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Loose crystals engineered by mismatched halogen bonds in hexachloroethane
Marcin PodsiadłoMaciej BujakAndrzej Katrusiaksubject
Materials scienceIntermolecular force02 engineering and technologyGeneral ChemistryStaggered conformation010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyCondensed Matter Physics01 natural sciences0104 chemical sciencesCrystalCrystallographysymbols.namesakePhase (matter)symbolsMoleculeGeneral Materials ScienceOrthorhombic crystal systemVan der Waals radius0210 nano-technologyAmbient pressuredescription
Distortions of the directional requirements in halogen⋯halogen contacts between hexachloroethane (HCE), C2Cl6, molecules lead to a loose crystal under ambient conditions. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction shows that the orthorhombic HCE phase of space group Pnma, with the molecules in the staggered conformation, extends at least from 85 to 305 K and from 0.1 MPa to 5.42 GPa. At ambient pressure, all intermolecular distances are longer than the sum of van der Waals radii, reached only at the pressure of ca. 1.2 GPa.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-01 | CrystEngComm |