organic compounds
A second polymorph of 2-aminopyridinium dihydrogenphosphate
aDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 55139 Kurupelit–Samsun, Turkey, and bDepartment of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland
*Correspondence e-mail: vtyilmaz@omu.edu.tr
In the title compound, β-C5H7N2+·H2PO4−, the tetrahedral dihydrogenphosphate moieties are linked into double chains by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and the organic species crosslink the chains into sheets by way of N—H⋯O bonds. The resulting structure is quite different from that of the previously described α polymorph of this stoichiometry [Czapla, Dacko & Waskowska (2003). J. Phys. Condens. Matter, 15, 3793–3803].
Comment
Ammonium phosphates can function as intermediates or by-products in the formation of open-framework metal phosphates templated by organic et al., 1998; Neeraj et al., 1999; Rao et al., 2000). They show interesting crystal packing motifs, strongly influenced by the interplay of N—H⋯O and O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds (Demir et al., 2002). We describe here the structure of the title compound, β-(C5H7N2)(H2PO4), (I) (Fig. 1), which was obtained accidentally in the hydrothermal preparation of a 2-aminopyridinium-templated zincophosphate at 443 K. Compound (I) is a polymorph of a quite different structure of the same stoichiometry (Czapla et al., 2003), hereafter denoted α-(C5H7N2)(H2PO4).
(OliverIn the tetrahedral dihydrogenphosphate group in (I), the protonated P—O vertices (O1 and O2) show the expected lengthening (Table 1) relative to the other P—O bonds (O3 and O4), which are of similar length as a result of delocalization of the negative charge between them. The pyridine ring is essentially planar (for atoms N1 and C1–C5 the r.m.s. deviation from the least-squares plane is 0.004 Å) and its bond distances and angles are normal.
The crystal packing in (I) is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In addition to electrostatic forces, hydrogen bonds appear to be a key factor in establishing this structure. The dihydrogenphosphate anions are linked into double chains by way of P—O—H⋯O—P bonds (Table 2), such that every anion acts as a donor for two hydrogen bonds and an acceptor for two hydrogen bonds. In graph-set notation (Bernstein et al., 1995), an R33(12) loop arises for every triplet of connected tetrahedra. The P1⋯P1i and P1⋯P1ii separations are 4.5260 (14) and 4.5357 (17) Å, respectively (see Table 2 for symmetry codes). The chains propagate along [010], generated by the 21 screw axis.
(Di)hydrogenphosphate chains can show a surprising variety of hydrogen-bonding motifs. In N-(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediammonium hydrogenphosphate monohydrate (Demir et al., 2002), infinite chains of HPO42− groups are linked by single P—O—H⋯O—P connections, whilst in triethanolammonium dihydrogenphosphate (Demir et al., 2003), the H2PO4− moieties are connected by alternating single and double P—O—H⋯O—P hydrogen-bond links. In 1,3-diaminium hydrogenphosphate hydrate (Kamoun et al., 1991), single phosphate/water chains occur, whereas 1,3-diaminium bis(dihydrogenphosphate) (Kamoun et al., 1992; Marsh, 2004) contains a double tetrahedral chain different from that seen in (I), in which the fundamental symmetry is that of inversion.
In (I), the organic species interacts with the inorganic chains by way of three N—H⋯O bonds. Two of these bonds are to a single adjacent H2PO4− tetrahedron, and the third is to a similar species displaced in the a direction. These interactions result in (001) sheets that interact with each other by In contrast to the distinctive π–π stacking interactions between closely associated pairs of 2-aminopyridinium rings in the zincophosphate framework {(C5H7N2)[Zn(HPO4)(H2PO4)]·H2O}n, synthesized at room temperature (Yilmaz et al., 2005), there are no significant π–π stacking forces in (I).
