(18-Crown-6)(hydrogennitrato)potassium: Synthesis and crystal structure

A new complex, [K(18-crown-6)(NO₃)(HNO₃)] (I), is synthesized, and its crystal structure is studied using X-ray diffraction analysis: space group P (bar 1), a = 8.253 Å, b = 9.277 Å, c = 13.903 Å, α = 95.89°, β = 104.30°, γ = 91.89°, Z = 2. The triclinic structure of compound I was solved by a direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.059 for all 3573 independent reflections (CAD4 automated diffractometer, γMoK _α radiation). The structure of compound I contains two independent halves of two centrosymmetric complex molecules with different coordination modes of the K⁺ cations. Two NO ₃ ^? and HNO₃ ligands are randomly disordered relative to the symmetry center and are presented by two average independent H_0.5N ₃ ^1/2? , ligands, which are also orientationally disordered.