TY - JOUR A1 - Franco, O. A1 - Reck, Günter A1 - Orgzall, I. A1 - Schulz, Burkhard A1 - Schulz, B. T1 - Characterization of a new non-centrosymmetric polymorph of diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole JF - Journal of molecular structure N2 - Diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole (DPO) crystallization experiments from solutions clearly reveal the polymorphism of the substance. Besides the formerly known centrosymmetric monoclinic structure with space group P21/c (DPO I) a new monoclinic structure with the non-centrosymmetric space group Cc is found (DPO II): a=2.4134(4) nm, b=2.4099(3) nm, c=1.2879(2) nm,?=110.048(3)°, and V=7.0363(17) nm3. The asymmetric unit contains six independent molecules in a complex packing motif. A re-determination of the crystal structure of DPO I at room temperature gives lattice parameters a=0.51885(6) nm, b=1.8078(2) nm, c=1.21435(14) nm, ?=93.193(3)°, and V=1.1373(2) nm3. X-ray measurements at 363 K show a significant increase of the unit cell volume by 1.6%. Differences between both structures concerning morphology and characteristic Raman bands are outlined in detail. DSC investigations show an irreversible transition from DPO I to DPO II at 97 °C. DPO II does not show any transition in the temperature range up to the melting point at 141 °C. The non-centrosymmetric DPO II structure shows triboluminescence. KW - Diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole KW - X-ray structure KW - Polymorphism KW - Non-centrosymmetric structure PY - 2003 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-2860(02)00569-0 SN - 0022-2860 SN - 1872-8014 SN - 0377-046X VL - 649 SP - 219 EP - 230 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-2465 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -