Structure determination and phase transition behaviour of dimethyl sulfate
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Synthesis of a Thiol Building Block for the Crystallization of a Semiconducting Gyroidal Metal-sulfur Framework
Published on: April 9, 2018
Richard M Ibberson1, Mark T F Telling, Simon Parsons
1ISIS Facility, CCLRC--Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, England. r.m.ibberson@rl.ac.uk
Abstract:
The crystal structures of phase I and phase II of dimethyl sulfate, (CH3O)2SO2, have been determined using complementary high-resolution neutron powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. Below its melting point of 241 K dimethyl sulfate crystallizes in an orthorhombic structure (I) in the space group Fdd2. On cooling below approximately 175 K the crystal transforms to a monoclinic structure (II) in the space group I2/a. The molecule is located on a twofold axis (Z' = 1/2) in both structures. The phase transition is of first order with strong hysteresis. The phase transition results in changes to both the intra- and the intermolecular coordination environment.
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