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Melaminium nitrate–melamine–water (1/1/1)
aSchool of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia, bSchool of Chemistry, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia, and cX-ray Crystallography Unit, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia
*Correspondence e-mail: hkfun@usm.my
In the 3H7N6+·NO3−·C3H6N6·H2O, the consists of two neutral melamine (1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine) molecules, two melaminium cations, two nitrate anions and two solvent water molecules. One of the nitrate anions is disordered over two sets of positions, with a refined occupancy ratio of 0.909 (3):0.091 (3). The cations and neutral molecules are approximately planar, with maximum deviations of 0.018 (2), 0.024 (2), 0.019 (2) and 0.007 (2) Å for each, respectively. In the melaminium cations and neutral melamine molecules self-assemble via N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds to form a supramolecular hexagonal-shaped motif. In addition, the nitrate anions and water molecules are connected by N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds to form a three-dimensional network.
of the title salt, CRelated literature
For applications of melamine, see: Rima et al. (2008); Cook et al. (2005); Ramos Silva et al. (2008). For related structures, see: Debrus et al. (2007); Zhao & Shi (2010); Marchewka & Pietraszko (2003); Marchewka (2002). For applications of hydrogen bonding, see: Aghabozorg et al. (2008).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: SHELXTL and PLATON (Spek, 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810043941/lh5157sup1.cif
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0.36 g (2.856 mmol) of melamine, 0.50 g (2.856 mmol) of 1,4-bis(chloromethyl)benzene and 1.0 ml triethylamine were added into 40 mL acetonitrile and refluxed for 72 hours at 348 K. The white precipitate was collected by simple filtration and dried at 373 K for 24 hours. About 0.5 g of the white precipitate was dissolved in 10 mL distilled water followed by 0.5 g (1.718 mmol) of cobalt(II) nitrate. The pH was adjusted to 7.0 by a few drops of 1.0 M sodium hydroxide. The mixture was stirred for 2 h and then filtered off. The resulting mixture was kept at room temperature for recrystallization. Recrystallization was carried out twice by using distilled water to get the pure crystal.
All the H atoms were located in a difference Fourier map and allowed to refine freely [N—H = 0.80 (2)–0.96 (2) Å and O—H = 0.85 (4)–0.96 (3) Å]. One of the nitrate anion is disordered over two sets of positions, with refined occupancy ratios of 0.909 (3):0.091 (3).
1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine is an organic base also known as melamine. Melamine is very widely used in several industries, such as the production of melamine foam in polymeric cleaning (Rima et al., 2008) and also as a chemical intermediate in amino resin and plastics manufacturing (Cook et al., 2005). Melamine can be a proton acceptor and will form 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine-1-ium (Ramos Silva et al., 2008). Recently many melaminium complexes in crystalline form has been reported, such as melaminium-bis(trichloroacetate) monohydrate (Debrus et al., 2007), melaminium iodide monohydrate (Zhao & Shi, 2010) and melaminium citrate (Marchewka & Pietraszko, 2003). Melaminium salt crystals have shown interesting properties like nonlinear optical behaviour (Marchewka, 2002). In the formation of melaminium salt crystals, molecules are bound to each other via hydrogen bonds. Hydrogen bonding plays an important role in the catalytic, biochemical activities and also in supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering (Aghabozorg et al., 2008). Here, we report the
of a melaminium salt. This crystal was obtained as a by-product during our attempt to form crown complexes with melamine.The
of the title compound consists of two crystallographically independent protonated melaminium cations (A & C), two nitrate anions (A & B), two neutral melamine molecules (B & D) and two water molecules (Fig. 1). One of the nitrate anion is disordered over two sets of position, with refined occupancy ratios of 0.909 (3):0.091 (3). The protonated and neutral melamine molecules are essentially planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.018 (2) Å for atom C2A (molecule A), 0.024 (2) Å for atom C2C (molecule C), 0.019 (2) Å for atom C2B (molecule B) and 0.007 (2) Å for atom C2D (molecule D).In the
(Fig.2), the protonated melaminium cations and the neutral melamine molecules self-assemble via N—H···N hydrogen bonds to form a supramolecular hexagonal motif. Furthermore, the nitrate anions and water molecules are connected by N—H···O (Table 1) hydrogen bonds to form a three-dimensional network.For applications of melamine, see: Rima et al. (2008); Cook et al. (2005); Ramos Silva et al. (2008). For related structures, see: Debrus et al. (2007); Zhao & Shi (2010); Marchewka & Pietraszko (2003); Marchewka (2002). For applications of hydrogen bonding, see: Aghabozorg et al. (2008).
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).Fig. 1. The asymmetric unit of the title compound, showing 30% probability displacement ellipsoids and the atom-numbering scheme. Open bonds represents disorder components. | |
Fig. 2. The crystal packing of the title compound, showing the hydrogen-bonded (dashed lines) network. |
C3H7N6+·NO3−·C3H6N6·H2O | Z = 4 |
Mr = 333.31 | F(000) = 696 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.660 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 7.7759 (1) Å | Cell parameters from 3833 reflections |
b = 9.0035 (1) Å | θ = 2.3–29.8° |
c = 19.4573 (3) Å | µ = 0.14 mm−1 |
α = 96.182 (1)° | T = 296 K |
β = 90.854 (1)° | Block, purple |
γ = 99.828 (1)° | 0.21 × 0.14 × 0.09 mm |
V = 1333.64 (3) Å3 |
Bruker SMART APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 5160 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 3689 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.042 |
φ and ω scans | θmax = 26.0°, θmin = 2.1° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) | h = −8→9 |
Tmin = 0.972, Tmax = 0.987 | k = −11→11 |
22196 measured reflections | l = −23→23 |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.047 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.123 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.03 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0625P)2 + 0.2158P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
5160 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
543 parameters | Δρmax = 0.21 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.45 e Å−3 |
C3H7N6+·NO3−·C3H6N6·H2O | γ = 99.828 (1)° |
Mr = 333.31 | V = 1333.64 (3) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 4 |
a = 7.7759 (1) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 9.0035 (1) Å | µ = 0.14 mm−1 |
c = 19.4573 (3) Å | T = 296 K |
α = 96.182 (1)° | 0.21 × 0.14 × 0.09 mm |
β = 90.854 (1)° |
Bruker SMART APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 5160 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) | 3689 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.972, Tmax = 0.987 | Rint = 0.042 |
22196 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.047 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.123 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.03 | Δρmax = 0.21 e Å−3 |
5160 reflections | Δρmin = −0.45 e Å−3 |
543 parameters |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds 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 > 2sigma(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 | Occ. (<1) | |
N1A | 0.9356 (2) | 0.62933 (18) | −0.08016 (9) | 0.0142 (4) | |
N2A | 0.7288 (2) | 0.48794 (18) | −0.01488 (8) | 0.0149 (4) | |
N3A | 0.9137 (2) | 0.71794 (18) | 0.03718 (8) | 0.0139 (4) | |
N4A | 0.7628 (2) | 0.4097 (2) | −0.12989 (9) | 0.0176 (4) | |
N5A | 0.7043 (2) | 0.5825 (2) | 0.09767 (9) | 0.0172 (4) | |
N6A | 1.1157 (2) | 0.8451 (2) | −0.03080 (10) | 0.0165 (4) | |
C1A | 0.8069 (2) | 0.5077 (2) | −0.07424 (10) | 0.0139 (4) | |
C2A | 0.7836 (2) | 0.5972 (2) | 0.03848 (10) | 0.0145 (4) | |
C3A | 0.9888 (2) | 0.7321 (2) | −0.02329 (10) | 0.0136 (4) | |
N1B | 0.2450 (2) | 0.17275 (18) | 0.20073 (8) | 0.0157 (4) | |
N2B | 0.4686 (2) | 0.29201 (18) | 0.13081 (8) | 0.0149 (4) | |
N3B | 0.2675 (2) | 0.07228 (18) | 0.08247 (8) | 0.0152 (4) | |
N4B | 0.4452 (2) | 0.3774 (2) | 0.24538 (9) | 0.0183 (4) | |
N5B | 0.4750 (2) | 0.1976 (2) | 0.01677 (9) | 0.0160 (4) | |
N6B | 0.0627 (2) | −0.0409 (2) | 0.15269 (10) | 0.0196 (4) | |
C1B | 0.3839 (2) | 0.2789 (2) | 0.19097 (10) | 0.0148 (4) | |
