Acta Cryst. (2002). E58, o851-o852  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536802012175 ]

Four-centre hydrogen bonds: a triethanolamine-triethanolamine oxide complex

T. Kemmitt, G. J. Gainsford, P. J. Steel and J. Wikaira

Abstract: The title complex, ((HOCH₂CH₂)₃N)(HOCH₂CH₂)₃NO) or C₆H₁₅NO₄·C₆H₁₅NO₃, has the amine-oxide O atom trifurcated by a trigonal `cap' of hydrogen bonds to the hydroxyl H atoms of the triethanolamine lying on the same threefold axis. The amine-oxide hydroxyl H atoms are hydrogen bonded to three adjacent triethanolamine O atoms, completing a three-dimensional polymeric network.

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