Ab initio structure determination of 3,4-diaminopyridin-1-ium dihydrogen phosphate

Abstract

The structure of 3,4-diaminopyridin-1-ium dihydrogen phosphate, [C5H3(NH)(NH2)2]+ (H2PO4)−, is solved from conventional X-ray powder diffraction data in direct space (monoclinic unit cell with a = 16.0725(9) Å, b = 7.7301(3) Å, c = 14.6189(9) Å, β = 96.869(1)°, V = 1803.2(2) Å3, Z = 8, and space group I2/c), and optimized by energy minimization in the solid state. In the crystal structure of the title compound, dihydrogenphosphate tetrahedra are linked by strong hydrogen O-H…O bonds forming chains running parallel to the b-axis. Antiparallelly π–π stacked DAP cations form molecular columns in the spaces between the chains. Although the dominant interaction of the molecules with their surroundings is electrostatic, their bonding are further enhanced by N-H…O and C-H…O hydrogen bonds.