C2B | 0.4012 (2) | 0.1864 (2) | 0.07766 (10) | 0.0129 (4) | |
C3B | 0.1951 (2) | 0.0700 (2) | 0.14507 (10) | 0.0148 (4) | |
N1C | 0.4424 (2) | 1.05878 (19) | 0.34890 (9) | 0.0170 (4) | |
N2C | 0.4197 (2) | 1.15377 (18) | 0.46499 (8) | 0.0143 (4) | |
N3C | 0.2251 (2) | 0.92779 (18) | 0.41389 (8) | 0.0158 (4) | |
N4C | 0.6243 (2) | 1.2761 (2) | 0.39577 (10) | 0.0182 (4) | |
N5C | 0.2192 (2) | 1.0143 (2) | 0.52802 (9) | 0.0155 (4) | |
N6C | 0.2541 (3) | 0.8500 (2) | 0.29859 (9) | 0.0221 (4) | |
C1C | 0.4950 (2) | 1.1634 (2) | 0.40435 (10) | 0.0149 (4) | |
C2C | 0.2901 (2) | 1.0327 (2) | 0.46781 (10) | 0.0140 (4) | |
C3C | 0.3043 (3) | 0.9436 (2) | 0.35478 (10) | 0.0162 (4) | |
N1D | 0.2208 (2) | 0.40060 (18) | 0.37041 (8) | 0.0155 (4) | |
N2D | 0.2450 (2) | 0.48189 (18) | 0.49238 (8) | 0.0149 (4) | |
N3D | 0.0365 (2) | 0.26250 (18) | 0.44780 (8) | 0.0145 (4) | |
N4D | 0.4156 (2) | 0.6117 (2) | 0.41573 (10) | 0.0180 (4) | |
N5D | 0.0681 (3) | 0.3419 (2) | 0.56411 (9) | 0.0174 (4) | |
N6D | 0.0204 (2) | 0.1911 (2) | 0.32993 (9) | 0.0180 (4) | |
C1D | 0.2918 (2) | 0.4954 (2) | 0.42667 (10) | 0.0139 (4) | |
C2D | 0.1182 (2) | 0.3630 (2) | 0.49989 (10) | 0.0142 (4) | |
C3D | 0.0951 (3) | 0.2865 (2) | 0.38480 (10) | 0.0137 (4) | |
N8A | 0.7624 (2) | 0.76433 (19) | 0.28672 (9) | 0.0178 (4)* | |
O1AA | 0.8234 (2) | 0.77664 (18) | 0.22811 (8) | 0.0211 (4) | 0.909 (3) |
O2AA | 0.7867 (2) | 0.87285 (18) | 0.33240 (8) | 0.0293 (5) | 0.909 (3) |
O3AA | 0.6809 (2) | 0.63698 (18) | 0.30001 (8) | 0.0305 (5) | 0.909 (3) |
O1AB | 0.887 (2) | 0.8747 (18) | 0.2933 (8) | 0.021 (4)* | 0.091 (3) |
O2AB | 0.649 (2) | 0.7781 (19) | 0.3371 (8) | 0.026 (5)* | 0.091 (3) |
O3AB | 0.721 (2) | 0.673 (2) | 0.2387 (9) | 0.029 (5)* | 0.091 (3) |
N8B | 0.5925 (2) | 0.96755 (18) | 0.17530 (8) | 0.0163 (4) | |
O1B | 0.46913 (19) | 0.86023 (16) | 0.18015 (7) | 0.0240 (4) | |
O2B | 0.66849 (18) | 0.98031 (16) | 0.11995 (7) | 0.0200 (3) | |
O3B | 0.64020 (18) | 1.06308 (15) | 0.22762 (7) | 0.0191 (3) | |
O1W | 0.1736 (2) | 0.67667 (17) | 0.81644 (8) | 0.0188 (3) | |
O2W | 0.0718 (2) | 0.54790 (17) | 0.26433 (8) | 0.0217 (4) | |
H1N | 0.997 (3) | 0.639 (3) | −0.1192 (12) | 0.028 (6)* | |
H2N | 0.504 (3) | 1.061 (3) | 0.3083 (12) | 0.032 (7)* | |
H1A | 0.816 (3) | 0.430 (2) | −0.1706 (12) | 0.023 (6)* | |
H2A | 0.668 (3) | 0.328 (3) | −0.1251 (13) | 0.044 (8)* | |
H3A | 0.622 (3) | 0.504 (3) | 0.1019 (11) | 0.022 (6)* | |
H4A | 0.739 (3) | 0.648 (3) | 0.1329 (11) | 0.019 (6)* | |
H5A | 1.154 (3) | 0.905 (3) | 0.0016 (12) | 0.020 (6)* | |
H6A | 1.157 (3) | 0.853 (2) | −0.0732 (12) | 0.020 (6)* | |
H1B | 0.382 (3) | 0.377 (2) | 0.2808 (11) | 0.018 (6)* | |
H2B | 0.531 (3) | 0.460 (3) | 0.2400 (11) | 0.030 (7)* | |
H3B | 0.543 (3) | 0.276 (3) | 0.0113 (11) | 0.022 (6)* | |
H4B | 0.426 (3) | 0.137 (3) | −0.0177 (12) | 0.025 (6)* | |
H5B | 0.021 (3) | −0.106 (3) | 0.1195 (12) | 0.023 (6)* | |
H6B | 0.014 (3) | −0.044 (3) | 0.1938 (12) | 0.027 (7)* | |
H1C | 0.676 (3) | 1.277 (3) | 0.3554 (13) | 0.030 (7)* | |
H2C | 0.668 (3) | 1.346 (3) | 0.4295 (13) | 0.033 (7)* | |
H3C | 0.259 (3) | 1.082 (3) | 0.5641 (12) | 0.025 (6)* | |
H4C | 0.138 (3) | 0.934 (3) | 0.5318 (12) | 0.032 (7)* | |
H5C | 0.172 (4) | 0.762 (3) | 0.3000 (13) | 0.047 (8)* | |
H6C | 0.318 (3) | 0.858 (2) | 0.2606 (11) | 0.016 (6)* | |
H1D | 0.458 (3) | 0.616 (2) | 0.3741 (11) | 0.014 (6)* | |
H2D | 0.459 (3) | 0.669 (3) | 0.4510 (12) | 0.024 (6)* | |
H3D | 0.129 (3) | 0.396 (3) | 0.5980 (12) | 0.030 (7)* | |
H4D | −0.005 (3) | 0.268 (3) | 0.5669 (11) | 0.026 (7)* | |
H5D | −0.051 (3) | 0.102 (3) | 0.3382 (12) | 0.034 (7)* | |
