Structural differences between two crystal modifications of poly(γ-benzyl L-glutamate)

X-ray diffraction patterns were obtained for as-cast and oriented films of poly(γ-benzyl L -glutamate) and a comparison was made of the molecular packing of the α-helices in forms B and C. Form B snowed Bragg reflections on the layer lines as well as on the equator. The spacings were explained by a monoclinic unit cell comprising two chains, with a = 29.0₆ Å, b = 13 2₀ Å, c = 27.2₇ Å α = γ = 90°. and β = 96°. The chains contained in this unit cell and consequently alternating in the crystal have opposite chain directions. Form C showed continuous scattering on the layer lines and reflections on the equator. This form, therefore, is a nematiclike paracrystal in which the packing of α-helices is periodic in the direction lateral to the chain axis (a = 14.8–115.2 Å, b = 14.3–14.8 Å, c = 27 Å, and γ = 118°–120°), but the relative levels of the chains along the chain axes are displaced. The formation of form C may be attributed to random placement of two chains with mutually opposite chain directions.     

Crystalline structure and morphology of biaxially oriented polyamide‐11 films

The effect of the uniaxial and biaxial stretching and subsequent solution annealing of extrusion‐cast polyamide‐11 films on the crystalline structure and morphology was investigated with differential scanning calorimetry, wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS). The extrusion‐cast polyamide‐11 films exhibited elevations in the glass‐transition and cold‐crystallization temperatures with a constant crystallinity and a constant melting point during aging under room conditions (20–26 °C and 20–31% relative humidity). WAXD and SAXS suggested that chain‐folded lamellae of coexisting α‐ and β‐crystals existed in all the stretched polyamide‐11 films. WAXD pole figures indicated that hydrogen bonds in the hydrogen‐bonded sheets of these two crystalline forms apparently formed between antiparallel chain molecules. The unit cell parameters [a = 9.52 Å, b = 5.35 Å, c = 14.90 Å (chain axis), α = 48.5°, β = 90°, and γ = 74.7° for a triclinic α form and a = 9.52 Å, b = 14.90 Å (chain axis), c = 4.00 Å, α = 90°, β = 67.5°, and γ = 90° for a monoclinic β form] for polyamide‐11 crystals were proposed according to the results of this study and the results of previous investigators. The unit cell parameters of the stretched extrusion‐cast polyamide‐11 films varied, depending on the stretching conditions (the stretch temperature and stretch ratio). As the stretch temperature and stretch ratio were increased, the crystal became more similar to the form described previously and was accompanied by an increase in the long spacing of crystalline lamellae. Annealing the stretched films in a boiling 20% formic acid solution made slightly more perfected crystals. The hydrogen‐bonding α(010) + β(002) planes, which are nearly parallel to both amide group planes and zigzag methylene sequence planes of the biaxially stretched films were found to be parallel to the film surface. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 2624–2640, 2002     

Semiconducting polymers based on charge-transfer complexes. II. Crystal structure of poly-N-4-[4-(methylthio)phenoxy]butyrylethylenimine

Of the two electron-donor-containing polymers whose synthesis was described in Part I of this series, one was crystalline. This polymer, which contains (methylthio)phenoxy electron-donating groups on the side chains of an N-acyl-substituted polyethylenimine, could be indexed in a triclinic unit cell of dimensions a = 4.35 Å, b = 24.0 Å, c = 12.7 Å, and α = β = γ = 90°. The polymer has the side chains alternating on each side of the polymer backbone. They extend to form at 24.0 Å repeat in that direction. The thickness of the ribbonlike molecule is 4.35 Å, while the repeat distance along the polymer backbone is 12.7 Å, which includes four monomer units.     

Crystalline Behavior and Structure of a Liquid Crystal Compound, 5‐{[4′‐(((Pentyl)oxy)‐4‐biphenylyl)carbonyl]oxy}‐1‐pentyne

