Growth and Characterization of Urea Adduct with m-Nitrobenzoic Acid,m-Nitroaniline, and p-Xylene Mixtures

P. Jagdish, N.P. Rajesh, S. Natarajan

Centre for Crystal Growth, SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam – 636 110, India..
Department of Physics, Sona College of Technology, Salem – 636 005, India.
School of Physics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai – 625 021, India..

DOI: 10.4236/jmmce.2010.95033                

Abstract

The urea adduct with the guests of m-nitrobenzoic acid, m-nitroaniline and p-xylene mixtures by adductive crystallization was successfully grown by slow evaporation method. The single crystals obtained were non-hygroscopic and good in size. The crystal structure of the grown crystal has been determined, and it belongs to the monoclinic system with centrosymmertic space group P21/c. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic studies were performed for the identification of guest components in the compound. The optical absorption spectrum has been recorded in the range 200-1100 nm. The mechanical behavior of the specimen was studied.

Keywords

X-ray diffraction, Growth from solutions, Organic adduct.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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