Two scandium borate UV NLO crystals designed through chemical element substitution.
Liu, Zelong; Zhao, Huijian; Xu, Longyun; Jia, Ning; Ye, Ning; Hu, Zhanggui; Li, Conggang; Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 62 (2026) 4610–4614; doi:10.1039/d6cc00244g

data_7135362
_publ_section_title
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 Two scandium borate UV NLO crystals designed through chemical element
 substitution.
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_journal_issue                   15
_journal_name_full               'Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)'
_journal_page_first              4610
_journal_page_last               4614
_journal_paper_doi               10.1039/d6cc00244g
_journal_volume                  62
_journal_year                    2026
_chemical_formula_moiety         'B15 Na2.891 O30 Rb4.109 Sc2.011 Sr0.989'
_chemical_formula_sum            'B15 Na2.89 O30 Rb4.11 Sc2.01 Sr0.99'
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_space_group_crystal_system      trigonal
_space_group_IT_number           155
_space_group_name_Hall           'R 3 2"'
_space_group_name_H-M_alt        'R 3 2 :H'
_audit_creation_date             2026-01-26
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Olex2 1.5
(compiled 2025.07.13 svn.rb7424aed for OlexSys, GUI svn.r7314)
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_audit_update_record
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2026-01-26 deposited with the CCDC.	2026-01-29 downloaded from the CCDC.
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_cell_angle_alpha                90
_cell_angle_beta                 90
_cell_angle_gamma                120
_cell_formula_units_Z            3
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_cell_length_b                   12.9240(3)
_cell_length_c                   15.1974(5)
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_cell_measurement_temperature    273.15
_cell_measurement_theta_max      26.294
_cell_measurement_theta_min      2.260
_cell_volume                     2198.33(10)
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_computing_structure_solution    'SHELXT 2018/2 (Sheldrick, 2018)'
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_diffrn_measured_fraction_theta_max 0.998
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_diffrn_reflns_av_unetI/netI     0.0412
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_diffrn_reflns_limit_h_max       16
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_diffrn_reflns_limit_l_max       19
_diffrn_reflns_limit_l_min       -19
_diffrn_reflns_number            6109
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_diffrn_reflns_theta_full        25.242
_diffrn_reflns_theta_max         27.481
_diffrn_reflns_theta_min         2.260
_diffrn_source_current           1.4
_diffrn_source_power             0.07
_diffrn_source_voltage           50.0
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_exptl_absorpt_correction_T_max  0.1770
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_exptl_absorpt_correction_type   numerical
_exptl_absorpt_process_details
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SADABS-2016/2 (Bruker,2016/2) was used for absorption correction.
wR2(int) was 0.0735 before and 0.0598 after correction.
The Ratio of minimum to maximum transmission is 0.6209.
The \l/2 correction factor is Not present.
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_exptl_crystal_colour            colourless
_exptl_crystal_colour_primary    colourless
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn    2.803
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_exptl_crystal_size_max          0.156
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_refine_diff_density_max         0.498
_refine_diff_density_min         -0.605
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_refine_ls_abs_structure_details
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 Flack x determined using 381 quotients [(I+)-(I-)]/[(I+)+(I-)]
 (Parsons, Flack and Wagner, Acta Cryst. B69 (2013) 249-259).
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_refine_ls_abs_structure_Flack   0.034(12)
_refine_ls_extinction_method     none
_refine_ls_goodness_of_fit_ref   1.056
_refine_ls_hydrogen_treatment    undef
_refine_ls_matrix_type           full
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_refine_ls_number_restraints     0
_refine_ls_restrained_S_all      1.056
_refine_ls_R_factor_all          0.0478
_refine_ls_R_factor_gt           0.0358
_refine_ls_shift/su_max          0.000
_refine_ls_shift/su_mean         0.000
_refine_ls_structure_factor_coef Fsqd
_refine_ls_weighting_details
'w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0165P)^2^+15.0035P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
_refine_ls_weighting_scheme      calc
_refine_ls_wR_factor_gt          0.0706
_refine_ls_wR_factor_ref         0.0757
_reflns_Friedel_coverage         0.769
_reflns_Friedel_fraction_full    1.000
_reflns_Friedel_fraction_max     1.000
_reflns_number_gt                983
_reflns_number_total             1132
_reflns_threshold_expression     'I > 2\s(I)'
_cod_data_source_file            d6cc00244g2.cif
_cod_data_source_block           1_1_2_op
_cod_depositor_comments
'Adding full bibliography for 7135362--7135363.cif.'
_cod_original_cell_volume        2198.33(13)
_cod_original_sg_symbol_H-M      'R 3 2'
_cod_database_code               7135362
_shelx_shelxl_version_number     2019/3
_shelx_estimated_absorpt_t_max   0.479
_shelx_estimated_absorpt_t_min   0.328
_olex2_refinement_description
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1. Shared sites
{Rb2, Na2}
{Rb1, Na1}
{Sr1, Sc1}
{Sc2, Sr2}
2. Uiso/Uaniso restraints and constraints
Uanis(Rb2) = Uanis(Na2)
Uanis(Rb1) = Uanis(Na1)
Uanis(Sr1) = Uanis(Sc1)
Uanis(Sc2) = Uanis(Sr2)
3. Others
 Sof(Na2)=0.5*(1-FVAR(2))
 Sof(Rb2)=0.5*FVAR(2)
 Sof(Na1)=0.5*(1-FVAR(3))
 Sof(Rb1)=0.5*FVAR(3)
 Sof(Sc1)=0.16667*(1-FVAR(4))
 Sof(Sr1)=0.16667*FVAR(4)
 Sof(Sr2)=0.33333*(1-FVAR(5))
 Sof(Sc2)=0.33333*FVAR(5)
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_shelx_res_checksum              27787
_shelx_hkl_checksum              82125
_olex2_submission_special_instructions 'No special instructions were received'