Monoclinic packing

Cupric chloride or copper(II) chloride [7447-39 ], CUCI2, is usually prepared by dehydration of the dihydrate at 120°C. The anhydrous product is a dehquescent, monoclinic yellow crystal that forms the blue-green orthohombic, bipyramidal dihydrate in moist air. Both products are available commercially. The dihydrate can be prepared by reaction of copper carbonate, hydroxide, or oxide and hydrochloric acid followed by crystallization. The commercial preparation uses a tower packed with copper. An aqueous solution of copper(II) chloride is circulated through the tower and chlorine gas is sparged into the bottom of the tower to effect oxidation of the copper metal. Hydrochloric acid or hydrogen chloride is used to prevent hydrolysis of the copper(II) (11,12). Copper(II) chloride is very soluble in water and soluble in methanol, ethanol, and acetone. 

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For instance, in the three crystalline forms (a, 3, y) of i-PP the chains are always in the conformation of threefold helix (s(3/l)l symmetry) but are packed in different ways in monoclinic [24], hexagonal [25], and orthorhombic [26] unit cells, respectively. The X-ray diffraction spectra of unoriented samples in the crystalline forms a, P, y are reported in Fig. 6. 

A putative packing arrangement in the monoclinic unit cell (Fig. 40b) reveals that there are no direct interactions among the main chains of adjacent helices. However, the peripheral side chains form hydrogen bonds with both main and side chains. As in the case of 46, the ordered structure of 47 supports the hypothesis that side chains often promote the formation of stable, branched polysaccharide helices. 

Fig. 40. (continued)—(b) A putative packing arrangement of helices in the monoclinic unit cell viewed down the c-axis. The helices are connected by hydrogen bonds involving the side chains. 

The structure of a second polymorph of 4,5-diphenyl- lH-imidazole has been discussed, with the new form exhibiting significantly different phenyl/imidazole dihedral angles and mode of crystal packing relative to the known form [53], A new triclinic polymorph of 1,4-dibenzoyl-butane was found, differing from the monoclinic form in the torsional angles of the central chain [54], Two polymorphs of diphenyl-(4-pyridyl)methyl methacrylate have been found, where the molecules in the two forms contain weak C—H— n and C—H O/N contacts that lead to the existence of different conformations [55]. 

A monoclinic unit-cell with a = 8.2 A (820 pm), b(fiber axis) = 10.30 A (1.030 nm), c — 7.90 A (790 pm), and /3 = 83.3° is used. The distance between the terminal oxygen atoms in the cellobiose unit is taken to be 10.3912 A (1.03912 nm). A left-handed, helical structure, with seven cellobiose residues in a pitch of 72.1 A (7.21 nm) was proposed. The packing arrangement involves the central reversed and comer chains, and a relative shift between them of 0.25 repeat length along the b axis. 

Figure 2.23 Models of packing of chains in form IV of sPP according to space groups (a) P1148 and (b) C2149. Arrows indicate crystallographic twofold axes, present in (b) and lost in (a). In (a) chains are rotated by 6.5° according to direction indicated by arrows and continuous and dashed lines show triclinic and monoclinic unit cells, respectively.

Figure 2.39 Models of packing of threefold helical chains in (a) y-form and (b) a-form of iPP. Dashed lines delimit bilayers of chains. Subscripts y and a identify unit-cell parameters of orthorhombic and monoclinic unit cells of y-141 and a-forms,174 respectively. R and L identify rows of all right- and all left-handed helices, respectively.185 (Reprinted with permission from Ref. 185. Copyright 2001 by the American Chemical Society.)...

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