Using a two-step procedure, N’-cyano-N,N’-dimethyl-4-nitrobenzohydrazide was synthesized. The structure was established using single crystal X-ray diffraction. It crystalized in the orthorhombic space group P212121 where a = 8.1974(6), b = 10.6696(7), and c = 12.9766(8) Å. The first reported crystal structure of an acyclic cyanohydrazide is discussed with a focus on the geometry of the hydrazid...

Bulk magnetization measurements (5-320 K; 0-8T) reveal that below room temperature Mn0.9Ti0.1CoGe exhibits two magnetic phase transitions at ~178 K and ~280 K. Neutron diffraction measurements (3-350K) confirm that the transition at ~178K is due to the structural change from the low-temperature orthorhombic TiNiSi-type structure to the higher temperature hexagonal Ni2In-type structure while the...

TbMnO3 is an orthorhombic insulator where incommensurate spin order for temperature T(N)<41 K is accompanied by ferroelectric order for T<28 K. To understand this, we establish the magnetic structure above and below the ferroelectric transition using neutron diffraction. In the paraelectric phase, the spin structure is incommensurate and longitudinally modulated. In the ferroelectric phase, how...

Iron selenide obtained by mild hydrothermal reaction is not superconducting and exhibits a triclinic crystal structure below 60 K unlike superconducting FeSe from conventional solid state synthesis which is orthorhombic. In contrast, tetragonal iron sulphide FeS from hydrothermal synthesis is superconducting but undergoes no structural change on cooling.

The newly discovered superconductor FeSe(1-x) (x approximately 0.08, T(c)(onset) approximately 13.5 K at ambient pressure rising to 27 K at 1.48 GPa) exhibits a structural phase transition from tetragonal to orthorhombic below 70 K at ambient pressure-the crystal structure in the superconducting state shows remarkable similarities to that of the REFeAsO(1-x)F(x) (RE = rare earth) superconductors.

The magnesium-rich intermetallic compounds RETMg2 (RE = La, Pr, Nd; T = Ni, Pd, Pt) were obtained by melting of the elements in sealed tantalum ampoules and subsequent annealing. Their structures have been characterized on the basis of powder X-ray diffraction. The RETMg2 phases crystallize with the orthorhombic MgCuAl2-type structure, space group Cmcm. The crystal chemical peculiarities are br...

A new modification of thallium tellurite, beta-Tl(2)TeO(3), has been synthesized by methanolothermal reaction, and its phase transition has been studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. At a temperature of 440(10) degrees C an irreversible phase transition from a monoclinic structure (beta-Tl(2)TeO(3): P2(1)/c (No. 14), Z = 4, a = 8.9752(18) A, b = 4.8534(6) A, c = 11.884(2) A, beta = 109.6...

The structure of the 56-residue B1 immunoglobulin-binding domain from streptococcal protein G has been determined in two different crystal forms. The crystal structures were deduced by molecular replacement, based on the structure of the B2 domain (Brookhaven accession code 1PGX). Final R values are 0.174 and 0.198 for orthorhombic and trigonal forms, for diffraction data from 6.0 to 2.07 A and...