Phase Transition in the Compound NH3(CH2)5NH3TlCl5

Penthylene diammonium pentachlorothallate(III) exhibits a phase transition at 316 K <artwork name="GPHT21157eu1"> This transition has been characterized by optical birefringence, dielectric measurements differential scanning calorimetry and spectroscopic measurements on polycrystalline samples. The space group and the cell parameters of phase I were determined by X-ray diffraction from single crystals. Phase I has space group P2₁2₁2₁, with Z = 4, a = 7.696(3), b = 13.2890(17) and c = 13.503(18) Å. The transition is both displacive and order-disorder involving mainly conformational changes of the organic chain NH₃(CH₂)₅NH₃]²⁺ coupled with distortion of the TlCl₆ octahedra. This behaviour and the crystal dynamics will be discussed and compared with those found in the literature for homologous compounds.