Hydrogen Bonding Patterns in Trimethoprimium Cinnamate 1.52 Hydrate

Abstract  

In the title compound, [C₁₄H₁₉N₄O₃ ⁺, C₉H₅ O₂ ⁻, H₂O, O0.52] the asymmetric unit contains a protonated trimethoprim cation and a cinnamate anion and two water molecules. The crystal structure was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. This compound crystallized in the triclinic system; space group P−1 with the unit cell parameters a = 10.010(2) ?, b = 10.339(3) ?, c = 13.486(8) ?, α = 105.32(3)°, β = 109.88(3)°, γ = 100.89(3)°, V = 1204.6(10) ?³, Z = 2. The cinnamate group is disordered. The trimethoprim (TMP) molecule is protonated at one of the pyrimidine nitrogen atoms. The carboxylate group of the cinnamate anion interacts with the protonated pyrimidine atom N1 and the 2-amino group via a pair of N–H···O hydrogen bonds, generating the R₂²(8) ring motif. The inversion related TMP cations are paired via N–H···N hydrogen bonds. In addition to the base pairing, the O1W atom bridges the 2-amino and 4-amino groups on either side of the paired bases, resulting in a self complementary DADA array. Two inversion related TMP cations and water molecules (O1W) are linked via N–H···O and O–H···O hydrogen bonds, forming a 22 membered ring with graph-set R₄⁴(22).