Single crystals of two liquid crystal compounds, 5‐{[4′‐(((pentyl)oxy)‐4‐biphenylyl)carbonyl]oxy}‐1‐pentyne (A3EO5) and 5‐{[(4′‐nonyloxy‐4‐biphenylyl)carbonyl]oxy}‐1‐pentyne (A3EO9), have been prepared by solution growth technique. The morphologies and structures of A3EO5 and A3EO9 crystals were investigated by wide angle X‐ray diffraction (WXRD), atom force microscope (AFM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). In contrast to the same series of compounds which have a longer alkyl tail, 5‐{[(4′‐heptoxy‐4‐biphenylyl)carbonyl]oxy}‐1‐pentyne (A3EO7), 5‐{[(4′‐heptoxy‐4‐biphenylyl)oxy]carbonyl}‐1‐pentyne (A3E′O7) and A3EO9, A3EO5 shows strikingly different crystalline behavior. The former three compounds have only one crystal form, whereas A3EO5 exhibits polymorphism. Specifically, A3EO5 crystals grown from toluene solution show two crystal forms. The first one is crystal I which adopts a monoclinic P112/m space group with unit cell parameters of a?5.79 Å, b?8.34 Å, c?43.92 Å, γ?96°, and the other one is crystal II which adopts a monoclinic P112 space group with unit cell parameters of a?5.55 Å, b?7.38 Å, c?31.75 Å, γ?94°. When using dioxane as the solvent to grow A3EO5 crystal, we can selectively obtain crystal I. A3EO5 melt‐grown crystals also have two crystal forms which derive from crystal I and crystal II, respectively. The different crystalline behavior of the compounds should correlate with their different electron dipole moment resulting from the different length of alkyl tail.     

Isotactic poly(pentene-1): Form III

A new crystalline form of isotactic poly(pentene-1) was obtained from dilute solution in amyl acetate. We have designated it as form III. The morphology and structure of isothermally crystallized samples were investigated by electron microscopy and electron and x-ray diffraction. This crystalline modification can be indexed on an orthorhombic unit cell (cell dimensions: a = 21.20 ± 0.05 Å, b = 11.48 ± 0.05 Å, c = 14.39 ± 0.05 Å (fiber axis) and probable space group P2₁2₁2₁).     

Polymer single crystals of poly(4-hydroxybenzoate). II. A contribution to crystal structure and polymorphism

Electron diffraction has been used to investigate the structure of a wide range of as-polymerized crystals of poly(4-hydroxybenzoate) [systematic name: poly(1,4-oxybenzoyl)]. The chemical composition and the degree of polymerization (DP) have been varied and some samples have been thermally treated. At room temperature two crystalline modifications with orthorhombic unit cells coexist. The chains adopt a 2₁ helical conformation in both forms, but there are differences for oligomer and polymer crystals. Oligomers of low DP have an extended chain-conformation, whereas in polymers a shortening of the repeat distance along the chain is observed as a function of both the DP and the crystallization conditions. From the most extensive data sets we have derived the lattice parameters a = 7.52, b = 5.70, and c = 12.49 Å for polymer crystals of phase I, and the subcell parameters for oligomer crystals of phase II a = 3.77, b = 11.06, and c = 12.89 Å. Both phases contain two chains per unit cell. In addition to modifications I and II several defect structures exist the unit cells of which contain more than two chains. At temperatures which depend on the degree of polymerization, a phase transition to a third modification takes place. The large difference between the densities of phase III as compared to both phase I and II suggests that torsional degrees of freedom exist in phase III which allow a certain mobility of the phenyl and ester groups. This mobility enables the end groups of adjacent layers in interlamellar regions of oligomer crystals to undergo transesterification reactions and therefore to increase the molecular weight of the samples.     

Three-dimensional crystalline order in an atactic comblike polymer

The production of oriented “crystalline” fibers of an atactic polymer, poly{1-[6-(4-biphenylyloxy)hexyloxycarbonyl]ethylene} is reported. The x-ray diffraction is consistent with a two-chain unit cell with a = b = 23.5 Å, c = 6.48 Å, and γ = 120. Although the cell is essentially hexagonal, the absence of screw symmetry along the polymer chain reduces the crystal symmetry to P A packing model consistent with these data is proposed.     

The crystal structure of poly(tetramethylene terephthalate)

The unit cell of poly(tetramethylene terephthalate) is triclinic with parameters a = 5.96 Å, b = 4.83 Å, c (fiber axis) = 11.62 Å, α = 115.2. β = 99.9, and γ = 111.3°; space group P1 , calculated crystalline density 1.41 g/cc. The plane of the benzene ring is found to be inclined by about 15° from the fiber axis, contributing to a shortening of the fiber period as compared to the period expected on the basis of analogy with other members of the terephthalate ester series. The remaining shortening of the fiber period occurs in the ? O? °CH₂? °CH₂? segment of the chain. No abnormally short distances among neighboring chain atoms were observed. A typical texture pattern was found in specimens of this polymer that were cold rolled and subsequently annealed. In this texture the c axis of the unit cell is highly oriented in the rolling direction; the a and b axes of the unit cell are oriented preferentially so that the terephthalate residue lies as close as possible to the plane of rolling.     

