Molecular interactions in binary solids: crystal structure of a cholesteryl ester solid solution.

D L Dorset; W A Pangborn

doi:10.1073/pnas.89.5.1822

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Molecular interactions in binary solids: crystal structure of a cholesteryl ester solid solution.

D L Dorset·W A Pangborn

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The x-ray crystal structure analysis of a cholesteryl ester solid solution, cholesteryl undecanoate/cholesteryl laurate in a molar ratio 0.52/0.48, is described. The unit cell is monoclinic with a = 13.005(2) A, b = 9.005(1) A, c = 31.421(3) A, and beta = 90.82(1) degrees and the space group P2(1) with Z = 4 (two molecules per asymmetric unit). Thus, the d001 spacing is almost the value predicted by Vegard's law from the values for the pure compounds. The room-temperature crystal structure is very much like that of cholesteryl laurate monolayer I packing, in the form where the esterified fatty acid chains are fully extended, with no salient sign of conformational disorder seen in this binary solid. The final R factor for 6571 observed reflections is 0.097.

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D L Dorset, W A Pangborn. 1992-03-01. Molecular interactions in binary solids: crystal structure of a cholesteryl ester solid solution.. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.89.5.1822

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