Rb0.21(H2O)yWS2, rubidium hydrate di­thio­tungstate, is a new quasi two-dimensional sulfide. Its crystal structure consists of ordered WS2 layers, separated by disordered Rb+ ions and water mol­ecules. All atomic sites are located on mirror planes. The WS2 layers are composed of edge-sharing [WS6] octa­hedra and extend parallel to (001). The presence of structural water was revealed by thermogravimetry, but the position and exact amount could not be determined in the present study. The temperature dependence of the electrical resistance indicates that Rb0.21(H2O)yWS2 is semiconducting between 80–300 K.

In the title quinoline derivative, C24H19NO3, the two benzyl rings are inclined to the quinoline ring mean plane by 74.09 (8) and 89.43 (7)°, and to each other by 63.97 (10)°. The carboxyl­ate group is twisted from the quinoline ring mean plane by 32.2 (2)°. There is a short intra­molecular C—H⋯O contact forming an S(6) ring motif. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by bifurcated C—H,H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming layers parallel to the ac plane. The layers are linked by C—H⋯π inter­actions, forming a supra­molecular three-dimensional structure.

Typical electroless copper baths (ECBs), which are used to chemically deposit copper on printed circuit boards, consist of an aqueous alkali hydroxide solution, a copper(II) salt, formaldehyde as reducing agent, an l-(+)-tartrate as complexing agent, and a 2,2'-bi­pyridine derivative as stabilizer. Actual speciation and reactivity are, however, largely unknown. Herein, we report on the synthesis and crystal structure of aqua-1κO-bis­(4,4'-dimeth­oxy-2,2'-bi­pyri­dine)-1κ2N,N';2κ2N,N'-[μ-(2R,3R)-2,3-dioxidosuccinato-1κ2O1,O2:2κ2O3,O4]dicopper(II) octa­hydrate, [Cu2(C12H12N2O2)2(C4H2O6)(H2O)]·8H2O, from an ECB mock-up. The title compound crystallizes in the Sohncke group P21 with one chiral dinuclear complex and eight mol­ecules of hydrate water in the asymmetric unit. The expected retention of the tartrato ligand's absolute configuration was confirmed via determination of the absolute structure. The complex mol­ecules exhibit an ansa-like structure with two planar, nearly parallel bi­pyridine ligands, each bound to a copper atom that is connected to the other by a bridging tartrato `handle'. The complex and water mol­ecules give rise to a layered supra­molecular structure dominated by alternating π stacks and hydrogen bonds. The understanding of structures ex situ is a first step on the way to prolonged stability and improved coating behavior of ECBs.

The coordination of the ligands with respect to the central atom in the complex bromido­tricarbon­yl[diphen­yl(pyridin-2-yl)phosphane-κ2N,P]rhenium(I) chloro­form disolvate, [ReBr(C17H14NP)(CO)3]·2CHCl3 or [κ2-P,N-{(C6H5)2(C5H5N)P}Re(CO)3Br]·2CHCl3, (I·2CHCl3), is best described as a distorted octa­hedron with three carbonyls in a facial conformation, a bromide atom, and a biting P,N-di­phenyl­pyridyl­phosphine ligand. Hirshfeld surface analysis shows that C—Cl⋯H inter­actions contribute 26%, the distance of these inter­actions are between 2.895 and 3.213 Å. The reaction between I and piperidine (C5H11N) at 313 K in di­chloro­methane leads to the partial decoord­ination of the pyridyl­phosphine ligand, whose pyridyl group is replaced by a piperidine mol­ecule, and the complex bromido­tricarbon­yl[diphen­yl(pyridin-2-yl)phosphane-κP](piperidine-κN)rhenium(I), [ReBr(C5H11N)(C17H14NP)(CO)3] or [P-{(C6H5)2(C5H5N)P}(C5H11N)Re(CO)3Br] (II). The mol­ecule has an intra­molecular N—H⋯N hydrogen bond between the non-coordinated pyridyl nitro­gen atom and the amine hydrogen atom from piperidine with D⋯A = 2.992 (9) Å. Thermogravimetry shows that I·2CHCl3 losses 28% of its mass in a narrow range between 318 and 333 K, which is completely consistent with two solvating chloro­form mol­ecules very weakly bonded to I. The remaining I is stable at least to 573 K. In contrast, II seems to lose solvent and piperidine (12% of mass) between 427 and 463 K, while the additional 33% loss from this last temperature to 573 K corresponds to the release of 2-pyridyl­phosphine. The contribution to the scattering from highly disordered solvent mol­ecules in II was removed with the SQUEEZE routine [Spek (2015). Acta Cryst. C71, 9-18] in PLATON. The stated crystal data for Mr, μ etc. do not take this solvent into account.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C15H12N2O2, contains two crystallographically independent mol­ecules in which the dihedral angles between the benzene rings in each are 13.26 (5) and 7.87 (5)°. An intra­molecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds results in the formation of an S(6) ring motif. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by weak C—H⋯O and C—H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming layers parallel to (011). In addition, π–π stacking inter­actions with centroid–centroid distances in the range 3.693 (2)–3.931 (2) Å complete the three-dimensional network.

Two bis-carbamoyl­methyl­phosphine oxide compounds, namely {[(3-{[2-(di­phen­yl­phosphino­yl)ethanamido]­meth­yl}benz­yl)carbamo­yl]meth­yl}di­phenyl­phos­phine oxide, C36H34N2O4P2, (I), and diethyl [({2-[2-(di­eth­oxy­phosphino­yl)ethanamido]­eth­yl}carbamo­yl)meth­yl]phospho­nate, C14H30N2O8P2, (II), were synthesized via nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions between an ester and a primary amine. Hydrogen-bonding inter­actions are present in both crystals, but these inter­actions are intra­molecular in the case of compound (I) and inter­molecular in compound (II). Intra­molecular π–π stacking inter­actions are also present in the crystal of compound (I) with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.9479 (12) Å and a dihedral angle of 9.56 (12)°. Inter­molecular C—H⋯π inter­actions [C⋯centroid distance of 3.622 (2) Å, C—H⋯centroid angle of 146°] give rise to supra­molecular sheets that lie in the ab plane. Key geometric features for compound (I) involve a nearly planar, trans-amide group with a C—N—C—C torsion angle of 169.12 (17)°, and a torsion angle of −108.39 (15)° between the phosphine oxide phospho­rus atom and the amide nitro­gen atom. For compound (II), the electron density corresponding to the phosphoryl group was disordered, and was modeled as two parts with a 0.7387 (19):0.2613 (19) occupancy ratio. Compound (II) also boasts a trans-amide group that approaches planarity with a C—N—C—C torsion angle of −176.50 (16)°. The hydrogen bonds in this structure are inter­molecular, with a D⋯A distance of 2.883 (2) Å and a D—H⋯A angle of 175.0 (18)° between the amide hydrogen atom and the P=O oxygen atom. These non-covalent inter­actions create ribbons that run along the b-axis direction.

