organic compounds
2-(2-Carboxyethyl)-1,3-dioxoisoindoline-5,6-dicarboxylic acid methanol monosolvate
aMolecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, PO Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa
*Correspondence e-mail: Manuel.Fernandes@wits.ac.za
In the title compound, C13H9NO8·CH3OH, the main molecule possesses three carboxylic acid groups, which are asymmetrically distributed around the molecule core. This results in hydrogen-bonding motifs ranging from a chain to various rings. The combination of the chain motif together with a carboxylic dimer R22(8) ring motif creates a ribbon of molecules propagating along the c-axis direction. A second ribbon results from the combination of the chain motif together with a methanol solvent molecule and carboxyl-containing R44(12) ring motif. These two ribbons combine alternately, forming a hydrogen-bonded layer of molecules parallel to (20).
Related literature
For applications of charge-transfer complexes composed of pyromellitic et al. (2006); Kim et al. (2002); O'Brien et al. (1988); Dingemans et al. (2004); Zheng et al. (2008). For an example of another asymmetrically substituted diimide, see: Zhu et al. (2010). For a description of the Cambridge Structural Database, see: Allen (2002). For the REAXYS database, see: Elsevier (2011). For graph-set analysis of hydrogen bonds, see: Etter et al. (1990); Bernstein et al. (1995).
or their or polyimide derivatives, see: BarooahExperimental
Crystal data
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Data collection
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2005); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and SCHAKAL99 (Keller, 1999); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536811052755/bh2403sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811052755/bh2403Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811052755/bh2403Isup3.cml
The title compound was accidently synthesized in a crude yield of 35% by reaction of pyromellitic anhydride with beta-alanine in a 1:1 molar ratio by refluxing in DMF containing water as an impurity. The product from the reaction was recrystallized for analysis by X-ray diffraction from methanol by means of slow evaporation at room temperature resulting in colorless needle-like crystals.
All H atoms were positioned geometrically, and allowed to ride on their parent atoms, with Atom—H bond lengths of 0.95 Å (CH), 0.99 Å (CH2), 0.98 Å (CH3), or 0.84 Å (OH). Isotropic displacement parameters for these atoms were set to 1.2 times Ueq of the parent atom for CH and CH2, and 1.5 times Ueq of the parent atom for CH3 and OH.
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2005); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2005); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and SCHAKAL99 (Keller, 1999); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).C13H9NO8·CH4O | Z = 2 |
Mr = 339.25 | F(000) = 352 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.530 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 8.7830 (3) Å | Cell parameters from 2207 reflections |
b = 9.7262 (3) Å | θ = 2.3–26.5° |
c = 9.9157 (3) Å | µ = 0.13 mm−1 |
α = 66.164 (2)° | T = 173 K |
β = 72.830 (2)° | Needle, colourless |
γ = 77.926 (2)° | 0.44 × 0.14 × 0.07 mm |
V = 736.35 (4) Å3 |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 2193 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | Rint = 0.053 |
Graphite monochromator | θmax = 28.0°, θmin = 2.3° |
ϕ and ω scans | h = −11→11 |