H6D | 0.082 (3) | 0.194 (3) | 0.2905 (12) | 0.027 (6)* | |
H1W1 | 0.203 (4) | 0.765 (3) | 0.7943 (14) | 0.054 (9)* | |
H2W1 | 0.270 (4) | 0.673 (4) | 0.8371 (17) | 0.084 (12)* | |
H1W2 | 0.116 (4) | 0.499 (3) | 0.2936 (15) | 0.055 (9)* | |
H2W2 | −0.034 (4) | 0.480 (3) | 0.2477 (13) | 0.042 (7)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
N1A | 0.0151 (9) | 0.0154 (9) | 0.0106 (9) | −0.0008 (7) | 0.0026 (7) | 0.0005 (7) |
N2A | 0.0170 (9) | 0.0132 (9) | 0.0134 (9) | 0.0003 (7) | 0.0005 (7) | 0.0004 (7) |
N3A | 0.0148 (9) | 0.0140 (9) | 0.0118 (9) | −0.0006 (7) | 0.0013 (7) | 0.0015 (7) |
N4A | 0.0202 (10) | 0.0178 (10) | 0.0128 (9) | −0.0014 (8) | 0.0022 (8) | −0.0009 (7) |
N5A | 0.0201 (10) | 0.0155 (10) | 0.0130 (9) | −0.0047 (8) | 0.0032 (8) | −0.0005 (8) |
N6A | 0.0190 (10) | 0.0168 (9) | 0.0104 (10) | −0.0043 (7) | 0.0027 (8) | −0.0021 (8) |
C1A | 0.0125 (10) | 0.0135 (10) | 0.0155 (11) | 0.0017 (8) | −0.0004 (8) | 0.0017 (8) |
C2A | 0.0137 (10) | 0.0131 (10) | 0.0171 (11) | 0.0023 (8) | −0.0003 (8) | 0.0038 (8) |
C3A | 0.0133 (10) | 0.0128 (10) | 0.0153 (10) | 0.0038 (8) | −0.0014 (8) | 0.0016 (8) |
N1B | 0.0150 (9) | 0.0172 (9) | 0.0137 (9) | −0.0002 (7) | 0.0011 (7) | 0.0006 (7) |
N2B | 0.0151 (9) | 0.0156 (9) | 0.0130 (9) | 0.0005 (7) | 0.0013 (7) | 0.0007 (7) |
N3B | 0.0151 (9) | 0.0157 (9) | 0.0134 (9) | −0.0007 (7) | −0.0004 (7) | 0.0010 (7) |
N4B | 0.0180 (9) | 0.0215 (10) | 0.0116 (9) | −0.0046 (8) | 0.0049 (8) | −0.0027 (8) |
N5B | 0.0172 (9) | 0.0156 (10) | 0.0122 (9) | −0.0041 (8) | 0.0016 (7) | −0.0003 (8) |
N6B | 0.0201 (10) | 0.0228 (10) | 0.0118 (10) | −0.0067 (8) | 0.0027 (8) | −0.0011 (8) |
C1B | 0.0126 (10) | 0.0156 (10) | 0.0157 (11) | 0.0005 (8) | 0.0004 (8) | 0.0030 (8) |
C2B | 0.0124 (10) | 0.0135 (10) | 0.0133 (10) | 0.0031 (8) | −0.0012 (8) | 0.0024 (8) |
C3B | 0.0131 (10) | 0.0173 (11) | 0.0139 (10) | 0.0011 (8) | 0.0001 (8) | 0.0029 (8) |
N1C | 0.0196 (9) | 0.0160 (9) | 0.0131 (9) | −0.0026 (7) | 0.0029 (7) | −0.0004 (7) |
N2C | 0.0149 (9) | 0.0149 (9) | 0.0127 (9) | 0.0015 (7) | 0.0021 (7) | 0.0009 (7) |
N3C | 0.0189 (9) | 0.0136 (9) | 0.0134 (9) | −0.0011 (7) | 0.0013 (7) | 0.0012 (7) |
N4C | 0.0205 (10) | 0.0179 (10) | 0.0131 (10) | −0.0037 (8) | 0.0036 (8) | −0.0008 (8) |
N5C | 0.0179 (9) | 0.0137 (9) | 0.0129 (9) | −0.0021 (8) | 0.0019 (7) | −0.0008 (7) |
N6C | 0.0271 (11) | 0.0206 (10) | 0.0142 (10) | −0.0064 (8) | 0.0055 (8) | −0.0020 (8) |
C1C | 0.0142 (10) | 0.0145 (10) | 0.0163 (11) | 0.0037 (8) | −0.0006 (8) | 0.0014 (8) |
C2C | 0.0144 (10) | 0.0127 (10) | 0.0152 (10) | 0.0028 (8) | 0.0001 (8) | 0.0021 (8) |
C3C | 0.0169 (10) | 0.0137 (10) | 0.0172 (11) | 0.0010 (8) | 0.0011 (8) | 0.0016 (8) |
N1D | 0.0168 (9) | 0.0140 (9) | 0.0139 (9) | −0.0012 (7) | 0.0007 (7) | 0.0001 (7) |
N2D | 0.0164 (9) | 0.0150 (9) | 0.0130 (9) | 0.0019 (7) | 0.0010 (7) | 0.0015 (7) |
N3D | 0.0162 (9) | 0.0142 (9) | 0.0119 (9) | 0.0000 (7) | 0.0005 (7) | 0.0004 (7) |
N4D | 0.0228 (10) | 0.0174 (10) | 0.0106 (10) | −0.0044 (8) | 0.0022 (8) | −0.0007 (8) |
N5D | 0.0221 (10) | 0.0152 (10) | 0.0118 (9) | −0.0045 (8) | 0.0014 (8) | −0.0005 (8) |
N6D | 0.0211 (10) | 0.0182 (10) | 0.0118 (9) | −0.0040 (8) | 0.0023 (8) | −0.0003 (7) |
C1D | 0.0145 (10) | 0.0132 (10) | 0.0151 (10) | 0.0059 (8) | 0.0003 (8) | 0.0009 (8) |
C2D | 0.0151 (10) | 0.0147 (10) | 0.0137 (10) | 0.0037 (8) | 0.0015 (8) | 0.0037 (8) |
C3D | 0.0152 (10) | 0.0143 (10) | 0.0123 (10) | 0.0040 (8) | 0.0005 (8) | 0.0029 (8) |
O1AA | 0.0246 (9) | 0.0249 (10) | 0.0128 (8) | 0.0000 (7) | 0.0057 (7) | 0.0038 (7) |
O2AA | 0.0517 (13) | 0.0175 (9) | 0.0141 (9) | −0.0037 (8) | 0.0020 (8) | −0.0033 (7) |
O3AA | 0.0362 (11) | 0.0232 (10) | 0.0240 (10) | −0.0163 (8) | 0.0075 (8) | 0.0003 (7) |
N8B | 0.0170 (9) | 0.0162 (9) | 0.0150 (9) | 0.0011 (7) | 0.0005 (7) | 0.0020 (7) |
O1B | 0.0221 (8) | 0.0201 (8) | 0.0247 (8) | −0.0096 (6) | 0.0060 (7) | −0.0002 (6) |
O2B | 0.0226 (8) | 0.0227 (8) | 0.0130 (7) | −0.0007 (6) | 0.0058 (6) | 0.0013 (6) |
O3B | 0.0232 (8) | 0.0179 (8) | 0.0132 (7) | −0.0020 (6) | 0.0019 (6) | −0.0028 (6) |
O1W | 0.0165 (8) | 0.0196 (8) | 0.0191 (8) | −0.0011 (6) | 0.0027 (7) | 0.0031 (6) |
O2W | 0.0239 (9) | 0.0194 (8) | 0.0204 (8) | −0.0015 (7) | −0.0047 (7) | 0.0048 (7) |
N1A—C1A | 1.368 (2) | N4C—C1C | 1.327 (3) |
N1A—C3A | 1.374 (2) | N4C—H1C | 0.89 (2) |
N1A—H1N | 0.91 (2) | N4C—H2C | 0.88 (2) |
N2A—C1A | 1.328 (2) | N5C—C2C | 1.317 (2) |
N2A—C2A | 1.361 (2) | N5C—H3C | 0.90 (2) |
N3A—C3A | 1.330 (2) | N5C—H4C | 0.89 (3) |
N3A—C2A | 1.355 (2) | N6C—C3C | 1.317 (3) |
N4A—C1A | 1.322 (2) | N6C—H5C | 0.93 (3) |
N4A—H1A | 0.92 (2) | N6C—H6C | 0.90 (2) |
N4A—H2A | 0.96 (3) | N1D—C3D | 1.348 (2) |
N5A—C2A | 1.323 (3) | N1D—C1D | 1.361 (2) |
N5A—H3A | 0.88 (2) | N2D—C1D | 1.347 (2) |
N5A—H4A | 0.86 (2) | N2D—C2D | 1.348 (2) |
N6A—C3A | 1.313 (2) | N3D—C3D | 1.341 (2) |
N6A—H5A | 0.80 (2) | N3D—C2D | 1.356 (2) |
N6A—H6A | 0.89 (2) | N4D—C1D | 1.333 (3) |
N1B—C1B | 1.345 (2) | N4D—H1D | 0.88 (2) |
N1B—C3B | 1.352 (2) | N4D—H2D | 0.84 (2) |
N2B—C1B | 1.358 (2) | N5D—C2D | 1.338 (3) |
N2B—C2B | 1.360 (2) | N5D—H3D | 0.86 (2) |
N3B—C2B | 1.343 (2) | N5D—H4D | 0.81 (2) |
N3B—C3B | 1.350 (2) | N6D—C3D | 1.352 (2) |
N4B—C1B | 1.332 (2) | N6D—H5D | 0.93 (2) |
N4B—H1B | 0.85 (2) | N6D—H6D | 0.91 (2) |
N4B—H2B | 0.93 (2) | N8A—O3AB | 1.180 (17) |
N5B—C2B | 1.330 (2) | N8A—O2AA | 1.235 (2) |
N5B—H3B | 0.82 (2) | N8A—O1AA | 1.250 (2) |
N5B—H4B | 0.86 (2) | N8A—O1AB | 1.257 (16) |
N6B—C3B | 1.328 (3) | N8A—O3AA | 1.266 (2) |
N6B—H5B | 0.85 (2) | N8A—O2AB | 1.340 (16) |
N6B—H6B | 0.89 (2) | N8B—O2B | 1.243 (2) |
N1C—C1C | 1.362 (2) | N8B—O1B | 1.253 (2) |
N1C—C3C | 1.375 (3) | N8B—O3B | 1.267 (2) |
N1C—H2N | 0.93 (2) | O1W—H1W1 | 0.94 (3) |
N2C—C1C | 1.330 (2) | O1W—H2W1 | 0.85 (4) |
N2C—C2C | 1.359 (2) | O2W—H1W2 | 0.86 (3) |
N3C—C3C | 1.322 (2) | O2W—H2W2 | 0.96 (3) |
N3C—C2C | 1.362 (2) | ||
C1A—N1A—C3A | 119.68 (17) | H3C—N5C—H4C | 123 (2) |
C1A—N1A—H1N | 122.0 (14) | C3C—N6C—H5C | 121.6 (16) |
C3A—N1A—H1N | 117.9 (14) | C3C—N6C—H6C | 119.1 (13) |
C1A—N2A—C2A | 115.58 (16) | H5C—N6C—H6C | 118 (2) |
C3A—N3A—C2A | 115.82 (16) | N4C—C1C—N2C | 120.93 (18) |
C1A—N4A—H1A | 118.4 (13) | N4C—C1C—N1C | 117.64 (18) |
C1A—N4A—H2A | 116.2 (15) | N2C—C1C—N1C | 121.43 (18) |
H1A—N4A—H2A | 125 (2) | N5C—C2C—N2C | 117.48 (17) |
C2A—N5A—H3A | 120.6 (14) | N5C—C2C—N3C | 116.36 (18) |
C2A—N5A—H4A | 118.9 (14) | N2C—C2C—N3C | 126.15 (17) |
H3A—N5A—H4A | 120 (2) | N6C—C3C—N3C | 121.51 (18) |
C3A—N6A—H5A | 120.8 (16) | N6C—C3C—N1C | 116.79 (18) |
C3A—N6A—H6A | 117.5 (14) | N3C—C3C—N1C | 121.70 (17) |
H5A—N6A—H6A | 122 (2) | C3D—N1D—C1D | 114.55 (16) |
N4A—C1A—N2A | 120.93 (18) | C1D—N2D—C2D | 114.67 (16) |
N4A—C1A—N1A | 117.61 (18) | C3D—N3D—C2D | 114.38 (16) |
N2A—C1A—N1A | 121.47 (17) | C1D—N4D—H1D | 119.3 (13) |
N5A—C2A—N3A | 116.94 (17) | C1D—N4D—H2D | 116.6 (15) |
N5A—C2A—N2A | 116.77 (18) | H1D—N4D—H2D | 123 (2) |
N3A—C2A—N2A | 126.28 (18) | C2D—N5D—H3D | 117.8 (15) |
N6A—C3A—N3A | 121.21 (18) | C2D—N5D—H4D | 115.0 (16) |
N6A—C3A—N1A | 117.70 (18) | H3D—N5D—H4D | 126 (2) |
N3A—C3A—N1A | 121.08 (17) | C3D—N6D—H5D | 118.3 (14) |
C1B—N1B—C3B | 114.54 (16) | C3D—N6D—H6D | 115.0 (14) |
