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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
One of the most complex "small molecule structures" ever reported: 16 independent molecules in the asymmetric unit
Beatrice Braun1, Irmgard Kalf, Ulli Englert
1Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, D-52074 Aachen, Germany.
Abstract:
The presumably "small molecule structure" of the organopalladium complex rac-PdCl(C(6)H(3)-4-OMe-CHMeNH(2))(py) crystallizes with 16 molecules in the asymmetric unit, a highly unusual situation according to the CSD database. The symmetrically independent residues differ with respect to soft conformational degrees of freedom. Packing in the acetonitrile solvate of the same compound is unexceptional.
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