title: Growth, crystalline perfection and characterization of benzophenone oxime crystal.
abstract: Single crystals of benzophenone oxime (BPO) have been grown by slow evaporation solution growth technique from ethanol at room temperature. The single crystal X-ray diffraction study reveals that the crystal belongs to monoclinic system and cell parameters are, a=9.459 Å, b=8.383 Å, c=26.690 Å, v=2115 Å(3) and β=92.807°. The structure and the crystallinity of the materials were further confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction analysis. The various functional groups present in the molecule are confirmed by FT-IR analysis. The TG/DSC studies reveal the purity of the material and the crystals are transparent in the entire visible region having a lower optical cut-off at ~300 nm. The crystalline perfection was evaluated by high-resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD). The crystal is further characterized by Kurtz powder technique, dielectric studies and microhardness analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rajasekar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muthu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Meenatchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhagavannarayana
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Mahadevan
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Meenakshisundaram
mesh_terms: D001577:Benzophenones / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D010091:Oximes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D001577:Benzophenones; D010091:Oximes; C047723:benzophenone