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Structure of a liquid crystal of 4-cyano-4′-n-octyloxybiphenyl

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The structure of a liquid crystal of 4-cyano-4′-n-octyloxybiphenyl (C21H25NO) is determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The compound crystallizes in the triclinic crystal system with unit cell parameters a = 7.322(1) Å, b = 12.693(3) Å, c = 20.393(2) Å, α = 92.45(1)°, β = 99.96(1)°, γ = 99.35(2)°, and space group \(P\bar 1\). The structure is solved by the direct method and refined to R = 0.057. Two independent molecules are located in the asymmetric unit. No short intermolecular contacts are observed in the crystal packing.

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  1. X-ray Crystallography Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jammu, Jammu Tawi, 180006, India

    Rajnikant, V. K. Gupta, R. Gupta & A. Kumar

  2. Chemistry Department, University of Jammu, Jammu Tawi, 180006, India

    R. K. Bamezai & N. K. Sharma

  3. Regional Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, 600036, India

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From Kristallografiya, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2000, pp. 104–107.

Original English Text Copyright © 2000 by Rajnikant, V. Gupta, R. Gupta, Kumar, Bameza\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\), Sharma, Varghese.

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Rajnikant, Gupta, V.K., Gupta, R. et al. Structure of a liquid crystal of 4-cyano-4′-n-octyloxybiphenyl. Crystallogr. Rep. 45, 98–102 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.171143

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