Abstract
Two benzimidazole-based receptors (L1 and L2) bearing -OH functionality form crystalline salts with different organic and inorganic acids viz. [L1H+][Cl–] (1), [L1H+][NO3–] (2), [L1H+][OAc–] (3), [L1H+][DNB–]·DMF (4), [L1H+][H2PO4–] (5), [L2H+][OAc–]·AcOH (6), [L2H+][DNB–] (7), and [L2H+][HSO4–]·H2O (8) where the shape of the counteranion drives the solid structure from a one-dimensional polymeric chain to a three-dimensional structure. Structural analyses show that the anion binding in all eight complexes is attributable entirely to NH+···anion, NH···anion, OH···anion, and multiple CH···anion hydrogen bonding interactions. In the solid structure the planar nitrate anion forms a cyclic structure with receptor L1, whereas the acetate anion with the same receptor leads to a molecular barrel type structure. Again the tetrahedral dihydrogen phosphate anion forms a polymeric interanionic chain structure with L1, and the other tetrahedral hydrogen sulfate anion forms hydrogen sulfate–(water)2–hydrogen sulfate adducts with charged L2.
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