The structure of (I) is quite different from that of α-(C5H7N2)(H2PO4) (Czapla et al., 2003), which contains a three-dimensional supramolecular array of H2PO4− groups encapsulating the organic moieties in pseudo-channels in C2/c. In addition to one well defined P—O—H⋯O—P hydrogen bond, α-(C5H7N2)(H2PO4) contains two short [2.469 (2) and 2.471 (2) Å] inversion-symmetry-generated pairs of O atoms with which the other dihydrogenphosphate H atoms are associated. These could represent symmetric O⋯H⋯O bonds (i.e. the H atom occupying the inversion centre) or disordered O—H⋯O and O⋯H—O bonds (i.e. a double potential well with the H atom shifted away from the inversion centre). The H atoms associated with the short O⋯O pairs were not located in the X-ray study, but on the basis of the physical properties of α-(C5H7N2)(H2PO4), Czapla et al. (2003) suggested that a double potential well was more likely. α-(C5H7N2)(H2PO4) shows a ferroelectric to paraelectric at 104 K, which is probably associated with rearrangements of the H atoms. We are now investigating this system further to try to clarify this situation.
Although the connectivities of the dihydrogenphosphate tetrahedra are completely different, the α and β forms of (C5H7N2)(H2PO4) both contain three similar N—H⋯O interactions [for the α form, mean H⋯O = 2.02 Å and mean N⋯O = 2.882 (2) Å; for the β form, mean H⋯O = 1.98 Å and mean N⋯O = 2.849 (6) Å]. The β form is slightly more dense than the α form (ρ = 1.580 and 1.557 Mg m−3, respectively), perhaps suggesting that it is the more stable form, even though a visual comparison of the structures suggests that van der Waals interactions are more prevalent in the β form.
Experimental
A 0.41 ml 3PO4 (6 mmol, aqueous, 85 wt%) was mixed with an aqueous suspension (10 ml) of ZnO (0.163 g, 2 mmol) and a clear solution was obtained. An aqueous solution (10 ml) of 2-aminopyridine (0.188 g, 2 mmol) was added to this solution dropwise. The resulting mixture was transferred to a 45 ml Teflon-lined stainless steel reaction vessel, heated at 443 K for 60 h and then cooled to room temperature. Colourless crystals of (I) were isolated by vacuum filtration, washed with a small amount of water and dried in air. All crystals obtained were of the β form (yield 38%). Direct reaction of phosphoric acid and 2-aminopyridine in the absence of ZnO yields the α polymorph, as reported by Czapla et al. (2003).
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Refinement
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The O-bound H atoms were found in difference maps and their positions were refined with the O—H distance restrained to 0.82 (4) Å. Other H atoms were placed in idealized locations (C—H = 0.95 Å and N—H = 0.88 Å) and refined as riding atoms. The constraint Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(carrier) was applied in all cases. The refined value of the Flack (1983) parameter was not definitive. A of the opposite (inverted) gave a value of 0.6 (2).
Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 1998); cell HKL SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: HKL DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and SCALEPACK; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and ATOMS (Shape Software, 2002); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
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A 0.41 ml β form. Yield 38%. Direct reaction of phosphoric acid and 2-aminopyridine in the absence of ZnO yields the α polymorph, as reported by Czapla et al. (2003).
