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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
Crystal structure of tris-(piperidinium) hydrogen sulfate sulfate
Tamara J Lukianova1, Vasyl Kinzhybalo1, Adam Pietraszko1
1Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Okolna str. 2, PO Box 1410, 50-950 Wroclaw, Poland.
Abstract:
In the title molecular salt, 3C5H12N(+)·HSO4 (-)·SO4 (2-), each cation adopts a chair conformation. In the crystal, the hydrogen sulfate ion is connected to the sulfate ion by a strong O-H⋯O hydrogen bond. The packing also features a number of N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which lead to a three-dimensional network structure. The hydrogen sulfate anion accepts four hydrogen bonds from two cations, whereas the sulfate ion, as an acceptor, binds to five separate piperidinium cations, forming seven hydrogen bonds.
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