title: trans-Decahydronaphthalene (decalin) from powder diffraction data.
abstract: The title compound, C(10)H(18), a decalin stereoisomer, crystallizes with Z' = 0.5 in the space group P2(1)/n. The trans-decalin molecule is located on an inversion centre with both rings in a chair conformation, making for a quasi-flat overall shape. Despite the absence of hydrogen bonds, it crystallizes easily. In this work the unknown crystal structure of trans-decalin has been solved and refined using X-ray powder diffraction data.
authors.affiliation: Institut Laue Langevin, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, 38042 Grenoble, France. eibl@ill.eu
authors.forename: Stefan
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authors.lastname: Eibl
authors.forename: Andrew
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authors.lastname: Fitch
authors.forename: Michela
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authors.lastname: Brunelli
authors.forename: Alexander Dominic
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authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Philip
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authors.lastname: Pattison
authors.forename: Marie
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authors.lastname: Plazanet
authors.forename: Mark Robert
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authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Christiane
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authors.lastname: Alba-Simionesco
authors.forename: Helmut
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authors.lastname: Schober