of H3PO4 (6 mmol) (aqueous, 85 wt%) was mixed with an aqueous suspension (10 ml) of ZnO (0.163 g, 2 mmol) and a clear solution was obtained. An aqueous solution (10 ml) of 2-aminopyridine (0.188 g, 2 mmol) was added to this solution dropwise. The resulting mixture was transferred to a 45 ml Teflon-lined stainless steel reaction vessel, heated at 443 K for 60 h and then cooled to room temperature. Colorless crystals of (I) were isolated by vacuum filtration. They were washed with a small amount of water and dried in air. All crystals obtained were of theThe O-bound H atoms were found in difference maps and their positions were refined with the O—H distance restrained to 0.82 (4) Å. Other H atoms were placed in idealized locations (C—H = 0.95 Å and N—H = 0.88 Å) and refined as riding atoms. The constraint Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(carrier) was applied in all cases. The refined value of the Flack (1983) parameter was not definitive. A
of the opposite (inverted) gave a value of 0.6 (2).Data collection: Collect (Nonius, 1998); cell
HKL SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor 1997); data reduction: HKL DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor 1997) and SCALEPACK; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and ATOMS (Shape Software, 2002); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.C5H7N2+·H2O4P− | F(000) = 200 |
Mr = 192.11 | Dx = 1.580 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2yb | Cell parameters from 928 reflections |
a = 9.0502 (12) Å | θ = 2.9–27.5° |
b = 4.5260 (3) Å | µ = 0.32 mm−1 |
c = 9.9697 (11) Å | T = 120 K |
β = 98.576 (4)° | Rod, colourless |
V = 403.80 (7) Å3 | 0.32 × 0.08 × 0.06 mm |
Z = 2 |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 1719 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1206 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.090 |
ω and ϕ scans | θmax = 27.6°, θmin = 3.3° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2003) | h = −11→11 |
Tmin = 0.905, Tmax = 0.978 | k = −5→5 |
3961 measured reflections | l = −10→13 |
Refinement on F2 | Hydrogen site location: difmap (O-H) and geom (others) |
Least-squares matrix: full | H-atom parameters constrained |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.060 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0472P)2 + 0.0857P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
wR(F2) = 0.137 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
S = 1.03 | Δρmax = 0.36 e Å−3 |
1719 reflections | Δρmin = −0.44 e Å−3 |
116 parameters | Extinction correction: SHELXL, Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
3 restraints | Extinction coefficient: 0.061 (11) |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 672 Friedel pairs |
Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map | Absolute structure parameter: 0.3 (2) |
C5H7N2+·H2O4P− | V = 403.80 (7) Å3 |
Mr = 192.11 | Z = 2 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 9.0502 (12) Å | µ = 0.32 mm−1 |
b = 4.5260 (3) Å | T = 120 K |
c = 9.9697 (11) Å | 0.32 × 0.08 × 0.06 mm |
β = 98.576 (4)° |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 1719 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2003) | 1206 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.905, Tmax = 0.978 | Rint = 0.090 |
3961 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.060 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.137 | Δρmax = 0.36 e Å−3 |
S = 1.03 | Δρmin = −0.44 e Å−3 |
1719 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 672 Friedel pairs |