A Novel Proton Transfer Self‐Associated Compound from Dipicolinic Acid and Guanidine and Its Cadmium(II) Complex: Synthesis,Characterization, Crystal Structure,and Solution Studies

A novel 1:2 proton transfer self‐associated compound LH₂ , (GH⁺)₂(pydc^2—), was synthesized from the reaction of dipicolinic acid, pydcH₂, (2, 6‐pyridinedicarboxylic acid), and guanidine hydrochloride, (GH⁺)(Cl^—). The characterization was performed using IR, ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy and single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. LH₂ · H₂O crystallizes in the space group C2/c of the monoclinic system and contains eight molecules per unit cell. The unit cell dimensions are: a = 26.480(5)Å, b = 8.055(2)Å, c = 14.068(3)Å. The first coordination complex (GH)₂[Cd(pydc)₂] · 2H₂O, was prepared using LH₂ and cadmium(II) iodide, and characterized by ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy and X‐ray crystallography. The crystal system is triclinic with space group P1¯ with one molecule per unit cell. The unit cell dimensions are: a = 8.5125(7)Å, b = 11.0731(8)Å, c = 13.2404(10)Å. The cadmium(II) atom is six‐coordinated with a distorted octahedral geometry. The two pydc^2— units are almost perpendicular to each other. The protonation constants of the building blocks of the pydc‐guanidine adduct, the equilibrium constants for the reaction of pydc^2— with guanidine and the stoichiometry and stability of the Cd²⁺ complex with LH₂ in aqueous solution were accomplished by potentiometric pH titration. The solution studies strongly support a self‐association between pydc^2— and GH⁺ with a stoichiometry for the Cd^II complex similar to that observed for the isolated crystalline complex. In fact, the [Cd(pydc)₂]^2— complex was found as the most abundant species in solution (> 90 %) at a pH >5.     

Confined-growth crystallization of polyethylene

A new typical orientation pattern of polyethylene has been observed in extruded, melt-drawn composites containing 10% polyethylene and 90% polystyrene. In these composites, the polyethylene phase is dispersed in the polystyrene matrix as thin, long ribbons (width 1000 Å, thickness 500 Å). The b axis of the crystallites is found oriented preferentially along the long dimension of the ribbons, i.e., in the extrusion direction. The a and c axes of the crystallites show no preferred orientation. This texture pattern is attributed to the fact that, in view of the small cross section of the polyethylene phase, crystallization can proceed only along the long axis of the ribbons. Since the b axis is the direction of fastest growth in polyethylene (and the radial direction in a spherulite), most polyethylene unit cells are oriented with their b axes in the long dimension of the ribbons.     

Synthesis and structural characterization of a new polymeric zinc(II) complex with thiophene-2-carboxylic acid

A new polymeric zinc(II) complex with thiophene-2-carboxylic acid (α-tpc) of composition [Zn₂(C₂₀H₁₂O₈S₄)] _n was obtained and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and infrared spectroscopies. Upfield shift in the ¹H-NMR spectrum is explained by the crystalline structure, which shows the thiophene rings overlapping each other in parallel pairs. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2₁/c, with a = 9.7074(4) Å, b = 13.5227(3) Å, c = 18.9735(7) Å, β = 95.797(10)°, and Z = 4. Three α-tpc groups bridge between two Zn(II) ions through oxygens and the fourth one bridges between one of these ions and the third one, symmetry related by a twofold screw axis. This arrangement gives rise to infinite chains along the crystallographic a direction. The metal atoms display an approximate tetrahedral configuration. The complex is insoluble in water, ethanol, and acetone, but soluble in dimethyl sulfoxide.     

Kristalline Chrome(III)-phosphat-Hexahydrate

Cristalline Chromium(III) Phosphate Hexahydrate On precipitation of chromium (III) phosphate from a cold water solution, two further crystalline modifications of the previously described CrPO₄ · 6 H₂O with the same composition are obtainable. The three phases can be characterized by means of their X-ray diffraction patterns. The least stable of the three forms (γ-CrPO₄ · 6H₂O) is isomorphous with the corresponding hydrate of the chromium(III) arsenate and forms cubic crystals with a₀ = 9.42 Å and 4 molecules in the unit cell. A structural explanation can be given for the most stable of the phases (α-CrPO₄ · 6 H₂O) which forms monoclinic crystals for the space group C_c with eight molecules in the unit cell and the dimensions a₀ = 9.87, b₀ 6.89, c₀ = 23.49 Å and β = 99.4·     

