Abstract
The seemingly unpredictable structure of gallic acid monohydrate form IV has been investigated using accurate X-ray diffraction measurements at temperatures of 10 and 123 K. The measurements demonstrate that the structure is commensurately modulated at 10 K and disordered at higher temperatures. Aided by charge-density modeling and periodic DFT calculations we show that the disorder gives a substantial stabilization of the structure
Original language | English |
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Journal | Chemical Communications |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 5 |
Pages (from-to) | 925-928 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISSN | 1359-7345 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |