Crystal structure of the charge-transfer complex 2-(1,2,3,4-tetra-hydro-naph-thal-en-1-yl-idene)hydrazinecarbo-thio-amide-pyrazine-2,3,5,6-tetra-carbo-nitrile (2/1).

The reaction of 2-(1,2,3,4-tetra-hydro-napthalen-1-yl-idene)hydrazinecarbo-thio-amide (TTSC) with pyrazine-2,3,5,6-tetra-carbo-nitrile (tetra-cyano-pyrazine, TCNP) yields the title 2:1 charge-transfer adduct, 2C11H12N3S·C6N8. The complete TCNP mol-ecule is generated by a crystallographic inversion centre and the non-aromatic ring in the TTSC mol-ecule adopts an envelope conformation with a methyl-ene C atom as the flap. In the crystal, the thio-semicarbazone mol-ecules are connected through inversion-related pairs of N-H⋯S inter-actions, building a polymeric chain along the b-axis direction.

The structure of poly(carbonsuboxide) on the atomic scale: a solid-state NMR study.

In this contribution we present a study of the structure of amorphous poly(carbonsuboxide) (C3O2)x by 13C solid-state NMR spectroscopy supported by infrared spectroscopy and chemical analysis. Poly(carbonsuboxide) was obtained by polymerization of carbonsuboxide C3O2, which in turn was synthesized from malonic acid bis(trimethylsilylester). Two different 13C labeling schemes were applied to probe inter- and intramonomeric bonds in the polymer by dipolar solid-state NMR methods and also to allow quantitative 13C MAS NMR spectra.