Issue 34, 2023

Crystallographic and dielectric studies of tetrahedral {NH4@Fe4} crystallized with halomethane molecules

Abstract

Crystal structures of a tetrahedral Fe4 cluster (NH4@Fe41) were investigated using a set of crystals prepared by changing the halomethane (CCl4, CHCl3, CHBr3, CH2Cl2, CH2Br2) used as the crystalline solvent. X-ray diffraction studies using single crystals clarified the structural distortion of 1 from the regular tetrahedron in pristine 1·15.88H2O. We revealed that central ammonium stabilizes the distorted structure by forming an intramolecular hydrogen bond with a ligand. By impedance measurements of the crystals, Debye-type dipole relaxations of the guest molecule were observed around 100 K.

Graphical abstract: Crystallographic and dielectric studies of tetrahedral {NH4@Fe4} crystallized with halomethane molecules

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Apr 2023
Accepted
31 Jul 2023
First published
01 Aug 2023

CrystEngComm, 2023,25, 4793-4797

Crystallographic and dielectric studies of tetrahedral {NH4@Fe4} crystallized with halomethane molecules

D. Matsumoto, C. Tanaka, M. Fujibayashi, S. Nishihara, K. Takahashi, T. Nakamura, T. Akutagawa, A. Masuya-Suzuki and R. Tsunashima, CrystEngComm, 2023, 25, 4793 DOI: 10.1039/D3CE00429E

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