RT Journal Article T1 Structural and thermodynamic study on short metal alkanoates: Lithium propanoate and pentanoate A1 Martínez Casado, Francisco Javier A1 Ramos Riesco, Miguel A1 García Pérez, Miguel Ángel A1 Redondo Yélamos, María Isabel A1 López De Andrés, María Sol A1 Rodríguez Cheda, José Antonio AB Lithium propanoate and pentanoate were characterized by DSC, single crystal and powder XRD and FTIR and impedance spectroscopies. Lithium propanoate presents a solid-to-solid transition (SII-SI) at Tss = (549.1 ± 0.7) K on first heating that varies on the second and next ones, followed by a fusion at Tf = (606.1 ± 0.5) K. For lithium pentanoate, two solid-to-solid transitions (SIII-SII and SII-SI), at T ss = (205.5 ± 0.5) K and Tss = (325.2 ± 0.7) K, respectively, and a melting point at Tf = (576.5 ± 0.3) K were found. The crystal structures for both compounds were characterized at 100 and 298 K (and for the lithium propanoate also at 160 K). Single-crystal XRD showed that the SII phase of both compounds has a monoclinic structure with the same symmetry group (P21/c). This is the first time that a single-crystal structure has been reported for any member of the lithium alkanoates series, so far. FTIR and impedance spectroscopies were also carried out to better characterize the solid phases in these compounds. PB American Chemical Society SN 1520-6106, ESSN: 1520-5207 YR 2009 FD 2009-09 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43566 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43566 LA eng NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación NO Beca de Especialización en Organismos Internacionales DS Docta Complutense RD 20 abr 2025