116 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: 0.3 (2) |
3 restraints |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
P1 | 0.30651 (14) | 0.5428 (2) | 0.38054 (11) | 0.0208 (3) | |
O1 | 0.2446 (4) | 0.7884 (6) | 0.2788 (3) | 0.0262 (9) | |
H1 | 0.197 (6) | 0.919 (9) | 0.305 (5) | 0.031* | |
O2 | 0.4496 (4) | 0.4371 (7) | 0.3245 (3) | 0.0267 (8) | |
H2 | 0.517 (5) | 0.350 (11) | 0.381 (5) | 0.032* | |
O3 | 0.3440 (4) | 0.6596 (7) | 0.5238 (3) | 0.0239 (8) | |
O4 | 0.1919 (4) | 0.2952 (6) | 0.3713 (3) | 0.0228 (8) | |
C1 | 0.3557 (6) | 0.4974 (12) | 0.8620 (5) | 0.0324 (13) | |
H3 | 0.4380 | 0.6249 | 0.8568 | 0.039* | |
C2 | 0.3210 (7) | 0.4233 (12) | 0.9850 (6) | 0.0359 (14) | |
H4 | 0.3769 | 0.4976 | 1.0662 | 0.043* | |
C3 | 0.1992 (6) | 0.2325 (11) | 0.9883 (5) | 0.0328 (14) | |
H5 | 0.1722 | 0.1772 | 1.0733 | 0.039* | |
C4 | 0.1186 (6) | 0.1248 (12) | 0.8716 (5) | 0.0362 (14) | |
H6 | 0.0366 | −0.0041 | 0.8755 | 0.043* | |
C5 | 0.1588 (6) | 0.2075 (9) | 0.7446 (5) | 0.0227 (11) | |
N1 | 0.2752 (5) | 0.3933 (8) | 0.7461 (4) | 0.0249 (10) | |
H7 | 0.3002 | 0.4498 | 0.6681 | 0.030* | |
N2 | 0.0882 (5) | 0.1089 (8) | 0.6266 (4) | 0.0288 (10) | |
H8 | 0.1177 | 0.1651 | 0.5503 | 0.035* | |
H9 | 0.0120 | −0.0126 | 0.6247 | 0.035* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
P1 | 0.0279 (7) | 0.0180 (5) | 0.0169 (6) | 0.0000 (6) | 0.0044 (5) | 0.0007 (5) |
O1 | 0.041 (2) | 0.0169 (15) | 0.0199 (19) | 0.0072 (15) | 0.0026 (17) | 0.0010 (13) |
O2 | 0.027 (2) | 0.0339 (17) | 0.0205 (19) | 0.0081 (14) | 0.0092 (16) | 0.0065 (14) |
O3 | 0.028 (2) | 0.0269 (15) | 0.0169 (18) | −0.0057 (14) | 0.0026 (15) | −0.0006 (12) |
O4 | 0.030 (2) | 0.0150 (14) | 0.025 (2) | −0.0006 (14) | 0.0092 (16) | −0.0023 (12) |
C1 | 0.036 (3) | 0.035 (3) | 0.024 (3) | −0.002 (3) | −0.002 (2) | −0.003 (2) |
C2 | 0.044 (4) | 0.043 (3) | 0.019 (3) | 0.010 (3) | 0.002 (3) | 0.003 (2) |
C3 | 0.029 (3) | 0.048 (3) | 0.024 (3) | 0.014 (3) | 0.014 (3) | 0.012 (2) |
C4 | 0.037 (4) | 0.041 (3) | 0.034 (3) | 0.005 (2) | 0.017 (3) | 0.012 (2) |
C5 | 0.022 (3) | 0.021 (2) | 0.026 (3) | 0.002 (2) | 0.006 (2) | 0.0027 (18) |
N1 | 0.029 (3) | 0.0294 (19) | 0.018 (2) | 0.0030 (19) | 0.0091 (19) | 0.0022 (17) |
N2 | 0.031 (3) | 0.031 (2) | 0.026 (2) | −0.0086 (18) | 0.0082 (19) | −0.0025 (17) |
P1—O3 | 1.514 (3) | C2—H4 | 0.9500 |
P1—O4 | 1.521 (3) | C3—C4 | 1.367 (8) |
P1—O1 | 1.552 (3) | C3—H5 | 0.9500 |
P1—O2 | 1.560 (4) | C4—C5 | 1.418 (7) |
O1—H1 | 0.80 (3) | C4—H6 | 0.9500 |
O2—H2 | 0.86 (3) | C5—N2 | 1.329 (6) |
C1—C2 | 1.352 (7) | C5—N1 | 1.346 (6) |
C1—N1 | 1.356 (6) | N1—H7 | 0.8800 |
C1—H3 | 0.9500 | N2—H8 | 0.8800 |
C2—C3 | 1.405 (8) | N2—H9 | 0.8800 |
O3—P1—O4 | 111.69 (18) | C4—C3—H5 | 119.3 |
O3—P1—O1 | 112.02 (18) | C2—C3—H5 | 119.3 |
O4—P1—O1 | 108.15 (19) | C3—C4—C5 | 119.4 (5) |
O3—P1—O2 | 111.32 (19) | C3—C4—H6 | 120.3 |
O4—P1—O2 | 110.34 (18) | C5—C4—H6 | 120.3 |
O1—P1—O2 | 102.9 (2) | N2—C5—N1 | 119.4 (4) |
P1—O1—H1 | 119 (4) | N2—C5—C4 | 123.2 (5) |
P1—O2—H2 | 117 (4) | N1—C5—C4 | 117.3 (5) |
C2—C1—N1 | 121.3 (5) | C5—N1—C1 | 123.1 (4) |
C2—C1—H3 | 119.4 | C5—N1—H7 | 118.4 |
N1—C1—H3 | 119.4 | C1—N1—H7 | 118.4 |
C1—C2—C3 | 117.6 (5) | C5—N2—H8 | 120.0 |
C1—C2—H4 | 121.2 | C5—N2—H9 | 120.0 |
C3—C2—H4 | 121.2 | H8—N2—H9 | 120.0 |
C4—C3—C2 | 121.3 (5) | ||
N1—C1—C2—C3 | 0.5 (8) | C3—C4—C5—N1 | −0.7 (7) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.1 (8) | N2—C5—N1—C1 | −178.1 (4) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.0 (8) | C4—C5—N1—C1 | 1.3 (7) |
C3—C4—C5—N2 | 178.8 (5) | C2—C1—N1—C5 | −1.3 (7) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···O4i | 0.80 (3) | 1.83 (4) | 2.544 (4) | 149 (5) |
O2—H2···O3ii | 0.86 (3) | 1.69 (3) | 2.552 (5) | 174 (5) |
N1—H7···O3 | 0.88 | 1.82 | 2.676 (5) | 165 |
N2—H8···O4 | 0.88 | 2.08 | 2.963 (5) | 179 |
N2—H9···O4iii | 0.88 | 2.05 | 2.908 (5) | 166 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y+1, z; (ii) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+1; (iii) −x, y−1/2, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C5H7N2+·H2O4P− |
Mr | 192.11 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21 |
Temperature (K) | 120 |
a, b, c (Å) | 9.0502 (12), 4.5260 (3), 9.9697 (11) |
β (°) | 98.576 (4) |
V (Å3) | 403.80 (7) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.32 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.32 × 0.08 × 0.06 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2003) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.905, 0.978 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 3961, 1719, 1206 |
Rint | 0.090 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.652 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.060, 0.137, 1.03 |
No. of reflections | 1719 |
No. of parameters | 116 |
No. of restraints | 3 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.36, −0.44 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), 672 Friedel pairs |
Absolute structure parameter | 0.3 (2) |
Computer programs: Collect (Nonius, 1998), HKL SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor 1997), HKL DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor 1997) and SCALEPACK, SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997), ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and ATOMS (Shape Software, 2002), SHELXL97.
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···O4i | 0.80 (3) | 1.83 (4) | 2.544 (4) | 149 (5) |
O2—H2···O3ii | 0.86 (3) | 1.69 (3) | 2.552 (5) | 174 (5) |
N1—H7···O3 | 0.88 | 1.82 | 2.676 (5) | 165 |
N2—H8···O4 | 0.88 | 2.08 | 2.963 (5) | 179 |
N2—H9···O4iii | 0.88 | 2.05 | 2.908 (5) | 166 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y+1, z; (ii) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+1; (iii) −x, y−1/2, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Ondokuz Mayıs University for financial support and the EPSRC National Crystallography Service (University of Southampton, England) for the data collection.
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Ammonium phosphates can function as intermediates or by-products in the formation of open-framework metal phosphates templated by organic amines (Oliver et al., 1998; Neeraj et al., 1999; Rao et al., 2000). They show interesting crystal packing motifs, strongly influenced by the interplay of N—H···O and O—H···O hydrogen bonds (Demir et al., 2002). We describe here the structure of the title compound, β-(C5H7N2)(H2PO4), (I) (Fig. 1), which was obtained accidentally in the hydrothermal preparation of a 2-aminopyridinium-templated zincophosphate at 443 K. Compound (I) is a polymorph of a quite different structure of the same stoichiometry (Czapla et al., 2003), hereafter known as α-(C5H7N2)(H2PO4).
In the tetrahedral dihydrogenphosphate group in (I), the protonated P—O vertices (O1 and O2) show the expected lengthening (Table 1) relative to the other P—O bonds (O3 and O4), which are of similar length as a result of delocalization of the negative charge between them. The pyridine ring is essentially planar (for atoms N1 and C1–C5, the r.m.s. deviation from the least-squares plane is 0.004 Å), and its bond distances and angles are normal.
