Hydrogen-bonded Supramolecular Rosette Ribbon Constructed from Melamine with Isophthalic Acid

The new complex of melamine (MA) with isophthalie acid (H2IA), [(HMA+)-(HIA-)]·2H2O, has been prepared and its structure was characterized by X-ray crystallography.The crystal is of triclinic, space group P1 with a = 7.0228(6), b = 9.1706(8), c = 12.170(1) A, α =95.337(2), β = 105.247(2), γ = 97.813(2)°, V= 742.3(1) A3, Mr= 328.30, Z= 2,Dc = 1.469 g/cm3,λ = 0.71073 A, μ(MoKa) = 0.121 mm-1 and F(000) = 344. The structure was refined to R =0.0389 and wR = 0.1093 for 2513 observed reflections with Ⅰ 2σ(Ⅰ). Melamine dimer and isophthalic acid anion are interlinked by N-H…N and N-H…O hydrogen bonds, resulting in a 1D rosette ribbon in which water molecules and amino groups are self-assembled into quasi-hexagonal patterns.