Synchrotron powder diffraction characterization of the zeolite-based (p-N,N-dimethylnitroaniline-mordenite) guest-host phase

Acta Crystallogr B. 2008 Dec;64(Pt 6):713-24. doi: 10.1107/S0108768108025287. Epub 2008 Oct 10.

Abstract

The crystal structure of a new phase consisting of the inclusion of the hyperpolarizable molecule p-N,N-dimethylnitroaniline (dimethyl-para-nitroaniline or dmpNA) in the large-pore zeolite mordenite (MOR) has been determined from high-resolution synchrotron powder diffraction at 300 and 90 K. The unit-cell parameters and space group at 300 K are similar to those of as-synthesized mordenite. The crystallographic study indicates that the MOR straight channels are almost fully loaded with molecules that are disordered over eight symmetry-related sites. As expected, the molecules are located in the large 12-membered ring channel, at the intersection with the secondary eight-membered channel with which they might form hydrogen bonds. The elongation axes (and then the dipole moments) of the molecules are slightly tilted (28.57 degrees ) from [001]. The configuration found suggests an interaction of dmpNA with framework O atoms through its methyl groups.

MeSH terms

  • Aluminum Silicates / chemistry*
  • Aniline Compounds / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Powder Diffraction
  • Synchrotrons*
  • Temperature
  • Zeolites / chemistry*

Substances

  • Aluminum Silicates
  • Aniline Compounds
  • N,N-dimethyl-4-nitroaniline
  • mordenite
  • Zeolites