255. An X-ray study of the phthalocyanines. Part II. Quantitative structure determination of the metal-free compound
255. An X-ray study of the phthalocyanines. Part II. Quantitative structure determination of the metal-free compound
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255. 酞菁的 X 射线研究。
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10.1039/jr9360001195
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1936
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J. Robertson
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J. Robertson
PRELIMINARY data on the crystal structure of some of the phthalocyanines have already been given (J., 1935, 615). These compounds (see Linstead, J., 1934, 1016) form an isomorphous series of remarkably stable monoclinic crystals. The present paper gives the results of a quantitative determination of the structure of free phthalocyanine, C32H18N8, space group C%(PZJa), a= 19.85, b= 4.72, c= 14.8 A., p= 122.25", which has two centro-symmetrical molecules per unit cell of volume 1173 A. 3; d (found)= 1-44;(calc.)=It is well known that the direct application of the X-ray method of analysis is severely limited in the general case by the ambiguity of the phase constant. It is possible to make absolute measurements of the intensities of the X-ray crystal reflections, and from these values to calculate the magnitudes of the structure amplitude factors (F). But the complete expression of F, as it occurs in the Fourier series representing the electron density at any point in the crystal lattice, is a complex quantity characterised by an amplitude and a phase constant. As the X-ray crystal reflections are recorded separately, at different times and with the crystal in different positions, all information regarding the relative values of the phase constants is necessarily lost in making the experiment with a single crystal. However, it is usually possible to proceed with the analysis by methods of trial, making use of previous knowledge of the scattering power of atoms and the probable distances between them. The application of the Fourier synthesis then leads to a refinement of the preliminary results, and by a method of successive approximation is equivalent in the end to a direct determination of the interatomic distances. The analyses already carried out