Abstract
A new compound, (H2L)2SO4 (1) (HL = β-alanine), was synthesized and studied based on X-ray single crystal diffraction analysis. β-alanine molecular displays two kinds of molecule torsion geometries (I and II) in compound 1, which construct supramolecular Z-shaped chains and supramolecular helical chains respectively. Based on our understanding of the helical packing mechanism of β-alanine in compound 1, we predicted and found supramolecular helical chains in another compound H2LClO4 (2) for the first time, although the crystal data of compound 2 has been reported previously. The way of simple β-alanine self-organizing into supramolecular helical chains was discussed in detail by comparing the structure of the compound 1 and compound 2, which may be important for understanding the way of simple molecules self-organizing into supramolecular helical structure and offers a good case for achiral ligands to construct supramolecular helical chains.
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