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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 π–π 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.
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