Room-Temperature Structure of Ammonia Borane

2007 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Bowden ◽  
Graeme J. Gainsford ◽  
Ward T. Robinson

Structural determinations of ammonia borane (BH3NH3) have been carried out for the orthorhombic (at 90 K) and tetragonal (at 298 K) modifications using single-crystal X-ray data. The orthorhombic structure (space group Pmn21) agreed with a previously published neutron determination, while the tetragonal structure (I4mm) exhibited halos of hydrogen atom occupancy around both the nitrogen and boron atoms. The bond angles to the regions of hydrogen occupancy are consistent with the expected tetrahedral geometry for –BH3 and –NH3 groups. A new model for tetragonal BH3NH3 was constructed which accounts for the hydrogen disorder in the I4mm structure while introducing only weak new diffraction peaks. These peaks could not be found, however, and it is likely that the hydrogen disorder in tetragonal BH3NH3 arises from either rotations of higher than 3-fold order, or from random orientations of hydrogen-containing groups.

1994 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 359-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Blanc ◽  
H.-B Bürgi ◽  
R Restori ◽  
D Schwarzenbach ◽  
P Stellberg ◽  
...  

1998 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Corker ◽  
A. M. Glazer ◽  
W. Kaminsky ◽  
R. W. Whatmore ◽  
J. Dec ◽  
...  

The room-temperature crystal structure of the perovskite lead hafnate PbHfO3 is investigated using both low-temperature single crystal X-ray diffraction (Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71069 Å) and polycrystalline neutron diffraction (D1A instrument, ILL, λ = 1.90788 Å). Single crystal X-ray data at 100 K: space group Pbam, a = 5.856 (1), b = 11.729 (3), c = 8.212 (2) Å, V = 564.04 Å3 with Z = 8, μ = 97.2 mm−1, F(000) = 1424, final R = 0.038, wR = 0.045 over 439 reflections with F >1.4σ(F). Polycrystalline neutron data at 383 K: a = 5.8582 (3), b = 11.7224 (5), c = 8.2246 (3) Å, V = 564.80 Å3 with χ2 = 1.62. Although lead hafnate has been thought to be isostructural with lead zirconate, no complete structure determination has been reported, as crystal structure analysis in both these materials is not straightforward. One of the main difficulties encountered is the determination of the oxygen positions, as necessary information lies in extremely weak l = 2n + 1 X-ray reflections. To maximize the intensity of these reflections the X-ray data are collected at 100 K with unusually long scans, a procedure which had previously been found successful with lead zirconate. In order to establish that no phase transitions exist between room temperature and 100 K, and hence that the collected X-ray data are relevant to the room-temperature structure, birefringence measurements for both PbZrO3 and PbHfO3 are also reported.


1998 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 705-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. O. Evans ◽  
J. C. Hanson ◽  
A. W. Sleight

The structure of ZrV2O7, zirconium pyrovanadate, has been refined from single-crystal synchrotron X-ray data. As with other phases in the AM 2O7 family, ZrV2O7 shows a set of strong reflections, which can be explained on the basis of a cubic unit cell with a = 8.765 Å, and a family of much weaker reflections due to a 3 × 3 × 3 superstructure. The superstructure has been refined to RF = 0.036 (a = 26.296 Å, Pa3¯, 6972 reflections) and contains highly regular ZrO6 and VO4 polyhedra. Of the six unique V2O7 groups, two are constrained by symmetry to contain linear V—O—V linkages, while the remaining four are free to bend away from 180°. The structural distortions from the ideal high-symmetry structure to the observed room-temperature structure are described.


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.


1978 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 3460-3469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey L. Petersen ◽  
Paul L. Johnson ◽  
Jim O'Connor ◽  
Lawrence F. Dahl ◽  
Jack M. Williams

1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 391 ◽  
Author(s):  
CJ Kepert ◽  
BW Skeleton ◽  
AH White

The room-temperature single-crystal X-ray structural characterization of the title compound (tpyH2)2[Tb(OH2)8]Cl7.~2⅓H2O is recorded. Crystals are triclinic, Pī , a 17.063(5), b 16.243(3), c 7.878(3) Ǻ, α 84.78(2), β 84.39(3), γ 87.81(2)°, Z = 2 formula units; 3167 'observed' diffractometer reflections were refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to a residual of 0.057. Notable features of interest of the compound are the 'chelation' of chloride ions by the terpyridinium cations , and the existence of a free [Tb(OH2)8]2+ cation in the presence of an abundance of chloride ions.


1982 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Moret ◽  
R. Comes ◽  
G. Furdin ◽  
H. Fuzellier ◽  
F. Rousseaux

ABSTRACTIn α-C5n-HNO3 the condensation of the room-temperature liquid-like diffuse ring associated with the disorder-order transition around 250 K is studied and the low-temperature. superstructure is examined.It is found that β-C8n-HNO3 exhibits an in-plane incommensurate order at room temperature.Two types of graphite-Br2 are found. Low-temperature phase transitions in C8Br are observed at T1 ≍ 277 K and T2 ≍ 297 K. The room-temperature structure of C14Br is reexamined. Special attention is given to diffuse scattering and incommensurability.


CrystEngComm ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gennady V. Shilov ◽  
Elena I. Zhilyaeva ◽  
Sergey M. Aldoshin ◽  
Alexandra M Flakina ◽  
Rustem B. Lyubovskii ◽  
...  

Electrical resistivity measurements of a dual layered organic conductor (ET)4ZnBr4(1,2-C6H4Cl2) above room temperature show abrupt changes in resistivity at 320 K. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies in the 100-350 K range...


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