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ISSN: 2053-2296

November 2015 issue

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Cover illustration: A short S...I halogen bond occurs in the cocrystal formed by di­thio­cyanato­tetra­kis­(4-vinyl­pyridine)­nickel(II) and 2,3,5,6-tetra­fluoro-1,4-di­iodo­benzene. Such halogen bonds to sulfur are significantly less common than to smaller electronegative atoms. See Serb, Merkens, Kalf & Englert [Acta Cryst. (2015), C71, 991-995].

research papers


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The crystal structure of a homoleptic CrII complex and a study of its electron density are described. The [Cr(CH3CN)6]2+ species is a high-spin d4 complex with a strong static, rather than dynamic, Jahn–Teller distortion. Topological features of the electron-density distribution are explored and linked to the observed Jahn–Teller distortion.

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The structures of a new polymorph of sulfameter, polymorph III, and of the dioxane and tetrahydrofuran solvates have been determined. The three structures are stabilized by strong N—H⋯N inter­molecular inter­actions which have been analysed using Hirshfeld surfaces.

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In the crystal structures of raffinose N-hydrates (N is a hydration number between 4 and 5), the hydrogen-bonded chain composed of two water mol­ecules and one of the –OH groups of the galactose ring (chain A) is disordered over a similar chain composed of one water mol­ecule and the –OH group (chain A′), with an occupancy ratio of (N − 4):(5 − N). Chain A is transformed to chain A′ during the dehydration of the penta­hydrate.

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The solvent-free form and the N,N-di­methyl­formamide disolvate of a bis­(thio­semicarbazide) exhibit different inter­nal symmetries and different mol­ecular conformations, and they form different types of hydrogen-bonded sheets.

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Two RuII carbonyl complexes derived from 4,5-di­aza­fluoren-9-one exhibit different modes of binding of this ligand and are of interest with regard to CO release in biological systems.

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A new coordination polymer, [Cu2(hmph)(N3)2(py)2]n (hmph is homophthalate and py is pyridine), was synthesized and characterized as having a one-dimensional chain structure composed of tetra­nuclear CuII units containing (μ1,1-N3)(μ-synsyn-COO)2 and (μ1,1-N3)2 bridges, and exhibits dominant anti­ferromagnetic behaviour.

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In two isatin (1H-indole-2,3-dione) compounds, the ring systems are planar and the bicyclic scaffolds are almost superimposable. Both crystal structures are stabilized by C—H⋯O inter­actions.

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In order to explore new metal coordination polymers and to search for new types of ferroelectrics among hybrid coordination polymers, the use of the 4-(di­methyl­amino)­pyridin-1-ium-1-acetate anion and the 1-cyano­methyl-1,4-diazoniabi­cyclo­[2.2.2]octane dication as templates for the formation of two different cadmium(II) coordination polymers was investigated.

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In two novel cocrystals of the N(7)—H tautomeric form of N6-benzoyl­adenine (BA), i.e. with 3-hy­droxy­pyridinium-2-carboxyl­ate (3HPA) and DL-tartaric acid (TA), the BA Watson–Crick face inter­acts with the 3-HPA mol­ecule in the former, while the BA Hoogsteen face inter­acts with the TA mol­ecule in the latter. Typical inter- and intra­molecular hydrogen-bonding and stacking inter­actions are observed in both crystal structures.

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A short S⋯I halogen bond occurs in the cocrystal formed by di­thio­cyanato­tetra­kis­(4-vinyl­pyridine)­nickel(II) and 2,3,5,6-tetra­fluoro-1,4-di­iodo­benzene. Such halogen bonds to sulfur are significantly less common than to smaller electronegative atoms.

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The crystal structure of the inter­metallic compound Gd3Ni7Al14 belongs to a family of two-layer structures and can be described as an assembly of inter­penetrating centred straight prisms. The close relationship with PrNi2Al and ZrNiAl is discussed.

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Weak inter­actions play a prominent role in the structural stability of di­spiro­oxo­indoles and contribute to their highly regio- and diastereoselective synthesis.

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The 1:1 pharmaceutical cocrystal of the anti­tuberculosis drug pyrazinamide (PZA) and p-amino­benzoic acid (p-ABA) has been prepared and thoroughly characterized using relevant solid-state characterization methods. Inter­estingly, the components of the cocrystal reacted in the molten state to give the corresponding carboxamide with the release of ammonia. Both crystal structures are governed by coventional O—H⋯O, N—H⋯O and N—H⋯N hydrogen-bonding inter­actions.

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In a new zinc(II) coordination polymer based on multidentate N-donor 2-[(1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl]-1H-benzimidazole (imb) and bridging O-donor benzene-1,2-di­carboxyl­ate (bdic2−) ligands, binuclear [(Zn)2(imb)2] units are connected alternately by pairs of bridging bdic2− ligands, yielding an infinite one-dimensional chain.

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Single-crystal crystallographic analysis allowed the identification of an unexpected rearranged by-product of an Ullmann reaction as 1-(4-hex­yloxy-3-hy­droxy­phen­yl)ethanone and a possible mechanism for its formation is suggested.

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In a spiro­[pyrazolo­[1,5-c]quinazoline-5,4′-thio­chroman], prepared under very mild reaction conditions, the two nonplanar heterocyclic rings show different conformations. Hydrogen bonds of the N—H⋯S and C—H⋯π(arene) types link the mol­ecules into complex sheets.

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