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Aleksich M, Paley DW, Schriber EA, Linthicum W, Oklejas V, Mittan-Moreau DW, Kelly RP, Kotei PA, Ghodsi A, Sierra RG, Aquila A, Poitevin F, Blaschke JP, Vakili M, Milne CJ, Dall'Antonia F, Khakhulin D, Ardana-Lamas F, Lima F, Valerio J, Han H, Gallo T, Yousef H, Turkot O, Bermudez Macias IJ, Kluyver T, Schmidt P, Gelisio L, Round AR, Jiang Y, Vinci D, Uemura Y, Kloos M, Hunter M, Mancuso AP, Huey BD, Parent LR, Sauter NK, Brewster AS, Hohman JN. XFEL Microcrystallography of Self-Assembling Silver n-Alkanethiolates. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:17042-17055. [PMID: 37524069 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c02183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
Abstract
New synthetic hybrid materials and their increasing complexity have placed growing demands on crystal growth for single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Unfortunately, not all chemical systems are conducive to the isolation of single crystals for traditional characterization. Here, small-molecule serial femtosecond crystallography (smSFX) at atomic resolution (0.833 Å) is employed to characterize microcrystalline silver n-alkanethiolates with various alkyl chain lengths at X-ray free electron laser facilities, resolving long-standing controversies regarding the atomic connectivity and odd-even effects of layer stacking. smSFX provides high-quality crystal structures directly from the powder of the true unknowns, a capability that is particularly useful for systems having notoriously small or defective crystals. We present crystal structures of silver n-butanethiolate (C4), silver n-hexanethiolate (C6), and silver n-nonanethiolate (C9). We show that an odd-even effect originates from the orientation of the terminal methyl group and its role in packing efficiency. We also propose a secondary odd-even effect involving multiple mosaic blocks in the crystals containing even-numbered chains, identified by selected-area electron diffraction measurements. We conclude with a discussion of the merits of the synthetic preparation for the preparation of microdiffraction specimens and compare the long-range order in these crystals to that of self-assembled monolayers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mariya Aleksich
- Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
| | - Daniel W Paley
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
| | - Elyse A Schriber
- Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
| | - Will Linthicum
- Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
| | - Vanessa Oklejas
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
| | - David W Mittan-Moreau
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
| | - Ryan P Kelly
- Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
| | - Patience A Kotei
- Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
| | - Anita Ghodsi
- Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
| | - Raymond G Sierra
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
| | - Andrew Aquila
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
| | - Frédéric Poitevin
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
| | - Johannes P Blaschke
- National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Huijong Han
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Tamires Gallo
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
| | - Hazem Yousef
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Adam R Round
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Yifeng Jiang
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Doriana Vinci
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Yohei Uemura
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Marco Kloos
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
| | - Mark Hunter
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
| | - Adrian P Mancuso
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, U.K
| | - Bryan D Huey
- Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
| | - Lucas R Parent
- Innovation Partnership Building, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
| | - Nicholas K Sauter
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
| | - Aaron S Brewster
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
| | - J Nathan Hohman
- Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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