Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications (May 2015)

Crystal structure of [2-(triethylammonio)ethyl][(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)sulfonyl]amide tetrahydrate

  • C. Golz,
  • C. Strohmann

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989015008105
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 71, no. 5
pp. 564 – 566

Abstract

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The zwitterionic title compound, C23H42N2O2S·4H2O, crystallized as a tetrahydrate from a solution of N-[(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)sulfonyl]aziridine in triethylamine, diethyl ether and pentane in the presence of moist air. It is formed by a nucleophillic ring-opening that is assumed to be reversible. The molecular structure shows a major disorder of the triisopropylphenyl group over two equally occupied locations. An interesting feature is the uncommon hydrate structure, exhibiting a tape-like motif which can be classified as a transition of the one-dimensional T4(2)6(2) motif into the two-dimensional L4(6)5(7)6(8) motif.

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