Crystal growth and hydration effects in morpholinium 4-hydroxybenzoate (M4HB)

Autor: Peter B. Hitchcock, Lucy Marie Dutta, Gurmit S. Bahra, Penny A. Chaloner, W. Healy
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Journal of Crystal Growth. 225:474-478
ISSN: 0022-0248
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-0248(01)00937-x
Popis: The growth of a large single crystal of the new non-linear optical salt morpholinium 4-hydroxybenzoate (M4HB) is reported. Growth of crystals from dry ethanol, or 2-propanol, yields the non-centrosymmetric form belonging to space group Cc (No. 9). This is the desirable structure since it exhibits second harmonic generation (SHG). Attempts to improve solubility by using a water : ethanol co-solvent result in the total loss of SHG activity due to the formation of morpholinium 4-hydroxybenzoate dihydrate in the centrosymmetric space group P2 1 /c (No. 14).
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