C1B—N2B—C2B | 114.46 (16) | H5D—N6D—H6D | 120 (2) |
C2B—N3B—C3B | 115.23 (16) | N4D—C1D—N2D | 117.56 (18) |
C1B—N4B—H1B | 116.4 (14) | N4D—C1D—N1D | 117.41 (18) |
C1B—N4B—H2B | 120.1 (14) | N2D—C1D—N1D | 125.02 (18) |
H1B—N4B—H2B | 121 (2) | N5D—C2D—N2D | 117.53 (18) |
C2B—N5B—H3B | 118.4 (15) | N5D—C2D—N3D | 116.89 (18) |
C2B—N5B—H4B | 117.1 (15) | N2D—C2D—N3D | 125.58 (17) |
H3B—N5B—H4B | 122 (2) | N3D—C3D—N1D | 125.78 (17) |
C3B—N6B—H5B | 122.0 (15) | N3D—C3D—N6D | 118.13 (18) |
C3B—N6B—H6B | 118.3 (14) | N1D—C3D—N6D | 116.07 (17) |
H5B—N6B—H6B | 120 (2) | O3AB—N8A—O2AA | 169.5 (9) |
N4B—C1B—N1B | 117.02 (18) | O3AB—N8A—O1AA | 57.0 (9) |
N4B—C1B—N2B | 117.46 (17) | O2AA—N8A—O1AA | 120.86 (17) |
N1B—C1B—N2B | 125.51 (17) | O3AB—N8A—O1AB | 129.1 (12) |
N5B—C2B—N3B | 118.21 (17) | O2AA—N8A—O1AB | 52.2 (7) |
N5B—C2B—N2B | 116.93 (17) | O1AA—N8A—O1AB | 73.0 (8) |
N3B—C2B—N2B | 124.86 (17) | O3AB—N8A—O3AA | 63.9 (9) |
N6B—C3B—N3B | 117.65 (18) | O2AA—N8A—O3AA | 119.80 (17) |
N6B—C3B—N1B | 117.06 (18) | O1AA—N8A—O3AA | 119.28 (16) |
N3B—C3B—N1B | 125.28 (17) | O1AB—N8A—O3AA | 154.5 (8) |
C1C—N1C—C3C | 119.51 (17) | O3AB—N8A—O2AB | 118.6 (12) |
C1C—N1C—H2N | 120.2 (15) | O2AA—N8A—O2AB | 58.6 (7) |
C3C—N1C—H2N | 120.2 (14) | O1AA—N8A—O2AB | 156.4 (7) |
C1C—N2C—C2C | 115.68 (16) | O1AB—N8A—O2AB | 110.8 (11) |
C3C—N3C—C2C | 115.38 (17) | O3AA—N8A—O2AB | 67.8 (7) |
C1C—N4C—H1C | 118.9 (15) | O2B—N8B—O1B | 120.62 (16) |
C1C—N4C—H2C | 122.7 (15) | O2B—N8B—O3B | 120.05 (16) |
H1C—N4C—H2C | 118 (2) | O1B—N8B—O3B | 119.34 (16) |
C2C—N5C—H3C | 117.8 (14) | H1W1—O1W—H2W1 | 102 (3) |
C2C—N5C—H4C | 119.4 (15) | H1W2—O2W—H2W2 | 104 (2) |
C2A—N2A—C1A—N4A | −179.15 (18) | C2C—N2C—C1C—N4C | −179.32 (18) |
C2A—N2A—C1A—N1A | 0.9 (3) | C2C—N2C—C1C—N1C | 0.9 (3) |
C3A—N1A—C1A—N4A | −178.41 (18) | C3C—N1C—C1C—N4C | −177.41 (18) |
C3A—N1A—C1A—N2A | 1.5 (3) | C3C—N1C—C1C—N2C | 2.4 (3) |
C3A—N3A—C2A—N5A | −178.58 (18) | C1C—N2C—C2C—N5C | 176.16 (18) |
C3A—N3A—C2A—N2A | 2.8 (3) | C1C—N2C—C2C—N3C | −4.2 (3) |
C1A—N2A—C2A—N5A | 178.11 (18) | C3C—N3C—C2C—N5C | −176.55 (18) |
C1A—N2A—C2A—N3A | −3.2 (3) | C3C—N3C—C2C—N2C | 3.8 (3) |
C2A—N3A—C3A—N6A | 179.66 (19) | C2C—N3C—C3C—N6C | −179.85 (19) |
C2A—N3A—C3A—N1A | 0.0 (3) | C2C—N3C—C3C—N1C | −0.1 (3) |
C1A—N1A—C3A—N6A | 178.31 (18) | C1C—N1C—C3C—N6C | 176.93 (18) |
C1A—N1A—C3A—N3A | −2.0 (3) | C1C—N1C—C3C—N3C | −2.8 (3) |
C3B—N1B—C1B—N4B | −176.03 (18) | C2D—N2D—C1D—N4D | 179.39 (17) |
C3B—N1B—C1B—N2B | 2.6 (3) | C2D—N2D—C1D—N1D | 0.3 (3) |
C2B—N2B—C1B—N4B | 178.92 (18) | C3D—N1D—C1D—N4D | −179.25 (17) |
C2B—N2B—C1B—N1B | 0.3 (3) | C3D—N1D—C1D—N2D | −0.2 (3) |
C3B—N3B—C2B—N5B | −178.07 (17) | C1D—N2D—C2D—N5D | 178.84 (17) |
C3B—N3B—C2B—N2B | 2.4 (3) | C1D—N2D—C2D—N3D | −1.2 (3) |
C1B—N2B—C2B—N5B | 177.45 (17) | C3D—N3D—C2D—N5D | −178.23 (17) |
C1B—N2B—C2B—N3B | −3.0 (3) | C3D—N3D—C2D—N2D | 1.8 (3) |
C2B—N3B—C3B—N6B | −179.74 (18) | C2D—N3D—C3D—N1D | −1.7 (3) |
C2B—N3B—C3B—N1B | 1.0 (3) | C2D—N3D—C3D—N6D | 179.96 (17) |
C1B—N1B—C3B—N6B | 177.44 (18) | C1D—N1D—C3D—N3D | 0.9 (3) |
C1B—N1B—C3B—N3B | −3.3 (3) | C1D—N1D—C3D—N6D | 179.31 (17) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N4A—H1A···O2Wi | 0.92 (2) | 2.05 (2) | 2.965 (2) | 174.2 (17) |
N4B—H1B···N1D | 0.85 (2) | 2.18 (2) | 3.025 (2) | 174.1 (18) |
N4D—H1D···O3AA | 0.88 (2) | 2.27 (2) | 3.077 (2) | 153 (2) |
N1A—H1N···O1Wii | 0.91 (2) | 1.89 (2) | 2.771 (2) | 165 (2) |
N4A—H2A···O1Bi | 0.96 (3) | 2.03 (3) | 2.838 (2) | 141 (2) |
N4B—H2B···O3AA | 0.93 (3) | 2.05 (2) | 2.810 (2) | 138.8 (18) |
N4C—H2C···N2Diii | 0.88 (3) | 2.07 (3) | 2.945 (2) | 176 (2) |
