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Paper
Structures of Poly(2-hydroxy-6-naphthoic acid) at Ambient and High Temperatures
Abstract
The structures of poly(2-hydroxy-6-naphthoic acid) (PHNA), (C10H6COO)x, at room and high temperatures accompanying the phase transition at ca. 340 have been determined by X-ray powder diffraction analysis. The PHNA data at room temperature can be explained by an orthorhombic cell with a = 7.66 (1) Å, b = 5.98 (1) Å, and c = 17.12 (3) Å, space group Pbc21 (four C10H6COO units, ρcalc = 1.44 g cm−3), and the naphthoic rings staggered by ca. 120° along the chain. Disorder has been considered in the packing by giving equal occupancy to the two molecules oriented up or down along the c cell axis and some degree of molecular mobility along the c axis. The space group Iba2 was found at 370 °C with the cell parameters a = 9.28 Å, b = 5.64 Å, and c = 17.04 Å (four C10H6COO, ρcalc = 1.27 g cm−3). The new structure can be explained starting from the room temperature one by applying a rotational statistical model involving a 2-fold axis around the chain axis, analogous to a smectic E phase. © 1994, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.