The 1:1 proton‐transfer compounds of 4‐(phenyldiazenyl)aniline (aniline yellow) with 3‐nitrophthalic, 4‐nitrophthalic and 5‐nitroisophthalic acids

The structures of the anhydrous 1:1 proton‐transfer compounds of the dye precursor aniline yellow [4‐(phenyldiazenyl)aniline], namely isomeric 4‐(phenyldiazenyl)anilinium 2‐carboxy‐6‐nitrobenzoate, C₁₂H₁₂N₃⁺·C₈H₄NO₆⁻, (I), and 4‐(phenyldiazenyl)anilinium 2‐carboxy‐4‐nitrobenzoate, C₁₂H₁₂N₃⁺·C₈H₄NO₆⁻, (II), and 4‐(phenyldiazenyl)anilinium 3‐carboxy‐5‐nitrobenzoate monohydrate, C₁₂H₁₂N₃⁺·C₈H₄NO₆⁻·H₂O, (III), have been determined at 130 K. In (I) the cation has longitudinal rotational disorder. All three compounds have substructures comprising backbones formed through strong head‐to‐tail carboxyl–carboxylate hydrogen‐bond interactions [graph set C(7) in (I) and (II), and C(8) in (III)]. Two‐dimensional sheet structures are formed in all three compounds by the incorporation of the 4‐(phenyldiazenyl)anilinium cations into the substructures, including, in the cases of (I) and (II), infinite H—N—H to carboxylate O—C—O group interactions [graph set C(6)], and in the case of (III), bridging through the water molecule of solvation. The peripheral alternating aromatic ring residues of both cations and anions give only weakly π‐interactive step features which lie between the sheets.     

Phenyl‐ring rotational disorder in the two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded structure of the 1:1 proton‐transfer salt of the diazo‐dye precursor 4‐(phenyldiazenyl)aniline (aniline yellow) with l‐tartaric acid

In the structure of the 1:1 proton‐transfer compound from the reaction of l ‐tartaric acid with the azo‐dye precursor aniline yellow [4‐(phenyldiazenyl)aniline], namely 4‐(phenyldiazenyl)anilinium (2R,3R)‐3‐carboxy‐2,3‐dihydroxypropanoate, C₁₂H₁₂N₃⁺·C₄H₅O₆⁻, the asymmetric unit contains two independent 4‐(phenyldiazenyl)anilinium cations and two hydrogen l ‐tartrate anions. The structure is unusual in that all four phenyl rings of the two cations have identical rotational disorder with equal occupancy of the conformations. The two hydrogen l ‐tartrate anions form independent but similar chains through head‐to‐tail carboxyl–carboxylate O—H...O hydrogen bonds [graph set C(7)], which are then extended into a two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded sheet structure through hydroxy O—H...O hydrogen‐bonded links. The anilinium groups of the 4‐(phenyldiazenyl)anilinium cations are incorporated into the sheets and also provide internal hydrogen‐bonded extensions, while their aromatic tails are layered in the structure without significant association except for weak π–π interactions [minimum ring centroid separation = 3.844 (3) Å]. The hydrogen l ‐tartrate residues of both anions exhibit the common short intramolecular hydroxy–carboxylate O—H...O hydogen bonds. This work provides a solution to the unusual disorder problem inherent in the structure of this salt, as well as giving another example of the utility of the hydrogen tartrate anion in the generation of sheet substructures in molecular assembly processes.     

syn and anti conformations in 2‐hydroxy‐5‐[(E)‐(4‐nitrophenyl)diazenyl]benzoic acid and two related salts

