Synthesis,characterization and structural phase transition studies in trismethylammonium pentachloro barium dihydrate single crystals

Single crystals of trismethylammonium pentachlorobarium dihydrate were grown by slow evaporation method at ambient temperature. The crystals were characterized through powder XRD, thermal, infrared and NMR spectral studies. While the powder XRD pattern confirms the crystallinity of the title compound, the TG indicates the removal of occluded and adsorbed water molecules from the crystal when it is heated up to 86 °C. The TG study also confirms the presence of two water molecules of crystallization which are dehydrated on heating the crystal between 107 °C and 150 °C. The anhydrous compound is found to be stable at least up to 900 °C. The DTA curve shows two endothermic dips corresponding to weight losses observed in the TG curve. The low temperature DSC study shows thermal anomalies during the heating and cooling cycles indicating both first and second order phase transitions. The high temperature DSC shows the stepwise dehydration indicating phase transitions at temperatures 103 °C and 145 °C. The characteristic vibrational frequencies due to methylammonium ion, BaCl₅ and other groups are assigned based on FTIR spectra. The NMR spectrum confirms the presence of protons of the methyl group and water of crystallization in the compound. In this paper, an attempt is also made to understand the effect of methyl group on the phase transitions of the compound in comparison with a closely related compound, trisammoniumpentachloro barium dihydrate. (© 2003 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Synthesis,thermal and IR spectral characterization of ammonium tetrabromocuprate (II) dihydrate crystals

Single crystals of a new compound, ammonium tetrabromocuprate (II) dihydrate were obtained by slow evaporation method. The crystals were characterized through thermogravimetric (TG), differential thermal analysis (DTA), low temperature differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) methods and infrared (IR) spectroscopic technique. While the TG study confirms the stoichiometry of the compound, the thermal hystereses in DSC indicate the occurrence of first order phase transitions in the compound at low temperatures. The FTIR spectrum of the compound characterizes the various chemical bond vibration frequencies. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Synthesis and thermal characterization of methylammonium tetrachloro zincate (II) monohydrate crystals

Single crystals of methylammonium tetrachloro zincate (II) monohydrate were grown by slow evaporation of saturated aqueous solutions at room temperature. The grown crystals were colourless, bright and transparent. The crystals were characterized through elemental analysis, powder X‐ray diffraction, thermogravimetric (TG‐DTA) and low temperature differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) techniques. While the powder XRD pattern shows the crystallinity of the compound, the elemental analysis and the TG‐DTA confirm the stoichiometry of the compound. The low temperature DSC indicates first order structural phase transition at ‐8°C during heating cycle. The FTIR and far IR spectra of the compound show characteristic vibrational frequencies due to CH₃NH₃ and ZnCl₄^2‐ ions and other chemical bonds. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Synthesis and structural properties of a 1-D copper(I) coordination polymer

A coordination polymer catena-chloro(4-pyridinecarboxylic acid)copper(I): [Cu(C₆H₅ O₂N)Cl]_n (1) has been prepared directly by reacting Cu^IICl₂ 2H₂O and 4-cyanopyridine in the presence of disodium maleate under hydrothermal conditions at 140°C. Crystal data for 1 are as follows: monoclinic, P2₁/n, a = 16.4623(9) Å, b = 3.7795(2) Å, c = 24.7612(11) Å, = 101.534(1)°, V = 1509.5(1) ų, Z = 4, D _calc. = 1.955 g cm^–3, R1 = 0.0511, wR2 = 0.1060 for all 2666 reflections. In this 1-D stair-polymer, two [Cu–Cl–Cu]_n zigzag chains are held together by weak interchain Cu–Cl bonds. The 4-pyridinecarboxylic acid ligands derived from the 4-CNpy molecules coordinate to the approximately tetrahedral Cu(I) centers through pyridyl-N atoms. The carboxyl ends of 4-pyridinecarboxylic acid participate in interchain hydrogen-bonding interactions to form a 2-D supramolecular network.     