11822 measured reflections | k = −12→12 |
3549 independent reflections | l = −13→13 |
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)] = 0.042 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.093 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.89 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0403P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3549 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
222 parameters | Δρmax = 0.30 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.23 e Å−3 |
0 constraints |
C13H9NO8·CH4O | γ = 77.926 (2)° |
Mr = 339.25 | V = 736.35 (4) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 8.7830 (3) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 9.7262 (3) Å | µ = 0.13 mm−1 |
c = 9.9157 (3) Å | T = 173 K |
α = 66.164 (2)° | 0.44 × 0.14 × 0.07 mm |
β = 72.830 (2)° |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 2193 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
11822 measured reflections | Rint = 0.053 |
3549 independent reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.042 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.093 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.89 | Δρmax = 0.30 e Å−3 |
3549 reflections | Δρmin = −0.23 e Å−3 |
222 parameters |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
C1 | 0.9965 (2) | 0.8792 (2) | −0.28914 (19) | 0.0275 (4) | |
C2 | 0.9929 (2) | 0.79281 (19) | −0.12438 (17) | 0.0255 (4) | |
H2A | 1.0792 | 0.8206 | −0.0977 | 0.031* | |
H2B | 1.0119 | 0.6831 | −0.1046 | 0.031* | |
C3 | 0.8321 (2) | 0.8275 (2) | −0.02696 (17) | 0.0283 (4) | |
H3A | 0.8179 | 0.9358 | −0.0413 | 0.034* | |
H3B | 0.7459 | 0.8090 | −0.0614 | 0.034* | |
C4 | 0.8660 (2) | 0.7795 (2) | 0.23163 (18) | 0.0256 (4) | |
C5 | 0.81809 (19) | 0.66165 (18) | 0.38558 (17) | 0.0211 (4) | |
C6 | 0.74964 (19) | 0.55402 (19) | 0.37121 (18) | 0.0217 (4) | |
C7 | 0.74729 (19) | 0.60218 (19) | 0.20843 (18) | 0.0240 (4) | |
C8 | 0.83220 (19) | 0.65153 (19) | 0.52394 (17) | 0.0226 (4) | |
H8 | 0.8806 | 0.7256 | 0.5322 | 0.027* | |
C9 | 0.77322 (19) | 0.52920 (19) | 0.65146 (17) | 0.0208 (4) | |
C10 | 0.70651 (19) | 0.41746 (18) | 0.63744 (18) | 0.0211 (4) | |
C11 | 0.69438 (19) | 0.42998 (18) | 0.49515 (17) | 0.0232 (4) | |
H11 | 0.6494 | 0.3552 | 0.4845 | 0.028* | |
C12 | 0.7872 (2) | 0.52609 (19) | 0.80077 (18) | 0.0234 (4) | |
C13 | 0.6457 (2) | 0.28193 (19) | 0.77029 (18) | 0.0235 (4) | |
N1 | 0.81581 (16) | 0.73687 (16) | 0.13388 (14) | 0.0243 (3) | |
O1 | 1.13876 (15) | 0.87456 (16) | −0.38054 (13) | 0.0387 (3) | |
H1 | 1.1320 | 0.9237 | −0.4707 | 0.058* | |
O2 | 0.87748 (15) | 0.94623 (17) | −0.33501 (13) | 0.0441 (4) | |
O3 | 0.93188 (16) | 0.89010 (14) | 0.19466 (14) | 0.0379 (3) | |
O4 | 0.69235 (14) | 0.53863 (14) | 0.15292 (12) | 0.0312 (3) | |
O5 | 0.64890 (14) | 0.55908 (16) | 0.88490 (13) | 0.0352 (3) | |
H5 | 0.6617 | 0.5507 | 0.9686 | 0.053* | |
O6 | 0.91487 (14) | 0.50637 (15) | 0.83081 (13) | 0.0347 (3) | |
O7 | 0.69234 (15) | 0.25746 (15) | 0.89223 (13) | 0.0371 (3) | |
H7 | 0.6421 | 0.1897 | 0.9661 | 0.056* | |
O8 | 0.56037 (15) | 0.20381 (14) | 0.76129 (13) | 0.0339 (3) | |
C14 | 0.4653 (2) | −0.0897 (2) | 0.7258 (2) | 0.0445 (5) | |
H14A | 0.4025 | −0.0060 | 0.6629 | 0.067* | |
H14B | 0.4247 | −0.1853 | 0.7493 | 0.067* | |
H14C | 0.5780 | −0.0921 | 0.6706 | 0.067* | |
O9 | 0.45194 (18) | −0.06903 (15) | 0.86241 (13) | 0.0442 (4) | |
H9 | 0.4789 | 0.0164 | 0.8421 | 0.066* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.0325 (10) | 0.0322 (10) | 0.0191 (9) | −0.0140 (9) | −0.0007 (8) | −0.0093 (8) |
