Crystal structures and hydrogen bonding in the proton-transfer salts of nicotine with 3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid and 5-sulfosalicylic acid
The structures of the 1:1 anhydrous salts of nicotine (NIC) with 3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid (DNSA) and 5-sulfosalicylic acid (5-SSA), namely (1R,2S)-1-methyl-2-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-pyrrolidin-1-ium 2-carboxy-4,6-dinitrophenolate, C10H15N2+·C7H3N2O7−, (I), and (1R,2S)-1-methyl-2-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-pyrrolidin-1-ium 3-carboxy-4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate, C10H15N2+·C7H5O6S−, (II), are reported. The asymmetric units of both (I) and (II) comprise two independent nicotinium cations (CandD) and either two DNSA or two 5-SSA anions (AandB), respectively. One of the DNSA anions shows a 25% rotational disorder in the benzene ring system. In the crystal of (I), inter-unit pyrrolidinium N—H...Npyridinehydrogen bonds generate zigzag NIC cation chains which extend alonga, while the DNSA anions are not involved in any formal inter-species hydrogen bonding but instead form π–π-associated stacks which are parallel to the NIC cation chains alonga[ring-centroid separation = 3.857 (2) Å]. Weak C—H...O interactions between chain substructures give an overall three-dimensional structure. In the crystal of (II),AandBanions form independent zigzag chains withCandDcations, respectively, through carboxylic acid O—H...Npyridinehydrogen bonds. These chains, which extend alongb, are pseudocentrosymmetrically related and give π–π interactions between the benzene rings of anionsAandBand the pyridine rings of the NIC cationsCandD, respectively [ring centroid separations = 3.6422 (19) and 3.7117 (19) Å]. Also present are weak C—H...O hydrogen-bonding interactions between the chains, giving an overall three-dimensional structure.