Crystalline C-60 center dot 2CHBr(3) solvate: A solid-state study

Authors
Collins, C Foulkes, J Bond, AD Klinowski, J
Citation
C. Collins et al., Crystalline C-60 center dot 2CHBr(3) solvate: A solid-state study, PCCP PHYS C, 1(23), 1999, pp. 5323-5326
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
PCCP PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
14639076 → ACNP
Volume
1
Issue
23
Year of publication
1999
Pages
5323 - 5326
Database
ISI
SICI code
1463-9076(1999)1:23<5323:CCCD2S>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), molecular modelling, thermogravimetric ana lysis and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance were used to examine cryst alline C-60. 2CHBr(3) solvate. PXRD reveals a hexagonal crystal structure w ith an alternating layer arrangement, in which the bromoform molecules resi de in the interstices formed by an AAA packing sequence of C-60 layers. The presence of bromoform does not appear to hinder the motion of the fulleren e cages, as C-13 NMR linewidths are comparable with those for pure oxygen-f ree face-centred cubic (fcc) C-60.