Acta Cryst. (2005). E61, o1127-o1129  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536805008755 ]

Benzyltrimethylammonium dihydrogen orthophosphate monohydrate

A. Criado, M. J. Diánez, M. D. Estrada, S. Pérez-Garrido, M. Belsley and E. de Matos Gomes

Abstract: The title compound, C₁₀H₁₆N⁺·H₂PO₄^-·H₂O, crystallizes in the centrosymmetric space group P2₁/c with two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit. Therefore, nonlinear optical properties are absent. The crystal packing is governed by hydrogen bonds, so that the phosphate anions are linked head-to-tail, forming chains running parallel to the a direction. These chains in turn are interconnected by hydrogen bonds to water molecules, forming hydrogen-bonded molecular layers stacked parallel to the ab plane.

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