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ISSN: 2056-9890

October 2020 issue

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Cover illustration: Even in the absence of high-quality single crystals, three-dimensional structural information may still be accessible. Using home-laboratory powder X-ray diffraction, Rietveld refinement, and optimization by density-functional theory calculations, the structures of disodium hydrogen citrate monohydrate, Na2HC6H5O7(H2O), and diammonium sodium citrate, (NH4)2NaC6H5O7, have been solved and refined. See: Hong, Bhaskar, Golab & Kaduk [Acta Cryst. (2020). E76, 1572–1578].

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The title compounds, [Ir(C51H64N2)(C8H12)Cl]·CH2Cl2 and [Ir(C51H64N2)(C8H12)Cl], represent the first two examples of hexa­hydro­benzo­imidazole-based N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) iridium complexes. The diastereomeric complexes differing only in their axial chirality, which could be separated via column chromatography, show noticeable differences in their 1H NMR spectra.


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The title compound crystallizes with a single mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit. The phenol ring makes a dihedral angle of 36.56 (3)° with the nitro­benzene ring. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by C—H⋯O inter­actions, forming chains along the b-axis direction.

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The title compound was synthesized by a new type of reaction using Mg(ReO4)2 as a new catalyst and a possible mechanism for this reaction is proposed. In the crystal, hydrogen bonds connect the mol­ecules into double layers, which are connected to each other by halogen bonds.

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The synthesis and characterization of a new titanocene dichloride complex with tert-butyl esters appended to the cyclo­penta­diene rings is reported.

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The crystal structures of the isostructural mixed-cation compounds dipotassium rubidium citrate monohydrate and potassium dirubidium citrate monohydrate have been solved and refined using laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data and optimized using density functional techniques.

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The crystal structures of disodium hydrogen citrate monohydrate and di­ammonium sodium citrate have been solved and refined using laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data and optimized using density functional techniques.

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A novel bis­(anil) compound was synthesized and structurally characterized. Theoretical calculations suggested that the new bis­(hy­droxy­imine) will exhibit histone de­acetyl­ase SIRT2, histone de­acetyl­ase class III and histone de­acetyl­ase SIRT1 activities, and will act as inhibitor to aspulvinone di­methyl­allyl­transferase, de­hydro-L-gulonate deca­rboxylase and gluta­thione thiol­esterase.

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The ferrocene-bridged compound 1,1′-bis­(pyridyl­triazoylmeth­yl)ferrocene acquires an anti conformation in its solid state but forms a discrete tetra­nuclear [2 + 2] complex with [Cu(CH3CN)4](PF6) in solution.


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In the crystal, the mol­ecules are linked by C—H⋯N and weak C—H⋯π hydrogen bonds and very weak π–π stacking inter­actions. Two-dimensional fingerprint plots show that the largest contributions to the crystal stability come from H⋯H and C⋯H/H⋯C inter­actions.

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In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by C—H⋯π inter­actions, resulting in the formation of sheets along the a-axis direction. Within the sheets, very weak π–π stacking inter­actions occur. The Hirshfeld surface analysis and fingerprint plots reveal that the crystal structure is dominated by H⋯H (37.1%) and C⋯H (30.1%) contacts.

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The structure of three functionalized chalcones (1,3-di­aryl­prop-2-en-1-ones), containing combinations of nitro and di­methyl­amino functional groups, are presented.

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Two new substituted propane­dioate esters have been synthesized using a three-component solvent-free thermal reaction. The products, which are isomorphous, differ only in the presence of a bromo­phenyl group in one, where the mol­ecules are fully ordered, as compared with a chloro­phenyl group in the other, where the mol­ecules exhibit two types of disorder.

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The crystal structures of magnesium hydrogen citrate dihydrate and bis­(di­hydrogencitrato)magnesium have been solved and refined using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data, and optimized using density functional theory techniques.

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The synthesis and crystal structures of three new disubstituted [13]-macrodilactones, trans-4,8-dimethyl-1,10-dioxa­cyclo­tridec-5-ene-2,9-dione, cis-4-(4-bromo­phen­yl)-13-methyl-1,10-dioxa­cyclo­tridec-5-ene-2,9-dione, and trans-11-methyl-4-phenyl-1,10-dioxa­cyclo­tridec-5-ene-2,9-dione are reported and their conformations are put in the context of other [13]-macrodilactone structures reported previously, showing that the number, location, and relative disposition of groups attached at the termini of planar units of the [13]-macrodilactones subtly influence their aspect ratios.

