Examining the role of molecular and crystallographic symmetry in isomorphism: a series of centrosymmetric “bridge-flipped” trifluoromethyl-substituted bis-benzylideneanilines
Gerten, Anthony L.; Larson, Sarah N.; Ojala, William H.; CrystEngComm 28 (2026) 849–861; doi:10.1039/D5CE01058F

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_publ_section_title
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 Examining the role of molecular and crystallographic symmetry in
 isomorphism: a series of centrosymmetric &#x201C;bridge-flipped&#x201D;
 trifluoromethyl-substituted bis-benzylideneanilines
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_journal_issue                   4
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_journal_volume                  28
_journal_year                    2026
_chemical_formula_sum            'C22 H14 F6 N2'
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N,N^'^-(1,4-phenylenedimethylidyne)bis(2-trifluoromethyl)benzenamine
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2025-08-25 deposited with the CCDC.	2025-12-16 downloaded from the CCDC.
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_cell_measurement_temperature    173(2)
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'Mercury (Macrae et al., J. Appl. Cryst., 53, 226-235, 2020) and ORTEP-3 for Windows (L. J. Farrugia, J. Appl. Cryst. (2012),45, 849-854)'
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'enCIFer (Allen et al., J. Appl. Cryst., 37, 335-338, 2004)'
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'Sheldrick, G. M. (2008) SADABS, Version 2008/1, Bruker AXS Inc., Madison'
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'Re-crystallisation from solvent: ethanol'
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'w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0414P)^2^+0.4804P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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The following automatic conversions were performed:

data item '_chemical_melting_point' value '409-411 K' was changed to
'410.0(10)' -- the average value was taken and precision was
estimated.

Automatic conversion script
Id: cif_fix_values 8170 2020-07-09 18:12:32Z antanas 
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