The hydro­thermal synthesis and crystal structure of the simple inorganic compound CaHPO3, which crystallizes in the chiral space group P43212, are reported. The structure is built up from distorted CaO7 capped trigonal prisms and HPO3 pseudo pyramids, which share corners and edges to generate a three-dimensional network.

The asymmetric units of the title compounds, trans-di­aqua­(3-benzyl-1,3,5,8,12-penta­aza­cyclo­tetra­decane-κ4N1,N5,N8,N12)copper(II) isophthalate monohydrate, [Cu(C16H29N5)(H2O)2](C8H4O4)·H2O, (I), and trans-di­aqua­[3-(pyridin-3-ylmeth­yl)-1,3,5,8,12-penta­aza­cyclo­tetra­decane-κ4N1,N5,N8,N12]copper(II) iso­phthalate 0.9-hydrate, [Cu(C15H28N6)(H2O)2](C8H4O4)·0.9H2O, (II) consist of one di­aqua macrocyclic cation, one di­carboxyl­ate anion and uncoordinated water mol­ecule(s). In each compound, the metal ion is coordinated by the four secondary N atoms of the macrocyclic ligand and the mutually trans O atoms of the water mol­ecules in a tetra­gonally distorted octa­hedral geometry. The average equatorial Cu—N bond lengths are significantly shorter than the average axial Cu—O bond lengths [2.020 (9) versus 2.495 (12) Å and 2.015 (4) versus 2.507 (7) Å for (I) and (II), respectively]. The coordinated macrocyclic ligand in the cations of both compounds adopts the most energetically favorable trans-III conformation. In the crystals, the complex cations and counter-anions are connected via hydrogen-bonding inter­actions between the N—H groups of the macrocycles and the O—H groups of coordinated water mol­ecules as the proton donors and the O atoms of the carboxyl­ate as the proton acceptors. Additionally, as a result of O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding with the coordinated and water mol­ecules of crystallization, the isophthalate dianions form layers lying parallel to the (overline{1}01) and (100) planes in (I) and (II), respectively.

Six different rare-earth oxyapatites, including Ca2RE8(SiO4)6O2 (RE = La, Nd, Sm, Eu, or Yb) and NaLa9(SiO4)6O2, were synthesized using solution-based processes followed by cold pressing and sinter­ing. The crystal structures of the synthesized oxyapatites were determined from powder X-ray diffraction (P-XRD) and their chemistries verified with electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). All the oxyapatites were isostructural within the hexa­gonal space group P63/m and showed similar unit-cell parameters. The isolated [SiO4]4− tetra­hedra in each crystal are linked by the cations at the 4f and 6h sites occupied by RE3+ and Ca2+ in Ca2RE8(SiO4)6O2 or La3+ and Na+ in NaLa9(SiO4)6O2. The lattice parameters, cell volumes, and densities of the synthesized oxyapatites fit well to the trendlines calculated from literature values.

The title compound, hexa­kis­(2-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium) hepta­molybdate 2-methyl-1H-imidazole disolvate dihydrate, (C4H7N2)6[Mo7O24]·2C4H6N2·2H2O, was prepared from 2-methyl­imidazole and ammonium hepta­molybdate tetra­hydrate in acid solution. The [Mo7O24]6− hepta­molybdate cluster anion is accompanied by six protonated (C4H7N2)+ 2-methyl­imidazolium cations, two neutral C4H6N2 2-methyl­imidazole mol­ecules and two water mol­ecules of crystallization. The cluster consists of seven distorted MoO6 octa­hedra sharing edges or vertices. In the crystal, the components are linked by N—H⋯N, N—H⋯O, O—H⋯O, N—H⋯(O,O) and O—H⋯(O,O) hydrogen bonds, generating a three-dimensional network. Weak C—H⋯O inter­actions consolidate the packing.

The title pyridazin-3(2H)-one derivative, C25H19FN2O2, crystallizes with two independent mol­ecules (A and B) in the asymmetric unit. In mol­ecule A, the 4-fluoro­phenyl ring, the benzyl ring and the phenyl ring are inclined to the central pyridazine ring by 86.54 (11), 3.70 (9) and 84.857 (13)°, respectively. In mol­ecule B, the corresponding dihedral angles are 86.80 (9), 10.47 (8) and 82.01 (10)°, respectively. In the crystal, the A mol­ecules are linked by pairs of C—H⋯F hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers with an R22(28) ring motif. The dimers are linked by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and a C—H⋯π inter­action, forming columns stacking along the a-axis direction. The B mol­ecules are linked to each other in a similar manner and form columns separating the columns of A mol­ecules.

The title compounds, C14H10ClFN2OS (1) and C14H10BrFN2OS (2), were synthesized by two-step reactions. The dihedral angles between the aromatic rings are 31.99 (3) and 9.17 (5)° for 1 and 2, respectively. Compound 1 features an intra­molecular bifurcated N—H⋯(O,Cl) link due to the presence of the ortho-Cl atom on the benzene ring, whereas 2 features an intra­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bond. In the crystal of 1, inversion dimers linked by pairs of N—H⋯S hydrogen bonds generate R22(8) loops. The extended structure of 2 features the same motif but an additional weak C—H⋯S inter­action links the inversion dimers into [100] double columns. Hirshfeld surface analyses indicate that the most important contributors towards the crystal packing are H⋯H (26.6%), S⋯H/H.·S (13.8%) and Cl⋯H/H⋯Cl (9.5%) contacts for 1 and H⋯H (19.7%), C⋯H/H⋯C (14.8%) and Br⋯H/H⋯Br (12.4%) contacts for 2.

The title tetra­nuclear copper complex, [Cu4Cl6O(C6H9N3O3)4] or [Cu4Cl6O­(MET)4] [MET is 1-(2-hy­droxy­eth­yl)-2-methyl-5-nitro-1H-imidazole or metronidazole], contains a tetra­hedral arrangement of copper(II) ions. Each copper atom is also linked to the other three copper atoms in the tetra­hedron via bridging chloride ions. A fifth coordination position on each metal atom is occupied by a nitro­gen atom of the monodentate MET ligand. The result is a distorted CuCl3NO trigonal–bipyramidal coordination polyhedron with the axial positions occupied by oxygen and nitro­gen atoms. The extended structure displays O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding, as well as unusual short O⋯N inter­actions [2.775 (4) Å] between the nitro groups of adjacent clusters that are oriented perpendicular to each other. The scattering contribution of disordered water and methanol solvent mol­ecules was removed using the SQUEEZE procedure [Spek (2015). Acta Cryst. C71, 9–16] in PLATON [Spek (2009). Acta Cryst. D65, 148–155].