N4D—H2D···N2Ciii | 0.84 (2) | 2.23 (2) | 3.069 (2) | 172 (2) |
N1C—H2N···O3B | 0.93 (2) | 1.91 (2) | 2.836 (2) | 177 (2) |
O2W—H1W2···N1D | 0.86 (3) | 2.04 (3) | 2.899 (2) | 174 (3) |
N5A—H3A···N2B | 0.88 (3) | 2.20 (3) | 3.062 (2) | 165 (2) |
N5B—H3B···N2A | 0.82 (3) | 2.30 (3) | 3.119 (2) | 175 (2) |
N5C—H3C···O2AAiii | 0.89 (2) | 2.06 (2) | 2.799 (2) | 140 (2) |
N5D—H3D···O3AAiv | 0.86 (2) | 2.53 (2) | 3.232 (3) | 140 (2) |
N5A—H4A···O1AA | 0.86 (2) | 2.11 (2) | 2.963 (2) | 171 (2) |
N5B—H4B···O2Bi | 0.86 (2) | 2.20 (2) | 3.045 (2) | 167 (2) |
N5C—H4C···N3Dv | 0.89 (3) | 2.12 (3) | 2.996 (2) | 173 (2) |
N5D—H4D···N3Cv | 0.81 (3) | 2.30 (3) | 3.105 (3) | 173 (2) |
N6A—H5A···N3Bvi | 0.80 (2) | 2.13 (2) | 2.926 (2) | 175.9 (19) |
N6B—H5B···N3Avii | 0.84 (2) | 2.18 (2) | 3.020 (2) | 177 (2) |
N6C—H5C···O2W | 0.93 (3) | 2.00 (3) | 2.849 (2) | 151 (2) |
N6D—H5D···O2AAvii | 0.93 (3) | 2.22 (3) | 3.126 (2) | 167 (2) |
N6A—H6A···O1Wii | 0.90 (2) | 2.55 (2) | 3.262 (2) | 137.2 (15) |
N6A—H6A···O2Bviii | 0.90 (2) | 2.14 (2) | 2.841 (2) | 135.2 (17) |
N6B—H6B···O1AAvii | 0.89 (2) | 2.17 (3) | 2.806 (2) | 128 (2) |
N6C—H6C···O1B | 0.90 (2) | 1.97 (2) | 2.868 (2) | 174.6 (18) |
N6D—H6D···N1B | 0.91 (2) | 2.18 (2) | 3.088 (2) | 172 (2) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z; (ii) x+1, y, z−1; (iii) −x+1, −y+2, −z+1; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (v) −x, −y+1, −z+1; (vi) x+1, y+1, z; (vii) x−1, y−1, z; (viii) −x+2, −y+2, −z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C3H7N6+·NO3−·C3H6N6·H2O |
Mr | 333.31 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 296 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.7759 (1), 9.0035 (1), 19.4573 (3) |
α, β, γ (°) | 96.182 (1), 90.854 (1), 99.828 (1) |
V (Å3) | 1333.64 (3) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.14 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.21 × 0.14 × 0.09 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART APEXII CCD area-detector |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.972, 0.987 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 22196, 5160, 3689 |
Rint | 0.042 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.617 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.047, 0.123, 1.03 |
No. of reflections | 5160 |
No. of parameters | 543 |
H-atom treatment | All H-atom parameters refined |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.21, −0.45 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009), SAINT (Bruker, 2009), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N4A—H1A···O2Wi | 0.92 (2) | 2.05 (2) | 2.965 (2) | 174.2 (17) |
N4B—H1B···N1D | 0.85 (2) | 2.18 (2) | 3.025 (2) | 174.1 (18) |
N4D—H1D···O3AA | 0.88 (2) | 2.27 (2) | 3.077 (2) | 153 (2) |
N1A—H1N···O1Wii | 0.91 (2) | 1.89 (2) | 2.771 (2) | 165 (2) |
N4A—H2A···O1Bi | 0.96 (3) | 2.03 (3) | 2.838 (2) | 141 (2) |
N4B—H2B···O3AA | 0.93 (3) | 2.05 (2) | 2.810 (2) | 138.8 (18) |
N4C—H2C···N2Diii | 0.88 (3) | 2.07 (3) | 2.945 (2) | 176 (2) |
N4D—H2D···N2Ciii | 0.84 (2) | 2.23 (2) | 3.069 (2) | 172 (2) |
N1C—H2N···O3B | 0.93 (2) | 1.91 (2) | 2.836 (2) | 177 (2) |
O2W—H1W2···N1D | 0.86 (3) | 2.04 (3) | 2.899 (2) | 174 (3) |
N5A—H3A···N2B | 0.88 (3) | 2.20 (3) | 3.062 (2) | 165 (2) |
N5B—H3B···N2A | 0.82 (3) | 2.30 (3) | 3.119 (2) | 175 (2) |
N5C—H3C···O2AAiii | 0.89 (2) | 2.06 (2) | 2.799 (2) | 140 (2) |
N5D—H3D···O3AAiv | 0.86 (2) | 2.53 (2) | 3.232 (3) | 140 (2) |
N5A—H4A···O1AA | 0.86 (2) | 2.11 (2) | 2.963 (2) | 171 (2) |
N5B—H4B···O2Bi | 0.86 (2) | 2.20 (2) | 3.045 (2) | 167 (2) |
