Hiding in Plain Sight: Polymorphs of Riluzole
Rahman Al Ahmad, Abdel; Maris, Thierry; Wuest, James D.; Crystal Growth & Design 25 (2025) 3029–3036; doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.5c00089

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 Hiding in Plain Sight: Polymorphs of Riluzole
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_journal_name_full               'Crystal Growth & Design'
_journal_page_first              3029
_journal_page_last               3036
_journal_paper_doi               10.1021/acs.cgd.5c00089
_journal_volume                  25
_journal_year                    2025
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Olex2 1.5
(compiled 2024.02.16 svn.r378c4104 for OlexSys, GUI svn.r6928)
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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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_computing_data_collection
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APEX 4 (2022) Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, WI 53719-1173.
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_computing_data_reduction
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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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_exptl_absorpt_process_details
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SADABS-2016/2 (Bruker,2016/2) was used for absorption correction.
wR2(int) was 0.1390 before and 0.0910 after correction.
The Ratio of minimum to maximum transmission is 0.5507.
The \l/2 correction factor is Not present.
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_refine_ls_structure_factor_coef Fsqd
_refine_ls_weighting_details
'w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.2000P)^2^] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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_reflns_Friedel_fraction_full    .
_reflns_Friedel_fraction_max     .
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