Temperature-Dependent Structural Properties and Crystal Twinning in the Fluorocyclohexane/Thiourea Inclusion Compound
β Scribed by Lily Yeo; Kenneth D.M. Harris; Benson M. Kariuki
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 334 KB
- Volume
- 156
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4596
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β¦ Synopsis
Structural properties of the 6uorocyclohexane/thiourea inclusion compound have been investigated as a function of temperature by single-crystal X-ray di4raction. The inclusion compound exhibits di4erent forms of crystal twinning, and we focus on the implementation of methodology for handling twinning in the structure determination process. Di4erential scanning calorimetry indicates that 6uorocyclohexane/thiourea undergoes a solid state phase transition at about 107 K (on cooling). In the high-temperature phase (ambient temperature), 6uorocyclohexane/thiourea has the conventional rhombohedral (R3 c) thiourea tunnel structure and the crystal is twinned through coexistence of domains of the obverse and reverse settings of the rhombohedral structure. The guest molecules are substantially disordered, although there is evidence that they are located preferentially in certain regions along the tunnel. In the lowtemperature phase, the thiourea tunnel structure is monoclinic (P 2 1 /n), based on a lattice that is close to the orthohexagonal cell of the structure in the high-temperature phase. The host structure is distorted from the rhombohedral tunnel structure of the hightemperature phase, and the guest molecules adopt a preferred orientation with respect to the host structure. The strategy for structure determination of twinned crystals of inclusion compounds applied in this paper should 5nd wider applications to other solid inclusion compounds.
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