The thermal expansion of the monoclinic unit cell of isotactic polypropylene

The lattice parameters of a highly stereoregular metallocene polypropylene crystallized at 145°C were obtained after cooling and heating cycles in a temperature interval between 25°C and 165°C. The b dimension undergoes a large thermal expansion with temperature (0.6 Å) while the change of the a axis is relatively small (0.1 Å). The unit cell dimension along the molecular (c) axis appears less sensitive to temperature than are the intermolecular distances. The difference in dimensions between the a and c axis at low and high crystallization temperatures is small, varying from 2.3 to 3.5%. This small difference allows the formation of daughter, crosshatched lamellae in the complete interval of crystallization temperatures. The thermal expansion coefficient of the unit cell specific volume is also reported. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2945–2949, 1997     

NQR investigations in crystalline 2,6-dichlorobenzamide

Two resonance lines were observed in 2,6-dichlorobenzamide, both in liquid nitrogen and at room temperatures, using a self quenched super-regenerative NQR spectrometer. Analysis of the Zeeman effect on the two lines using an uncut crystal grown from solution reveals: (1) the crystal belongs to the orthorhombic system; (2) there are two crystallographically equivalent but physically non-equivalent directions for the principal field gradient making an angle of 71° for the low frequency line, and four such directions for the high frequency line; (3) the directions of the crystalline axes a, b and c are tentatively fixed as (90°, 90°), (90°, 90°) and (0°,—); (4) from morphological studies a: b: c are estimated as 0.959 ± 0.005: 1:1,402 ± 0.005 and, from the estimated density (1.440 gms/cc) of the crystal, the absolute values a, b, c are calculated, on the basis of four molecules per unit cell, as a = 8.33 Å, b = 8.68 Å and c = 12.18 Å; (5) there are a mininium of four molecules per unit cell; the four molecules lie in four different planes which are, however, connected by symmetry operations. There is an inplane bending by 6.5° between the two C? Cl bonds away from one another and (6) the ionic, single bond and double bond characters for both chlorines are almost equal and are in the ratio 25:72:3.     

Crystallographic parameters and composition of unit cells of macrocyclic complexes of Zn and Co with polygalacturonic acid

Zinc and cobalt(II) pectinates are found to crystallize in hexagonal syngony. The parameters of unit cells of zinc (a = 10.72 Å, c = 3.79 Å) and cobalt(II) (a = 29.89 Å, c = 10.57 Å) pectinates are determined. The correctness of indexing is confirmed by the agreement between the experimental and calculated values of the crystallographic parameters, and by the number of formula units per unit cell.     

Structures cristallines et moléculaires des muscs macrocycliques. I. La cis-civettone et les variétés polymorphes α et β de sa 2,4-dinitrophénylhydrazone

Crystal and Molecular Structure of Macrocyclic Musks. I. cis-Civetone and polymorphous α- and β-forms of his 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone cis-Civetone (C₁₇H₃₀O) forms tetragonal plastic crystals, space groupe 14¹; a = 9.95(4), c = 32.79(1) Å; Z = 8. The plastic phase exists in a wide temperature range and 731 reflexions could be collected at 153 K. The highly disordered structure model was obtained by the use of direct methods. The molecules appear as ring-shaped diffuse electron-density distributions located in special position. Two polymorphous crystalline forms were isolated for the 2,4-dinitrophenyl-hydrazone of cis-civetone (DNPHCC). Both forms are triclinic, space group P1 . Z = 2 (α-Form: a = 6.279(5), b = 12.605(8), c = 15.253(10) Å, α = 105.49(7). β = 100.31 (6), γ = 91.23(7)°; β-Form: a = 7.950(2). b = 8.405 (2). c = 18.233(4) Å, α = 100.28(2), β = 92.29(3), γ = 94.18(2)°). The structures were solved by direct methods and refined to R = 0.11. Each polymorph is associated with a different quinquangular conformation of the macrocycle. In the crystals the intermolecular interactions between macrocycles and aromatic substituents are minimized, the DNPH group being oriented in a face-to-face arrangement across a centre of symmetry. Empirical force field calculations show that the overall intluence of the DNPH moiety on the attached cycle does not significantly modify its conformation with regard to that of the ketone itself.     

