Crystal structure and thermal phase transition of tetramethylammonium cyanide, (CH3)(4)N+CN-

Authors
Kornath, A Blecher, O
Citation
A. Kornath et O. Blecher, Crystal structure and thermal phase transition of tetramethylammonium cyanide, (CH3)(4)N+CN-, Z NATURFO B, 54(3), 1999, pp. 372-376
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION B-A JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
ISSN journal
09320776 → ACNP
Volume
54
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
372 - 376
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0776(199903)54:3<372:CSATPT>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Tetramethylammonium cyanide crystallizes in the tetragonal space group P4/n mm, Z = 2, with cell dimensions a = 773.6(1), c = 546.8(1) pm. The cyanide ion is disordered in the plane perpendicular to the c-axis indicating a rot ation. The room temperature phase undergoes a thermal phase transition at - 59.9 degrees C probably caused by an order-disorder transition of the cyani de ion.