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Bisthiourea: thermal and structural investigation

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Bisthiourea derivatives 1,1′-(ethane-1,2-diyl)bis(3-phenylthiourea), 1,1′-(propane-1,3-diyl)bis(3-phenylthiourea), and 1,1′-(butane-1,4-diyl)bis(3-phenylthiourea) have been synthesized and characterized by IR, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR. Suitable crystals of 1,1′-(propane-1,3-diyl)bis(3-phenylthiourea) were grown for single-crystal X-ray analysis and from the data it was observed that they organize into the P-1 space group. The thermal decomposition of these compounds has been studied by TG–DSC.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Dr. Hong Su from the Chemistry Department of the University of Cape Town and Dr. Manuel Fernandes from the Chemistry Department of the University of the Witwatersrand for their assistance with the X-ray data collection and refinement and the DST—National Research Foundation, Centre of Excellence in Catalysis, c*change, for financial support. PBP would like to thank UKZN for funding his post-doctorate fellowship.

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    Pramod B. Pansuriya, Hitesh M. Parekh, Holger B. Friedrich & Glenn E. M. Maguire

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Pansuriya, P.B., Parekh, H.M., Friedrich, H.B. et al. Bisthiourea: thermal and structural investigation. J Therm Anal Calorim 111, 597–603 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-012-2309-3

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