On intrinsic and extrinsic defect-forming mechanisms determining the disordered structure of 4-iodo-4′-nitrobiphenyl crystals

Abstract

Following up two recent Chemical Communications on the structure of the title compound, a theoretical study confirms that the presence of 4,4′-dinitrobiphenyl as an impurity can give rise to disordered crystals, resulting from a chain inversion mechanism.

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