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Helical ∞ 1[Pb2o] Chains In Polymorphs Of Pb2o(C6h5coo)2, Clay C. Easterday, Liv R. Dedon, Matthias Zeller, Catherine M. Oertel

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Three new lead oxide benzoates have been prepared solvothermally. In two polymorphs, 1 and 2, of Pb2O(C6H5COO)2, distorted Pb4O tetrahedra share edges to form helical ∞1[Pb2O] chains. Unprecedented among Pb4O-based structures, these motifs may be viewed as double helices of lead atoms surrounding the central oxygen atoms. Both right- and left-handed helices are included in each structure. Formation of the polymorphs was controlled through variation in synthetic conditions. Polymorph 1 crystallizes in the achiral, polar space group Fdd2. Polymorph 2, in P21, is a rare example of a kryptoracemate in which crystallographically independent chains of both chiralities occur in the …