The crystal structures of 2‐hydroxy‐5‐[(E)‐(4‐nitrophenyl)diazenyl]benzoic acid, C₁₃H₉N₃O₅, (I), ammonium 2‐hydroxy‐5‐[(E)‐phenyldiazenyl]benzoate, NH₄⁺·C₁₃H₉N₂O₃⁻, (II), and sodium 2‐hydroxy‐5‐[(E)‐(4‐nitrophenyl)diazenyl]benzoate trihydrate, Na⁺·C₁₃H₈N₃O₅⁻·3H₂O, (III), have been determined using single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. In (I) and (III), the phenyldiazenyl and carboxylic acid/carboxylate groups are in an anti orientation with respect to each other, which is in accord with the results of density functional theory (DFT) calculations, whereas in (II), the anion adopts a syn conformation. In (I), molecules form slanted stacks along the [100] direction. In (II), anions form bilayers parallel to (010), the inner part of the bilayers being formed by the benzene rings, with the –OH and –COO⁻ substituents on the bilayer surface. The NH₄⁺ cations in (II) are located between the bilayers and are engaged in numerous N—H...O hydrogen bonds. In (III), anions form layers parallel to (001). Both Na⁺ cations have a distorted octahedral environment, with four octahedra edge‐shared by bridging water O atoms, forming [Na₄(H₂O)₁₂]⁴⁺ units.     

4‐Aminopyridinium 4‐aminobenzoate dihydrate and 4‐aminopyridinium nicotinate

In the title compounds, 4‐aminopyridinium 4‐aminobenzoate dihydrate, C₇H₆NO₂⁻·C₅H₇N₂⁺·2H₂O, (I), and 4‐aminopyridinium nicotinate, C₅H₇N₂⁺·C₆H₄NO₂⁻, (II), the aromatic N atoms of the 4‐aminopyridinium cations are protonated. In (I), the asymmetric unit is composed of two 4‐aminopyridinium cations, two 4‐aminobenzoate anions and four water molecules, and the compound crystallizes in a noncentrosymmetric space group. The two sets of independent molecules of (I) are related by a centre of symmetry which is not part of the space group. In (I), the protonated pyridinium ring H atoms are involved in bifurcated hydrogen bonding with carboxylate O atoms to form an R₁²(4) ring motif. The water molecules link the ions to form a two‐dimensional network along the (10) plane. In (II), an intramolecular bifurcated hydrogen bond generates an R₁²(4) ring motif and inter‐ion hydrogen bonding generates an R₄²(16) ring motif. The packing of adduct (II) is consolidated via N—H...O and N—H...N hydrogen bonds to form a two‐dimensional network along the (10) plane.     

Three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded structures in the 1:1 proton‐transfer compounds of l‐tartaric acid with the associative‐group monosubstituted pyridines 3‐aminopyridine, 3‐carboxypyridine (nicotinic acid) and 2‐carboxypyridine (picolinic acid)

The 1:1 proton‐transfer compounds of l ‐tartaric acid with 3‐aminopyridine [3‐aminopyridinium hydrogen (2R,3R)‐tartrate dihydrate, C₅H₇N₂⁺·C₄H₅O₆⁻·2H₂O, (I)], pyridine‐3‐carboxylic acid (nicotinic acid) [anhydrous 3‐carboxypyridinium hydrogen (2R,3R)‐tartrate, C₆H₆NO₂⁺·C₄H₅O₆⁻, (II)] and pyridine‐2‐carboxylic acid [2‐carboxypyridinium hydrogen (2R,3R)‐tartrate monohydrate, C₆H₆NO₂⁺·C₄H₅O₆⁻·H₂O, (III)] have been determined. In (I) and (II), there is a direct pyridinium–carboxyl N⁺—H...O hydrogen‐bonding interaction, four‐centred in (II), giving conjoint cyclic R₁²(5) associations. In contrast, the N—H...O association in (III) is with a water O‐atom acceptor, which provides links to separate tartrate anions through O_hydroxy acceptors. All three compounds have the head‐to‐tail C(7) hydrogen‐bonded chain substructures commonly associated with 1:1 proton‐transfer hydrogen tartrate salts. These chains are extended into two‐dimensional sheets which, in hydrates (I) and (III) additionally involve the solvent water molecules. Three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded structures are generated via crosslinking through the associative functional groups of the substituted pyridinium cations. In the sheet struture of (I), both water molecules act as donors and acceptors in interactions with separate carboxyl and hydroxy O‐atom acceptors of the primary tartrate chains, closing conjoint cyclic R₄⁴(8), R₃⁴(11) and R₃³(12) associations. Also, in (II) and (III) there are strong cation carboxyl–carboxyl O—H...O hydrogen bonds [O...O = 2.5387 (17) Å in (II) and 2.441 (3) Å in (III)], which in (II) form part of a cyclic R₂²(6) inter‐sheet association. This series of heteroaromatic Lewis base–hydrogen l ‐tartrate salts provides further examples of molecular assembly facilitated by the presence of the classical two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded hydrogen tartrate or hydrogen tartrate–water sheet substructures which are expanded into three‐dimensional frameworks via peripheral cation bifunctional substituent‐group crosslinking interactions.     

One‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded structures in the 1:1 proton‐transfer compounds of 4,5‐dichlorophthalic acid with 8‐hydroxyquinoline, 8‐aminoquinoline and quinoline‐2‐carboxylic acid (quinaldic acid)

The structures of the 1:1 proton‐transfer compounds of 4,5‐dichlorophthalic acid with 8‐hydroxyquinoline, 8‐aminoquinoline and quinoline‐2‐carboxylic acid (quinaldic acid), namely anhydrous 8‐hydroxyquinolinium 2‐carboxy‐4,5‐dichlorobenzoate, C₉H₈NO⁺·C₈H₃Cl₂O₄⁻, (I), 8‐aminoquinolinium 2‐carboxy‐4,5‐dichlorobenzoate, C₉H₉N₂⁺·C₈H₃Cl₂O₄⁻, (II), and the adduct hydrate 2‐carboxyquinolinium 2‐carboxy‐4,5‐dichlorobenzoate quinolinium‐2‐carboxylate monohydrate, C₁₀H₈NO₂⁺·C₈H₃Cl₂O₄⁻·C₁₀H₇NO₂·H₂O, (III), have been determined at 130 K. Compounds (I) and (II) are isomorphous and all three compounds have one‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded chain structures, formed in (I) through O—H...O_carboxyl extensions and in (II) through N⁺—H...O_carboxyl extensions of cation–anion pairs. In (III), a hydrogen‐bonded cyclic R₂²(10) pseudo‐dimer unit comprising a protonated quinaldic acid cation and a zwitterionic quinaldic acid adduct molecule is found and is propagated through carboxylic acid O—H...O_carboxyl and water O—H...O_carboxyl interactions. In both (I) and (II), there are also cation–anion aromatic ring π–π associations. This work further illustrates the utility of both hydrogen phthalate anions and interactive‐group‐substituted quinoline cations in the formation of low‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded structures.     

Three salts from the reactions of cysteamine and cystamine with L‐(+)‐tartaric acid

Reaction between cysteamine (systematic name: 2‐aminoethanethiol, C₂H₇NS) and L‐(+)‐tartaric acid [systematic name: (2R,3R)‐2,3‐dihydroxybutanedioic acid, C₄H₆O₆] results in a mixture of cysteamine tartrate(1−) monohydrate, C₂H₈NS⁺·C₄H₅O₆⁻·H₂O, (I), and cystamine bis[tartrate(1−)] dihydrate, C₄H₁₄N₂S₂²⁺·2C₄H₅O₆⁻·2H₂O, (III). Cystamine [systematic name: 2,2′‐dithiobis(ethylamine), C₄H₁₂N₂S₂], reacts with L‐(+)‐tartaric acid to produce a mixture of cystamine tartrate(2−), C₄H₁₄N₂S₂²⁺·C₄H₄O₆²⁻, (II), and (III). In each crystal structure, the anions are linked by O—H...O hydrogen bonds that run parallel to the a axis. In addition, hydrogen bonding involving protonated amino groups in all three salts, and water molecules in (I) and (III), leads to extensive three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonding networks. All three salts crystallize in the orthorhombic space group P2₁2₁2₁.     

