Tris(2-benzamidoethyl)ammonium tetrafluoroborate

Abstract

In the title compound, C27H31N4O3+·BF4−, the central N atom is protonated. The three arms form a pocket and one amidic O atom accepts an intermolecular hydrogen bond with the protonated amine. The tetrafluoroborate anion is outside the cavity and is hydrogen bonded to one amide N atom. Adjacent organic cations are connected by a pair of N—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming a chain.