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ISSN: 2056-9890

July 2022 issue

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Cover illustration: The structure of a potassium sodium calcium silicate, [(K1.52Na0.48)Ca3Si3O10, di(pot­assium, sodium) tricalcium tris­ilicate], obtained by crystallization of a glass composed of K2O:Na2O:CaO:SiO2 in the molar ratio 1.5:0.5:6:6 and previously annealed at 1273 K is presented. This material is of importance because most mass-produced glasses today (both flat and hollow) are based on melts of the four oxides mentioned above. They are also of archaeological importance because they have been found in Chinese glassware dating back to 475–220 BC. See: Kahlenberg [Acta Cryst. (2022). E78, 727–731].

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The crystals of methyl 3,5-di­methyl­benzoate are composed of strands of C—H⋯O=C bonded mol­ecules, which are further arranged into layers. As a result of the presence of two bromo­methyl substituents in 3,5-bis­(bromo­meth­yl)phenyl acetate, mol­ecular dimers formed by crystallographically non-equivalent mol­ecules are connected to structurally different two-dimensional aggregates in which the bromine atoms participate in Br⋯Br bonds of type I and type II. In the case of 5-hy­droxy­benzene-1,3-dicarbaldehyde,which possesses three donor/acceptor substituents, the mol­ecular association in the crystal creates a close three-dimensional network comprising Car­yl—H⋯Ohy­droxy, Cform­yl—H⋯Oform­yl and O—H⋯Oform­yl bonds.

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The meth­oxy group lies very close to the plane of the phenyl ring while the acetamido group is twisted out of this plane. In the crystal, N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds form layers of mol­ecules parallel to the ab plane. The layers are connected by C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds and C—H⋯π(ring) inter­actions, forming a three-dimensional structure.

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The whole mol­ecule of the title compound is generated by twofold rotational symmetry. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by inter­molecular C—H⋯O inter­actions with [R_{2}^{2}](12) ring motifs, and C—H⋯π inter­actions, resulting in ribbons along the c-axis direction. The mol­ecular packing is consolidated by van der Waals inter­actions between these ribbons.

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In the crystal, neighboring mol­ecules are linked into layers parallel to the (200) plane via C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C—H⋯π inter­actions. van der Waals inter­actions between parallel mol­ecular layers help to strengthen the packing.

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The synthesis and crystal structure of rac-2-[7-methyl-4-(4-methyl­phen­yl)-4-(phenyl­imino)-6,6-bis­(propan-2-yl)-3-oxa-4λ6-thia-5-aza-6-silaoct-4-en-1-yl]-2,3-di­hydro-1H-iso­indole-1,3-dione are reported.

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The title compounds arose as unexpected by-products of an iodination reaction: in each case the fused-ring and isoxazole planes are almost perpendicular to each other.

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Four novel piperazinium salts are reported, and based on 1-phenyl­piperazinium as a common cation in the asymmetric units that include additionally water mol­ecules, and different P-substituent benzoate anions or a tri­fluoro­acetate anion. They are hydrated and there are three crystallized as 1:1 salts while the fourth is a 2:2 salt. Their crystal packing depends on strong ribbons or sheets stabilized by hydrogen bonds of type N—H⋯O and O—H⋯O and other inter­actions as C—H⋯O, C—H⋯π and C—H⋯F in the tri­fluoro­acetate-based one.

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The structures of the three related compounds di­chlorido­bis­(quinoline N-oxide-κO)zinc(II); di­bromido­bis­(quinoline N-oxide-κO)zinc(II) and di­iodido­bis­(quinoline N-oxide-κO)zinc(II) are presented.

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The packing of the title disubstituted ferrocene derivative is stabilized by weak C—H⋯X (X = I, Cl), C—H⋯π(Cp) and C—Cl⋯π(phen­yl) inter­actions, building a three-dimensional network. The cation has planar chirality with Sp(Fc) absolute configuration. The structure of the title compound is compared with related disubstituted (tri­meth­ylammonio)­methyl ferrocenes.

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A new phase in the quaternary system K2O–Na2O–CaO–SiO2 with idealized composition (K1.5Na0.5)Ca3Si3O10 has been structurally characterized. The results indicate the existence of a solid-solution series K2–xNaxCa3Si3O10.

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C—H⋯Br inter­actions connect mol­ecules in the crystal, resulting in zigzag C(8) chains along the [100] direction. C—Br⋯π inter­actions connect these chains into parallel layers to (002). van der Waals inter­actions between the layers aid in the cohesion of the crystal packing.

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The isostructural title compounds arose as unexpected single-crystal products from the reactions of Na2CO3, MO2 (M = Zr, Hf) and As2O5 in a NaCl/CsCl eutectic flux.

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The title compound resulted from the condensation reaction between 1,3-bis­{[(4-meth­oxy­phen­yl)meth­yl]amino}­propan-2-ol and 2-hy­droxy­benzaldehyde in CH3OH. The structure exhibits disorder of one of the 4-meth­oxy­benzyl groups, the hy­droxy group bonded to the 1,3-diazinan ring, and the methyl group of the meth­oxy residue. The crystal packing is sustained by C—H⋯O and O—H⋯π inter­actions, giving rise to infinite chains running along the b-axis direction.


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The centrosymmetric trans-NiN4O2 coordination polyhedra of the Ni2+ ions in the complex cations and anions of the title compound are tetra­gonally distorted octa­hedra. In the crystal, O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the phospho­nate groups of the anions result in the formation of layers oriented parallel to the bc plane, which are further arranged into a three-dimensional network due to hydrogen-bonding involving the macrocyclic di-aqua cations and water mol­ecules.

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Research communications are designed to help authors bring out the science behind their structure determinations. Authors are encouraged to report more than one structure in the same communication and also to include the results of investigations with other techniques. The Research communications format makes Acta E the natural home for structure determinations with interesting science to report.

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