4‐Carboxypiperidinium 1‐carboxycyclobutane‐1‐carboxylate

The title salt, C₆H₁₂NO₂⁺·C₆H₇O₄⁻ or ISO⁺·CBDC⁻, is an ionic ensemble assisted by hydrogen bonds. The amino acid moiety (ISO or piperidine‐4‐carboxylic acid) has a protonated ring N atom (ISO⁺ or 4‐carboxypiperidinium), while the semi‐protonated acid (CBDC⁻ or 1‐carboxycyclobutane‐1‐carboxylate) has the negative charge residing on one carboxylate group, leaving the other as a neutral –COOH group. The –⁺NH₂– state of protonation allows the formation of a two‐dimensional crystal packing consisting of zigzag layers stacked along a separated by van der Waals distances. The layers extend in the bc plane connected by a complex network of N—H...O and O—H...O hydrogen bonds. Wave‐like ribbons, constructed from ISO⁺ and CBDC⁻ units and described by the graph‐set symbols C₃³(10) and R₃³(14), run alternately in opposite directions along c. Intercalated between the ribbons are ISO⁺ cations linked by hydrogen bonds, forming rings described by the graph‐set symbols R₆⁶(30) and R₄²(18). A detailed analysis of the structures of the individual components and the intricate hydrogen‐bond network of the crystal structure is given.     

Hydrogen‐bonded supramolecular motifs in 2‐amino‐4,6‐dimethoxypyrimidinium picrate and pyrimethaminium picrate dimethyl sulfoxide solvate

In the crystal structures of 2‐amino‐4,6‐dimethoxypyrimidinium 2,4,6‐trinitrophenolate (picrate), C₆H₁₀N₃O₂⁺·C₆H₂N₃O₇⁻, (I), and 2,4‐diamino‐5‐(4‐chlorophenyl)‐6‐ethylpyrimidin‐1‐ium (pyrimethaminium or PMN) picrate dimethyl sulfoxide solvate, C₁₂H₁₄ClN₄⁺·C₆H₂N₃O₇⁻·C₂H₆OS, (II), the 2‐amino‐4,6‐dimethoxypyrimidine and PMN cations are protonated at one of the pyrimidine N atoms. The picrate anion interacts with the protonated cations through bifurcated N—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming R₂¹(6) and R₁²(6) ring motifs. In (I), Z′ = 2. In (II), two inversion‐related PMN cations are connected through a pair of N—H...N hydrogen bonds involving the 4‐amino group and the uncharged N atom of the pyrimidine ring, forming a cyclic hydrogen‐bonded R₂²(8) motif. In addition to the pairing, the O atom of the dimethyl sulfoxide solvent molecule bridges the 2‐amino and 4‐amino groups on both sides of the paired bases, resulting in a self‐complementary …DADA… array of quadruple hydrogen‐bonding patterns.     

Bis(adamantan‐1‐aminium) tetrachloridozincate(II) 18‐crown‐6 monohydrate clathrate

The structure of the title compound [systematic name: bis(adamantan‐1‐aminium) tetrachloridozincate(II)–1,4,7,10,13,16‐hexaoxacyclooctadecane–water (1/1/1)], (C₁₀H₁₈N)₂[ZnCl₄]·C₁₂H₂₄O₆·H₂O, consists of supramolecular rotator–stator assemblies and ribbons of hydrogen bonds parallel to [010]. The assemblies are composed of one protonated adamantan‐1‐aminium cation and one crown ether molecule (1,4,7,10,13,16‐hexaoxacyclooctadecane) to give an overall [(C₁₀H₁₈N)(18‐crown‐6)]⁺ cation. The –NH₃⁺ group of the cation nests in the crown and links to the crown‐ether O atoms through N—H...O hydrogen bonds. The 18‐crown‐6 ring adopts a pseudo‐C_3v conformation. The second adamantan‐1‐aminium forms part of ribbons of adamantan‐1‐aminium–water–tetrachloridozincate units which are interconnected by O—H...Cl, N—H...O and N—H...Cl hydrogen bonds via three different continuous rings with R₅⁴(12), R₄³(10) and R₃³(8) motifs.     