The reaction of 2,5-bis­(pyridin-4-yl)-1,3,4-oxa­diazole (4-pox) and thio­cyanate ions, used as co-ligand with nickel salt NiCl2·6H2O, produced the title complex, [Ni(NCS)2(C12H8N4O)2(H2O)2]. The NiII atom is located on an inversion centre and is octa­hedrally coordinated by four N atoms from two ligands and two pseudohalide ions, forming the equatorial plane. The axial positions are occupied by two O atoms of coordinated water mol­ecules. In the crystal, the mol­ecules are linked into a three-dimensional network through strong O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds. Hirshfeld surface analysis was used to investigate the inter­molecular inter­actions in the crystal packing.

The title mol­ecule crystallizes as a di­methyl­formamide monosolvate, C19H14N2O6S2·C3H7NO. The mol­ecule was expected to adopt mirror symmetry but slightly different conformational characteristics of the condensed benzo­thia­zine ring lead to point group symmetry 1. In the crystal, mol­ecules form two types of stacking dimers with distances of 3.464 (2) Å and 3.528 (2) Å between π-systems. As a result, columns extending parallel to [100] are formed, which are connected to inter­mediate di­methyl­formamide solvent mol­ecules by C—H⋯O inter­actions.

The synthesis, spectroscopic data, crystal and mol­ecular structures of two N'-(1-phenyl­benzyl­idene)-2-(thio­phen-3-yl)acetohydrazides, namely N'-[1-(4-hy­droxy­phen­yl)benzyl­idene]-2-(thio­phen-3-yl)acetohydrazide, C13H10N2O2S, (3a), and N'-[1-(4-meth­oxy­phen­yl)benzyl­idene]-2-(thio­phen-3-yl)acetohydrazide, C14H14N2O2S, (3b), are described. Both compounds differ in the substituent at the para position of the phenyl ring: –OH for (3a) and –OCH3 for (3b). In (3a), the thio­phene ring is disordered over two orientations with occupancies of 0.762 (3) and 0.238 (3). The configuration about the C=N bond is E. The thio­phene and phenyl rings are inclined by 84.0 (3) and 87.0 (9)° for the major- and minor-occupancy disorder components in (3a), and by 85.89 (12)° in (3b). Although these dihedral angles are similar, the conformation of the linker between the two rings is different [the C—C—C—N torsion angle is −ac for (3a) and −sc for (3b), while the C6—C7—N9—N10 torsion angle is +ap for (3a) and −sp for (3b)]. A common feature in the crystal packing of (3a) and (3b) is the presence of N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, resulting in the formation of chains of mol­ecules running along the b-axis direction in the case of (3a), or inversion dimers for (3b). The most prominent contributions to the surface contacts are those in which H atoms are involved, as confirmed by an analysis of the Hirshfeld surface.

Two CuII complexes [Cu(C14H13N4O2)Cl]n, I, and [Cu4(C8H10NO2)4Cl4]n, II, have been synthesized. In the structure of the mononuclear complex I, each ligand is coordinated to two metal centers. The basal plane around the CuII cation is formed by one chloride anion, one oxygen atom, one imino and one pyridine nitro­gen atom. The apical position of the distorted square-pyramidal geometry is occupied by a pyridine nitro­gen atom from a neighbouring unit, leading to infinite one-dimensional polymeric chains along the b-axis direction. Each chain is connected to adjacent chains by inter­molecular C—H⋯O and C—H⋯Cl inter­actions, leading to a three-dimensional network structure. The tetra­nuclear complex II lies about a crystallographic inversion centre and has one core in which two CuII metal centers are mutually inter­connected via two enolato oxygen atoms while the other two CuII cations are linked by a chloride anion and an enolato oxygen. An open-cube structure is generated in which the two open-cube units, with seven vertices each, share a side composed of two CuII ions bridged by two enolato oxygen atoms acting in a μ3-mode. The CuII atoms in each of the two CuO3NCl units are connected by one μ2-O and two μ3-O atoms from deprotonated hydroxyl groups and one chloride anion to the three other CuII centres. Each of the penta­coordinated CuII cations has a distorted NO3Cl square-pyramidal environment. The CuII atoms in each of the two CuO2NCl2 units are connected by μ2-O and μ3-O atoms from deprotonated alcohol hy­droxy groups and one chloride anion to two other CuII ions. Each of the penta­coordinated CuII cations has a distorted NO2Cl2 square-pyramidal environment. In the crystal, a series of intra­molecular C—H⋯O and C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds are observed in each tetra­nuclear monomeric unit, which is connected to four tetra­nuclear monomeric units by inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, thus forming a planar two-dimensional structure in the (overline{1}01) plane.

In each of the two independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, [CdI2(C18H14N4O)], the N,O,N'-tridentate N'-[(E)-(phen­yl)(pyridin-2-yl-κN)methyl­idene]pyridine-2-carbohydrazide ligand and two iodide anions form an I2N2O penta­coordination sphere, with a distorted square-pyramidal geometry, with an I atom in the apical position. Both mol­ecules feature an intra­molecular N—H⋯N hydrogen bond. In the crystal, weak aromatic π–π stacking inter­actions [centroid–centroid separation = 3.830 (2) Å] link the mol­ecules into dimers.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C15H21N3OS, comprises of two crystallographically independent mol­ecules (A and B). Each mol­ecule consists of a cyclo­hexane ring and a 2-hy­droxy-3-methyl­benzyl­idene ring bridged by a hydrazinecarbo­thio­amine unit. Both mol­ecules exhibit an E configuration with respect to the azomethine C=N bond. There is an intra­molecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bond in each mol­ecule forming an S(6) ring motif. The cyclo­hexane ring in each mol­ecule has a chair conformation. The benzene ring is inclined to the mean plane of the cyclo­hexane ring by 47.75 (9)° in mol­ecule A and 66.99 (9)° in mol­ecule B. The mean plane of the cyclo­hexane ring is inclined to the mean plane of the thio­urea moiety [N—C(=S)—N] by 55.69 (9) and 58.50 (8)° in mol­ecules A and B, respectively. In the crystal, the A and B mol­ecules are linked by N—H⋯S hydrogen bonds, forming `dimers'. The A mol­ecules are further linked by a C—H⋯π inter­action, hence linking the A–B units to form ribbons propagating along the b-axis direction. The conformation of a number of related cyclo­hexa­nehydrazinecarbo­thio­amides are compared to that of the title compound.

