Acta Cryst. (2003). E59, o1151-o1152  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536803015319 ]

Pseudosymmetry in tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide

M. Ramos Silva, A. Matos Beja and J. A. Paixão

Abstract: In the title compound, C₁₇H₃₈N⁺·Br^-, the tetradecyl chain is extended in a zigzag form. The molecules are packed in layers with the tetradecyl chains parallel within a layer and antiparallel in alternate layers. There is pseudosymmmetry which emulates a c-halved unit cell in P2₁/m, but it is not supported by the diffraction pattern, which is consistent with the reported space group and unit cell.

Online 17 July 2003

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