Polymorphism based on molecular stereoisomerism in tris(oxalato) Cr(III) salts of bedt-ttf [bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene]

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Lee Martin, Scott S. Turner, Peter Day, K. M. Abdul Malik, Simon J. Coles and Michael B. Hursthouse


Abstract

Polymorphs of the charge transfer salt (bedt-ttf)4[(H3O)- CrIII(C2O4)3]·PhCN [bedt-ttf = bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene] which are either superconducting or semiconducting differ in the spatial distribution of Δ and Λ enantiomers of [Cr(C2O4)3]3– within the unit cell.


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