This study is an investigation into the crystal structure of the biologically active drug mol­ecule riluzole [RZ, 6-(tri­fluoro­meth­oxy)-1,3-benzo­thia­zol-2-amine], C8H5F3N2OS, and its derivative, the riluzolium chloride salt [RZHCl, 2-amino-6-(tri­fluoro­meth­oxy)-1,3-benzo­thia­zol-3-ium chloride], C8H6F3N2OS+·Cl−. In spite of repeated efforts to crystallize the drug, its crystal structure has not been reported to date, hence the current study provides a method for obtaining crystals of both riluzole and its corresponding salt, riluzolium hydro­chloride. The salt was obtained by grinding HCl with the drug and crystallizing the obtained solid from di­chloro­methane. The crystals of riluzole were obtained in the presence of l-glutamic acid and d-glutamic acid in separate experiments. In the crystal structure of RZHCl, the –OCF3 moiety is perpendicular to the mol­ecular plane containing the riluzolium ion, as can be seen by the torsion angle of 107.4 (3)°. In the case of riluzole, the torsion angles of the four different mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit show that in three cases the tri­fluoro­meth­oxy group is perpendicular to the riluzole mol­ecular plane and only in one mol­ecule does the –OCF3 group lie in the same mol­ecular plane. The crystal structure of riluzole primarily consists of strong N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds along with weak C—H⋯F, C—H⋯S, F⋯F, C⋯C and C⋯S inter­actions, while that of its salt is stabilized by strong [N—H]+⋯Cl− and weak C—H⋯Cl−, N—H⋯S, C—H⋯F, C⋯C, S⋯N and S⋯Cl− inter­actions.

The title compound, C31H30N2S2O6, possesses crystallographically imposed twofold symmetry with the two C atoms of the central benzene ring and the C atom of its methyl substituent lying on the twofold rotation axis. The two dansyl groups are twisted away from the plane of methyl­phenyl bridging unit in opposite directions. The three-dimensional arrangement in the crystal is mainly stabilized by weak hydrogen bonds between the sulfonyl oxygen atoms and the hydrogen atoms from the N-methyl groups. Stacking of the dansyl group is not observed. From the DFT calculations, the HOMO–LUMO energy gap was found to be 2.99 eV and indicates n→π* and π→π* transitions within the mol­ecule.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Zn(C6H8N4B)2(C12H8N2)], comprises one half of a ZnII cation (site symmetry 2), one di­hydro­bis­(pyrazol-1-yl)borate ligand in a general position, and one half of a phenanthroline ligand, the other half being completed by twofold rotation symmetry. The ZnII cation is coordinated in form of a slightly distorted octa­hedron by the N atoms of a phenanthroline ligand and by two pairs of N atoms of symmetry-related di­hydro­bis­(pyrazol-1-yl)borate ligands. The discrete complexes are arranged into columns that elongate in the c-axis direction with a parallel alignment of the phenanthroline ligands, indicating weak π–π inter­actions.

Five new crystal structures of perfluoro­pyridine substituted in the 4-position with phen­oxy, 4-bromo­phen­oxy, naphthalen-2-yl­oxy, 6-bromo­naphthalen-2-yl­oxy, and 4,4'-biphen­oxy are reported, viz. 2,3,5,6-tetra­fluoro-4-phen­oxy­pyridine, C11H5F4NO (I), 4-(4-bromo­phen­oxy)-2,3,5,6-tetra­fluoro­pyridine, C11H4BrF4NO (II), 2,3,5,6-tetra­fluoro-4-[(naphthalen-2-yl)­oxy]pyridine, C15H7F4NO (III), 4-[(6-bromo­naphthalen-2-yl)­oxy]-2,3,5,6-tetra­fluoropyridine, C15H6BrF4NO (IV), and 2,2'-bis­[(perfluoro­pyridin-4-yl)­oxy]-1,1'-biphenyl, C22H8F8N2O2 (V). The dihedral angles between the aromatic ring systems in I–IV are 78.74 (8), 56.35 (8), 74.30 (7), and 64.34 (19)°, respectively. The complete mol­ecule of V is generated by a crystallographic twofold axis: the dihedral angle between the pyridine ring and adjacent phenyl ring is 80.89 (5)° and the equivalent angle between the biphenyl rings is 27.30 (5)°. In each crystal, the packing is driven by C—H⋯F inter­actions, along with a variety of C—F⋯π, C—H⋯π, C—Br⋯N, C—H⋯N, and C—Br⋯π contacts. Hirshfeld surface analysis was conducted to aid in the visualization of these various influences on the packing.

The title compound, C11H8O5·(CH3)2SO, is a new coumarin derivative. The asymmetric unit contains two coumarin mol­ecules (A and B) and two di­methyl­sulfoxide solvent mol­ecules (A and B). The dihedral angle between the pyran and benzene rings in the chromene moiety is 3.56 (2)° for mol­ecule A and 1.83 (2)° for mol­ecule B. In mol­ecule A, the dimethyl sulfoxide sulfur atom is disordered over two positions with a refined occupancy ratio of 0.782 (5):0.218 (5). In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming chains running along the c-axis direction. The chains are linked by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming layers parallel to the ac plane. In addition, there are also C—H⋯π and π–π inter­actions present within the layers. The inter­molecular contacts in the crystal have been analysed using Hirshfeld surface analysis and two-dimensional fingerprint plots, which indicate that the most important contributions to the packing are from H⋯H (33.9%) and O⋯H/H⋯O (41.2%) contacts.

The title compounds, 8-amino-6-methyl-3,4-diphenyl-1H-isochromen-1-one, C22H17NO2, (I), and 8-amino-3,4-diethyl-6-methyl-1H-isochromen-1-one, C14H17NO2, (II), are new isocoumarin derivatives in which the isochromene ring systems are planar. Compound II crystallizes with two independent mol­ecules (A and B) in the asymmetric unit. In I, the two phenyl rings are inclined to each other by 56.41 (7)° and to the mean plane of the 1H-isochromene ring system by 67.64 (6) and 44.92 (6)°. In both compounds, there is an intra­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bond present forming an S(6) ring motif. In the crystal of I, mol­ecules are linked by N—H⋯π inter­actions, forming chains along the b-axis direction. A C—H⋯π inter­action links the chains to form layers parallel to (100). The layers are then linked by a second C—H⋯π inter­action, forming a three-dimensional structure. In the crystal of II, the two independent mol­ecules (A and B) are linked by N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming –A–B–A–B– chains along the [101] direction. The chains are linked into ribbons by C—H⋯π inter­actions involving inversion-related A mol­ecules. The latter are linked by offset π–π inter­actions [inter­centroid distances vary from 3.506 (1) to 3.870 (2) Å], forming a three-dimensional structure.