C2 | 0.0333 (10) | 0.0245 (9) | 0.0185 (9) | −0.0081 (8) | −0.0045 (7) | −0.0063 (8) |
C3 | 0.0367 (10) | 0.0311 (10) | 0.0119 (9) | −0.0064 (8) | −0.0047 (7) | −0.0018 (8) |
C4 | 0.0290 (10) | 0.0273 (10) | 0.0188 (9) | −0.0038 (8) | −0.0030 (7) | −0.0081 (8) |
C5 | 0.0238 (9) | 0.0221 (9) | 0.0159 (9) | −0.0066 (7) | −0.0018 (7) | −0.0054 (7) |
C6 | 0.0244 (9) | 0.0260 (9) | 0.0157 (8) | −0.0041 (7) | −0.0036 (7) | −0.0087 (7) |
C7 | 0.0257 (9) | 0.0299 (10) | 0.0160 (9) | −0.0036 (8) | −0.0029 (7) | −0.0091 (8) |
C8 | 0.0286 (9) | 0.0243 (9) | 0.0164 (9) | −0.0097 (8) | −0.0031 (7) | −0.0073 (7) |
C9 | 0.0222 (9) | 0.0254 (9) | 0.0155 (8) | −0.0037 (7) | −0.0038 (6) | −0.0080 (7) |
C10 | 0.0226 (9) | 0.0225 (9) | 0.0173 (9) | −0.0048 (7) | −0.0014 (7) | −0.0074 (7) |
C11 | 0.0287 (9) | 0.0237 (9) | 0.0187 (9) | −0.0087 (8) | −0.0024 (7) | −0.0089 (8) |
C12 | 0.0299 (10) | 0.0241 (9) | 0.0156 (9) | −0.0081 (8) | −0.0035 (7) | −0.0053 (7) |
C13 | 0.0282 (9) | 0.0235 (9) | 0.0167 (9) | −0.0043 (8) | −0.0031 (7) | −0.0060 (8) |
N1 | 0.0310 (8) | 0.0269 (8) | 0.0128 (7) | −0.0074 (7) | −0.0042 (6) | −0.0036 (6) |
O1 | 0.0377 (8) | 0.0503 (9) | 0.0181 (7) | −0.0034 (6) | −0.0008 (5) | −0.0071 (7) |
O2 | 0.0344 (8) | 0.0690 (11) | 0.0175 (7) | −0.0089 (7) | −0.0066 (6) | −0.0024 (7) |
O3 | 0.0554 (9) | 0.0322 (8) | 0.0251 (7) | −0.0218 (7) | −0.0048 (6) | −0.0043 (6) |
O4 | 0.0407 (8) | 0.0404 (8) | 0.0193 (7) | −0.0116 (6) | −0.0072 (5) | −0.0140 (6) |
O5 | 0.0324 (7) | 0.0571 (9) | 0.0191 (7) | −0.0022 (6) | −0.0051 (5) | −0.0187 (7) |
O6 | 0.0311 (7) | 0.0506 (9) | 0.0271 (7) | −0.0064 (6) | −0.0097 (6) | −0.0159 (7) |
O7 | 0.0505 (8) | 0.0376 (8) | 0.0194 (7) | −0.0229 (7) | −0.0103 (6) | 0.0036 (6) |
O8 | 0.0465 (8) | 0.0300 (7) | 0.0269 (7) | −0.0198 (6) | −0.0057 (6) | −0.0066 (6) |
C14 | 0.0469 (13) | 0.0542 (14) | 0.0352 (12) | −0.0073 (11) | −0.0103 (9) | −0.0176 (11) |
O9 | 0.0705 (10) | 0.0378 (9) | 0.0234 (7) | −0.0297 (8) | −0.0035 (7) | −0.0038 (6) |
C1—O2 | 1.217 (2) | C8—H8 | 0.9500 |
C1—O1 | 1.313 (2) | C9—C10 | 1.407 (2) |
C1—C2 | 1.499 (2) | C9—C12 | 1.509 (2) |
C2—C3 | 1.517 (2) | C10—C11 | 1.400 (2) |
C2—H2A | 0.9900 | C10—C13 | 1.495 (2) |
C2—H2B | 0.9900 | C11—H11 | 0.9500 |
C3—N1 | 1.4570 (19) | C12—O6 | 1.2013 (19) |
C3—H3A | 0.9900 | C12—O5 | 1.3153 (19) |
C3—H3B | 0.9900 | C13—O8 | 1.2159 (18) |
C4—O3 | 1.2014 (19) | C13—O7 | 1.3062 (19) |
C4—N1 | 1.399 (2) | O1—H1 | 0.8400 |
C4—C5 | 1.493 (2) | O5—H5 | 0.8400 |
C5—C8 | 1.376 (2) | O7—H7 | 0.8400 |
C5—C6 | 1.383 (2) | C14—O9 | 1.417 (2) |
C6—C11 | 1.377 (2) | C14—H14A | 0.9800 |
C6—C7 | 1.493 (2) | C14—H14B | 0.9800 |
C7—O4 | 1.2142 (18) | C14—H14C | 0.9800 |
C7—N1 | 1.382 (2) | O9—H9 | 0.8400 |
C8—C9 | 1.392 (2) | ||
O2—C1—O1 | 122.62 (16) | C9—C8—H8 | 121.1 |
O2—C1—C2 | 122.97 (15) | C8—C9—C10 | 120.64 (14) |
O1—C1—C2 | 114.40 (15) | C8—C9—C12 | 115.64 (14) |
C1—C2—C3 | 110.35 (14) | C10—C9—C12 | 123.72 (14) |
C1—C2—H2A | 109.6 | C11—C10—C9 | 120.38 (14) |
C3—C2—H2A | 109.6 | C11—C10—C13 | 116.95 (14) |
C1—C2—H2B | 109.6 | C9—C10—C13 | 122.67 (14) |
C3—C2—H2B | 109.6 | C6—C11—C10 | 117.92 (14) |
H2A—C2—H2B | 108.1 | C6—C11—H11 | 121.0 |
N1—C3—C2 | 112.98 (14) | C10—C11—H11 | 121.0 |
N1—C3—H3A | 109.0 | O6—C12—O5 | 125.07 (15) |
C2—C3—H3A | 109.0 | O6—C12—C9 | 121.79 (15) |
N1—C3—H3B | 109.0 | O5—C12—C9 | 112.91 (14) |
C2—C3—H3B | 109.0 | O8—C13—O7 | 124.65 (15) |
H3A—C3—H3B | 107.8 | O8—C13—C10 | 121.21 (15) |
O3—C4—N1 | 125.36 (16) | O7—C13—C10 | 114.15 (14) |
