Effects of alkyl chain length and anion size on thermal and structural properties for 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorocomplex salts (C(x)MImAF(6), x = 14, 16 and 18; A = P, As, Sb, Nb and Ta).
Xu, Fei; Matsumoto, Kazuhiko; Hagiwara, Rika; Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) 41 (2012) 3494–3502; doi:10.1039/c2dt11693f

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_publ_section_title
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 Effects of alkyl chain length and anion size on thermal and structural
 properties for 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorocomplex salts
 (C(x)MImAF(6), x = 14, 16 and 18; A = P, As, Sb, Nb and Ta).
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_journal_issue                   12
_journal_name_full
'Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)'
_journal_page_first              3494
_journal_page_last               3502
_journal_paper_doi               10.1039/c2dt11693f
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_journal_year                    2012
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;
(C22 N2 H43 +), (As F6 -)
;
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_chemical_melting_point          351.1
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_cell_length_c                   29.575(3)
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_computing_structure_solution    'SIR92 (Altmare et al., 1994)'
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_exptl_crystal_colour            colorless
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_refine_ls_weighting_details
'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.1959P)^2^+0.0000P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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_cod_data_source_block           C18MImAsF6-55oC
_cod_original_cell_volume        2787.6(6)
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