Crystal system: monoclinic
| a: | 16.2583 (±0.0011) Å |
| b: | 8.9028 (±0.0005) Å |
| c: | 8.6261 (±0.0006) Å |
| α: | 90° |
| β: | 90.071 (±0.004)° |
| γ: | 90° |
Starting materials: PbI2, HI(47%), pentanolamine (HOC5H10NH2)
Product: Orange crystals
Description: PbI2 (0.325 mmol; 0.236 g) was dissolved in 2 mL HI solution. Then HOC5H10NH2 (1.26 mmol; 0.130 g) was added. The precipitate was dissolved at room temperature via ultrasound. It is assumed that there was a substitution reaction that took place where the amine had an alcohol group substituted with an iodide atom. The solution was then cooled in a fridge to 5 degrees Celsius, causing orange crystals to precipitate.
Method: Single-crystal X-ray diffraction
Description: A Bruker SMART 1K CCD area detector diffractometer using Mo Kalpha radiation was used to measure SCXRD at 173 K. Omega-scans of width 0.3 degrees were used. The SAINT+ version 6.02 program was used for data reduction and the XPREP program was used for absorption corrections. SHELXS-97 was used to directly solve the structure. SHELXL-97 was used for refinement of the structure.