In the title metal–organic framework, [Fe(C6H8N2)2{Cu(CN)2}2]n, the low-spin FeII ion lies at an inversion centre and displays an elongated octa­hedral [FeN6] coordination environment. The axial positions are occupied by two symmetry-related bridging 2-ethyl­pyrazine ligands, while the equatorial positions are occupied by four N atoms of two pairs of symmetry-related cyanide groups. The CuI centre is coordinated by three cyanide carbon atoms and one N atom of a bridging 2-ethyl­pyrazine mol­ecule, which form a tetra­hedral coordination environment. Two neighbouring Cu atoms have a short Cu⋯Cu contact [2.4662 (7) Å] and their coordination tetra­hedra are connected through a common edge between two C atoms of cyanide groups. Each Cu2(CN)2 unit, formed by two neighbouring Cu atoms bridged by two carbons from a pair of μ-CN groups, is connected to six FeII centres via two bridging 2-ethyl­pyrazine mol­ecules and four cyanide groups, resulting in the formation of a polymeric three-dimensional metal–organic coordination framework.

The title compound, 2-(methyl­amino)­cyclo­hepta-2,4,6-trien-1-one, C8H9NO, crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c, with three independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit. The planarity of the mol­ecules is indicated by planes fitted through the seven ring carbon atoms. Small deviations from the planes, with an extremal r.m.s. deviation of 0.0345 Å, are present. In complexes of transition metals with similar ligands, the large planar seven-membered aromatic rings have shown to improve the stability of the complex. Two types of hydrogen-bonding inter­actions, C—H⋯O and N—H⋯O, are observed, as well as bifurcation of these inter­actions. The N—H⋯O inter­actions link mol­ecules to form infinite chains. The packing of mol­ecules in the unit cell shows a pattern of overlapping aromatic rings, forming column-like formations. π–π inter­actions are observed between the overlapping aromatic rings at 3.4462 (19) Å from each other.

The asymmetric unit of the title 1:1 solvate, C14H14N4O2·C6H6 [systematic name of the oxalamide mol­ecule: N,N'-bis­(pyridin-4-ylmeth­yl)ethanedi­amide], comprises a half mol­ecule of each constituent as each is disposed about a centre of inversion. In the oxalamide mol­ecule, the central C2N2O2 atoms are planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0006 Å). An intra­molecular amide-N—H⋯O(amide) hydrogen bond is evident, which gives rise to an S(5) loop. Overall, the mol­ecule adopts an anti­periplanar disposition of the pyridyl rings, and an orthogonal relationship is evident between the central plane and each terminal pyridyl ring [dihedral angle = 86.89 (3)°]. In the crystal, supra­molecular layers parallel to (10overline{2}) are generated owing the formation of amide-N—H⋯N(pyrid­yl) hydrogen bonds. The layers stack encompassing benzene mol­ecules which provide the links between layers via methyl­ene-C—H⋯π(benzene) and benzene-C—H⋯π(pyrid­yl) inter­actions. The specified contacts are indicated in an analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surfaces. The energy of stabilization provided by the conventional hydrogen bonding (approximately 40 kJ mol−1; electrostatic forces) is just over double that by the C—H⋯π contacts (dispersion forces).

In the title compound, C16H11Cl2N3O, the 4-meth­oxy-substituted benzene ring makes a dihedral angle of 41.86 (9)° with the benzene ring of the benzo­nitrile group. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked into layers parallel to (020) by C—H⋯O contacts and face-to-face π–π stacking inter­actions [centroid–centroid distances = 3.9116 (14) and 3.9118 (14) Å] between symmetry-related aromatic rings along the a-axis direction. A Hirshfeld surface analysis indicates that the most important contributions to the crystal packing are from Cl⋯H/H⋯Cl (22.8%), H⋯H (21.4%), N⋯H/H⋯N (16.1%), C⋯H/H⋯C (14.7%) and C⋯C (9.1%) inter­actions.

The asymmetric unit of the centrosymmetric title salt solvate, 2C17H17F6N2O+· C4H4O42−·CH3CH2OH, (systematic name: 2-{[2,8-bis­(tri­fluoro­meth­yl)quinolin-4-yl](hy­droxy)meth­yl}piperidin-1-ium butane­dioate ethanol monosolvate) comprises two independent cations, with almost superimposable conformations and each approximating the shape of the letter L, a butane­dioate dianion with an all-trans conformation and an ethanol solvent mol­ecule. In the crystal, supra­molecular chains along the a-axis direction are sustained by charge-assisted hy­droxy-O—H⋯O(carboxyl­ate) and ammonium-N—H⋯O(carboxyl­ate) hydrogen bonds. These are connected into a layer via C—F⋯π(pyrid­yl) contacts and π–π stacking inter­actions between quinolinyl-C6 and –NC5 rings of the independent cations of the asymmetric unit [inter-centroid separations = 3.6784 (17) and 3.6866 (17) Å]. Layers stack along the c-axis direction with no directional inter­actions between them. The analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surface reveals the significance of the fluorine atoms in surface contacts. Thus, by far the greatest contribution to the surface contacts, i.e. 41.2%, are of the type F⋯H/H⋯F and many of these occur in the inter-layer region. However, these contacts occur at separations beyond the sum of the van der Waals radii for these atoms. It is noted that H⋯H contacts contribute 29.8% to the overall surface, with smaller contributions from O⋯H/H⋯O (14.0%) and F⋯F (5.7%) contacts.

In the title polymeric complex, {[Fe(CN)2(C10H8N2)2(H2O)2][Au(CN)2]}n, the FeII ion, which is located on a twofold rotation axis, has a slightly distorted FeN4O2 octa­hedral geometry. It is coordinated by two phenyl­pyrazine mol­ecules, two water mol­ecules and two di­cyano­aurate anions, the Au atom also being located on a second twofold rotation axis. In the crystal, the coordinated di­cyano­aurate anions bridge the FeII ions to form polymeric chains propagating along the b-axis direction. In the crystal, the chains are linked by Owater—H⋯Ndi­cyano­aurate anions hydrogen bonds and aurophillic inter­actions [Au⋯Au = 3.5661 (3) Å], forming layers parallel to the bc plane. The layers are linked by offset π–π stacking inter­actions [inter­centroid distance = 3.643 (3) Å], forming a supra­molecular metal–organic framework.