DC conductivity studies in K3Na(SeO4)2 single crystals

DC electrical conductivity studies were carried out along the three crystallographic axes for Tripotassium sodium diselenate (K₃Na(SeO₄)₂ or KNSe). Earlier studies of phase transition in this crystal show successive phase transitions at 334 K, 346 K, 730 K, and 758 K. In this paper we report the dc electrical conductivity measurements in the temperature region 303 K – 430 K along a, b and c – axes. An anomaly in conductivity was obtained around 341 K and another one around 333 K. These can be attributed as due to phase transitions in this crystal. A strong anomaly also has been observed along the c‐axis and comparatively week one along a and b axes around 395 K for the first time. This can be due to newly observed phase transition in the crystal. DSC taken for the sample also shows endothermic peak supporting the occurrence of newly observed phase transition. (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Synthesis and Crystal Structures of Bromo(1,10-phenanthroline- N , N ′)tris(2-cyanoethyl)phosphinocopper(I) and Bromo(2,2′-bipyridine- N , N ′)tris(2-cyanoethyl)phosphinocopper(I)

The two new complexes bromo(1,10-phenanthroline-N,N′)tris(2-cyanoethyl)phosphinocopper(I) and bromo(2,2′-bipyridine-N,N′)tris(2-cyanoethyl)phosphinocopper(I) were synthesized and their X-ray crystal structures were determined. The first complex crystallizes in the triclinic space group P-1 with the crystal cell parameters a = 7.7596(7) ?, b = 11.470(1) ?, c = 12.803(1) ?, α = 78.884(1)^°, β = 79.759(1)^°, γ = 86.867(1)^°, V = 1100.0(2) ?³ and Z = 2. The second complex crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca with the crystal cell parameters a = 10.614(1) ?, b = 12.345(1) ?, c = 31.903(3) ?, V = 4180.3(7) ?³ and Z = 8. In both compounds, the copper(I) ion is four-coordinate with a distorted tetrahedral geometry. In the 1,10-phenanthroline complex, an intermolecular dipole–dipole interaction between two cyano groups stabilizes an unfavorable synclinal conformation of one cyanoethyl group of the phosphine ligand.     

二维异核铜-钠配位聚合物的合成和晶体结构

合成了铜-钠混合金属配位聚合物 [(CuL)2(CH3OO)Na(H2O)4]2 (简写为1)并进行了元素分析和单晶X射线衍射分析,L为{2-(2′-酚基)- Δ 2-噻唑-4-羧酸}.晶体结构分析表明配合物形成Cu4Na2的六核混合金属大环.相邻的Cu4Na2环之间通过进一步的配位作用连结成包含更大的Cu8Na4大环的二维网状结构.该晶体属于三斜晶系Pī空间群,晶胞参数分别为:a = 1.0777(4) nm, b = 1.5221(6) nm, c = 1.6994(6) nm, α = 84.58(1)°, β = 76.31(1)°, γ = 89.97(1) °, V = 2.696 (2) nm3, Z = 2, Mr= 1447.26, dc = 1.783 g·cm-3, T = 293(2) K, μ = 1.816 mm-1, F(000) = 1472, R1 = 0.0794, wR2 = 0.1819 [I>2σ(I)].     

Synthesis and thermal,phase transition and FTIR spectral characterization of tetraethylammonium tetrachlorocuprate (II) crystals

Single crystals of tetraethylammonium tetrachlorocuprate (II), [N(C₂H₅)₄]₂CuCl₄, were grown by slow evaporation method at room temperature. The crystals were characterized through powder XRD, thermogravimetric (TG‐DTA), low temperature differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) studies and FTIR spectroscopy. While the powder XRD pattern of the compound shows sharp Bragg peaks confirming the crystallinity of the compound, the TG‐DTA studies confirm formation of the compound in the stoichiometric ratio. The thermal anomalies observed in DSC curve at ‐120°C in the heating cycle and around ‐30°C in the cooling cycle indicate a first order phase transition. The phase transition was predicted to be associated with the ordering of CuCl₄^2‐ and successive long range orientation of [N(C₂H₅)₄]⁺ ions which are disordered at high temperatures. The cationic [N(C₂H₅)₄]⁺ plays a role in phase transitions at low temperatures. The sharp exothermic peak observed in high temperature DSC indicates a structural phase transition when [N(C₂H₅)₄]CuCl₃ is formed on heating the compound. The FTIR spectra of the compound characterize the various chemical bonding and water molecules adsorbed in the compound. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Synthesis and crystal structure of a novel polymeric silver(I) complex

