Abstract

The crystal structures of a triclinic form (HPA1) and a monoclinic form (HPA2) of hexadecyl-2-deoxyglycerophosphoric acid monohydrate were determined by single crystal analysis. The unit cell dimensions for HPA1 are a = 4.75, b = 5.72, c = 44.36 A ̊ and α = 91.0, β = 101.5, γ = 100.5° (P 1 ) and for HPA2, a = 4.75, b = 5.72, c = 88.72 A ̊ and γ = 100.8° (P2 1). In both structures the molecules are fully extended and pack tail-to-tail in bilayers with tilting (47°) hydrocarbon chains. In HPA2, however, the chain tilt alternatingly changes direction in adjacent bilayers, giving rise to a doubled unit cell which spans two bilayers. The dihydrogen phosphate groups interact by hydrogen bonds and are arranged in rows. Laterally between these phosphate rows the water molecules are accommodated producing a compact two-dimensional network of hydrogen bonds. The packing cross-section in the layer plane of the dihydrogen phosphate monohydrate group is 26.7 Å 2 in both structures. The hydrocarbon chains pack according to the triclinic (T|) chain packing mode. In HPA2, however, the chain packing is somewhat less compact with accounts for a 2% increase in the molecular volume. In both structures the ether oxygen is accommodated into the hydrocarbon matrix without distortion of the chain packing.

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