Effect of pressure on slit channels in guanine sodium salt hydrate: a link to nucleobase intermolecular interactions

CrystEngComm ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (30) ◽  
pp. 4484-4492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna A. Gaydamaka ◽  
Sergey G. Arkhipov ◽  
Boris A. Zakharov ◽  
Yurii V. Seryotkin ◽  
Elena V. Boldyreva

The crystal structure of a hydrate of the sodium salt of guanine (2Na+·C5H3N5O2−·7H2O) was studied at high pressure by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keishiro Yamashita ◽  
Kazuki Komatsu ◽  
Hiroyuki Kagi

An crystal-growth technique for single crystal x-ray structure analysis of high-pressure forms of hydrogen-bonded crystals is proposed. We used alcohol mixture (methanol: ethanol = 4:1 in volumetric ratio), which is a widely used pressure transmitting medium, inhibiting the nucleation and growth of unwanted crystals. In this paper, two kinds of single crystals which have not been obtained using a conventional experimental technique were obtained using this technique: ice VI at 1.99 GPa and MgCl<sub>2</sub>·7H<sub>2</sub>O at 2.50 GPa at room temperature. Here we first report the crystal structure of MgCl2·7H2O. This technique simultaneously meets the requirement of hydrostaticity for high-pressure experiments and has feasibility for further in-situ measurements.


Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sai Wang ◽  
Changzeng Fan

When processing single crystal X-ray diffraction datasets for twins of Al2Cu sample synthesized by the high-pressure sintering (HPS) method, we have clarified why the crystal structure of Al2Cu was incorrectly solved about a century ago. The structural relationships between all existing Al2Cu phases, including the Owen-, θ-, θ’-, and Ω-Al2Cu phases, were investigated and established based on a proposed pseudo Al2Cu phase. Two potential phases have been built up by adjusting the packing sequences of A/B layers of Al atoms that were inherent in all existing Al2Cu phases. The mechanical, thermal, and dynamical stability of two such novel phases and their electronic properties were investigated by first-principles calculations.


2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris A. Zakharov ◽  
Boris A. Kolesov ◽  
Elena V. Boldyreva

Information on the effect of pressure on hydrogen bonds, which could be derived from single-crystal X-ray diffraction at a laboratory source and polarized Raman spectroscopy, has been compared. L-Serine and DL-serine were selected for this case study. The role of hydrogen bonds in pressure-induced phase transitions in the first system and in the structural stability of the second one are discussed. Non-monotonic distortion of selected hydrogen bonds in the pressure range below ∼ 1–2 GPa, a change in the compression mechanism at ∼ 2–3 GPa, and the evidence of formation of bifurcated N—H...O hydrogen bonds in DL-serine at ∼ 3–4 GPa are considered.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keishiro Yamashita ◽  
Kazuki Komatsu ◽  
Hiroyuki Kagi

An crystal-growth technique for single crystal x-ray structure analysis of high-pressure forms of hydrogen-bonded crystals is proposed. We used alcohol mixture (methanol: ethanol = 4:1 in volumetric ratio), which is a widely used pressure transmitting medium, inhibiting the nucleation and growth of unwanted crystals. In this paper, two kinds of single crystals which have not been obtained using a conventional experimental technique were obtained using this technique: ice VI at 1.99 GPa and MgCl<sub>2</sub>·7H<sub>2</sub>O at 2.51 GPa at room temperature. Here we first report the crystal structure of MgCl2·7H2O. This technique simultaneously meets the requirement of hydrostaticity for high-pressure experiments and has feasibility for further in-situ measurements.


1975 ◽  
Vol 30 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 277-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-L. Keller ◽  
Karl-H. Meier ◽  
Hk. Müller-Buschbaum

Single crystals of SrPbO3 could be prepared by oxygen-high-pressure-synthesis (PO2 &gt; 3500 at, t = 450°C). Single crystal X-ray diffraction data confirm the space group D2h16-Pnma. SrPbO3 belongs to the orthorhombic distorted Perowskit type with a = 5.964, b = 8.320, c = 5.860 Å. The atomic positions were refined.


RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (51) ◽  
pp. 26951-26955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Min Yang ◽  
Ying Ji ◽  
Fuyang Liu ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
...  

A family of new lanthanide germanates K3LnGe3O8(OH)2 have been synthesized by a high-temperature, high-pressure hydrothermal method and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (37) ◽  
pp. 29121-29125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Ying Ji ◽  
Fuyang Liu ◽  
Min Yang ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
...  

A new microporous europium silicate, Na3EuSi6O15·1.47H2O (denoted as 1), was synthesized under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions, and structurally characterized by single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis.


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