Indentification of a Rotator Phase of Octamethyl Ferrocene and Correlations Between its Structural and Dynamical Properties

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2006 · J. Phys. Chem. Solids

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2006.01.103· OSTI ID:914050

Asthalter, T; Sergueev, I; Van Burck, U; Dinnebier, R

The low- and high-temperature phases of octamethyl ferrocene were studied in detail, using high-resolution X-ray powder diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry and nuclear resonant scattering, in particular the novel technique of synchrotron radiation perturbed angular correlations (SRPAC). Much as in the case of an analogous but more unsymmetrical molecule, octamethyl ethinyl ferrocene, the high-temperature phase possesses the space group R{bar 3}m source with lattice parameters a = b = 12.5568(1) Angstroms, c = 9.6045(1) Angstroms, which in the rhombohedral setting correspond to a = 7.9251(1) Angstroms, {alpha}=104.79 degrees. An increase of the volume per formula unit of about 12% across the phase transition is observed. The rotation of the electric field gradient, which can be identified with the rotation of the entire molecule within the lattice, follows Arrhenius behavior with a high activation energy of (40.3 {+-} 3.3)kJ mol{sup -1}. Whereas precursor effects and a change in activation energy were observed for octamethyl ethinyl ferrocene, no such effects are observed for octamethyl ferrocene. We relate this difference to the absence of the ethinyl substituent in octamethyl ferrocene.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) National Synchrotron Light Source
• Sponsoring Organization: Doe - Office Of Science
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 914050
• Report Number(s): BNL--78618-2007-JA
• Journal Information: J. Phys. Chem. Solids, Journal Name: J. Phys. Chem. Solids Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 67; ISSN 0022-3697; ISSN JPCSAW
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACTIVATION ENERGY
CALORIMETRY
DIFFRACTION
ELECTRIC FIELDS
FERROCENE
LATTICE PARAMETERS
PERTURBED ANGULAR CORRELATION
PRECURSOR
ROTATION
SCATTERING
SPACE GROUPS
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
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