Intermolecular C–H···O interactions in cyclopentanone: an inelastic neutron scattering study. Abstract The inelastic neutron scattering (INS) spectra of cyclopentanone were obtained for pure and 50% CCl4 solution forms. Spectra are compared with infrared and Raman data, and with DFT calculated eigenvectors. This exercise aims to find spectroscopic evidence in the neutron spectra for the presence…

Intermolecular C–H⋯O interactions in cyclopentanone: An inelastic neutron scattering study Abstract The inelastic neutron scattering (INS) spectra of cyclopentanone were obtained for pure and 50% CCl4 solution forms. Spectra are compared with infrared and Raman data, and with DFT calculated eigenvectors. This exercise aims to find spectroscopic evidence in the neutron spectra for the presence…

Multifunctional micro- and nanosized metal–organic frameworks assembled from bisphosphonates and lanthanides Abstract Phase-pure and highly crystalline [Ln(Hpmd)(H2O)] materials [where Ln3+ = Eu3+ (1), Gd3+ (2) and Tb3+ (3); H4pmd = 1,4-phenylenebis(methylene)diphosphonic acid] were prepared by using three distinct approaches: (i) conventional hydrothermal synthesis (180 °C, 3 days); (ii) microwave-assisted heating (50 W irradiation power, 40…

Multifunctional micro-and nanosized metalorganic frameworks assembled from bisphosphonates and lanthanides Abstract Phase-pure and highly crystalline [Ln(Hpmd)(H2O)] materials [where Ln3+ = Eu3+ (1), Gd3+ (2) and Tb3+ (3); H4pmd = 1,4-phenylenebis(methylene)diphosphonic acid] were prepared by using three distinct approaches: (i) conventional hydrothermal synthesis (180 °C, 3 days); (ii) microwave-assisted heating (50 W irradiation power, 40 °C,…

Transposition of chirality from diphosphonate metal–organic framework precursors onto porous lanthanide pyrophosphates Abstract Chiral porous inorganic materials, lanthanide pyrophosphates, were prepared from chiral porous metal–organic framework precursors, which upon thermal decomposition transpose their chirality and porosity onto the inorganic framework. It is argued that this synthesis concept may be extended to other chiral porous inorganic…