organic compounds
Ammonium 4-methoxybenzenesulfonate
aDepartamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química, Física/INQUIMAE–CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and bGerencia de Investigación y Aplicaciones, Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*Correspondence e-mail: seba@qi.fcen.uba.ar
The molecular structure of the title compound, NH4+·C7H7O4S−, is featureless [the methoxy C atom deviating 0.173 (6) Å from the phenyl mean plane] with interatomic distances and angles in the expected ranges. The main feature of interest is the packing mode. Hydrophilic (SO3 and NH4) and hydrophobic (PhOCH3) parts in the structure segregate, the former interacting through a dense hydrogen-bonding scheme, leading to a well connected two-dimensional structure parallel to (100) and the latter hydrophobic groups acting as spacers for an interplanar separation of c/2 = 10.205 (2) Å. In spite of being aligned along [110], the benzene rings stack in a far from parallel fashion [viz. consecutive ring centers determine a broken line with a 164.72 (12)° zigzag angle], thus preventing any possible π–π interaction.
Related literature
For literature on the role of weak interactions in supramolecular structures, see: Desiraju (2007). For related structures, see: Fewings et al. (2001); Wang et al. (2007). For the Cambridge Structural Database, see: Allen (2002). For the synthesis, see: Porcheddu et al. (2009).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); cell CrysAlis PRO; data reduction: CrysAlis PRO; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812028103/qm2074sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812028103/qm2074Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812028103/qm2074Isup3.cml
The title compound was obtained as a byproduct in the synthesis of N-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzenesulfonamide, following the procedure described in Porcheddu et al., 2009. A few light yellow crystals were obtained after evaporating an acetonitrile solution.
All H atoms were found in a difference map, though treated differently in
C—H atoms were idealized and allowed to ride, with displacement parameters taken as Uiso(H) = X × Ueq(C) [(C—H)methyl = 0.96 A°, X = 1.5; (C—H)arom = 0.93 A°, X = 1.2] (CH3 groups were also free to rotate as well). Ammonium H's were refined with restrained N—H = 0.85 (1) Å, H···H = 1.35 (2) Å distances and free isotropic displacement factors.The study of supramolecular systems determined by weak interactions such as hydrogen bonding, π-π stacking or dipole- dipole interactions have been, and currently are, active fields of structural research due to their implications in crystal engineering, self-assembly and, above all, biological systems (Desiraju, 2007). Derivatives of the benzenesulfonate anion are extremely suited to this end due to the possibility of π-interactions between arene rings, as well as hydrogen bonding between the sulphonate groups and any H donor eventualy available (Water, ammonium, etc). With this latter NH4 partner a number a structures of the sort have been published (among many others, ammonium p-toluenesulfonate, Fewings et al., 2001, (II); ammonium 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate, Wang et al., 2007, (III), etc), the vast majority displaying, as expected, an extremely complex non-bonding interactions scheme. We present herein one further member in this family, ammonium 4-methoxybenzenesulfonate, C7H7O4S.H4N (I), which ended up being isotructural to (II) but different from (III), in spite of the very similar formulations.
The molecular structure in (I) (Fig 1) is featureless, with interatomic bond and angles in the expected ranges, and its main interest resides in the packing mode. Hydrophilic (SO3, NH4) and hydrophobic (PhOCH3) parts in the structure segregate, the former one interacting through a dense H-bonding scheme (Table 1) leading to a well connected two-dimensional structure, parallell to (100) (Fig 2a) and the latter hydrophobic groups acting as spacers (Figs 2 b, 2c), for an interplanar separation of C/2 = 10.205 (2) Å. In spite of the deceiving views in Figs 2 b/2c, Ph groups stack in a far from paralell fashion, defining dihedral angles of 37° and thus preventing any possible π–π interaction.
For literature on the role of weak interactions in supramolecular structures, see: Desiraju (2007). For related structures see: Fewings et al. (2001); Wang et al. (2007). For the Cambridge Structural Database, see: Allen (2002). For the synthesis, see: Porcheddu et al. (2009).
Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); cell
CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); data reduction: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).NH4+·C7H7O4S− | F(000) = 432 |
Mr = 205.23 | Dx = 1.494 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 2823 reflections |
a = 6.2664 (12) Å | θ = 2.1–25.9° |
b = 7.1342 (12) Å | µ = 0.34 mm−1 |
c = 20.410 (2) Å | T = 298 K |
V = 912.4 (2) Å3 | Blocks, yellow |
Z = 4 | 0.20 × 0.10 × 0.10 mm |
Oxford Diffraction Gemini CCD S Ultra diffractometer | 1548 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.050 |
ω scans, thick slices | θmax = 26.2°, θmin = 2.0° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | h = −7→6 |
Tmin = 0.958, Tmax = 0.965 | k = −8→8 |
4265 measured reflections | l = −20→25 |
1732 independent reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.042 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.119 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0842P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.04 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
1732 reflections | Δρmax = 0.47 e Å−3 |
135 parameters | Δρmin = −0.36 e Å−3 |
21 restraints | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 637 Friedel pairs |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Absolute structure parameter: −0.11 (14) |
NH4+·C7H7O4S− | V = 912.4 (2) Å3 |
Mr = 205.23 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 6.2664 (12) Å | µ = 0.34 mm−1 |
b = 7.1342 (12) Å | T = 298 K |
c = 20.410 (2) Å | 0.20 × 0.10 × 0.10 mm |
Oxford Diffraction Gemini CCD S Ultra diffractometer | 1732 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | 1548 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.958, Tmax = 0.965 | Rint = 0.050 |
4265 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.042 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.119 | Δρmax = 0.47 e Å−3 |
S = 1.04 | Δρmin = −0.36 e Å−3 |
1732 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 637 Friedel pairs |
135 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: −0.11 (14) |
21 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. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
S1 | 0.95549 (11) | 0.47643 (10) | 0.59811 (3) | 0.0305 (2) | |
O1 | 1.1864 (3) | 0.4832 (4) | 0.59781 (11) | 0.0483 (6) | |
O2 | 0.8694 (4) | 0.3085 (3) | 0.56840 (11) | 0.0422 (6) | |
O3 | 0.8578 (4) | 0.6413 (3) | 0.56824 (11) | 0.0379 (6) | |
O4 | 0.7122 (4) | 0.4778 (4) | 0.87726 (9) | 0.0426 (6) | |
C1 | 0.8765 (4) | 0.4753 (4) | 0.68155 (13) | 0.0295 (6) | |
C2 | 0.6702 (4) | 0.5282 (5) | 0.69849 (13) | 0.0324 (6) | |
H2 | 0.5734 | 0.5616 | 0.6660 | 0.039* | |
C3 | 0.6087 (4) | 0.5311 (5) | 0.76355 (13) | 0.0338 (6) | |
H3 | 0.4713 | 0.5677 | 0.7751 | 0.041* | |
C4 | 0.7550 (5) | 0.4783 (4) | 0.81175 (13) | 0.0324 (6) | |
C5 | 0.9583 (6) | 0.4232 (4) | 0.79423 (15) | 0.0375 (7) | |
H5 | 1.0544 | 0.3863 | 0.8265 | 0.045* | |
C6 | 1.0207 (5) | 0.4223 (4) | 0.72898 (14) | 0.0335 (6) | |
H6 | 1.1583 | 0.3864 | 0.7174 | 0.040* | |
C7 | 0.5125 (6) | 0.5513 (6) | 0.89746 (15) | 0.0498 (8) | |
H7A | 0.5091 | 0.5598 | 0.9444 | 0.075* | |
H7B | 0.4001 | 0.4700 | 0.8828 | 0.075* | |
H7C | 0.4931 | 0.6737 | 0.8789 | 0.075* | |
N1 | 0.4879 (3) | 0.5244 (3) | 0.49420 (10) | 0.0264 (5) | |
H1N | 0.391 (3) | 0.526 (4) | 0.5251 (9) | 0.034 (8)* | |
H2N | 0.463 (5) | 0.619 (3) | 0.4678 (12) | 0.068 (13)* | |