Proton‐transfer compounds of 8‐hydroxy‐7‐iodoquinoline‐5‐sulfonic acid (ferron) with 4‐chloroaniline and 4‐bromoaniline

The crystal structures of the proton‐transfer compounds of ferron (8‐hydroxy‐7‐iodoquinoline‐5‐sulfonic acid) with 4‐chloroaniline and 4‐bromoaniline, namely 4‐chloroanilinium 8‐hydroxy‐7‐iodoquinoline‐5‐sulfonate monohydrate, C₆H₇ClN⁺·C₉H₅INO₄S⁻·H₂O, and 4‐bromoanilinium 8‐hydroxy‐7‐iodoquinoline‐5‐sulfonate monohydrate, C₆H₇BrN⁺·C₉H₅INO₄S⁻·H₂O, have been determined. The compounds are isomorphous and comprise sheets of hydrogen‐bonded cations, anions and water molecules which are extended into a three‐dimensional framework structure through centrosymmetric R₂²(10) O—H...N hydrogen‐bonded ferron dimer interactions.     

Hydrogen‐bonded networks in 5‐chloropyridin‐2‐amine–fumaric acid (2/1) and 2‐aminopyridinium dl‐malate

Crystals of 5‐chloropyridin‐2‐amine–(2E)‐but‐2‐enedioate (2/1), 2C₅H₅ClN₂·C₄H₄O₄, (I), and 2‐aminopyridinium dl ‐3‐carboxy‐2‐hydroxypropanoate, C₅H₇N₂⁺·C₄H₅O₅⁻, (II), are built from the neutral 5‐chloropyridin‐2‐amine molecule and fumaric acid in the case of (I) and from ring‐N‐protonated 2‐aminopyridinium cations and malate anions in (II). The fumaric acid molecule lies on an inversion centre. In (I), the neutral 5‐chloropyridin‐2‐amine and fumaric acid molecules interact via hydrogen bonds, forming two‐dimensional layers parallel to the (100) plane, whereas in (II), oppositely charged units interact via ionic and hydrogen bonds, forming a three‐dimensional network.     

A pair of diastereomeric 1:1 salts of (S)‐ and (R)‐2‐methylpiperazine with (2S,3S)‐tartaric acid

The structures of diastereomeric pairs consisting of (S)‐ and (R)‐2‐methylpiperazine with (2S,3S)‐tartaric acid are both 1:1 salts, namely (S)‐2‐methylpiperazinium (2S,3S)‐tartrate dihydrate, C₅H₁₄N₂²⁺·C₄H₄O₆²⁻·2H₂O, (I), and (R)‐2‐methylpiperazinium (2S,3S)‐tartrate dihydrate, C₅H₁₄N₂²⁺·C₄H₄O₆²⁻·2H₂O, (II), which reveal the formation of well defined ammonium carboxylate salts linked via strong intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Unlike the situation in the more soluble salt (II), the alternating columns of tartrate and ammonium ions of the less soluble salt (I) are packed neatly in a grid around the a axis, which incorporates water molecules at regular intervals. The increased efficiency of packing for (I) is evident in its lower `packing coefficient', and the hydrogen‐bond contribution is stronger in the more soluble salt (II).     

(8‐Dimethylamino‐1‐naphthyl)dimethylammonium 3‐carboxy‐1,4,5,‐6,7,7‐hexachlorobicyclo[2.2.1]hept‐5‐ene‐2‐carboxylate hydrate

The structure of the title compound, C₁₄H₁₉N₂⁺·C₉H₃Cl₆O₄^?·H₂O, consists of singly ionized 1,4,5,6,7,7‐hexachlorobicyclo[2.2.1]hept‐5‐ene‐2,3‐dicarboxylic acid anions and protonated 1,8‐bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene cations. In the (8‐dimethylamino‐1‐napthyl)dimethylammonium cat­ion, a strong disordered intramolecular hydrogen bond is formed with N?N = 2.589 (3) Å. The geometry and occupancy obtained in the final restrained refinement suggest that the disordered hydrogen bond may be asymmetric. Water mol­ecules link the anion dimers into infinite chains via hydrogen bonding.     

