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ISSN: 2056-9890

August 2025 issue

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Cover illustration: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are hybrid materials composed of metal ions or clusters linked by organic molecules to form crystalline, potentially porous structures. MOFs that are flexible and responsive, reacting to stimuli like heat, solvents, or pressure, are of particular interest for their possible applications. The present paper describes the synthesis and molecular structure of a new MOF made from CuII and 2,3-dihydroxyterephthalic acid (2,3-dhtp), which shows a flexible behaviour in response to changes in solvation. See: Main, Mackay & Morris [(2025). Acta Cryst. E81, 738–743].

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In the title square-planar complex, the P atom of the tri­cyclo­hexyl­phosphine group coordinates to the metal atom in the trans position compared to the coordinating N atom. The complex shows significant catalytic ability and selectivity for hydro­silylation between phenyl­acetyl­ene and tri­ethyl­silane.

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The title azo compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1 with two independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit. Hirshfeld surface analysis and energy framework calculations revealed key non-covalent inter­actions such as C—H⋯π, C—H⋯Br, π–π stacking, and halogen bonding, which consolidate the crystal structure.

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In the crystal the title compound exhibits full-mol­ecule disorder [occupancy ratio 0.711 (6): 0.289 (6)], generated by a false twofold rotation about the shorter, Ni–Pb, axis of the mol­ecule.


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Two crystal structures of copper(II) complexes with a tridentate ligand are reported, new [Cu(N^N^N)(H2O)Cl][Cu(N^N^N)Cl2][CuCl4] and already known [Cu(N^N^N)(NCS)2]·0.3 H2O, (N^N^N = N1,N1-dimethyl-N2-(pyridin-2-ylmeth­yl)ethane-1,2-di­amine), which exhibit a considerable range of inter­molecular inter­actions and notable packing patterns that are being discussed.

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The structures of the iso­propyl­ammonium halidometallate salts (IPA+)3CoX5 (X = Cl, Br), (IPA+)2ZnCl4 and (IPA+)ZnCl3 are reported along with a survey of known iso­propyl­ammonium halidometallates, and a study of IPA+ cation geometry (both experimental and theoretical) juxtaposed with that of the trimethylammonium TMA+) cation.

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The syntheses and crystal structures of two new ZnCl2–2,3-di­methyl­pyrazine (C6H8N2) coordination compounds with the composition ZnCl2(C6H8N2)2 (1) and ZnCl2((C6H8N2) (2) are reported. Compound 1 consists of discrete complexes, whereas in compound 2 the Zn cations are linked by the 2,3-di­methyl­pyrazine ligands into helical [001] chains.

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The crystal structures of two Blatter radical precursors, 6-methyl-3-phenyl­benzo[e][1,2,4]triazine and 8-methyl-3-phenyl­benzo[e][1,2,4]triazine, exhibit extended conjugated heteroaromatic frameworks, with unidimensional columnar arrangements governed by π–π stacking inter­actions with little impact from the methyl substituent position on the core geometry.

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In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by C—H⋯O inter­actions, forming layers parallel to the (100) plane. In addition, π–π [centroid-to-centroid distance = 3.4961 (7) Å] and C—H⋯π inter­actions connect mol­ecules within the layers. The layers are also bound to each other by van der Waals inter­actions.

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The mol­ecular and crystal structure of the novel compound 4-(3,5-Dimethyl-1,7-diphenyl-1,7-di­hydro­dipyrazolo­[3,4 − b:4′,3′-e]pyridin-4-yl)phenol are reported.

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In the crystal structure of the title compound, the copper(I) cations are linked by the cyanide anions into layers that are additionally connected by the 2,6-di­methyl­pyrazine ligands into a 3D network. The title compound represents a new isomer of Cu2(CN)2(2,6-di­methyl­pyrazine), which has already been reported in the literature.

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The compound [(R,S)-2,8-bis­(tri­fluoro­meth­yl)quinolin-4-yl](piperidin-2-yl)methanol methanol monosolvate crystallizes in the I41/acd space group. The X-ray crystal structure determination revealed that O—H⋯O, N—H⋯O and O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds are involved in the inter­molecular forces of attraction. This is supported by Hirshfeld surface analysis. The X-ray crystallographic data are supported by DFT calculations.

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The crystal packing of the title compound, C18H21BrO3, is consolidated by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which form inversion dimers with R22(24) graph-set motifs.

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The (NH4)M(HSO4)(SO4)(H2O)2 (M = Fe, Co, Ni) compounds are isotypic and exhibit a phase transition from an ordered crystal structure at T = 100 K to a disordered crystal structure at T = 296 K.

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The structure of the title compound, 4C22H28N2O3·C2H6O, exhibits a one-dimensional pore structure composed of channels formed by mol­ecules having an acyl­hydrazone segment connecting a 3,5-di-tert-butyl­phenol unit and a 2-hy­droxy­phenol unit. The channels contain disordered ethanol mol­ecules.

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The crystal structures of a flexible metal–organic framework based on CuII and 2,3-dhtp in different states of solvation are reported.

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The mol­ecule of the title halogenated benzaldehyde derivative contains an aldehyde moiety, ortho bromine, and para methyl group. Packing via van der Waals forces, the mol­ecules are arranged with both offset face-to-face and an edge-to-face π-stacking inter­action revealed by Hirshfeld surface characterization.

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The structural parameters of penta­chromium triboride, Cr5B3, with Shastry–Sutherland lattices were refined based on single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. Cr5B3 crystallizes in the space group I4/mcm (No. 140). The present study succeeded in refining the positional and anisotropic atomic displacement parameters of the Cr and B atoms.

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Mol­ecular structures and packing diagrams of four systems involving 3,5-lutidine and gold(III) centres are analysed in terms of hydrogen bonds, halogen bonds, coinage bonds and stacking inter­actions.

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The title compound comprises a triangle of Os atoms, two of which are bonded to four carbonyl ligands. The third Os atom is bound to three carbonyl ligands, and the arsine ligand [As(C6H4SCH3)3] occupies the equatorial position. In the crystal, the mol­ecules are linked by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.

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The crystal structures of three salts of the tri­phenyl­sulfonium cation, C18H15S+, namely bis­(tri­phenyl­sulfonium) tetra­chlorido­manganate(II), tri­phenyl­sulfonium tetra­chlorido­ferrate(III) and bis­(tri­phenyl­sulfonium) tetra­chlorido­cobaltate(II) are reported.

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The crystal structures of 3,4,5-tri­phenyl­toluene and 3,4,5-tri­phenyl­benzyl bromide are described, the former of which crystallizes in two polymorphic forms.

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