Unlocking ferroelectricity in a metal-free adamantane derivative via targeted symmetry reduction
Xu, Wei-Jian; Alikin, Denis; Fang, Zi-Luo; Romanyuk, Konstantin; Verissimo, Luis; Zelenovskii, Pavel; Zhang, Wei-Xiong; Kholkin, Andrei; Rocha, João; Chemical Communications 61 (2025) 9286–9289; doi:10.1039/D5CC01790D

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 Unlocking ferroelectricity in a metal-free adamantane derivative via
 targeted symmetry reduction
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2024-04-01 deposited with the CCDC.	2025-05-08 downloaded from the CCDC.
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1. Fixed Uiso
 At 1.2 times of:
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2. Others
 Fixed Sof: H1A(0.5) H1B(0.5) H1C(0.5) H5A(0.5) H5B(0.5)
3.a Ternary CH refined with riding coordinates:
 C1(H1), C2(H2), C4(H4), C6(H6)
3.b Secondary CH2 refined with riding coordinates:
 C5(H5A,H5B), C7(H7A,H7B), C3(H3A,H3B)
3.c Idealised Me refined as rotating group:
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