The molecular structure of 2-phenylbenzimidazole: A new example of incommensurate modulated intramolecular torsion

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-287

  Zúñiga, F Javier ^a   Palatinus, Lukáš ^b   Cabildo, Pilar ^c   Claramunt, Rosa M ^c   Elguero, José ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA MÉDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benzimidazoles; Charge flipping; Incommensurate structure; Powder diffraction structure analysis; Superspace; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645747806     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.2006.221.4.281     Document Type: Article

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