ArOCF3, ArOCHF2, ArOCH2F, and ArOCH3: What the F Does to Control the Crystallization of Riluzole and Analogous Fluoromethyl Ethers
Abdel Rahman Al Ahmad; Thierry Maris; James D. Wuest; Crystal growth & Design 25 (2025) 6408–6420; doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.5c00831

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 ArOCF3, ArOCHF2, ArOCH2F, and ArOCH3: What the F Does to Control the
 Crystallization of Riluzole and Analogous Fluoromethyl Ethers
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SAINT (2020) V8.40B; Integration Software for Single Crystal Data.
Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, WI 53719-1173.
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APEX 4 (2022) Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, WI 53719-1173.
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SAINT (2020) V8.40B; Integration Software for Single Crystal Data.
Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, WI 53719-1173.
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SADABS-2016/2 (Bruker,2016/2) was used for absorption correction.
wR2(int) was 0.1651 before and 0.1068 after correction.
The Ratio of minimum to maximum transmission is 0.4082.
The \l/2 correction factor is Not present.
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'w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.1547P)^2^+3.5983P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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