trans-Decahydronaphthalene (decalin) from powder diffraction data.
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.
Eibl
Stefan
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Institut Laue Langevin, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, 38042 Grenoble, France. eibl@ill.eu
Fitch
Andrew
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Brunelli
Michela
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Evans
Alexander Dominic
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Pattison
Philip
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Plazanet
Marie
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Johnson
Mark Robert
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Alba-Simionesco
Christiane
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Schober
Helmut
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