N5C—H4C···N3Dv | 0.89 (3) | 2.12 (3) | 2.996 (2) | 173 (2) |
N5D—H4D···N3Cv | 0.81 (3) | 2.30 (3) | 3.105 (3) | 173 (2) |
N6A—H5A···N3Bvi | 0.80 (2) | 2.13 (2) | 2.926 (2) | 175.9 (19) |
N6B—H5B···N3Avii | 0.84 (2) | 2.18 (2) | 3.020 (2) | 177 (2) |
N6C—H5C···O2W | 0.93 (3) | 2.00 (3) | 2.849 (2) | 151 (2) |
N6D—H5D···O2AAvii | 0.93 (3) | 2.22 (3) | 3.126 (2) | 167 (2) |
N6A—H6A···O1Wii | 0.90 (2) | 2.55 (2) | 3.262 (2) | 137.2 (15) |
N6A—H6A···O2Bviii | 0.90 (2) | 2.14 (2) | 2.841 (2) | 135.2 (17) |
N6B—H6B···O1AAvii | 0.89 (2) | 2.17 (3) | 2.806 (2) | 128 (2) |
N6C—H6C···O1B | 0.90 (2) | 1.97 (2) | 2.868 (2) | 174.6 (18) |
N6D—H6D···N1B | 0.91 (2) | 2.18 (2) | 3.088 (2) | 172 (2) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z; (ii) x+1, y, z−1; (iii) −x+1, −y+2, −z+1; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (v) −x, −y+1, −z+1; (vi) x+1, y+1, z; (vii) x−1, y−1, z; (viii) −x+2, −y+2, −z. |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the Malaysian Government for a USM-RU-PRGS grant (No. 1001/PKIMIA/842020) and an RU grant (No. 10001/PKIMIA/814019) which partly supported this work. HKF and MH thank the Malaysian Government and Universiti Sains Malaysia for a Research University grant (No. 1001/PFIZIK/811160). MH also thanks Universiti Sains Malaysia for a postdoctoral research fellowship.
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1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine is an organic base also known as melamine. Melamine is very widely used in several industries, such as the production of melamine foam in polymeric cleaning (Rima et al., 2008) and also as a chemical intermediate in amino resin and plastics manufacturing (Cook et al., 2005). Melamine can be a proton acceptor and will form 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine-1-ium (Ramos Silva et al., 2008). Recently many melaminium complexes in crystalline form has been reported, such as melaminium-bis(trichloroacetate) monohydrate (Debrus et al., 2007), melaminium iodide monohydrate (Zhao & Shi, 2010) and melaminium citrate (Marchewka & Pietraszko, 2003). Melaminium salt crystals have shown interesting properties like nonlinear optical behaviour (Marchewka, 2002). In the formation of melaminium salt crystals, molecules are bound to each other via hydrogen bonds. Hydrogen bonding plays an important role in the catalytic, biochemical activities and also in supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering (Aghabozorg et al., 2008). Here, we report the crystal structure of a melaminium salt. This crystal was obtained as a by-product during our attempt to form crown complexes with melamine.
The asymmetric unit of the title compound consists of two crystallographically independent protonated melaminium cations (A & C), two nitrate anions (A & B), two neutral melamine molecules (B & D) and two water molecules (Fig. 1). One of the nitrate anion is disordered over two sets of position, with refined occupancy ratios of 0.909 (3):0.091 (3). The protonated and neutral melamine molecules are essentially planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.018 (2) Å for atom C2A (molecule A), 0.024 (2) Å for atom C2C (molecule C), 0.019 (2) Å for atom C2B (molecule B) and 0.007 (2) Å for atom C2D (molecule D).
In the crystal structure (Fig.2), the protonated melaminium cations and the neutral melamine molecules self-assemble via N—H···N hydrogen bonds to form a supramolecular hexagonal motif. Furthermore, the nitrate anions and water molecules are connected by N—H···O (Table 1) hydrogen bonds to form a three-dimensional network.