) |
C4sii—C1s—C5sii | 68.677 (16) | C4sii—C7s—H3sii | 141.25 |
C4sii—C1s—H1s | 115.82 | C4sii—C7s—H7s | 100.5 |
C4sii—C1s—H2s | 119.35 | C6s—C7s—H3sii | 12.93 |
C4sii—C1s—H5sii | 135.82 | C6s—C7s—H7s | 118.37 |
C5sii—C1s—H1s | 64.44 | H3sii—C7s—H7s | 112.17 |
C5sii—C1s—H2s | 99.7 | C10a—N1a—C11a | 120.7 (6) |
C5sii—C1s—H5sii | 67.47 | C10b—N1b—C11b | 120.5 (11) |
H1s—C1s—H2s | 109.72 | C2a—C1—C2aiii | 105.4 (6) |
H1s—C1s—H5sii | 36.23 | C2a—C1—C2b | 111.5 (4) |
H2s—C1s—H5sii | 73.63 | C2a—C1—C2biii | 111.6 (5) |
C1s—C2s—C3s | 122.804 (14) | C2aiii—C1—C2b | 111.6 (5) |
C1s—C2s—C3sii | 162.606 (4) | C2aiii—C1—C2biii | 111.5 (4) |
C1s—C2s—C4sii | 68.110 (16) | C2b—C1—C2biii | 105.4 (6) |
C1s—C2s—C5sii | 42.723 (2) | C1—C2a—C3a | 118.1 (5) |
C1s—C2s—C7s | 122.6059 (14) | C1—C2a—C7a | 122.3 (7) |
C3s—C2s—C3sii | 72.798 (18) | C3a—C2a—C7a | 119.6 (6) |
C3s—C2s—C4sii | 156.417 (9) | C1—C2b—C3b | 124.5 (5) |
C3s—C2s—C5sii | 80.569 (15) | C1—C2b—C7b | 116.0 (9) |
C3s—C2s—C7s | 114.584 (12) | C3b—C2b—C7b | 119.3 (8) |
C3sii—C2s—C4sii | 94.55 (2) | C2a—C3a—C4a | 120.5 (6) |
C3sii—C2s—C5sii | 149.381 (6) | C2a—C3a—H3a | 119.74 |
C3sii—C2s—C7s | 42.780 (7) | C4a—C3a—H3a | 119.74 |
C4sii—C2s—C5sii | 104.549 (19) | C2b—C3b—C4b | 119.9 (6) |
C4sii—C2s—C7s | 59.339 (16) | C2b—C3b—H3b | 120.04 |
C5sii—C2s—C7s | 163.845 (4) | C4b—C3b—H3b | 120.04 |
C2s—C3s—C2sii | 107.202 (18) | C3a—C4a—C5a | 120.3 (7) |
C2s—C3s—C3sii | 50.457 (8) | C3a—C4a—H4a | 119.84 |
C2s—C3s—C4s | 125.709 (13) | C5a—C4a—H4a | 119.84 |
C2s—C3s—C5sii | 45.477 (9) | C3b—C4b—C5b | 119.8 (10) |
C2s—C3s—C6sii | 99.582 (15) | C3b—C4b—H4b | 120.11 |
C2s—C3s—C7sii | 167.622 (7) | C5b—C4b—H4b | 120.11 |
C2s—C3s—H3s | 117.15 | C4a—C5a—C6a | 119.6 (6) |
C2sii—C3s—C3sii | 56.745 (10) | C4a—C5a—C8a | 122.5 (7) |
C2sii—C3s—C4s | 19.951 (5) | C6a—C5a—C8a | 117.8 (6) |
C2sii—C3s—C5sii | 149.811 (8) | C4b—C5b—C6b | 120.0 (8) |
C2sii—C3s—C6sii | 147.828 (7) | C4b—C5b—C8b | 118.2 (9) |
C2sii—C3s—C7sii | 75.212 (16) | C6b—C5b—C8b | 121.7 (6) |
C2sii—C3s—H3s | 134.91 | C5a—C6a—C7a | 120.1 (6) |
C3sii—C3s—C4s | 75.649 (5) | C5a—C6a—H6a | 119.93 |
C3sii—C3s—C5sii | 94.8158 (13) | C7a—C6a—H6a | 119.93 |
C3sii—C3s—C6sii | 145.999 (9) | C5b—C6b—C7b | 120.2 (6) |
C3sii—C3s—C7sii | 130.467 (9) | C5b—C6b—H6b | 119.89 |
