Abstract
2-Carboxy-3-hydroxyphenalenone was found to behave as paraelectrics at room temperatur under ambient pressure, exhibiting an antiferroelectric transition at 40K. The paraelectric property is derived from an inversion of a transverse component of its dipole moment based on the rapid tautomerization in the solid state. A C2V local symmetry of the molecule revealed by a crystallographic analysis was interpreted in terms of a dynamic disorder based on solid state 13CNMMR (CP/MAS) measurements. The Curie constant determined from a Curie-Weiss plot turned out to be consistent with the above mechanism.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 665-668 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Solid State Communications |
Volume | 83 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1992/09 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Materials Chemistry