H3N | 0.612 (3) | 0.542 (5) | 0.5125 (10) | 0.039 (9)* | |
H4N | 0.484 (5) | 0.421 (3) | 0.4729 (13) | 0.069 (14)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
S1 | 0.0297 (3) | 0.0358 (3) | 0.0261 (3) | −0.0015 (3) | 0.0015 (3) | −0.0013 (3) |
O1 | 0.0310 (11) | 0.0745 (17) | 0.0394 (12) | 0.0018 (12) | 0.0032 (9) | −0.0021 (15) |
O2 | 0.0533 (16) | 0.0399 (12) | 0.0336 (12) | −0.0030 (10) | 0.0042 (12) | −0.0044 (10) |
O3 | 0.0454 (13) | 0.0370 (11) | 0.0313 (12) | −0.0024 (10) | −0.0004 (11) | 0.0042 (10) |
O4 | 0.0491 (12) | 0.0521 (13) | 0.0265 (10) | 0.0068 (12) | −0.0010 (9) | 0.0003 (11) |
C1 | 0.0305 (12) | 0.0307 (13) | 0.0273 (13) | −0.0035 (12) | 0.0009 (11) | −0.0001 (12) |
C2 | 0.0300 (13) | 0.0393 (14) | 0.0279 (13) | −0.0026 (13) | −0.0045 (11) | 0.0008 (14) |
C3 | 0.0286 (13) | 0.0402 (15) | 0.0327 (14) | 0.0001 (12) | 0.0023 (11) | −0.0037 (14) |
C4 | 0.0390 (14) | 0.0313 (13) | 0.0268 (13) | −0.0036 (13) | −0.0006 (11) | −0.0015 (13) |
C5 | 0.0416 (16) | 0.0377 (15) | 0.0331 (15) | 0.0081 (14) | −0.0069 (14) | 0.0024 (12) |
C6 | 0.0331 (15) | 0.0333 (13) | 0.0342 (14) | 0.0060 (12) | −0.0021 (12) | −0.0019 (11) |
C7 | 0.0438 (17) | 0.076 (2) | 0.0292 (15) | −0.0005 (18) | 0.0048 (14) | −0.0050 (17) |
N1 | 0.0247 (10) | 0.0303 (10) | 0.0241 (10) | 0.0038 (9) | −0.0026 (9) | 0.0019 (10) |
S1—O2 | 1.447 (2) | C4—C5 | 1.380 (4) |
S1—O1 | 1.448 (2) | C5—C6 | 1.388 (4) |
S1—O3 | 1.459 (2) | C5—H5 | 0.9300 |
S1—C1 | 1.773 (3) | C6—H6 | 0.9300 |
O4—C4 | 1.364 (3) | C7—H7A | 0.9600 |
O4—C7 | 1.418 (4) | C7—H7B | 0.9600 |
C1—C6 | 1.377 (4) | C7—H7C | 0.9600 |
C1—C2 | 1.390 (4) | N1—H1N | 0.876 (15) |
C2—C3 | 1.383 (4) | N1—H2N | 0.877 (16) |
C2—H2 | 0.9300 | N1—H3N | 0.873 (16) |
C3—C4 | 1.396 (4) | N1—H4N | 0.858 (16) |
C3—H3 | 0.9300 | ||
O2—S1—O1 | 113.48 (17) | C4—C5—C6 | 120.7 (3) |
O2—S1—O3 | 109.62 (13) | C4—C5—H5 | 119.7 |
O1—S1—O3 | 112.99 (16) | C6—C5—H5 | 119.7 |
O2—S1—C1 | 107.15 (14) | C1—C6—C5 | 119.2 (3) |
O1—S1—C1 | 106.45 (13) | C1—C6—H6 | 120.4 |
O3—S1—C1 | 106.71 (14) | C5—C6—H6 | 120.4 |
C4—O4—C7 | 117.2 (2) | O4—C7—H7A | 109.5 |
C6—C1—C2 | 120.6 (3) | O4—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
C6—C1—S1 | 119.6 (2) | H7A—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
C2—C1—S1 | 119.8 (2) | O4—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
C3—C2—C1 | 120.1 (3) | H7A—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
C3—C2—H2 | 119.9 | H7B—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
C1—C2—H2 | 119.9 | H1N—N1—H2N | 108 (3) |
C2—C3—C4 | 119.3 (3) | H1N—N1—H3N | 108 (3) |
C2—C3—H3 | 120.4 | H2N—N1—H3N | 108 (3) |
C4—C3—H3 | 120.4 | H1N—N1—H4N | 111 (3) |
O4—C4—C5 | 115.8 (3) | H2N—N1—H4N | 110 (3) |
O4—C4—C3 | 124.2 (3) | H3N—N1—H4N | 111 (3) |
C5—C4—C3 | 120.0 (3) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···O1i | 0.88 (2) | 1.99 (2) | 2.851 (3) | 170 (3) |
N1—H4N···O2ii | 0.86 (2) | 1.98 (2) | 2.797 (3) | 160 (3) |
N1—H2N···O3iii | 0.88 (2) | 1.98 (2) | 2.824 (3) | 162 (3) |
N1—H3N···O3 | 0.87 (2) | 2.04 (2) | 2.890 (3) | 164 (3) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y, z; (ii) x−1/2, −y+1/2, −z+1; (iii) x−1/2, −y+3/2, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | NH4+·C7H7O4S− |
Mr | 205.23 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, P212121 |
Temperature (K) | 298 |
a, b, c (Å) | 6.2664 (12), 7.1342 (12), 20.410 (2) |
