The rich structural phase behaviour of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol
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S. A. Barnett, N. P. Funnell, D. R. Allan
In the fairly modest temperature and pressure regime of 0–2 GPa and 200–295 K, 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) exhibits a remarkable degree of polymorphism, with the observation of four ordered phases (forms 1–4) and a cubic plastic phase (form 5). The ordered phases are characterised by hydrogen-bonded chains, with the crystal structures of the three high-pressure forms (forms 2, 3 and 4) based on the same hydrogen-bonded catemeric motif. The structures and relationships between these phases were determined using a combination of high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction, at ambient temperature, and a series of high-pressure neutron powder-diffraction experiments to ∼6 GPa at 295 K, 245 K and 200 K. As well as allowing the determination of the relative compressibilities of the phases, the neutron powder-diffraction studies also provided a preliminary mapping of the surprisingly rich phase diagram of TFE.
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