Crystallography Central Facility

Updated Aug-20-2007

Recent publications

1. ““Cassette” In Situ Enzymatic Screening Identifies Complementary Chiral Scaffolds for Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution Across a Range of Epoxides”, S. Dey, D. R. Powell, C. Hu, D. B. Berkowitz, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2007, 46(37), 7010-7014. (Angew. Chem. 2007, 119(37), 7140-7144.)

2. “Pyridine complexes of mercury(II) halides: Implications of a soft metal center for crystal engineering”, C. Hu, I.  Kalf and U. Englert, CrystEngComm, 2007, 9, 603-610. (Crystal engineering, Structure trend)                                                                      (Drawn by Platon)

3. “Structure and Properties of the Antiferroelectric Cesium Niobate, Cs₂Nb₄O₁₁”, R. Smith, C. Hu, J. Liu, W. N. Mei, K. J. Lin, J. Solid State Chem., 2007, 180, 1193-1197.

4. “Space filling versus symmetry: Two consecutive single-crystal to single-crystal phase transitions in a 2D network”, C. Hu and U. Englert, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45(21), 3457-3459. (Angew. Chem. 2006, 118(21), 3535-3538.) (SCSC transformation)

5. “1-Oxa-nido-dodecaborate [OB₁₁H₁₂]^- from the Controlled Oxidation of the closo-Borates [B₁₁H₁₁]^2- and [B₁₂H₁₂]^2-”, O. Volkov, P. Paetzold, C. Hu, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2006, 632(6), 945-948.

6. “4-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole, an intermediate in the synthesis of iron-triazole spin-crossover compounds”, M. U. Schmidt, C. Hu, J. W. Bats and J. Kühne, Acta Cryst., 2005, E61, o4343-o4344.(Drawn by Mercury)

7. “Magnetic properties of a metal-organic antiferromagnet on a distorted honeycomb lattice”, I. Spremo, F. Schuetz, P. Kopietz, V. Pashchenko, B. Wolf, M. Lang, J. W. Bats, C. Hu and M. U. Schmidt, Phy. Rev. B, 2005, 72, 174429-174440. (Low-dimensional magnet)  (Drawn by Diamond)

8. “Synthesis and crystal structure of three nido 11-vertex platinaborane clusters”, J. Dou, L. Wu, Q. Guo, D. Li, D. Wang, C. Hu, P. Zheng, App. Organomet. Chem., 2005, 19(11), 1168-1175. (Metallaborane chemistry)

9. “About the degree of hydration in potassiumtrisoxalatochromate hydrate”, C. Hu, G. Heger, I. Kalf, and U. Englert,  Z. Kristallogr., 2005, 220(11), 926-929. (Neutron diffraction)                                   (Schakal)

10.  “Diaryl tellurium dihalides: From Te-tetracoordinated compounds to Te-tricoordinated molecular complexes”, P. H. Laur, S. M. Saberi-Niaki, M. Scheiter, C. Hu, U. Englert, Y. Wang, and J. Fleischhauer, Phosph., Sulf., Silicon, 2005, 180(3-4), 1035-1044.

11. “Sulfur addition to aldimines: thioamides, not thiaziridines, as products; revision of an old report”, G. Mloston, R. Depczynski, M. Woznicka, P. Laur, U. Englert, C. Hu, and H. Heimgartner, J. Sulfur Chem., 2005, 26(2), 111-119.

12. “The Structure of the Tricosahydrotetracosaborate Anion B₂₄H₂₃^3-”, O. Volkov, C. Hu, U. Kölle, and P. Paetzold,  Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2005, 631(10), 1909-1911. (Boron chemistry)

13. “Silver-Hydrogen Interactions in Crystalline Silver-Dodecahydrododecaborates”, O. Volkov, C. Hu, P. Paetzold, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2005, 631(6-7), 1107-1112. (Boron chemistry)

14. “Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Properties of MnNCN, the first Carbodiimide of a Magnetic Transition Metal”, X. Liu, M. Krott, P. Müller, C. Hu, H. Lueken, R. Dronskowski, Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44(9), 3001-3003.

15. “Single-crystal to single-crystal transformation from chain polymer to two dimensional network at very low temperatures”, C. Hu, U. Englert, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44(15), 2281-2283. (Angew. Chem. 2005, 117(15), 2321-2323.) (SCSC transformation) 

16. “(η⁷-4-Borataborepine)(η⁵-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium complexes: ruthenocene analogs with a novel C₅B₂ ligand”, Y. Nie, H. Pritzkow, C. Hu, T. Oeser, B. Bach, T. Müller, and W. Siebert, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44(4), 632-634. (Angew. Chem. 2005, 117(4), 638-640.)

17. “Crystal Engineering on Coordination Compounds between Metal Dihalide and Pyridine-tpye Ligand”, C. Hu, Mainz Verlag, Aachen, ISBN 3-86130-375-2. (Crystal engineering, Structure trend)