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Crystal structure determination and thermal behavior upon melting of p-synephrine

Rosa, F.[Frederic], Negrier, P.[Philippe], Corvis, Y.[Yohann], Espeau, P.[Philippe]
Thermochim. Acta 2016, 632, 18-22
ABSTRACT
The crystal structure of p-synephrine was solved from a high-resolution X-ray powder diffraction pattern optimized by energy-minimization calculations using the Dreiding force field. The title compound crystallizes in a monoclinic system (space group P21/c, Z = 4, with a = 8.8504(11) A, b = 12.1166(15) A, c = 9.7820(11) A, .beta. = 122.551(2) deg, V = 884.21(19) A3 and d = 1.256 g cm3). Since p-synephrine degrades upon melting, its melting data were determined from DSC experiments carried out as a function of the heating rate. This method allowed determining a melting temperature and enthalpy equal to 199.8 +- 1.3 degC and 57 +- 3 kJ mol.1, respectively.
Compounds
# Formula Name
1 C9H13NO2 synephrine
Datasets
The table above is generated from the ThermoML associated json file (link above). POMD and RXND refer to PureOrMixture and Reaction Datasets. The compound numbers are included in properties, variables, and phases, if specificied; the numbers refer to the table of compounds on the left.
Type Compound-# Property Variable Constraint Phase Method #Points
  • POMD
  • 1
  • Normal melting temperature, K ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Air at 1 atmosphere
  • DTA
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 1
  • Molar enthalpy of transition or fusion, kJ/mol ; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • Liquid
  • Air at 1 atmosphere
  • DSC
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 1
  • Mass density, kg/m3 ; Crystal
  • Temperature, K; Crystal
  • Pressure, kPa; Crystal
  • Crystal
  • X-ray diffraction
  • 1