O3—C4—C5 | 129.03 (15) | C7—N1—C4 | 112.18 (13) |
N1—C4—C5 | 105.61 (14) | C7—N1—C3 | 124.74 (13) |
C8—C5—C6 | 121.89 (14) | C4—N1—C3 | 123.07 (14) |
C8—C5—C4 | 130.10 (15) | C1—O1—H1 | 109.5 |
C6—C5—C4 | 108.01 (14) | C12—O5—H5 | 109.5 |
C11—C6—C5 | 121.31 (15) | C13—O7—H7 | 109.5 |
C11—C6—C7 | 130.59 (14) | O9—C14—H14A | 109.5 |
C5—C6—C7 | 108.08 (14) | O9—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
O4—C7—N1 | 126.69 (15) | H14A—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
O4—C7—C6 | 127.21 (15) | O9—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
N1—C7—C6 | 106.07 (13) | H14A—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C5—C8—C9 | 117.82 (14) | H14B—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C5—C8—H8 | 121.1 | C14—O9—H9 | 109.5 |
O2—C1—C2—C3 | −11.2 (2) | C5—C6—C11—C10 | 1.3 (2) |
O1—C1—C2—C3 | 169.92 (14) | C7—C6—C11—C10 | −177.13 (16) |
C1—C2—C3—N1 | 174.94 (14) | C9—C10—C11—C6 | 0.1 (2) |
O3—C4—C5—C8 | 2.3 (3) | C13—C10—C11—C6 | 179.96 (14) |
N1—C4—C5—C8 | −176.91 (16) | C8—C9—C12—O6 | −67.8 (2) |
O3—C4—C5—C6 | −178.39 (18) | C10—C9—C12—O6 | 111.82 (19) |
N1—C4—C5—C6 | 2.44 (18) | C8—C9—C12—O5 | 106.95 (17) |
C8—C5—C6—C11 | −1.0 (2) | C10—C9—C12—O5 | −73.4 (2) |
C4—C5—C6—C11 | 179.60 (15) | C11—C10—C13—O8 | −14.9 (2) |
C8—C5—C6—C7 | 177.76 (15) | C9—C10—C13—O8 | 164.96 (16) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | −1.66 (18) | C11—C10—C13—O7 | 165.02 (15) |
C11—C6—C7—O4 | 0.8 (3) | C9—C10—C13—O7 | −15.1 (2) |
C5—C6—C7—O4 | −177.83 (17) | O4—C7—N1—C4 | 179.47 (17) |
C11—C6—C7—N1 | 178.86 (17) | C6—C7—N1—C4 | 1.36 (18) |
C5—C6—C7—N1 | 0.27 (18) | O4—C7—N1—C3 | 0.7 (3) |
C6—C5—C8—C9 | −0.7 (2) | C6—C7—N1—C3 | −177.39 (14) |
C4—C5—C8—C9 | 178.53 (16) | O3—C4—N1—C7 | 178.45 (17) |
C5—C8—C9—C10 | 2.1 (2) | C5—C4—N1—C7 | −2.34 (18) |
C5—C8—C9—C12 | −178.23 (15) | O3—C4—N1—C3 | −2.8 (3) |
C8—C9—C10—C11 | −1.8 (2) | C5—C4—N1—C3 | 176.44 (14) |
C12—C9—C10—C11 | 178.56 (16) | C2—C3—N1—C7 | −93.99 (19) |
C8—C9—C10—C13 | 178.31 (15) | C2—C3—N1—C4 | 87.39 (19) |
C12—C9—C10—C13 | −1.3 (2) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···O2i | 0.84 | 1.84 | 2.6784 (17) | 172 |
O5—H5···O4ii | 0.84 | 1.88 | 2.7181 (15) | 178 |
O7—H7···O9iii | 0.84 | 1.71 | 2.5360 (17) | 168 |
O9—H9···O8 | 0.84 | 1.87 | 2.7014 (17) | 169 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, −y+2, −z−1; (ii) x, y, z+1; (iii) −x+1, −y, −z+2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C13H9NO8·CH4O |
Mr | 339.25 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 173 |
a, b, c (Å) | 8.7830 (3), 9.7262 (3), 9.9157 (3) |
α, β, γ (°) | 66.164 (2), 72.830 (2), 77.926 (2) |
V (Å3) | 736.35 (4) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.13 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.44 × 0.14 × 0.07 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | – |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 11822, 3549, 2193 |
Rint | 0.053 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.660 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.042, 0.093, 0.89 |
No. of reflections | 3549 |
No. of parameters | 222 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.30, −0.23 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005), SAINT (Bruker, 2005), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and SCHAKAL99 (Keller, 1999), WinGX (Farrugia, 1999) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···O2i | 0.84 | 1.84 | 2.6784 (17) | 172 |
O5—H5···O4ii | 0.84 | 1.88 | 2.7181 (15) | 178 |