V (Å3) | 912.4 (2) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.34 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.20 × 0.10 × 0.10 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Oxford Diffraction Gemini CCD S Ultra |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.958, 0.965 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 4265, 1732, 1548 |
Rint | 0.050 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.622 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.042, 0.119, 1.04 |
No. of reflections | 1732 |
No. of parameters | 135 |
No. of restraints | 21 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.47, −0.36 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), 637 Friedel pairs |
Absolute structure parameter | −0.11 (14) |
Computer programs: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···O1i | 0.876 (15) | 1.985 (17) | 2.851 (3) | 170 (3) |
N1—H4N···O2ii | 0.858 (16) | 1.977 (18) | 2.797 (3) | 160 (3) |
N1—H2N···O3iii | 0.877 (16) | 1.976 (18) | 2.824 (3) | 162 (3) |
N1—H3N···O3 | 0.873 (16) | 2.040 (17) | 2.890 (3) | 164 (3) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y, z; (ii) x−1/2, −y+1/2, −z+1; (iii) x−1/2, −y+3/2, −z+1. |
Footnotes
‡Author to whom enquiries should be addressed, e-mail: doctorovich@qi.fcen.uba.ar.
Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge ANPCyT (project No. PME 2006–01113) for the purchase of the Oxford Gemini CCD diffractometer and the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) for the provision of a free-of-charge licence to the Cambridge Structural Database (Allen, 2002).
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The study of supramolecular systems determined by weak interactions such as hydrogen bonding, π-π stacking or dipole- dipole interactions have been, and currently are, active fields of structural research due to their implications in crystal engineering, self-assembly and, above all, biological systems (Desiraju, 2007). Derivatives of the benzenesulfonate anion are extremely suited to this end due to the possibility of π-interactions between arene rings, as well as hydrogen bonding between the sulphonate groups and any H donor eventualy available (Water, ammonium, etc). With this latter NH4 partner a number a structures of the sort have been published (among many others, ammonium p-toluenesulfonate, Fewings et al., 2001, (II); ammonium 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate, Wang et al., 2007, (III), etc), the vast majority displaying, as expected, an extremely complex non-bonding interactions scheme. We present herein one further member in this family, ammonium 4-methoxybenzenesulfonate, C7H7O4S.H4N (I), which ended up being isotructural to (II) but different from (III), in spite of the very similar formulations.
The molecular structure in (I) (Fig 1) is featureless, with interatomic bond and angles in the expected ranges, and its main interest resides in the packing mode. Hydrophilic (SO3, NH4) and hydrophobic (PhOCH3) parts in the structure segregate, the former one interacting through a dense H-bonding scheme (Table 1) leading to a well connected two-dimensional structure, parallell to (100) (Fig 2a) and the latter hydrophobic groups acting as spacers (Figs 2 b, 2c), for an interplanar separation of C/2 = 10.205 (2) Å. In spite of the deceiving views in Figs 2 b/2c, Ph groups stack in a far from paralell fashion, defining dihedral angles of 37° and thus preventing any possible π–π interaction.