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A new molecular phase transition material, [PhCH2NH(CH 3)2]2C2O4• H 2C2O4, which undergoes a reversible phase transition at 151.6 K, has been successfully synthesized. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), specific heat capacity, and dielectric measurements confirm its reversible phase transition with a large thermal hysteresis of 15.1 K, demonstrating that the phase transition is typical first order. Variable-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses reveal that the order-disorder transformations of carboxy oxygen atoms induce the structural phase transition. A slight reorientation of the oxalic acid unit is discovered to accompany the ordering of carboxy oxygen atoms at low temperature. The DSC measurement result of the deuterated analog is different to that of 1, indicating that proton dynamic motions in hydrogen bonds also contribute to the phase transition. Ups and downs: A new solid-state material shows a reversible first-order phase transition. Unique order-disorder transformations of the carboxy oxygen atoms and proton dynamic motions in hydrogen bonds induce transition between the low and high temperature phases. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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Chemistry - An Asian Journal
ISSN: 1861-4728
Year: 2014
Issue: 7
Volume: 9
Page: 1771-1776
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ESI HC Threshold:268
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:2
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SCOPUS Cited Count: 23
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30 Days PV: 2
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