The complex of [Ag₂(μ–L)₂(μ–NO₃)₂]_n, where L?=?2–methyl–5–(2–pyridyl)–1,3,4–oxadiazole, has been synthesized and characterized by single–crystal X–ray diffraction analysis. The crystals are in triclinic system with space group P–1. Complex [Ag₂(μ–L)₂(μ–NO₃)₂]_n is a polymeric silver(I) complex bridged through the 1,3,4–oxadiazole rings and the nitrate ions, and the center Ag1(I) atoms have distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometries [AgN₃O₂].     

手性镝(III)-酒石酸配合物的合成、单晶转换及热稳定性研究

以2,3-二乙酰对甲苯-D-酒石酸(D-H₂DTTA)为原料,与金属Dy(III)盐反应,经过单晶-单晶转换,得到一种新的酒石酸(H₂tar)配合物[Dy(Htar)₃(H₂O)₃]_n(1),对该配合物用元素分析、红外光谱、X-射线单晶衍射、粉末衍射以及差热-热重等进行了表征。晶体结构分析表明,配合物1属三方晶系,R3空间群,晶胞参数为a=b=2.723 16(14) nm,c=0.762 75(6) nm,α=β=90.00°,γ=120.00°,V=4.898 5 (6) nm³,Z=3, 剑桥晶体数据库(Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, CCDC)编号为1498504。配合物中的金属Dy³⁺分别与三个酒石酸离子配体Htar^-上的六个氧原子和三个配位水分子上的三个氧原子配位,形成九配位三帽三棱柱构型。配合物1在c方向上通过O1和O5原子连接成一维链状结构,相邻Dy³⁺之间的距离为0.762 8(1) nm。配合物1是由[Dy(HDTTA)₃(CH₃OH)₃]_n经单晶-单晶转换过程得到,其转换过程包括酯基水解及水分子取代两类反应。配合物1具有一定的热稳定性,45~166 ℃失去配位水分子,高于166 ℃配合物骨架坍塌。     

Synthesis and characterization of (NH4)2CuBr2Cl2·2H2O crystals

Single crystals of a new compound, (NH₄)₂CuBr₂Cl₂.2H₂O, were grown from saturated aqueous solution at room temperature by slow evaporation method. The grown crystals were characterized through elemental, powder XRD, thermal and DSC analyses and FTIR and far IR spectra. The elemental analysis and the decomposition pattern formulated using the TG‐DTG studies confirm the stoichiometry of the compound. The crystallinity of the compound is confirmed from the powder XRD pattern. A preliminary single crystal X‐ray diffraction structural analysis reveals that the title compound belongs to the orthorhombic system with a = 7.7466 Å, b = 7.783 Å and c = 8.1211 Å. The low temperature DSC shows thermal anomalies at –161.1, –156.5, –152.4, –145.2, –134, –18.5, and 1.4°C during the heating run and at –4.3, –54.8, –66.1, –90.6, –109.7 and –147.2 °C during the cooling run. The thermal hysterses indicate first order phase transitions in the title compound at these temperatures. The FTIR spectra were used to assign the characteristic vibrational frequencies due to NH₄⁺, CuX₄^2– ions and other chemical bonds. The effect of substitution of two bromine atoms on the phase transitions of a closely related crystal, diammonium tetrachloro cuprate dihydrate is also discussed. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Synthesis and crystal structure of a silver(I) complex with dithioether ligand

The reaction of the dithioether ligand, 2,3-bis(5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-thiomethyl) quinoxaline (L) with AgBF₄, leads to the formation of a novel complex {[AgL](BF₄)}_∞ 1, which has been characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis: monoclinic, space group C2/c, with a = 20.316(7) ?, b = 12.401(4) ?, c = 18.039(6) ?, β = 108.404(6)° and V = 4312(3) ?³. The crystal structure of the complex consists of 1D {[AgL]⁺}_∞ cation chain and BF₄ ⁻ anions. In 1, the coordination geometry of Ag^I center can be best described as trigonal planar coordinated by three N from two distinct L ligands. The ligand is polydentate with one end adopting a bidentate conformation to chelate an Ag^I atom and the other end monodentate to bridge another Ag^I resulting in an infinite chain along b axis. There exist Ag⋯N weak coordination, π–π stacking and F⋯S weak interactions in the complex, and these weak interactions link the 1D complex into 3D supramolecular structure and further stabilize the crystal structure in the solid state.     

Synthesis,spectral and thermal properties of non‐linear optical crystal ZnMg(SCN)4

Single crystals of zinc magnesium tetra thiocyanate [ZnMg(SCN)₄], a bimetallic thiocyanate complex, were grown by slow evaporation solution growth technique at room temperature. The bright, transparent and colourless crystals have well defined faces. The grown crystals were characterized through elemental analysis, powder X‐ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric (TG) and differential thermal analysis (DTA), differential scanning calorimetric analysis (DSC), Fourier Transform Infra red (FTIR) and Optical studies. The elemental analysis confirms the stoichiometry of the synthesized crystals. The compound crystallizes under monoclinic structure with lattice parameters a = 10.055 Å, b = 7.44 Å, c = 6.00 Å and β = 90.113°. The TGA indicates 25 % weight loss at 205°C from which the decomposition pattern is formulated. The DSC study indicates that the crystal undergoes only first order phase transitions. The FTIR spectrum indicates among others the presence of metal‐nitrogen and metal‐sulphur bonds thus confirming the formation of the complex. The second harmonic‐generation (SHG) was confirmed by the emission of green radiation using Nd: YAG laser. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Low‐temperature elastic and dielectric properties of K3Na(SO4)2 crystals

Elastic and dielectric properties of glaserite K₃Na(SO₄)₂ single crystal were examined using the method of composite oscillators, Brillouin light scattering methods and dielectric spectroscopy. Measurements were performed in the temperature range from 18 K to 300 K. Anomalies in the temperature dependencies of Brillouin shift and dielectric permittivity at about 70 K confirmed the earlier predicted phase transition at 75 ± 25 K. Temperature dependences of the resonance frequency of the vibrating composite oscillator, Brillouin shift measured in the [110] direction, components of dielectric permittivity tensor reveal an anomaly at about 50 K. Moreover, thermal hysteresis of the dielectric permittivity suggested the presence of an incommensurate state between T ₁ = 50 K and T ₂ = 70 K. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

银螺旋体构筑的三维超分子配合物的合成和晶体结构

合成了螺旋配合物C38H29AgF6N6O0.5P并进行了元素分析、红外光谱表征和单晶X射线衍射分析.配合物为单螺旋结构,Ag(I)原子呈现扭曲的四方锥配位构型.晶体中螺旋体芳环间存在的π…π和C-H…π作用使其形成具有一维通道的三维网状结构,通道内填充有PF6-离子和结晶水分子.该晶体属于单斜晶系Cc空间群,晶胞参数分别为:α=1.7823(7)nm,b=3.1382(14)nm,c=0.8407(4)nm,β=116.492(9)°,V=4.209(3)nm3,Z=4,Mr=830.51,dc=1.311 g·cm3,T=293(2)K,μ=0.577 mm-1,F(000)=1676,R1=0.0766,wR2=0.1731[I2σ(I)].     

Temperature dependence of lattice parameters of SBN single crystals in the vicinity of their structural phase transitions

Changes of lattice parameters of Sr_xBa_1‒xNb₂O₆ (0.35 < x < 0.72) solid solution single crystals were measured as a function of temperature. The X‐ray Bond’ method was used to carry out very precise measurements of the lattice parameters. Fine correlations between values of the lattice parameter and the Sr concentration in the solid solution of Sr_xBa_1‒xNb₂O₆ single crystals are found. A conventional analysis of lattice parameter data in terms of spontaneous strain and strain/order parameter coupling shows that a normal structural phase transition does occur. While the ferroelectric system (SBN26) displays a nearly tricritical behavior, β ≈ 0.20, the relaxor one (SBN61) complies with the two‐dimensional Ising‐model‐like criticality, β ≈ 0.17.     

