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ISSN: 2056-9890

February 2025 issue

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Cover illustration: The synthesis and characterization of new coordination polymers (CPs) and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) continue to be of great interest due to their demonstrated properties and their potential use in many applications. Their preparation usually involves solvothermal methods of synthesis exploring different conditions such as different reactants, concentrations, solvents, pH, among other variables. To explore such complex landscape, high-throughput approaches have been designed to identify synthetic and structural trends. However, perhaps more often than it is acknowledged, unexpected compounds result from such extreme synthetic conditions requiring the expertise of the synthetic and structural chemist to properly identify the source of the ‘unexpected’ compound. This is the case presented by Ruser, Näther and Stock [Acta Cryst. (2025). E81, 104–108] where the CeIII compound obtained did not incorporate the desired 2,5-thiophenedicarboxylate. Instead, a CeIII acetate sulfate hydrate was produced in very low yield. The formation of this material is attributed to reaction with the peroxymonosulfuric acid used to treat the Teflon vial used in the reaction. The structure displays CeIII cations coordinated by acetates and water molecules to form chains of CeO9 polyhedra, further connected by sulfate anions to produce layers. Intra- and interlayer O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds provide additional connectivity.

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The coordination polyhedra of the complex cations in the one-dimensional title coordination polymers represent tetra­gonally distorted trans-NiN4O2 octa­hedra with the four N atoms of the macrocyclic ligand forming the equatorial plane and two O atoms of the sulfate anions occupying the axial positions.

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The mol­ecular and crystal structure of the [Sr(urea)(NO3)2]n complex was studied to investigate the various inter­molecular inter­actions.

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The title compound is almost planar. In the crystal, C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into a network structure. There are also π–π inter­actions present with centroid-to-centroid distances of 3.746 (3) and 3.697 (3) Å.

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In the crystal structure of the title compound, the CeIII cations are ninefold coordinated and linked into chains via the acetate anions and are further connected into layers by the sulfate dianions.

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The asymmetric unit consists of two independent mol­ecules of the substituted imidazolone having different conformations, and one mol­ecule of solvent DMF. The two imidazolone mol­ecules are linked by N—H⋯N and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and the DMF is joined to one of these by a N—H⋯O hydrogen bond. Additional N—H⋯N and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link these groups into corrugated layers parallel to the (101) plane with the layers joined by C—H⋯π (ring) inter­actions.

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The crystal structures of three salts of tri­phenyl­sulfonium ion are reported, namely, tri­phenyl­sulfonium triiodide (I), tri­phenyl­sulfonium perchorate (II), tri­phenyl­sulfonium hexa­fluoro­phosphate (III).

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The asymmetric units of the compounds, (I) and (II), contain two and one crystallographically independent mol­ecules, respectively. In crystals of (I) and (II), inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into infinite chains along the b-axis direction. In crystal of (I), there are π–π inter­actions between the centroids of the parallel rings while neither π–π nor C—H⋯ π(ring) inter­actions are present in (II).

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The title compounds exhibit Ir—C and Ir—N bond lengths typical of cyclo­metallated iridium compounds with phenyl­pyridine ligands. Methyl­ation of the phenanthroline ligand leads to longer Ir—N bond lengths compared to the unmethyl­ated analog.

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The structures of five related zinc coordination compounds with iso­quinoline N-oxide and other ligands or counter-ions are presented.

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Structure analysis of the title compound revealed a second polymorph (space group C2/c, Z = 4) with composition [CuCl(C12H8N2)2]+ClO4. Both the cation and anion in this polymorph exhibit point group symmetry 2.

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The quinazolinium moiety of the organic cation is located about a mirror plane. In the crystal, individual cations are linked into [010] zigzag chains by N—H⋯Cl hydrogen-bonding inter­actions.

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Ep­oxy curers 4,4′-methyl­enebis(2,6-di­ethyl­aniline) and 4,4′-methyl­enebis(3-chloro-2,6-di­ethyl­aniline) were prepared and studied by 1H NMR and single-crystal X-ray analysis.

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In the crystal structures of the title compounds, the CeIII cations are eightfold coordinated and linked into three-dimensional frameworks by ligands based on different deprotonated derivates of 2,5-thio­phenedi­carb­oxy­lic acid. Both compounds exhibit O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.

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The crystal structure of (IC2H4NH3)+3[BiI6]3− is composed of discrete [BiI6]3– octa­hedra, the charge of which is compensated by three crystallographically independent 2-iodo­ethyl­ammonium cations.

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A 3,6-disubstituted 1,2,4,5-tetra­zine was synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, revealing a complex hydrogen-bonded network with inter­actions between tetra­zine N atoms and hydroxyl groups, thereby complementing the only scarcely explored features of tetra­zines in the solid state.

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Mol­ecules of 1-ethyl-1,3-di­hydro-2H-benzo[d]imidazole-2-thione are almost planar. In the crystal, inter­molecular N—H⋯S hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into pseudocentrosymmetric dimers. N—H⋯S hydrogen bonds, π–π inter­actions and a weak C—H⋯π(ring) inter­action are effective in the stabilization of the crystal structure.

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The structure of a curved 6–5–5–6 fused-ring system, with two benzene rings attached at both termini and a pair of phenyl­sulfonyl groups bonded to the two five-membered rings, is described.

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The asymmetric unit of the title biphenyl-4-carboxamide contains two mol­ecules. In the crystal, inter­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into chains propagating parallel to the c-axis direction.

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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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