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Phase transition and proton ordering at 50 K in 3-(pyridin-4-yl)pentane-2,4-dione.
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Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering & Materials . Dec2017, Vol. 73 Issue 6, p1172-1178. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Single-crystal neutron diffraction experiments at 100 and 2.5 K have been performed to determine the structure of 3-(pyridin-4-yl)pentane-2,4-dione (HacacPy) with respect to its protonation pattern and to monitor a low-temperature phase transition. Solid HacacPy exists as the enol tautomer with a short intramolecular hydrogen bond. At 100 K, its donor···acceptor distance is 2.450 (8) Å and the compound adopts space group C2/ c, with the N and para-C atoms of the pyridyl ring and the central C of the acetylacetone substituent on the twofold crystallographic axis. As a consequence of the axial symmetry, the bridging hydrogen is disordered over two symmetrically equivalent positions, and the carbon-oxygen bond distances adopt intermediate values between single and double bonds. Upon cooling, a structural phase transition to the t2 subgroup P occurs; the resulting twins show an ordered acetylacetone moiety. The phase transition is fully reversible but associated with an appreciable hysteresis in the large single crystal under study: transition to the low-temperature phase requires several hours at 2.5 K and heating to 80 K is required to revert the transformation. No significant hysteresis is observed in a powder sample, in agreement with the second-order nature of the phase transition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PHASE transitions
*PROTONS
*PENTANEDIONE
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20525192
- Volume :
- 73
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering & Materials
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 126685183
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052520617015591