C3sii—C3s—H3s | 165.78 | C7b—C6b—H6b | 119.89 |
C4s—C3s—C5sii | 169.740 (4) | C2a—C7a—C6a | 119.8 (8) |
C4s—C3s—C6sii | 133.804 (2) | C2a—C7a—H7a | 120.1 |
C4s—C3s—C7sii | 58.884 (11) | C6a—C7a—H7a | 120.1 |
C4s—C3s—H3s | 117.15 | C2b—C7b—C6b | 120.7 (10) |
C5sii—C3s—C6sii | 54.162 (5) | C2b—C7b—H7b | 119.63 |
C5sii—C3s—C7sii | 128.385 (7) | C6b—C7b—H7b | 119.63 |
C5sii—C3s—H3s | 71.94 | C5a—C8a—C9a | 122.0 (6) |
C6sii—C3s—C7sii | 74.922 (13) | C5a—C8a—C12a | 119.4 (5) |
C6sii—C3s—H3s | 19.78 | C9a—C8a—C12a | 118.6 (6) |
C7sii—C3s—H3s | 59.73 | C5b—C8b—C9b | 122.9 (6) |
C1sii—C4s—C2sii | 93.60 (2) | C5b—C8b—C12b | 118.3 (9) |
C1sii—C4s—C3s | 159.061 (5) | C9b—C8b—C12b | 118.8 (9) |
C1sii—C4s—C5s | 42.967 (6) | C8a—C9a—C10a | 119.2 (6) |
C1sii—C4s—C7sii | 151.967 (7) | C8a—C9a—H9a | 120.38 |
C1sii—C4s—H4s | 78.76 | C10a—C9a—H9a | 120.38 |
C2sii—C4s—C3s | 65.501 (15) | C8b—C9b—C10b | 119.5 (7) |
C2sii—C4s—C5s | 56.389 (16) | C8b—C9b—H9b | 120.24 |
C2sii—C4s—C7sii | 101.020 (19) | C10b—C9b—H9b | 120.24 |
C2sii—C4s—H4s | 158.97 | N1a—C10a—C9a | 120.6 (6) |
C3s—C4s—C5s | 117.5170 (12) | N1a—C10a—H10a | 119.7 |
C3s—C4s—C7sii | 43.332 (3) | C9a—C10a—H10a | 119.7 |
C3s—C4s—H4s | 121.24 | N1b—C10b—C9b | 120.2 (12) |
C5s—C4s—C7sii | 157.378 (6) | N1b—C10b—H10b | 119.89 |
C5s—C4s—H4s | 121.24 | C9b—C10b—H10b | 119.89 |
C7sii—C4s—H4s | 79.13 | N1a—C11a—C12a | 120.7 (6) |
C1sii—C5s—C2sii | 84.353 (13) | N1a—C11a—H11a | 119.65 |
C1sii—C5s—C3sii | 137.574 (7) | C12a—C11a—H11a | 119.65 |
C1sii—C5s—C4s | 68.356 (11) | N1b—C11b—C12b | 121.0 (7) |
C1sii—C5s—C6s | 171.453 (6) | N1b—C11b—H11b | 119.48 |
C1sii—C5s—H1sii | 60.66 | C12b—C11b—H11b | 119.48 |
C1sii—C5s—H5s | 52.43 | C8a—C12a—C11a | 120.2 (6) |
C2sii—C5s—C3sii | 53.954 (6) | C8a—C12a—H12a | 119.9 |
C2sii—C5s—C4s | 19.061 (5) | C11a—C12a—H12a | 119.9 |
C2sii—C5s—C6s | 101.964 (15) | C8b—C12b—C11b | 119.9 (11) |
C2sii—C5s—H1sii | 131.84 | C8b—C12b—H12b | 120.05 |
C2sii—C5s—H5s | 136.51 | C11b—C12b—H12b | 120.05 |
C3sii—C5s—C4s | 71.693 (3) | C1s—H1s—C5sii | 54.9 |
C3sii—C5s—C6s | 48.070 (9) | C1s—H1s—H5sii | 58.75 |
C3sii—C5s—H1sii | 153.79 | C5sii—H1s—H5sii | 69.85 |
C3sii—C5s—H5s | 165 | C3s—H3s—C6sii | 103.42 |
C4s—C5s—C6s | 118.872 (12) | C3s—H3s—C7sii | 54.22 |
C4s—C5s—H1sii | 112.99 | C6sii—H3s—C7sii | 135.56 |
