Synthesis and resolution of a 1,1′-biazulene analogue of BINOL
Gee, Anthony P.; Gianga, Tiberiu-M.; Kociok-Köhn, Gabriele; Pantoş, G. Dan; Lewis, Simon E.; RSC Advances 15 (2025) 14881–14892; doi:10.1039/D5RA02520F

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_publ_section_title
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 Synthesis and resolution of a 1,1&#x2032;-biazulene analogue of BINOL
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_journal_name_full               'RSC Advances'
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_journal_paper_doi               10.1039/D5RA02520F
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2025-02-03 deposited with the CCDC.	2025-04-25 downloaded from the CCDC.
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'ORTEP3 for Windows - Farrugia, L. J. J. Appl. Crystallogr. 1997, 30, 565'
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 'WinGX publication routines, Farrugia, 
 L. J., J. Appl. Crystallogr., 1999, 32, 837-838
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 SHELXL-2019/3 (Sheldrick, 2019)
 Sheldrick GM (2008) Acta Crystallogr A64:112--122 and 
 C. B. H\"ubschle, G. M. Sheldrick and B. Dittrich
 ShelXle: a Qt graphical user interface for SHELXL
 J. Appl. Cryst., 44, (2011) 1281-1284.
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_computing_structure_solution
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 SHELXT
 Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.
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CrysAlisPro 1.171.43.104a (Rigaku Oxford Diffraction, 2023)
Empirical absorption correction using spherical harmonics,
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 Flack x determined using 1122 quotients [(I+)-(I-)]/[(I+)+(I-)]
 (Parsons, Flack and Wagner, Acta Cryst. B69 (2013) 249-259).
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_refine_ls_weighting_details
'w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0583P)^2^] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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Empirical correction (ABSPACK) includes:
- Absorption correction using spherical harmonics
- Frame scaling
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