Superspace description of trimethyltin hydroxide at T = 100 K

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Dey, Somnath ; Schönleber, Andreas ; Mondal, Swastik ; van Smaalen, Sander:
Superspace description of trimethyltin hydroxide at T = 100 K.
In: Zeitschrift für Kristallographie : Crystalline Materials. Vol. 231 (2016) Issue 7 . - pp. 427-434.
ISSN 2196-7105
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2016-1952

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At low temperatures the metalorganic compound trimethyltin hydroxide, (CH₃)₃SnOH, possesses a commensurately modulated crystal structure, the modulation wave vector can be described as q = (1 divided by 2)c∗.
The crystal structure is studied by analysing single-crystal X-ray diffraction data within the (3+1)-dimensional superspace approach and superspace group P21212(00γ)00s. The corresponding twofold superstructure has space group symmetry P212121. The structure is characterised by polymeric chains running along c-axis, generated by Sn–O–Sn bridges between neighbouring Sn atoms and packed in a distorted hexagonal pattern and linked via C–H···O interstrand hydrogen bonds along the (orthorhombic) directions [110] and [11̅0], but not along [100].