Uniaxial tensile and relaxation tests were carried out on annulus fibrosus samples carved out in the circumferential direction. Images were shot perpendicularly to the loading direction. Digital image correlation techniques accurately measured the evolution of full displacement fields in both transverse directions: plane of fibres and plane of lamellae. In the fibre plane, strains were governed...

The title compound, C24H16N2S4, consists of a central pyromellitic di-imide substituted with an S atom and terminal benzyl groups. The mol-ecule lies on a crystallographic inversion centre so that the asymmetric unit contains half of the mol-ecule. The mol-ecule was prepared by thio-nation of N,N'-di-benzyl-pyromellitic di-imide with Lawesson's reagent and has an S-shaped conformation similar t...

The central residue in the title compound, C(21)H(21)N(3)O(3), is close to planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0753 Å for all non-H atoms from OH to NH inclusive): the hy-droxy, amino and carbonyl groups all lie to the same side of the mol-ecule (the conformation about the ethene bond is Z), facilitating the formation of intra-molecular O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds that close S(6) rings. However, ov...

Mol-ecules of the title compound, C(20)H(14)O(2), show approximate C(s) symmetry with the approximate mirror plane perpendicular to the central ring. The torsion angles about the acyclic bonds are 30.05 (15) and 30.77 (15)° in one half compared to -36.62 (14) and -18.60 (15)° in the other half of the mol-ecule. The central aromatic ring makes dihedral angles of 47.78 (4) and 51.68 (3)° with the...

The complete title molecule, C23H19N3O2, is generated by a twofold axis passing through the central ring. The two oxymethyl-benzo-nitrile arms are attached at the meta positions of the central pyridine ring. The dihedral angle between the pyridine ring and benzene ring of both arms is 84.55 (6)° while the benzene rings make a dihedral angle of 46.07 (7)°. In the crystal, weak C-H⋯π inter-action...

In the title compound, C(21)H(30)N(2)O(5)S, the plane of the dimeth-yl-thio-carbamic group makes a dihedral angle of 78.41 (7)° with the central benzene ring. One of the carbonyl groups in the α,β-unsaturated malonate side chain makes a dihedral angle of 8.73 (10)° with the central benzene ring, while the other carbonyl group makes a dihedral angle of 81.52 (8)°.

In the title compound, C(21)H(23)NO(3), the central oxazolidinone ring is approximately planar, the maximum deviation from the plane through the central ring being 0.043 (1) Å. The tert-butyl and benzyl substituents are cis to each other and trans to the N-benzoyl group. The inter-planar angle between the aromatic rings of the C-benzyl and N-benzoyl groups is 81.10 (4)°.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C28H42N2O5·H2O, consists of one half of the organic mol-ecule and one half-mol-ecule of water, both of which are located on a mirror plane which passes through the central C atoms and the hydroxyl group of the heterocyclic system. The hydroxyl group at the central ring is disordered over two equally occupied positions. The six-membered ring adopts a ch...