Synthesis,characterization and photoluminescence studies of new Cu(II) complex

In the current work, a new coordination complex, [Cu(HL)₂], 1 [H₂L = 2–((E)–(2–hydroxypropylimino)methyl)–4–nitrophenol] was successfully synthesized and characterized by IR, UV-vis and photoluminescence spectroscopic techniques, single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction measurements. In the crystalline structure of complex 1, the aliphatic –OH group of the ligand is not coordinated and points away from the metal coordination zone, and also actively participates in intermolecular bifurcated O?H···O hydrogen bonds which link the molecules to form hydrogen-bonded linear chains. C?H···π and π···π contacts also connect the molecules in the structure which form to 3D structure. This hydrogen bonded polymeric networks lie in the bc-plane and stacks along to the a-axis. Furthermore, complex 1 and its ligand H₂L display an intense navy-blue emission and blue emission in the solid state at room temperature, respectively, when they are excited under UV light.     

Crystal structure of aquo (hydroxo) (ethylenediaminetetraacetato) sodium(I) tin(IV), NaSn(OH)(edta)(H2O)

NaSn(OH)(edta)(H₂O) is monoclinic, space groupP2₁/c, witha=9.747(3)Å,b=9.121(3)Å,c=16.430(6)Å, =98.69(4)°, ų, andZ=4. The coordination environment of Sn(IV) is a capped octahedron. Sn–O distances range from 1.990(6)Å to 2.351(7)Å. Na(I) is five coordinated to three different edta molecules. Na–O distances range from 2.283(9)Å to 2.414(7)Å. The edta ligand presents the E, G/R conformation. The crystal structure is composed of sheets parallel to (001): inside a sheet Sn(OH)(edta) molecules are connected to each other by the Na(I) interactions.     

Dielectric and thermal behaviour of holmium tartrate trihydrate crystals

Measurements on dielectric constant of holmium tartrate trihydrate crystals at frequencies of the applied a.c. in the range 1 kHz to 1 MHz and at temperature in the range 30°C to 330°C are reported. The dielectric constant ε′ increases with temperature at all frequencies, attains a peak near 250°C, and then decreases as the temperature goes beyond 250°C. The anomalous dielectric behaviour at near about 250°C is attributed to be as a result of crystallographic/polymorphic phase transition brought about in the material. The results on the dielectric behaviour of the material are supplemented by results of thermal analysis viz., TG and DTA. Thermogravimetric and differential thermal analytic techniques have been used to study thermal behaviour of the material. It is shown that the material is thermally stable up to 220°C beyond which it decomposes through three stages till the formation of holmium oxide at 1200°C. The non‐isothermal kinetic parameters e.g., activation energy and the frequency factor have been evaluated for first two stages of thermal decomposition by using the integral method of Coats and Redfern. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Triaquocalcium(18-crown-6) heptaiodopentacuprate(I), triaquostrontium(18-crown-6) heptaiodopentacuprate(I), and triaquozinc(18-crown-6) heptaiodopentacuprate(I)

Ca(H₂O)₃(18-crown-6)Cu₅I₇ (I), Sr(H₂O)₃(18-crown-6)Cu₅I₇ (II), and Zn(H₂O)₃(18-crown-6)Cu₅I₇ (III) are isostructural solids with a polymeric array of Cu₅I₇ stoichiometry. The repeat unit may be understood as a distorted tetrahedron of four copper(I) atoms, bridged on two faces and three edges by iodide atoms, bridged on an additional edge by an I–Cu–I sequence and linked in polymeric series by this copper atom and one of the face-bridging iodide atoms. The three solid materials display no emission in the visible when excited in the ultraviolet. Comparison with other polymeric cuprous iodide materials that do emit suggests that the quenching of the expected emission may stem from short Cu–Cu interactions (2.4–2.5 Å) that represent a bonding interaction.