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ISSN: 2053-2296

December 2003 issue

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Cover illustration: The molecular packing and unit cell of L-alanyl-L-methionine hemihydrate, viewed along the a axis. See Görbitz [Acta Cryst. (2003), C59, o730-o732].

inorganic compounds


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The structure of twinned α-LiRb2(CF3SO3)3 consists of channel-like patterns built up of lipophilic CF3 groups pointing towards each other, with the polar interstices occupied by cations.

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The structures of LiY9(SiO4)6O2 and NaY9(SiO4)6O2 have been determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data collected near room temperature and at 100 K. The structures are very similar to one another and to that of fluorine apatite.

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The title compound crystallizes with a partially ordered Pu3Pd5-type structure in space group Cmcm. The 8f and 4c positions are statistically occupied by Ga and Sn atoms, while the 8g position is occupied overwhelmingly by Sn atoms.

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The crystal structure of a barium titanate that had been reported previously in the centrosymmetric space group C2/m was found to be non-centrosymmetric, with space group C2. The present results are in accordance with the recently observed ferroelectricity of this compound.

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LaInO3, a promising ion conductor for a holistic solid oxide fuel cell, was synthesized by a solid-state reaction method. The structure was refined by the Rietveld method using X-ray powder diffraction data. The structure of LaInO3 is distorted by the in-phase and antiphase tilting of oxy­gen octahedra in the a+bb system of the InO6 polyhedra.

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The structure of the vanadate garnet Ca2NaMg2V3O12 is characterized by (Ca,Na)O8 dodecahedra and MgO6 octahedra with unusually long shared edges.

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A single-crystal X-ray study has confirmed that MgI2 is isostructural with CdI2.

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An acentric 2a0 × 2b0 × c0 superstructure of α-potassium nitrate has been detected with a CCD area detector.

metal-organic compounds



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The crystal structures of the two bismuth(III) oxalate hydrates [Bi2(C2O4)3(H2O)4]·4H2O and [Bi2(C2O4)3(H2O)4]·2H2O are both based on three-dimensional networks of nine-coordinated Bi atoms, connected by tetradentate oxalate groups. The ligand and `free' water mol­ecules are located in channels and voids.


















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