Sodium piperidine-1-carbodithioate dihydrate

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, Na+·C6H10NS2−·2H2O, is composed of a sodium cation, a piperidinedithiocarbamate anion which exhibits positional disorder, and two lattice water molecules. The atoms of the piperidine ring are divided over two sites with occupancy factors of 0.554 (6) and 0.446 (6). In the crystal, the sodium cation (coordination number of 6) and the piperidinedithiocarbamate anion are linked, forming an infinite two-dimensional network extending parallel to (001). O—H...S hydrogen bonds, involving the lattice water molecules, also aid in stabilizing the crystal sructure.