Acta Cryst. (2007). B63, 418-425 [ doi:10.1107/S0108768107013961 ]
Abstract: In the course of a study on artificial sweeteners, new crystal structures of cyclamic acid, sodium cyclamate, potassium cyclamate, ammonium cyclamate, rubidium cyclamate and tetra-n-propylammonium cyclamate have been determined. Cyclamic acid exists in its zwitterionic form in the crystalline state. The zwitterions are connected through hydrogen bonds of the N-H
O type to form two-dimensional sheets. The sodium, potassium, ammonium and rubidium cyclamates are isostructural, with the cyclamate moieties linked through hydrogen bonds into linear chains. Taking into account the connectivity through cations, two-dimensional layers with a hydrophobic surface are constructed. In tetra(n-propyl)ammonium cyclamate the large, non-coordinating cation apparently prevents the formation of chains and thereby facilitates the centrosymmetric head-to-head discrete dimeric arrangement of the cyclamate moieties.
Keywords: artificial sweeteners; zwitterion; hydrogen bonding.
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