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ISSN: 2056-9890

July 2025 issue

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Cover illustration: 1-[2-(2-Chloroethoxy)ethyl]-2-methyl-4-nitro-1H-imidazole, C8H12ClN3O3, is an analogue of the drug metronidazole. It has two molecules in the asymmetric unit, each of of which is disordered, leading to four distinct but similar conformations. See: Mohan Kumar, Bhavya, Bhaskar, Shankara Prasad, Yathirajan & Parkin [(2025). Acta Cryst. E81, 646–649].

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The mol­ecule of the title compound adopts a non-planar geometry. A significant feature is the puckered six-membered morpholine ring, which adopts a chair conformation. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked through inter­molecular N—H⋯S hydrogen bonds, forming inversion-related dimers with an R22(8) ring motif.

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The title compound contains two biologically active heterocyclic rings, 1,3,4-thia­diazole and 1,3-thia­zole, connected via a sulfur atom. The packing is consolidated by non-classical inter­molecular C—H⋯N hydrogen bonds and ππ stacking inter­actions.

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The structure of a 2-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-trimesate compound was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The compound is mixture of protonated and deprotonated mol­ecules.

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In the title compound, C16H17BF2N2OSi, the mol­ecular conformation is stabilized by an intra­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bond. In the crystal, mol­ecules are connected by C—H⋯π and π–π inter­actions, forming ribbons along the a-axis direction.

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The coordination geometry around the platinum atom is square-planar. In the crystal, dimers with R22(8) motifs, formed by pairs of N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds, are connect to each other through pairs of weak C—H⋯Cl inter­actions, forming a R22(16) motif and creating parallel ribbons along the [011] axis direction. The mol­ecular pairs are connected by C—H⋯π and π–π inter­actions, forming parallel ribbons along the b-axis direction.

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The title mono-periodic coordination polymer features ten-coordinate Sr2+ ions, zwitterionic L-histidine ligands and nitrate anions.

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The title compound contains a pyrene ring system consisting of four fused benzene rings arranged in a planar configuration. In the crystal, inter­molecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into infinite chains along the c- axis direction. π–π stacking inter­actions between the benzene rings of adjacent mol­ecules help to consolidate the three-dimensional architecture.

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The structures of three 4-methyl­pyridinium tetra­halogenidoaurate(III) halides, one also including a di­chloro­iodate(I) anion, are presented. The crystal packings involve hydrogen, halogen and coinage bonds, and display prominent substructure types involving the cations and halides or the anions alone.

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The title copper(II) complex exhibits a distorted octa­hedral geometry in which the CuII cation is coordinated by the bidentate picolinate and monodentate perchlorate ligands. The crystal structure features a unique outer-sphere protonated thia­diazole cation inter­acting via hydrogen bonds. Hirshfeld surface analysis underscores the dominant role of O⋯H/H⋯O inter­actions in the crystal packing.

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The title compounds, C23H22O4, (I), and C24H24O5, (II), differ in the presence of a meth­oxy atom instead of a hydrogen atom between two meth­oxy groups at the phenyl ring, which greatly affects the mol­ecular conformations and the symmetries of the crystals.

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In the reported crystal structure, the central furan ring lies on a twofold rotation axis in space group C2/c with the furan ring and imine groups of adjacent mol­ecules participating in C—H⋯N inter­actions to give furan-ring-centered hydrogen-bonded chains extending along [010].

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The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C10H12N4O, consists of two independent mol­ecules differing in the rotational orientation of the 2-azido­acetamido group.

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The crystal structure of a mononuclear 12-coordinate lanthanum(III) complex with a pyridinyl-1,2,4-triazole derivative is reported and discussed.

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Both ligands bind to zinc in an N,N,S-tridentate manner and form centrosymmetric dimers via bridging by acetate moieties. Unexpectedly, we found three distinct modes of metal coordination from the acetate O atoms. These results are discussed in the context of the vital role of zinc in cell metabolism.

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The coordination complex [Zn(phen)(MBT)2], which exhibits a distorted tetra­hedral geometry, was synthesized. Single-crystal X-ray analysis and Hirshfeld surface analysis revealed the presence of several inter­molecular C—H⋯N and C—H⋯π inter­actions.

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The crystal structure and a Hirshfeld surface analysis of 1-[2-(2-chloro­eth­oxy)eth­yl]-2-methyl-4-nitro-1H-imidazole are presented.

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The crystal structure of new quinoline-4-carboxyl­ate derivative exhibits a range of weak inter­actions, which were assessed using Hirshfeld surface analysis and inter­action energy calculations to support the dominant significance of the dispersion forces.

Research communications

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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