O7—H7···O9iii | 0.84 | 1.71 | 2.5360 (17) | 168 |
O9—H9···O8 | 0.84 | 1.87 | 2.7014 (17) | 169 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, −y+2, −z−1; (ii) x, y, z+1; (iii) −x+1, −y, −z+2. |
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation, Pretoria (NRF, GUN 77122) and the University of the Witwatersrand.
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Charge transfer complexes composed of pyromellitic anhydride have been extensively studied for their electronic properties. These molecules have also been modified into various imides or polyimides by reaction with suitable amines for use as host guest materials (Barooah et al., 2006), gas separation materials (Kim et al., 2002; O'Brien et al., 1988), and semiconductor materials (Dingemans et al., 2004; Zheng et al., 2008). Such products are usually symmetric with very few asymmetric examples of these products having been reported. A search of the REAXYS database (Elsevier, 2011) of reactions involving pyromellitic anhydride as starting material resulted in 1083 hits. Of these, very few report asymmetric products and only five reported reactions result in one side of the molecule being converted to an imide while the other side is opened resulting in a di-acid. A search of asymmetric pyromellitic anhydride derived molecules in the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD; Version 5.32 release; Allen, 2002) indicates that only one asymmetrically substituted molecule (a diimide) has been reported (Zhu et al., 2010). No structure involving a pyromellitic molecule which has been converted to an imide on one side, and had the other side ring opened to form a di-acid has been reported. Due to asymmetry in carboxylic acid substitution, such a molecule should result in an interesting and unusual hydrogen bonded network.
The title molecule (Fig. 1) has three carboxylic acid groups capable of H-bonding distributed unevenly as two ortho to each other on one side of the molecule, and another as a propionic acid extending out from the imide group on the other side of the molecule. This difference in carboxylic acid location results in different hydrogen bond patterns on the opposite sides of the molecule.
The crystal structure is composed of hydrogen bonded layers of molecules which are stacked along the [-2 1 0] direction. Each layer is held together by several hydrogen bonds (Fig. 2). On the imide side, the single propionic acid hydrogen bonds to another on a neighbouring molecule (related by an inversion center) to form a carboxylic acid dimer which can be described by the graph set R22(8) (Etter et al., 1990; Bernstein et al., 1995). On the other side of the molecule, one of the carboxylic groups hydrogen bonds to a carbonyl group of a neighbouring molecule (related by translation along c) to form a chain which can be described by the graph set C(9). The combination of the C(9) chain and the R22(8) dimers results in a ring of hydrogen bonded molecules described by the graph set R44(40). This upon cell translation produces a ribbon of molecules down the c-axis. A second different ribbon exists on the edges of the one just described. This is formed by the remaining carboxylic acid group which together with the methanol molecule forms a centrosymmetric hydrogen bonded ring of molecules [graph set R44(12)] to link the previously mentioned ribbons together. The combination of the two alternating ribbons results in a hydrogen bonded layer of molecules parallel to (2 -1 0).