In the title mol­ecule, C17H23NO2, the di­hydro­indole portion is planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0157 Å) and the nonyl substituent is in an `extended' conformation. In the crystal, the nonyl chains inter­calate and the di­hydro­indole­dione units are associated through C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds to form micellar blocks. Based on the Hirshfeld surface analysis, the most important inter­molecular inter­action is the H⋯H inter­action.

The heterobifunctional organic ligand, 3-(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)adamantane-1-carboxyl­ate (tr-ad-COO−), was employed for the synthesis of the title silver(I) coordination polymer, {[Ag(C13H16N3O2)]·2H2O}n, crystallizing in the rare ortho­rhom­bic C2221 space group. Alternation of the double μ2-1,2,4-triazole and μ2-η2:η1-COO− (chelating, bridging mode) bridges between AgI cations supports the formation of sinusoidal coordination chains. The AgI centers possess a distorted {N2O3} square-pyramidal arrangement with τ5 = 0.30. The angular organic linkers connect the chains into a tetra­gonal framework with small channels along the c-axis direction occupied by water mol­ecules of crystallization, which are inter­linked via O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds with carboxyl­ate groups, leading to right- and left-handed helical dispositions.

The syntheses and crystal structures of the title compounds, C14H8F4N2O2 and C14H8F4N2O3, are reported. In each crystal, the packing is driven by C—H⋯F inter­tactions, along with a variety of C—H⋯O, C—O⋯π, and C—F⋯π contacts. Hirshfeld surface analysis was conducted to aid in the visualization of these various influences on the packing: they showed that the largest contributions to the surface contacts arise from H⋯F/F⋯H inter­actions, followed by H⋯H and O⋯H/H⋯O.

The title coordination polymer, {[Cu3(C4H4N3O9)3(SeO4)(OH)]·2H2O}n or ([Cu3(μ3-OH)(trgly)3(SeO4)]·2H2O), crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c. The three independent Cu2+ cations adopt distorted square-pyramidal geometries with {O2N2+O} polyhedra. The three copper centres are bridged by a μ3-OH anion, leading to a triangular [Cu3(μ3-OH)] core. 2-(1,2,4-Triazol-4-yl)acetic acid (trgly-H) acts in a deprotonated form as a μ3-κ3N1:N2:O ligand. The three triazolyl groups bridge three copper centres of the hydroxo-cluster in an N1:N2 mode, thus supporting the triangular geometry. The [Cu3(μ3-OH)(tr)3] clusters serve as secondary building units (SBUs). Each SBU can be regarded as a six-connected node, which is linked to six neighbouring triangles through carboxyl­ate groups, generating a two-dimensional uninodal (3,6) coordination network. The selenate anion is bound in a μ3-κ3O1:O2:O3 fashion to the trinuclear copper platform. The [Cu3(OH)(trgly)3(SeO4)] coordination layers and guest water mol­ecules are linked together by numerous O—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, leading to a three-dimensional structure.

In the title compound, C27H30N4O6·H2O, the two dioxolo rings are in envelope conformations, while the pyran ring is in a twisted-boat conformation. The pyradizine ring is oriented at dihedral angles of 9.23 (6) and 12.98 (9)° with respect to the pyridine rings, while the dihedral angle between the two pyridine rings is 13.45 (10)°. In the crystal, O—Hwater⋯Opyran, O—Hwater⋯Ometh­oxy­meth­yl and O—Hwater⋯Npyridazine hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into chains along [010]. In addition, weak C—Hdioxolo⋯Odioxolo hydrogen bonds and a weak C—Hmeth­oxy­meth­yl⋯π inter­action complete the three-dimensional structure. The Hirshfeld surface analysis of the crystal structure indicates that the most important contributions for the crystal packing are from H⋯H (55.7%), H⋯C/C⋯H (14.6%), H⋯O/O⋯H (14.5%) and H⋯N/N⋯H (9.6%) inter­actions. Hydrogen-bonding and van der Waals inter­actions are the dominant inter­actions in the crystal packing. Electrochemical measurements are also reported.

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Ni(C63H31F10N5S2)]·xCH2Cl2 (x > 1/2), consists of Ni–porphyrin complexes that are located in general positions and di­chloro­methane solvent mol­ecules that are disordered around centers of inversion. The NiII ions are in a square-pyramidal (CN5) coordination, with four porphyrin N atoms in the equatorial and a pyridine N atom in the apical position and are shifted out of the porphyrine N4 plane towards the coordinating pyridine N atom. The pyridine substituent is not exactly perpendicular to the N4 plane with an angle of inter­section between the planes planes of 80.48 (6)°. The di­chloro­methane solvent mol­ecules are hydrogen bonded to one of the four porphyrine N atoms. Two complexes are linked into dimers by two symmetry-equivalent C—H⋯S hydrogen bonds. These dimers are closely packed, leading to cavities in which additional di­chloro­methane solvent mol­ecules are embedded. These solvent mol­ecules are disordered and because no reasonable split model was found, the data were corrected for disordered solvent using the PLATON SQUEEZE routine [Spek (2015). Acta Cryst. C71, 9–18].

The title salt, C16H15ClN3S+·Br−, is isotypic with (E)-3-[(4-fluoro­benzyl­idene)amino]-5-phenyl­thia­zolidin-2-iminium bromide [Khalilov et al. (2019). Acta Cryst. E75, 662–666]. In the cation of the title salt, the atoms of the phenyl ring attached to the central thia­zolidine ring and the atom joining the thia­zolidine ring to the benzene ring are disordered over two sets of sites with occupancies of 0.570 (3) and 0.430 (3). The major and minor components of the disordered thia­zolidine ring adopt slightly distorted envelope conformations, with the C atom bearing the phenyl ring as the flap atom. In the crystal, centrosymmetrically related cations and anions are linked into dimeric units via N—H⋯Br hydrogen bonds, which are further connected by weak C—H⋯Br contacts into chains parallel to the a axis. Furthermore, not existing in the earlier report of (E)-3-[(4-fluoro­benzyl­idene)amino]-5-phenyl­thia­zolidin-2-iminium bromide, C—H⋯π inter­actions and π–π stacking inter­actions [centroid-to-centroid distance = 3.897 (2) Å] between the major components of the disordered phenyl ring contribute to the stabilization of the mol­ecular packing. Hirshfeld surface analysis and two-dimensional fingerprint plots indicate that the most important contributions for the crystal packing are from H⋯H (30.5%), Br⋯H/H⋯Br (21.2%), C⋯H/H⋯C (19.2%), Cl⋯H/H⋯Cl (13.0%) and S⋯H/H⋯S (5.0%) inter­actions.

