Ammonium crystal structure

According to investigations performed by Pakhomov and Kaidalova [204], the crystal structure of NF NbC consists of infinite chains made up of distorted octahedral ions (NbOF4 ) linked by oxygen atoms. Ammonium cations, NH/, occupy the spaces between the chains, as shown in Fig. 30. The packing of the structural units in the NH4NbOF4 crystal can be described as a CsCl type structure in which CF ions are replaced by Nb02F4 complexes and Cs" ions are replaced by ammonium ions. 

Determination of the influence of crystal structure and reactant environment on deammination and dehydration processes is complicated by the several solid phase transformations that are a characteristic feature of many ammonium salts. Sublimation and/or melting may also occur. Deammination and dehydration steps are generally reversible. At high temperatures, however, particularly in the presence of a residual oxide... 

The novel highly substituted spiro[4.4]nonatrienes 98 and 99 are produced by a [3+2+2+2] cocyclization with participation of three alkyne molecules and the (2 -dimethylamino-2 -trimethylsilyl)ethenylcarbene complex 96 (Scheme 20). This transformation is the first one ever observed involving threefold insertion of an alkyne and was first reported in 1999 by de Meijere et al. [81]. The structure of the product was eventually determined by X-ray crystal structure analysis of the quaternary ammonium iodide prepared from the regioisomer 98 (Ar=Ph) with methyl iodide. Interestingly, these formal [3+2+2+2] cycloaddition products are formed only from terminal arylacetylenes. In a control experiment with the complex 96 13C-labeled at the carbene carbon, the 13C label was found only at the spiro carbon atom of the products 98 and 99 [42]. 

The Crystal Structure of Ammonium Hydrogen Fluoride, NH4HF2... 

Chelated species are less common. The substituted thiourea 7V-ethoxycarbonyl-/V-[3-(/>-anisyl) pyrazol-5-yl]thiourea (eatu) acts as a monoanionic 0,S-chelate to cobalt(II), forming Co(eatu)2.506 Whereas ethylenethiourea (etu) has been observed to act as a S-donor monodentate in Co (etu)2X2(H20)2 (X = C1, Br), it binds as an S,N-chelate in Co(etu)2(OOCCH3)2.507 Both violet octahedral and blue tetrahedral cobalt(II) compounds Co(pptu)2Cl2 and Cp(pptu)Cl2 respectively were prepared with bidentate A -2-(5-pico 1 y 1)- A"-pheny 11hiourea (pptu) chelated.508 Refluxing Co powder with thiourea in 4-methylpyridine provides a route to isothiocyanates, which form by decomposition of thiourea to ammonium thiocyanate509 with one product, Co(pic)4(NCS)2, characterized by a crystal structure. 

It should not be inferred that the crystal structures described so far apply to only binary compounds. Either the cation or anion may be a polyatomic species. For example, many ammonium compounds have crystal structures that are identical to those of the corresponding rubidium or potassium compounds because the radius NH4+ ion (148 pm) is similar to that of K+ (133 pm) or Rb+ (148 pm). Both NO j and CO, have ionic radii (189 and 185 pm, respectively) that are very close to that of Cl- (181 pm), so many nitrates and carbonates have structures identical to the corresponding chloride compounds. Keep in mind that the structures shown so far are general types that are not necessarily restricted to binary compounds or the compounds from which they are named. 

The hemispherands, spherands, calixarenes, and related derivatives. A number of hosts for which the pre-organization criterion is half met (the hemispherands) (Cram et al., 1982) or fully met (the spherands) (Cram, Kaneda, Helgeson Lein, 1979) have been synthesized. An example of each of these is given by (251) and (252), respectively. In (251), the three methoxyl groups are conformationally constrained whereas the remaining ether donors are not fixed but can either point in or out of the ring. This system binds well to alkali metal ions such as sodium and potassium as well as to alkylammonium ions. The crystal structure of the 1 1 adduct with the f-butyl ammonium cation indicates that two linear +N-H - 0... 

Crystals composed of the R and S enantiomers of the same racemic mixture must be related by mirror symmetry in terms of both their internal structure and external shape. Enantiomorphous crystals may be sorted visually only if the crystals develop recognizable hemihedral faces. [Opposite (hid) and (hkl) crystal faces are hemihedral if their surface structures are not related to each other by symmetry other than translation, in which case the crystal structure is polar along a vector joining the two faces. Under such circumstances the hemihedral (hkl) and (hkl) faces may not be morphologically equivalent.] It is well known that Pasteur s discovery of enantiomorphism through die asymmetric shape of die crystals of racemic sodium ammonium tartrate was due in part to a confluence of favorable circumstances. In the cold climate of Paris, Pasteur obtained crystals in the form of conglomerates. These crystals were large and exhibited easily seen hemihedral faces. In contrast, at temperatures above 27°C sodium ammonium tartrate forms a racemic compound. 

Ammonium perchlorate (AP NH4CIO4) is a white, crystalline material, the crystal structure of which changes from orthorhombic to cubic at 513 K, which affects the decomposition process. AP is not hygroscopic in the atmosphere and the mass fraction of oxygen is 0.545. It is used as an oxidizer in various types of propellants and pyrolants. A rapid sublimation occurs between 670 K and 710 K at low pressures. Under slow heating, AP starts to decompose at about 470 K according to ... 

Ammonium nitrate (AN NH4NO3) is a white, crystalline material, the crystal structure of which varies with temperature.melting point is 442 K and its heat of fusion is 71.4 kj kg . Though the mass fraction of oxygen of AN is 0.5996, it is highly hygroscopic and absorbs moisture from the atmosphere to form liquid AN acid. This limits its application in propellants and pyrolants. However, AN is widely used as an oxidizer of explosives such as slurry explosives and ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil) explosives. 

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