1,4-Bis(4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)benzene–terephthalic acid–water (1/1/4)

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C12H14N4·C8H6O4·4H2O, consists of one half of the 1,4-bis(4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)benzene (bib) molecule, one half of the terephthalic acid (TA) molecule and two water molecules. Both the bib and the TA molecules reside on crystallographic inversion centers, which coincide with the centroids of the respective benzene rings. The bib and the TA, together with the water molecules, are linked through intermolecular O—H...O, O—H...N and N—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network of stacked layers. Weak intermolecular C—H...O contacts support the stability of the crystal structure.