Crystal structure of 1-[(1-methyl-5-nitro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)methyl]pyridinium iodide

In the title salt, C10H11N4O2+·I−, the asymmetric unit consists of a pyridinium cation bearning a (1-methyl-5-nitro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)methyl group at the N position and an iodide anion. The imidazole ring is quasiplanar, with a maxiumum deviation of 0.0032 (16) Å, and forms a dihedral angle of 67.39 ...

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Main Authors: Roumaissa Belguedj, Abdelmalek Bouraiou, Hocine Merazig, Ali Belfaitah, Sofiane Bouacida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2015-02-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications
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Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2056989015001541
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Summary:In the title salt, C10H11N4O2+·I−, the asymmetric unit consists of a pyridinium cation bearning a (1-methyl-5-nitro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)methyl group at the N position and an iodide anion. The imidazole ring is quasiplanar, with a maxiumum deviation of 0.0032 (16) Å, and forms a dihedral angle of 67.39 (6)° with the plane of the pyridinium ring. The crystal packing can be described as alternating zigzag layers of cations parallel to the (001) plane, which are sandwiched by the iodide ions. The structure features two types of hydrogen bonds (C—H...O and C—H...I), viz. cation–anion and cation–cation, which lead to the form ation of a three-dimensional network.
ISSN:2056-9890