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Thermal-induced reversible ferroelastic phase transition in a new bromethyl-substituted molecular rotor

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A new bromethyl-substituted molecular rotor, [Cu(dabcoCH2Br)(H2O)Br3] (dabcoCH2Br+=1-(2-bromethyl)-1,4-diazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane cation), which belongs to a family of halomethyl-substituted molecular rotors, was synthesized and structurally characterized. The reversible phase transition at ca. 250 K was well established for this molecular rotor by thermal analyses, variable-temperature X-ray diffraction, and variable temperature dielectric measurements. The order-disorder transformation of the rotator part (dabco moiety) causes ferroelastic phase transition with an Aizu notation of mmmF2/m from high-temperature orthorhombic phase (Pbnm) to low-temperature monoclinic phase (P21/n). More important, in reference to the density functional theory calculations and structural analyses, the key factors to tune the phase transition behaviors are discussed in detail for this family of halomethyl-substituted molecular rotors.

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    Bao-Ying Wang, Chun-Ting He, Bo Huang, Wei-Jian Xu, Wei Xue, Zi-Yi Du, Wei-Xiong Zhang & Xiao-Ming Chen

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Wang, BY., He, CT., Huang, B. et al. Thermal-induced reversible ferroelastic phase transition in a new bromethyl-substituted molecular rotor. Sci. China Chem. 58, 1137–1143 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-015-5325-x

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