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ISSN: 2056-9890

June 2024 issue

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Cover illustration: Mental health is one of the most important health concerns of our times due to the variety of factors that trigger conditions such as depression, anxiety, addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), among others. The treatment of such conditions presents enormous challenges because they affect people of all ages and all social and economic groups. The situation is aggravated by poverty, civil conflicts, stress in the workplace and in the professional activities of the individual (such as sports, the entertainment business, etc.). Therefore, a great deal of research involves finding new approaches to treat these conditions, among them psychedelic-based therapies. In this issue, Zeller, Parent & Schultheiss [Acta Cryst. (2024). E80, 590–595] present a modern-day re-determination of the structure of polymorph I of anhydrous psilocin and the structure of polymorph II, reported here for the first time. Psilocin is the primary metabolite of psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound. In both polymorphs, the molecules are present as the phenol-amine tautomers. However, there are significant differences in their conformations, hydrogen-bonding patterns, presence of whole-molecule disorder in Form II, among other interesting features.

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The title compound, C12H10N2O3, was obtained by the de­acetyl­ation reaction of 1-(6-amino-5-nitro­naphthalen-2-yl)ethanone in a concentrated sulfuric acid methanol solution. The mol­ecule comprises a naphthalene ring system bearing an acetyl, amino and nitro groups. In the crystal, the mol­ecules are assembled into a two-dimensional network by N⋯H/H⋯N and O⋯H/H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter­actions. n–π and π–π stacking inter­actions are the dominant inter­actions in the three-dimensional crystal packing.

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In the PdII complex, two substituted 3-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole ligands in the neutral form coordinate to the metal atom through the pyridine-N and triazole-N atoms in a trans-configuration.

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In the crystal, mol­ecules are connected by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming C(8) chains running along the a-axis direction. Cohesion of the packing is provided by weak van der Waals inter­actions between the chains.

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The competition between gauche and anti conformations in 2-chloro­ethyl- or 3-chloro­propyldi­methyl­ammonium cations is investigated for the title tetra­chloro­metallate salts in which the alkyl chain is found to disordered with the gauche conformation dominant.

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In the crystal, mol­ecular pairs are connected by N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming dimers with an [R_{2}^{2}](8) motif. The dimers are linked into layers parallel to the (10[\overline{4}]) plane by N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. In addition, C—O⋯π and C—Br⋯π inter­actions connect the mol­ecules, forming a three-dimensional network.

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Very large high-quality crystals of a new member of the family of double nitrates, namely, [La(NO3)6]2[Ni(H2O)6]3·6H2O, were crystallized in large amounts. The structure was determined via single-crystal X-ray diffraction to high resolution. Extensive structural information, including hydrogen-bonding details, was obtained at the same time.

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This study presents two anhydrous polymorphic forms of psilocin, detailing their crystal structures and hydrogen-bonding differences, with Form II introducing a novel conformation and whole-mol­ecule disorder.

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The title multi-component crystal, [Cu(NH3)5]Cl2·CO(NH2)2, was synthesized from a deep eutectic solvent to yield an unusual penta­amine­copper(II) complex. Hydrogen bonding takes place between chloride ions and both the penta­amine­copper ions and urea mol­ecules.

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In the title mol­ecule, the benzimidazole entity is almost planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0262 Å), while the triazole ring is oriented almost perpendicular to the benzimidazole ring. In the crystal, bifurcated C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link individual mol­ecules into layers extending parallel to the ac plane.

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The crystal structure of LiLu[MoO4]2, which emerged as a by-product of the synthesis to obtain lithium derivatives of lutetium molybdate, adopts the scheelite type.

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In the title compound, the di­hydro­quinoxaline units are both essentially planar and the dihedral angle between their mean planes is 64.82 (2)°. In the crystal, C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds form chains along the b-axis direction which are joined by π-stacking and C—H⋯π(ring) inter­actions into the full three-dimensional network structure.

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In the crystal, the mol­ecules are connected into dimers by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds with [R_{2}^{2}](8) ring motifs, forming zigzag ribbons along the b-axis direction.

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The reaction between lithium hexa­methyl­disilazane, [Li{N(Si(CH3)3)2}] (LiHMDS), with 4,4-dimethyl-2-phenyl-2-oxazoline (Phox) in hexane produced the title complex [Li{N(Si(CH3)3)2}(Phox)2]. The mol­ecule, which crystallizes in the C2/c space group, lies on a twofold rotation axis and the lithium cation adopts a trigonal–planar coordination environment by the coordination, through nitro­gen atoms, of one unit of hexa­methyl­disilazane and two units of Phox, both ligands in a monodentate mode.

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The synthesis and crystallization of a tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate salt of 5,10,15,20-tetra­kis­(1-benzyl­pyridin-1-ium-4-yl)-21H,23H-porphyrin, C68H54N84+·4CF3O3S·4H2O, 1·OTf, are reported. The asymmetric unit contains half a porphyrin mol­ecule, two tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate anions and two water mol­ecules of crystallization. The macrocycle of tetra­pyrrole moieties is planar and unexpectedly it has coordinated CaII ions in occupational disorder. This CaII ion has only 10% occupancy (C72H61.80Ca0.10F12N8O16S4).

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The synthesis and crystal structures of three organoplatinum(II) complexes bearing natural aryl­olefin and quinoline derivatives are reported.

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The bidentate N,N′-chelating Schiff base ligand L and cadmium(II) chloride create a self-assembled polymeric chain structure [Cd2Cl4(L)]n comprising a defect cubane-like motif.

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4,4′-Disulfanediyldipyridinium chloride triiodide (1) was synthesized. The structural characterization of 1 by SC-XRD analysis was supported by elemental analysis, FT–IR, and FT–Raman spectroscopic measurements.

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Successful separation of cis- and trans-di­amino­dibenzo­cyclo­octane (DADBCO) allows the crystal structure solution of cis-DADBCO.

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The structure of the title secochlorin nickel complex features two crystallographically independent mol­ecules related by pseudo-A lattice centering. Both feature a noticeable in-plane deformation in the A1g mode and prominent out-of-plane deformation in the B1u (ruffling) mode.

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In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network. In addition, C—H⋯π inter­actions connect the mol­ecules by forming layers parallel to the (010) plane.

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Ethyl 2-[(2-oxo-2H-chromen-6-yl)­oxy]acetate, a coumarin derivative, crystallizes in sheets, within which mol­ecules are held by weak C—H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter­actions and between which mol­ecules inter­act by π–π stacking and additional C—H⋯O weak hydrogen bonds between ethyl acet­oxy groups.

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A thio­urea derivative with two dissimilar functional groups was prepared and characterized. In the crystal, pairs of adjacent mol­ecules inter­act via inter­molecular hydrogen bonds of type C—H⋯N, C—H⋯S and N—H⋯S, resulting in mol­ecular layers parallel to the ac plane.

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The isopolytungstate(VI) [W24O84]24– anion in the hydrated mixed-alkali isopolytungstate exhibits mol­ecular C3i symmetry.

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The 2:1 supra­molecular complex between a tetra­quinoxaline-based cavitand and benzo­nitrile as a guest has been studied through X-ray diffraction analysis. One of the benzo­nitrile mol­ecules in engulfed inside the macrocycle.

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The crystal structure of title compound consists of discrete complexes in which the CoII cations are octa­hedrally coordinated to two terminally N-bonded thio­cyanate anions and four 4-methyl­pyridine coligands and represents a new polymorphic modification of Co(NCS)2(4-methyl­pyridine)4, which is already reported in the literature.

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The crystal structures of three new indole derivative are described. The supra­molecular relations in the system were assessed with a Hirshfeld surface analysis and calculation of the inter­action energies, which suggest a primary significance of π–π and C—H⋯π inter­actions involving the indole moieties.

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This type of heterometallic and heteroleptic single cubane cluster represents a typical example within the Mo–Fe–S cluster family, which may be a good reference for understanding the structure and function of the nitro­genase FeMo cofactor.

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