C4s—C5s—H5s | 120.56 | C1sii—H5s—C5s | 60.1 |
C6s—C5s—H1sii | 117.01 | C1sii—H5s—H1sii | 85.02 |
C6s—C5s—H5s | 120.56 | C5s—H5s—H1sii | 76.3 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x−1/2, −y−3/2, −z; (ii) −x−1/2, −y−1/2, −z; (iii) −x, y, −z+1/2. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1si—H1s···C5sii | 1.29 | 1.13 | 2.0739 | 117.83 |
O1si—H1s···C6sii | 1.29 | 2.14 | 3.2768 | 143.94 |
C5sii—H1s···O1si | 1.13 | 1.29 | 2.0739 | 117.83 |
C5sii—H1s···C1si | 1.13 | 2.43 | 3.1647 | 120.98 |
C6sii—H3s···C2sii | 0.44 | 2.17 | 2.4262 | 121.00 |
C6sii—H3s···C4s | 0.44 | 2.11 | 2.4336 | ** |
C6sii—H3s···C7sii | 0.44 | 1.03 | 1.3798 | 135.56 |
C7sii—H3s···C5sii | 1.03 | 1.68 | 2.3889 | 121.50 |
C7sii—H3s···C6sii | 1.03 | 0.44 | 1.3798 | 135.56 |
O1sii—H4s···C2sii | 1.29 | 1.54 | 2.3630 | 113.16 |
O1sii—H4s···C3s | 1.29 | 2.16 | 3.3014 | 146.01 |
O1sii—H4s···C4s | 1.29 | 1.09 | 1.9921 | 113.66 |
O1sii—H4s···C7sii | 1.29 | 1.47 | 2.7364 | 167.62 |
C4s—H4s···O1sii | 1.09 | 1.29 | 1.9921 | 113.66 |
O1siv—H5s···C2sii | 1.15 | 2.13 | 2.8136 | 114.86 |
O1siv—H5s···C5s | 1.15 | 1.09 | 2.0739 | 135.69 |
O1siv—H5s···C6s | 1.15 | 2.15 | 3.2768 | 165.84 |
C5s—H5s···O1siv | 1.09 | 1.15 | 2.0739 | 135.69 |
C5s—H5s···C1siv | 1.09 | 2.47 | 3.1647 | 120.39 |
C3b—H3b···C3aiii | 1.09 | 2.36 | 3.060 (9) | 120.45 |
C7a—H7a···C7b | 1.09 | 2.37 | 3.052 (9) | 118.81 |
C10b—H10b···N1ai | 1.09 | 2.42 | 3.409 (15) | 150.20 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x−1/2, −y−3/2, −z; (ii) −x−1/2, −y−1/2, −z; (iii) −x, y, −z+1/2; (iv) x, y+1, z. |
Acknowledgements
Christian Jandl and Gunther Steinfeld are employees and shareholders and Mauro Gemmi is member of the Scientific Advisory Board of ELDICO Scientific AG, the manufacturer of the ED-1 electron diffractometer. Their affiliation with the company had no influence on the design or interpretation of the experiments or the decision to publish the results.
Funding information
This research was supported by the COMP-HUB Initiative of the `Departments of Excellence' program of the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR, 2018–2022) and by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 956099 (NanED – Electron Nanocrystallography – H2020-MSCAITN).
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