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The title structure consists of isolated [SnCl6]2− octa­hedral anions separated by layers of organic 1-(prop-2-en-1-yl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium (C6H9N2)+ cations. The crystal packing features inter­molecular N—H⋯Cl and C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds and π–π stacking inter­actions.

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The title compound features a very short, but asymmetric, O—H⋯O hydrogen bond having an O⋯O distance of 2.452 (3) Å within the anion.

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Cubic K2Ni0.5Hf1.5(PO4)3 crystallizes in the langbeinite structure type. The principal building units are two independent [(Ni,Hf)O6] octa­hedra, [PO4] tetra­hedra and [KO9] and [KO12] polyhedra.

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Single-crystals of thallium(I) iodide oxide Tl3IO were obtained as by-product in a hydro­flux synthesis at 473 K for 10 h. The oxygen atoms center thallium octa­hedra. The [OTl6] octa­hedra share trans faces, forming a linear chain along [001]. Twelve thallium atoms surround each iodine atom in an [ITl12] anti-cubocta­hedron. Thallium and iodine atoms together form a hexa­gonal close-sphere packing, in which every fourth octa­hedral void is occupied by oxygen.

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In the title bicyclic trinuclear pyrazolate amino­alcohol complex, the central Cu atom lies on a center of symmetry and has a distorted tetra­hedral coordination geometry while the peripheral Cu atom is in a trigonal–bipyramidal coordination environment.

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The crystal of the melaminium salt C3H7N6+·NCCH2COO·H2O was produced by mixing melamine with cyano­acetic acid in aqueous solution. The melaminium cations are inter­connected by N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming tapes. These tapes of melaminium cations develop a three-dimensional network through multiple donor–acceptor hydrogen-bonding inter­actions between the cyano­acetate anions and water mol­ecules.

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In the crystal, two mol­ecules of the title compound form an inversion dimer, through C—H⋯π inter­actions, which further inter­acts with adjacent dimers to form a one-dimensional column structure.

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Short syntheses to high Fsp3 index natural-product analogues such as imino­sugars are of paramount importance in the investigation of their biological activities and reducing the use of protecting groups is an advantageous synthetic strategy. In this case only an iso­propyl­idene group was employed towards the synthesis of seven-membered ring imino­sugars.

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The mol­ecular and crystal structure as well as the Hirshfeld surface were analysed for this benzo­thia­zine derivative with potential analgesic activity.

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The title compound shows a cis-arrangement of the thio­cyanate anions, while the coordination polyhedron around the iron(II) atom is close to a trigonal prism.

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Co12P7, synthesized at high pressure/temperature conditions, crystallizes isotypically with ordered Cr12P7 in space-group type P[\overline{6}].

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The structure of poly[bis­(μ4-2-methyl­propano­ato-η2-O3-O′)-μ2-aqua­dipotassium] (potassium isobutyrate hemihydrate) is reported. The structure is composed of cation–oxygen bilayers, which are surrounded by hydro­phobic methyl­ethyl chains on both sides. Stacking of these sandwiches forms the structure. The potassium cations are situated in an irregular coordination polyhedron composed of seven O atoms.

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The crystal structure of the title compound shows a disorder of the methyl and meth­oxy­carbonyl groups of one alanine residue. Compared to previously reported peptide biphenyl hybrids, the backbone torsion angles are different.

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In the crystal structures of the monohydrate and methanol solvate title compounds, the host mol­ecule adopts similar geometries with an alternating orientation of the substituents above and below the plane of the central arene ring.

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The crystal structures of [Ca(C4H7O2)(H2O)3](C4H7O2)·2H2O, space group Pbca, (I), and [Sr(C4H7O2)(H2O)3](C4H7O2)·2H2O space group Cmce (II) are homeotypic; [(Ca,Sr)(C4H7O2)(H2O)3](C4H7O2)·2H2O, space group Pbca, (III), is an Sr-containing solid solution of (I) with Ca2+ and Sr2+ occupationally disordered in the ratio 0.794 (2):0.206 (2).

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The crystal structure of aqua­(citric acid)(hydrogen citrato)calcium monohydrate has been solved and refined using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data, and optimized using density functional techniques. A DFT-optimized structure is also reported for calcium hydrogen citrate trihydrate.

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In the crystal, each cation is connected to two anions by N—H⋯ Br hydrogen bonds, forming an [R_{4}^{2}](8) motif parallel to the (10[\overline{1}]) plane, while the N,N-di­methyl­formamide mol­ecules are linked to the cations by C—H⋯O contacts.

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