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COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN: 2056-9890

October 2026 issue

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The asymmetric unit of the title compound comprises two mol­ecules of 5-bromo­salicylic acid and two mol­ecules of N,N-di­methyl­formamide (DMF). The crystal structure is dominated by strong O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the carb­oxy­lic acid groups of the 5-bromo­salicylic acid molecules and the carbonyl oxygen atoms of the DMF mol­ecules, with the solvent acting as a hydrogen-bond acceptor. This inter­action prevents the formation of the common carb­oxy­lic acid dimer observed in many benzoic acid derivatives.

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The asymmetric unit of the title mol­ecule contains a planar oxa­diazole, a thio­phene and two phenyl rings. In the crystal, π–π stacking inter­actions and C—H⋯π(ring) inter­actions help to consolidate the packing.

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The asymmetric unit of the title compound comprises an ordered mol­ecule, consisting of methyl­phenyl and pivaloyl moieties attached to the N atoms of the central thio­urea entity.

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In the title mol­ecule, the imidazolone ring is essentially planar and the inclinations of the planes of the two attached phenyl groups to its plane are distinctly different. There is a degree of π-delocalization in the ring about the tertiary nitro­gen which involves its lone pair. Directed inter­molecular inter­actions comprise C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and two sets of C—H⋯π(ring) inter­actions. A Hirshfeld surface analysis was performed.

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In the title compound, C24H24O2Si, the ethyl ester substituent shows two-site disorder and C—H⋯O contacts generate zigzag ribbons extending along [010].

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The title tetra­hedral ZnII complex with 2-amino-6-fluoro-1,3-benzo­thia­zole has been structurally characterized. The crystal packing is consolidated by N—H⋯O, bifurcated N—H⋯(O,F), C—H⋯π, O⋯π and offset π–π inter­actions.

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The ligand in the title complex was obtained by a condensation reaction between p-tolyl hydrazide and 2-acetyl­pyridine. The ligand mol­ecule bonds to the metal ion in a tridentate manner via its imino nitro­gen atom, its carbonyl oxygen atom, and the nitro­gen atom of the pyridine ring. In the extended structure, pairwise N—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds generate inversion dimers and very weak C—H⋯Cl inter­actions link the dimers into sheets.

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The crystal structure of the title salt is made up from a potassium cation and a disordered 2-eth­oxy-2-oxo­acetate anion. The packing inter­actions are through electrostatic inter­actions between the potassium ions and the oxygen atoms.

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In the crystal, mol­ecules are connected by inter­molecular N—H⋯O inter­actions and π–π inter­actions [centroid–to-centroid distance = 3.8200 (12) Å], forming ribbons along the b-axis direction.

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The title compound is a pharmaceutical impurity and possible inter­mediate in the synthesis of carbinoxamine. The aromatic rings of the mol­ecule twist relative to one another resulting in an inter­planar angle of 38.1 (1)°. In the extended structure, the mol­ecules are packed into rippled sheets with offset face-to-face stacking of each aromatic ring with the equivalent ring in the neighboring mol­ecule.

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In the asymmetric unit, two mol­ecules of the 1,3,5-substituted 2,4,6-tri­alkyl­benzene and three water mol­ecules are connected by hydrogen bonds, forming well-defined complexes that constitute the smallest supra­molecular entities.

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The mol­ecule exhibits whole-mol­ecule disorder in a 0.849 (4)/0.151 (4) ratio. The bicyclic portion is planar. In the crystal, a layer structure is generated by N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds and C—H⋯π(ring) inter­actions.

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The crystal structure of the title compound demonstrates a tetra­cyclic organic compound with defined stereochemistry. In the solid state, the compound organizes in a racemic chiral fashion with alternating N-benzyl units.

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The solid-state structures of two synthetic psychoactive compounds that have recently appeared in products on the ‘magic mushroom' retail market are presented.

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The title compound crystallizes as a two-component twin in space group P21/n with Z′ = 1, exhibiting hydrogen-bonding corrugated layers of chloride ions and water mol­ecules that run approximately along the diagonal plane of the cell between columns of the stacked dications.

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Zn(AsO3)2 is isotypic with the low-temperature modification of Zn(PO3)2 and consists of AsO4 tetra­hedra condensed into polyarsenate chains with a periodicity of two tetra­hedra.

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The title compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c with one mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit. The two chemically equivalent substituents adopt different orientations relative to the central benzene ring. In the crystal, inversion-related mol­ecules form dimers through π–π stacking between oxazole rings and C—H⋯N hydrogen bonds. The dimers are further connected by C—H⋯N inter­actions into layers parallel to (100).

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The crystal structure of metaraminol hydrogen tartrate has been solved and refined using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data and optimized using density functional theory techniques.

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The crystal structure of a zinc(II) complex containing 3-(2-sulfanylidene-2,3-di­hydro-1,3-benzoxazol-3-yl)propano­ate and 1,10-phenanthroline ligands is described, together with its supra­molecular features and Hirshfeld surface analysis.

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The title compounds were formed from the reaction of the metallo-ligand [FeII(L)]·(H2O) (H2L is 2-{[2-(2-hy­droxy-3-meth­oxy­benzyl­idene­amino)­phenyl­imino]­meth­yl}-6-meth­oxy­phenol, C22H20N2O4) with yttrium acetate and potassium nitrate.

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Although solving and refining a crystal structure using synchrotron powder diffraction data can be routine, many problems present features which make the process more difficult. These include difficulty in indexing, incorrect or approximate symmetry, and chemically-unreasonable models (poor conformations, incorrect compounds). Examples of each of these `inter­esting' features are provided, as well as the methods used for recognizing and overcoming them.