Synthesis and Structural Study of Copper(I) or Silver(I) Complexes of 2,11‐Dithia‐4,5,6,7,8,9‐Hexahydro[3.3]paracyclophanes

The complexes of 2,11‐dithia‐4,5,6,7,8,9‐hexahydro[3.3]paracyclophane (dthhpcp) with Cu(I), i.e. [Cu₂I₂(dthhpcp)₂]·2H₂O 1 , or with Ag(I), i.e. [Ag(dthhpcp)(NO₃)]thf 2 and [Ag(dthpcp)(CF₃COO)] 3 , were prepared for structural study by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis. For these three complexes, dthhpcp serves as a bridging group in the polymeric structure through bridging sulfur atoms via metal, while the bonding of anion with the second metal atom forms the multi‐diminished structures. Complex 1 is a novel two‐dimensional coordination polymer composed of Cu₆ motifs, in which Cu₂I₂ formed a square planar unit to link the dthhpcp molecule. The two oxygen atoms of the nitrate anion as a bridge for two Ag atoms in complex 2 provides a three‐dimensional channel framework of silver(I) with a tetrahydrofuran molecule as a guest inside the open cavities. In contrast, the analogous reaction with silver triflouroacetate gave a complex 3 , which is composed of infinite linear chains of‐Ag‐dthhpcp‐Ag‐dthhpcp‐ along the a axis. Unit cell data: complex 1 , orthorhombic system, space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 19.2982(11) Å b = 16.5661(10) Å, c = 25.3006(15) Å, β = 90°, Z = 8; complex 2 , orthorhombic system, space group Pna2(1), a = 8.8595(6) Å, b = 12.6901(9) Å, c = 19.8449(14) Å, β = 90°, Z = 4; complex 3 , monoclinic system, space group P2(1)/n, a = 8.845(3) Å, b = 20.841(6) Å, c = 11.061(3) Å, β = 107.832(6)°, Z = 4.     

Polymorphic forms of nylon 3

The crystal structure of nylon 3 was studied, and four crystalline modifications were observed. Modification I, as determined from the x-ray diffraction pattern of drawn fibers, is similar to the α crystal structure of nylon 6. The unit cell is monoclinic; a = 9.33 Å, b = 4.78 Å, (fiber identity period), c = 8.73 Å, and β = 60°. The theoretical density for nylon 3 with four monomeric units in the unit cell is 1.39 g/cm³, and the observed density is 1.33 g/cm³. The space group is P2₁. The nylon 3 chains are in the extended planar zigzag conformation. Although other odd-numbered nylon form triclinic or pseudohexagonal crystals when oriented, drawn nylon 3 crystals are monoclinic. In addition to modification I, modifications II, III, and IV were studied. Lattice spacings of modifications II and III are equal to those of modification I. However x-ray diffraction intensities are different. Infrared spectra of those forms indicate an extended planar zigzag conformation of the chains. Modification IV is thought to correspond to the so-called smectic hexagonal form. No γ crystals were found, and it appears that polyamide chains with short sequences of methylene groups cannot form crystals of this type.     

Crystal structure of nylons 2/3/3 and 1,3

The crystal structures of two polyamides, poly(glycyl-β-alanyl-β-alanine) (nylon 2/3/3) and poly(methylene malonamide) (nylon 1,3), have been investigated by x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. Crystallization of nylon 2/3/3 from a solution in a mixture of water and formic acid yields lamellar single crystals exhibiting a triangular habit. Doughnut-shaped morphologies diffracting as single crystals are obtained in the crystallization of nylon 1,3. A helical structure of the type known as polyglycine II is found for both polyamides. In such a structure, chains are intermolecularly linked by hydrogen bonds giving a hexagonal lattice of a = 4.79 Å. Insufficient data are available to determine precisely the conformation of the chains. We assume a threefold helix having c = 35.2 Å and c = 18.0 Å for nylon 2/3/3 and nylon 1,3 respectively. No sign of the layered structure familiar in polyamides has been detected for these polymers throughout the experiments made in the present study.     

Unit cell dimensions of isotactic polyvinylcyclopropane

The unit cell dimensions of isotactic polyvinylcyclopropane were determined, based on crystalline, oriented fiber and film samples. Two structures were found: (1) a hexagonal structure with a = 13.6 Å, c = 6.48 Å, 3₁ helix, space group P3₁ and P3₂, ρ(calc) = 0.9805 g/cm³, ρ(obs) = 0.975 g/cm³; (2) a tetragonal structure with a = 15.21 Å, c = 20.85 Å, 10₃ helix, space group I4 , ρ(calc) = 0.926 g/cm³.