Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and NMR Spectroscopy of a New P-Phenylenediamonium Diphosphate [p-NH₃C₆H₄NH₃]H₂P₂O₇

Crystal growth and characterization by X-ray diffraction and NMR spectroscopy of a new p-phenylenediamonium diphosphate [p-NH₃ C ₆ H ₄ NH ₃]H ₂ P ₂ O ₇ are reported. This compound crystallizes in a triclinic unit cell P1 with the parameters a = 7.130(3), b = 9.047(3), c = 9.350(2) Å, α = 133.44(2)°, β = 95.02(2)°, γ = 107.11(4)°, Z = 2, V = 514.3(15) ų, and D _x = 1.848 g.cm^{− 3}. The crystal structure has been solved and refined to R = 0.0273, using 3678 independent reflections. The atomic arrangement is build up by infinite ribbons of [H₂ P ₂ O ₇] ²⁻ anions, extending along the a-direction at y = 1/2. Between these ribbons are located the p-phenylenediammonium entities, which form hydrogen bonds N─H…O with some external oxygen atoms of phosphoric groups. Crystallographic results are correlated with that of the solid state ¹³C and ³¹P MAS NMR spectroscopy.

Keywords:

• Hydrogen bonds
• NMR spectroscopy
• ribbons
• X-ray diffraction

We would like to thank the Ministry of Scientific Research Technology and Competing Development of Tunisia for its financial support.