Crystal structure of di-benzyl-ammonium hydrogen (4-amino-phen-yl)arsonate monohydrate

Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun. 2023 Oct 5;79(Pt 11):1003-1007. doi: 10.1107/S205698902300837X. eCollection 2023 Nov 1.

Abstract

The title salt, C14H16N+·C6H7AsNO3 -·H2O or [(C6H5CH2)2NH2][H2NC6H4As(OH)O2]·H2O, (I), was synthesized by mixing an aqueous solution of (4-amino-phenyl)-arsonic acid with an ethano-lic solution of di-benzyl-amine at room temperature. Compound I crystallizes in the monoclinic P21/c space group. The three components forming I are linked via N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O inter-molecular hydrogen bonds, resulting in the propagation of an infinite zigzag chain. Additional weak inter-actions between neighbouring chains, such as π-π and N-H⋯O contacts, involving phenyl rings, -NH2 and -As(OH)O3 functions, and H2O, respectively, lead to a three-dimensional network.

Keywords: crystal structure; group 15 - pnictogen elements; hydrogen bonds; infinite chain; organic salt; phenyl­arsonic derivatives.