Crystal system: tetragonal
| a: | 8.9353 Å |
| b: | 8.9353 Å |
| c: | 24.9636 Å |
| α: | 90° |
| β: | 90° |
| γ: | 90° |
Starting materials: sec-butylamine (1-Me-pa, 99%), hydriodic acid (HI) solution (57 wt%, stabilized, 99.95%), PbI2
Product: metallic orange block
Description: 1-Me-pa∙HI salt was synthesized by adding a stoichiometric volume of HI into sec-butylamine in a cold water bath, evaporating water at 150 ˚C on a hot plate and vacuum drying at 150 ˚C at 40 mtorr for a week. Thin plate-like (1-Me-pa)2PbI4 crystals were grown by adding stoichiometric amounts of PbI2 (0.25 mmol) and 1-Me-pa∙HI (0.5 mmol) to a solution of 0.5 mL HI solution and 0.5 mL methanol followed by slow evaporation of the solution over a week. The crystals were filtered and washed with ethyl ether.
Method: Single crystal X-ray Diffraction
Description: Data were collected using Rigaku XtaLAB Synergy-S diffractometer using Mo Kα radiation (= 0.71073 Å).