The monocation product of the oxidative condensation–cyclization between two mol­ecules of pyridine-2-carbaldehyde and one mol­ecule of CH3NH2·HCl in methanol, 2-methyl-3-(pyridin-2-yl)imidazo[1,5-a]pyridinium, was isolated in the presence of metal ions as bis­[2-methyl-3-(pyridin-2-yl)imidazo[1,5-a]pyridin-2-ium] tetra­iodo­cadmate, (C13H12N3)2[CdI4], (I), and the mixed chloride/nitrate salt, bis­[2-methyl-3-(pyridin-2-yl)imidazo[1,5-a]pyridin-2-ium] 1.5-chlor­ide 0.5-nitrate trihydrate, 2C13H12N3+·1.5Cl−·0.5NO3−·3H2O, (II). Hybrid salt (I) crystallizes in the space group P21/n with two [L]2[CdI4] mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit related by pseudosymmetry. In the crystal of (I), layers of organic cations and of tetra­halometallate anions are stacked parallel to the ab plane. Anti­parallel L+ cations disposed in a herring-bone pattern form π-bonded chains through aromatic stacking. In the inorganic layer, adjacent tetra­hedral CdI4 units have no connectivity but demonstrate close packing of iodide anions. In the crystal lattice of (II), the cations are arranged in stacks propagating along the a axis; the one-dimensional hydrogen-bonded polymer built of chloride ions and water mol­ecules runs parallel to a column of stacked cations.

The mol­ecule of the title compound, C18H10Br2S4, has a C-shape, with Cs mol­ecular symmetry. The dihedral angle between the planes of the di­thiol and phenyl rings is 8.35 (9)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules form helical chains along [001], the shortest inter­actions being π⋯S contacts within the helices. The inter­molecular inter­actions were investigated by Hirshfeld surface analysis. Density functional theory (DFT) was used to calculate HOMO–LUMO energy levels of the title compound and its trans isomer.

In the two isotypic title compounds, C14H8BrCl2N3O2, (I), and C14H8Cl3N3O2, (II), the substitution of one of the phenyl rings is different [Br for (I) and Cl for (II)]. Aromatic rings form dihedral angles of 60.9 (2) and 64.1 (2)°, respectively. Mol­ecules are linked through weak X⋯Cl contacts [X = Br for (I) and Cl for (II)], C—H⋯Cl and C—Cl⋯π inter­actions into sheets parallel to the ab plane. Additional van der Waals inter­actions consolidate the three-dimensional packing. Hirshfeld surface analysis of the crystal structures indicates that the most important contributions for the crystal packing for (I) are from C⋯H/H⋯C (16.1%), O⋯H/H⋯O (13.1%), Cl⋯H/H⋯Cl (12.7%), H⋯H (11.4%), Br⋯H/H⋯Br (8.9%), N⋯H/H⋯N (6.9%) and Cl⋯C/C⋯Cl (6.6%) inter­actions, and for (II), from Cl⋯H / H⋯Cl (21.9%), C⋯H/H⋯C (15.3%), O⋯H/H⋯O (13.4%), H⋯H (11.5%), Cl⋯C/C⋯Cl (8.3%), N⋯H/H⋯N (7.0%) and Cl⋯Cl (5.9%) inter­actions. The crystal of (I) studied was refined as an inversion twin, the ratio of components being 0.9917 (12):0.0083 (12).

Three new isotypic heteropolynuclear complexes, namely penta­aqua­carbonato­penta­kis­(glycinehydroxamato)nitrato­penta­copper(II)lanthanide(III) x-hydrate, [LnCu5(GlyHA)5(CO3)(NO3)(H2O)5]·xH2O (GlyHA2− is glycine­hydrox­amate, N-hy­droxy­glycinamidate or amino­aceto­hydroxamate, C2H4N2O22−), with lanthanide(III) (LnIII) = gadolinium (Gd, 1, x = 3.5), dysprosium (Dy, 2, x = 3.28) and holmium (Ho, 3, x = 3.445), within a 15-metallacrown-5 class were obtained on reaction of lanthanide(III) nitrate, copper(II) acetate and sodium glycinehydroxamate. Complexes 1–3 contain five copper(II) ions and five bridging GlyHA2− anions, forming a [CuGlyHA]5 metallamacrocyclic core. The LnIII ions are coordinated to the metallamacrocycle through five O-donor hydroxamates. The electroneutrality of complexes 1–3 is achieved by a bidentate carbonate anion coordinated to the LnIII ion and a monodentate nitrate anion coordinated apically to one of the copper(II) ions of the metallamacrocycle. The lattice parameters of complexes 1–3 are similar to those previously reported for an EuIII–CuII 15-metallacrown-5 complex with glycine­hydroxamate of proposed composition [EuCu5(GlyHA)5(OH)(NO3)2(H2O)4]·3.5H2O [Stemmler et al. (1999). Inorg. Chem. 38, 2807–2817]. High-quality X-ray data obtained for 1–3 have allowed a re-evaluation of the X-ray data solution proposed earlier for the EuCu5 complex and suggest that the formula is actually [EuCu5(GlyHA)5(CO3)(NO3)(H2O)5]·3.5H2O.

The title compound, C8H4Br2O4·C2H6O2, crystallizes with one-half of a 2,5-di­bromo­terephthalic acid (H2Br2tp) mol­ecule and one-half of an ethyl­ene glycol (EG) mol­ecule in the the asymmetric unit. The whole mol­ecules are generated by application of inversion symmetry. The H2Br2tp mol­ecule is not planar, with the di­bromo­benzene ring system inclined by a dihedral angle of 18.62 (3)° to the carb­oxy­lic group. In the crystal, the H2Br2tp and EG mol­ecules are linked into sheets propagating parallel to (overline{1}01) through O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, thereby forming R44 (12) and R44 (28) graph-set motifs. Br⋯O and weak π–π stacking inter­actions are also observed. Hirshfeld surface analysis was used to confirm the existence of these inter­actions.

The di-substituted acetyl­ene residue in the title compound, C11H11NO3, is capped at either end by di-methyl­hydroxy and 4-nitro­benzene groups; the nitro substituent is close to co-planar with the ring to which it is attached [dihedral angle = 9.4 (3)°]. The most prominent feature of the mol­ecular packing is the formation, via hy­droxy-O—H⋯O(hy­droxy) hydrogen bonds, of hexa­meric clusters about a site of symmetry overline{3}. The aggregates are sustained by 12-membered {⋯OH}6 synthons and have the shape of a flattened chair. The clusters are connected into a three-dimensional architecture by benzene-C—H⋯O(nitro) inter­actions, involving both nitro-O atoms. The aforementioned inter­actions are readily identified in the calculated Hirshfeld surface. Computational chemistry indicates there is a significant energy, primarily electrostatic in nature, associated with the hy­droxy-O—H⋯O(hy­droxy) hydrogen bonds. Dispersion forces are more important in the other identified but, weaker inter­molecular contacts.