The crystal packing in (I) is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In addition to electrostatic forces, hydrogen bonds appear to be a key factor in establishing this structure. The dihydrogenphosphate anions are linked into double chains by way of P—O—H···O—P bonds (Table 2), such that every anion acts as a donor for two hydrogen bonds and an acceptor for two hydrogen bonds. In graph-set notation (Bernstein et al., 1995), an R33(12) loop arises for every triplet of connected tetrahedra. The P1···P1i (see Table 2 for symmetry code) and P1···P1ii separations are 4.5260 (14) and 4.5357 (17) Å, respectively. The chains propagate along [010], generated by the 21 screw axis.
(Di)hydrogenphosphate chains can show a surprising variety of hydrogen-bonding motifs. In N-(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediammonium hydrogenphosphate monohydrate (Demir et al., 2002), infinite chains of HPO42− groups are linked by single P—O—H···O—P connections, whilst in triethanolammonium dihydrogenphosphate (Demir et al., 2003), the H2PO4− moieties are connected by alternating single and double P—O—H···O—P hydrogen-bond links. In 1,3-diaminium hydrogenphosphate hydrate (Kamoun et al., 1991), single phosphate/water chains occur, whereas in 1,3-diaminium bis(dihydrogenphosphate) (Kamoun et al., 1992; Marsh, 2004), a different kind of double tetrahedral chain arises from the one seen in (I), in which the fundamental symmetry is that of inversion.
In (I), the organic species interacts with the inorganic chains by way of three N—H···O bonds. Two of these bonds are to a single adjacent H2PO4− tetrahedron, and the third is to a similar species displaced in the a direction. These interactions result in (001) sheets that interact with each other by van der Waals forces. In contrast to the distinctive π–π stacking interactions between closely associated pairs of 2-aminopyridinium rings in the zincophosphate framework {(C5H7N2)[Zn(HPO4)(H2PO4)].H2O}n, synthesized at room temperature (Yilmaz et al., 2005), there are no significant π–π stacking forces in (I).
The structure of (I) is quite different from that of α-(C5H7N2)(H2PO4) (Czapla et al., 2003), which contains a three-dimensional supramolecular array of H2PO4− groups encapsulating the organic moieties in pseudo-channels in space group C2/c. In addition to one well defined P—O—H···O—P hydrogen bond, α-(C5H7N2)(H2PO4) contains two short [2.469 (2) and 2.471 (2) Å] inversion-symmetry-generated pairs of O atoms with which the other dihydrogenphosphate H atoms are associated. These could represent symmetric O···H···O bonds (i.e. the H atom occupying the inversion centre), or disordered O—H···O and O···H—O bonds (i.e. a double potential well with the H atom shifted away from the inversion centre). The H atoms associated with the short O···O pairs were not located in the X-ray study, but on the basis of the physical properties of α-(C5H7N2)(H2PO4), Czapla et al. (2003) suggested that a double potential well was more likely. α-(C5H7N2)(H2PO4) shows a ferroelectric to paraelectric phase transition at 104 K, which is probably associated with rearrangements of the H atoms. We are now investigating this system further to try to clarify this situation.
Although the connectivities of the dihydrogenphosphate tetrahedra are completely different, the α and β forms of (C5H7N2)(H2PO4) both contain three similar N—H···O interactions [for the α form, mean H···O = 2.02 Å and mean N···O = 2.882 (2) Å; for the β form, mean H···O = 1.98 Å and mean N···O = 2.849 (6) Å]. β-(C5H7N2)(H2PO4) is slightly more dense than α-(C5H7N2)(H2PO4) (ρ = 1.580 and 1.557 Mg m−3, respectively), perhaps suggesting that it is the more stable form, even though a visual comparison of the structures suggests that van der Waals interactions are more prevalent in the β form.