Brucine salts of l‐α‐hydr­oxy acids: brucinium hydrogen (S)‐malate penta­hydrate and anhydrous brucinium hydrogen (2R,3R)‐tartrate at 130 K

The structures of two brucinium (2,3‐dimeth­oxy‐10‐oxostrychnidinium) salts of the α‐hydr­oxy acids l ‐malic acid and l ‐tartaric acid, namely brucinium hydrogen (S)‐malate penta­hydrate, C₂₃H₂₇N₂O₄⁺·C₄H₅O₅⁻·5H₂O, (I), and anhydrous brucinium hydrogen (2R,3R)‐tartrate, C₂₃H₂₇N₂O₄⁺·C₄H₅O₆⁻,(II), have been determined at 130 K. Compound (I) has two brucinium cations, two hydrogen malate anions and ten water mol­ecules of solvation in the asymmetric unit, and forms an extensively hydrogen‐bonded three‐dimensional framework structure. In compound (II), the brucinium cations form the common undulating brucine sheet substructures, which accommodate parallel chains of head‐to‐tail hydrogen‐bonded tartrate anion species in the inter­stitial cavities.     

Proton‐transfer compounds of isonipecotamide with the aromatic dicarboxylic acids 4‐nitrophthalic, 4,5‐dichlorophthalic, 5‐nitroisophthalic and terephthalic acid

The structures of the 1:1 proton‐transfer compounds of isonipecotamide (piperidine‐4‐carboxamide) with 4‐nitrophthalic acid [4‐carbamoylpiperidinium 2‐carboxy‐4‐nitrobenzoate, C₆H₁₃N₂O₈⁺·C₈H₄O₆⁻, (I)], 4,5‐dichlorophthalic acid [4‐carbamoylpiperidinium 2‐carboxy‐4,5‐dichlorobenzoate, C₆H₁₃N₂O₈⁺·C₈H₃Cl₂O₄⁻, (II)] and 5‐nitroisophthalic acid [4‐carbamoylpiperidinium 3‐carboxy‐5‐nitrobenzoate, C₆H₁₃N₂O₈⁺·C₈H₄O₆⁻, (III)], as well as the 2:1 compound with terephthalic acid [bis(4‐carbamoylpiperidinium) benzene‐1,2‐dicarboxylate dihydrate, 2C₆H₁₃N₂O₈⁺·C₈H₄O₄²⁻·2H₂O, (IV)], have been determined at 200 K. All salts form hydrogen‐bonded structures, viz. one‐dimensional in (II) and three‐dimensional in (I), (III) and (IV). In (I) and (III), the centrosymmetric R₂²(8) cyclic amide–amide association is found, while in (IV) several different types of water‐bridged cyclic associations are present [graph sets R₄²(8), R₄³(10), R₄⁴(12), R₃³(18) and R₆⁴(22)]. The one‐dimensional structure of (I) features the common `planar' hydrogen 4,5‐dichlorophthalate anion, together with enlarged cyclic R₃³(13) and R₄³(17) associations. In the structures of (I) and (III), the presence of head‐to‐tail hydrogen phthalate chain substructures is found. In (IV), head‐to‐tail primary cation–anion associations are extended longitudinally into chains through the water‐bridged cation associations, and laterally by piperidinium–carboxylate N—H...O and water–carboxylate O—H...O hydrogen bonds. The structures reported here further demonstrate the utility of the isonipecotamide cation as a synthon for the generation of stable hydrogen‐bonded structures. An additional example of cation–anion association with this cation is also shown in the asymmetric three‐centre piperidinium–carboxylate N—H...O,O′ interaction in the first‐reported structure of a 2:1 isonipecotamide–carboxylate salt.     

Supramolecular hydrogen‐bonded networks in adeninediium hemioxalate chloride and adeninium semioxalate hemi(oxalic acid) monohydrate

In 9H‐adenine‐1,7‐diium hemioxalate chloride, C₅H₇N₅²⁺·0.5C₂O₄²⁻·Cl⁻, (I), adenine is doubly protonated, while in 7H‐adenin‐1‐ium semioxalate hemi(oxalic acid) monohydrate, C₅H₆N₅⁺·C₂HO₄⁻·0.5C₂H₂O₄·H₂O, (II), adenine and one oxalate anion are both monoprotonated. In (I), the adeninium cation forms R₂²(8) and R₁²(5) hydrogen‐bonding motifs with the centrosymmetric oxalate anion, while in (II), the cation forms R₂¹(6) and R₁²(5) motifs with the centrosymmetric oxalic acid molecule and R₁²(5)and R₂²(9) motifs with the monoprotonated oxalate anion. Linear hydrogen‐bonded trimers are observed in (I) and (II). In both structures, the hydrogen bonds lead to the formation of two‐dimensional supramolecular hydrogen‐bonded sheets in the crystal packing. The significance of this study lies in the analysis of the interactions occurring via hydrogen bonds and the diversity seen in the supramolecular hydrogen‐bonded networks as a result of such interactions.     