The reaction of 2-methyl­thio-5-amino-1,3,4-thia­diazole (Me-SNTD; C3H5N3S2) with copper(II) acetate monohydrate [Cu(OAc)2·H2O; C4H8CuO5] resulted in the formation of the title binuclear compound, [Cu2(C2H3O2)4(C3H5N3S2)2] or [Cu2(OAc)4(Me-SNTD)2]. The structure has triclinic (P overline{1}) symmetry with a crystallographic inversion centre located at the midpoint of the line connecting the Cu atoms in the dimer. These two Cu atoms of the dimer [Cu⋯Cu = 2.6727 (6) Å] are held together by four carboxyl­ate groups. Each Cu atom is further coordinated to the N atom of an Me-SNTD mol­ecule and exhibits a Jahn–Teller-distorted octa­hedral geometry. The dimers are connected into infinite chains by hydrogen bonds between the NH (Me-SNTD) and the carboxyl­ate groups of neighbouring mol­ecules, generating an R22(12) ring motif. The mol­ecules are further linked by C—H⋯π inter­actions between the thia­diazole rings and the methyl groups of the acetate units.

The syntheses and crystal structures of three hybrid perovskites, viz. poly[1-methyl­piperizine-1,4-diium [tri-μ-bromido-potassium] hemihydrate], {(C5H14N2)[KBr3]·0.5H2O}n, (I), poly[1-methyl­piperizine-1,4-diium [tri-μ-bromido-rubidium] hemihydrate], {(C5H14N2)[RbBr3]·0.5H2O}n, (II), and poly[1-methyl­piperizine-1,4-diium [tri-μ-bromido-caesium] hemihydrate], {(C5H14N2)[CsBr3]·0.5H2O}n, (III), are described. These isostructural (space group Amm2) phases contain a three-dimensional, corner-sharing network of distorted ABr6 octa­hedra (A = K, Rb, Cs) with the same topology as the classical perovskite structure. The doubly protonated C5H14N22+ cations occupy inter­stices bounded by eight octa­hedra and the water mol­ecules lie in square sites bounded by four octa­hedra. N—H⋯Br, N—H⋯(Br,Br), N—H⋯O and O—H⋯Br hydrogen bonds consolidate the structures.

In the title benzohydrazide derivative, C14H12N2O4, the azomethine C=N double bond has an E configuration. The hydrazide connecting bridge, (C=O)—(NH)—N=(CH), is nearly planar with C—C—N—N and C—N—N=C torsion angles of −177.33 (10) and −174.98 (12)°, respectively. The 4-hy­droxy­phenyl and 3,4-di­hydroxy­phenyl rings are slightly twisted, making a dihedral angle of 9.18 (6)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules are connected by N—H⋯O and O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional network, while further consolidated via π–π inter­actions [centroid–centroid distances = 3.6480 (8) and 3.7607 (8) Å]. The conformation is compared to those of related benzyl­idene-4-hy­droxy­benzohydrazide derivatives.

The crystal of 6-(3-nitro­phen­yl)-7-phenyl-5-thia-7-aza­spiro­[2.6]nonan-8-one (1), C19H18N2O3S, has monoclinic (P21/n) symmetry while that of its isomer 6-(4-nitro­phen­yl)-7-phenyl-5-thia-7-aza­spiro­[2.6]nonan-8-one (2), has ortho­rhom­bic (Pca21) symmetry: compound 1 has two mol­ecules, A and B, in the asymmetric unit while 2 has one. In all three mol­ecules, the seven-membered thia­zepan ring exhibits a chair conformation with Q2 and Q3 values (Å) of 0.521 (3), 0.735 (3) and 0.485 (3), 0.749 (3) in 1 and 0.517 (5), 0.699 (5) in 2. In each structure, the phenyl rings attached to adjacent atoms of the thia­zepan ring have inter­planar angles ranging between 41 and 47°. Except for the nitro groups, the three mol­ecules have similar conformations when overlayed in pairs. Both crystal structures are consolidated by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.

Four manganese(II) bromide coordination complexes have been prepared with four pyridine N-oxides, viz. pyridine N-oxide (PNO), 2-methyl­pyridine N-oxide (2MePNO), 3-methyl­pyridine N-oxide (3MePNO), and 4-methyl­pyridine N-oxide (4MePNO). The compounds are bis­(μ-pyridine N-oxide)bis­[aqua­dibromido­(pyridine N-oxide)manganese(II)], [Mn2Br4(C5H5NO)4(H2O)2] (I), bis­(μ-2-methyl­pyridine N-oxide)bis­[di­aqua­dibromido­manganese(II)]–2-methyl­pyridine N-oxide (1/2), [Mn2Br4(C6H7NO)2(H2O)4]·2C6H7NO (II), bis­(μ-3-methyl­pyridine N-oxide)bis­[aqua­dibromido­(3-methyl­pyridine N-oxide)manganese(II)], [Mn2Br4(C6H7NO)4(H2O)2] (III), and bis­(μ-4-methyl­pyridine N-oxide)bis­[di­bromido­methanol(4-methyl­pyridine N-oxide)manganese(II)], [Mn2Br4(C6H7NO)4(CH3OH)2] (IV). All the compounds have one unique MnII atom and form a dimeric complex that contains two MnII atoms related by a crystallographic inversion center. Pseudo-octa­hedral six-coordinate manganese(II) centers are found in all four compounds. All four compounds form dimers of Mn atoms bridged by the oxygen atom of the PNO ligand. Compounds I, II and III exhibit a bound water of solvation, whereas compound IV contains a bound methanol mol­ecule of solvation. Compounds I, III and IV exhibit the same arrangement of mol­ecules around each manganese atom, ligated by two bromide ions, oxygen atoms of two PNO ligands and one solvent mol­ecule, whereas in compound II each manganese atom is ligated by two bromide ions, one O atom of a PNO ligand and two water mol­ecules with a second PNO mol­ecule inter­acting with the complex via hydrogen bonding through the bound water mol­ecules. All of the compounds form extended hydrogen-bonding networks, and compounds I, II, and IV exhibit offset π-stacking between PNO ligands of neighboring dimers.

A cadmium germanium arsenide compound, Cd3Ge2As4, was synthesized using a double-containment fused quartz ampoule method within a rocking furnace and a melt-quench technique. The crystal structure was determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD), scanning and transmission electron microscopies (i.e. SEM, STEM, and TEM), and selected area diffraction (SAD) and confirmed with electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The chemistry was verified with electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS).