1,10-Phenanthrolin-1-ium 2-carb-oxy-4,5-dichloro-benzoate.

ABSTRACT: In the structure of the 1:1 proton-transfer compound of 1,10-phenanthroline with 4,5-dichloro-phthalic acid, C(12)H(9)N(2) (+)·C(8)H(3)Cl(2)O(4) (-), determined at 130 K, the 1,10-phenanthrolinium cation and the hydrogen 4,5-dichloro-phthalate anion associate through a single N-H⋯O(carbox-yl) hydrogen bond giving discrete units which have no extension except through a number of weak cation C-H⋯O(anion) associations and weak cation-anion aromatic ring π-π inter-actions [minimum centroid-centroid separation = 3.6815 (12) Å]. The anions are essentially planar "[maximum deviation 0.214 (1) Å (a carboxyl O)] with the syn-related H atom of the carboxyl group, forming a short intra-molecular O-H⋯O(carbox-yl) hydrogen bond.

SUBMITTER: Smith G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2970357 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature