Adding a Pinch of Salt: Using Ionic Mixed-Crystal Seeds to Search for New Solid Forms
Abdel Rahman Al Ahmad; Thierry Maris; Christian Pellerin; James D. Wuest; Crystal Growth & Design 23 (2023) 7472–7481; doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00884

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_publ_section_title
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 Adding a Pinch of Salt: Using Ionic Mixed-Crystal Seeds to Search for New
 Solid Forms
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_journal_name_full               'Crystal Growth & Design'
_journal_page_first              7472
_journal_page_last               7481
_journal_paper_doi               10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00884
_journal_volume                  23
_journal_year                    2023
_chemical_formula_moiety         'C12 H14 N2, 2(I)'
_chemical_formula_sum            'C12 H14 I2 N2'
_chemical_formula_weight         440.05
_chemical_name_common            'Paraquat Diiodide'
_chemical_name_systematic
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1,1'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridin-1-ium bis(iodide)
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_space_group_crystal_system      monoclinic
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_cell_angle_alpha                90
_cell_angle_beta                 94.888(2)
_cell_angle_gamma                90
_cell_formula_units_Z            2
_cell_length_a                   13.9258(5)
_cell_length_b                   7.9087(3)
_cell_length_c                   6.3902(2)
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_cell_measurement_theta_min      5.550
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_computing_cell_refinement
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SAINT (2019) V8.40A; 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 3 (2019) Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, WI 53719-1173.
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_computing_data_reduction
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SAINT (2019) V8.40A; Integration Software for Single Crystal Data.
Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, WI 53719-1173.
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_computing_molecular_graphics    'Olex2 1.3 (Dolomanov et al., 2009)'
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_computing_structure_solution    'SHELXT 2014/5 (Sheldrick, 2014)'
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_exptl_absorpt_correction_T_min  0.5309
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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 0.1191 before and 0.0647 after correction.
The Ratio of minimum to maximum transmission is 0.7071.
The \l/2 correction factor is Not present.
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_exptl_crystal_colour            'clear light orange'
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_exptl_crystal_colour_primary    orange
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_refine_ls_extinction_coef       .
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_refine_ls_R_factor_all          0.0311
_refine_ls_R_factor_gt           0.0292
_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^)+(0.0401P)^2^+2.1030P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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_reflns_Friedel_fraction_full    .
_reflns_Friedel_fraction_max     .
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