Structure, thermal behavior, and IR investigations of (C6H9N2)H2PO4

Chemical preparation, X-ray single-crystal, thermal behavior, and IR spectroscopy studies of a new dihydrogenmonophosphate associated to an organic cation, the 3-(ammoniummethyl)pyridine dihydrogenmonophosphate (denoted as AMPP) are described. The AMPP crystallizes in the monoclinic system with P2₁/c space group. The unit cell dimensions are a = 5.8465(2) Å, b = 19.9776(9) Å, c = 7.3103(3) Å, = 90.848(3)° with V = 853.74(4) ų and Z = 4. The structure has been solved using direct method and refined to a reliability R factor of 0.0393. The structure of AMPP includes three types of hydrogen bonds. The first one, OH O, links the H₂PO₄ groups to form infinite inorganic chains [H₂PO₄]n^n–, parallel to the c axis. The two other types, OH N and NH O assemble inorganic chains so as to build up a three-dimensional arrangement.