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[9] Crystal data for (Z)-3g: C32H29NO4S, Mw = 523.62, mono-
clinic, space group P21/c, final R indices [IϾ2σ(I)], R1
=
0.0419, wR2 = 0.1002, R indices (all data) R1 = 0.0528, wR2 =
0.1077, a = 10.4567(3) Å, b = 18.6845(5) Å, c = 13.7933(4) Å,
α = 90°, β = 96.6330(10)°, γ = 90°, V = 2676.87(13) Å3, T =
173(2) K, Z = 4, reflections collected/unique: 30728/4712 (Rint
= 0.0296), number of observations [IϾ2σ(I)] 3919, param-
eters: 370. CCDC-800855 contains the supplementary crystal-
lographic data for this paper. These data can be obtained free
of charge from The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
via www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/data_request/cif.
[10] Crystal data for compound (E)-3g: C64H58N2O8S2, Mw =
¯
1047.24, triclinic, space group P1, final R indices [IϾ2σ(I)],
R1 = 0.0575, wR2 = 0.1489, R indices (all data) R1 = 0.0869,
wR2 = 0.1734, a = 12.6425(4) Å, b = 14.3054(4) Å, c =
16.6159(5) Å, α = 104.2780(10)°, β = 94.7360(10)°, γ =
108.6340(10)°, V = 2716.65(14) Å3, T = 296(2) K, Z = 2, reflec-
tions collected/unique: 31870/9496 (Rint = 0.0292), number of
observations [I Ͼ 2σ(I)] 6526, parameters: 685. CCDC-800854
contains the supplementary crystallographic data for this pa-
per. These data can be obtained free of charge from The Cam-
bridge Crystallographic Data Centre via www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/
data_request/cif.
Received: December 11, 2010
Published Online: January 26, 2011
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