A pair of diastereomeric 1:2 salts of (R)‐ and (S)‐2‐methylpiperazine with (2S,3S)‐tartaric acid

The crystal structures of a pair of diastereomeric 1:2 salts of (R)‐ and (S)‐2‐methylpiperazine with (2S,3S)‐tartaric acid, namely (R)‐2‐methylpiperazinediium bis[hydrogen (2S,3S)‐tartrate] monohydrate, (I), and (S)‐2‐methylpiperazinediium bis[hydrogen (2S,3S)‐tartrate] monohydrate, (II), both C₅H₁₄N₂²⁺·2C₄H₅O₆⁻·H₂O, each reveal the formation of well‐defined head‐to‐tail‐connected hydrogen tartrate chains; these chains are linked into a two‐dimensional sheet via intermolecular hydrogen bonds involving hydroxy groups and water molecules, resulting in a layer structure. The (R)‐2‐methylpiperazinediium ions lie between the hydrogen tartrate layers in the most stable equatorial conformation in (I), whereas in (II), these ions are in an unstable axial position inside the more interconnected layers and form a larger number of intermolecular hydrogen bonds than are observed in (I).     

Hydrogen‐bonding motifs in 3‐carboxyanilinium bromide and iodide

In the title compounds, C₇H₈NO₂⁺·Br⁻, (I), and C₇H₈NO₂⁺·I⁻, (II), the asymmetric unit contains a discrete 3‐carboxyanilinium cation, with a protonated amine group, and a halide anion. The compounds are not isostructural, and the crystal structures of (I) and (II) are characterized by different two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded networks. The ions in (I) are connected into ladder‐like ribbons via N—H...Br hydrogen bonds, while classic cyclic O—H...O hydrogen bonds between adjacent carboxylic acid functions link adjacent ribbons to give three characteristic graph‐set motifs, viz. C₂¹(4), R₄²(8) and R₂²(8). The ions in (II) are connected via N—H...I, N—H...O and O—H...I hydrogen bonds, also with three characteristic graph‐set motifs, viz. C(7), C₂¹(4) and R₄²(18), but an O—H...O interaction is not present.     

4‐Carboxypyridinium perchlorate 18‐crown‐6 dihydrate clathrate and 4‐carboxypyridinium tetrafluoroborate 18‐crown‐6 dihydrate clathrate

Mixtures of 4‐carboxypyridinium perchlorate or 4‐carboxypyridinium tetrafluoroborate and 18‐crown‐6 (1,4,7,10,13,16‐hexaoxacyclooctadecane) in ethanol and water solution yielded the title supramolecular salts, C₆H₆NO₂⁺·ClO₄⁻·C₁₂H₂₄O₆·2H₂O and C₆H₆NO₂⁺·BF₄⁻·C₁₂H₂₄O₆·2H₂O. Based on their similar crystal symmetries, unit cells and supramolecular assemblies, the salts are essentially isostructural. The asymmetric unit in each structure includes one protonated isonicotinic acid cation and one crown ether molecule, which together give a [(C₆H₆NO₂)(18‐crown‐6)]⁺ supramolecular cation. N—H...O hydrogen bonds between the protonated N atoms and a single O atom of each crown ether result in the 4‐carboxypyridinium cations `perching' on the 18‐crown‐6 molecules. Further hydrogen‐bonding interactions involving the supramolecular cation and both water molecules form a one‐dimensional zigzag chain that propagates along the crystallographic c direction. O—H...O or O—H...F hydrogen bonds between one of the water molecules and the anions fix the anion positions as pendant upon this chain, without further increasing the dimensionality of the supramolecular network.