Bis-(2-bromo-eth-yl)ammonium bromide

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2012 Aug 1;68(Pt 8):o2570-1. doi: 10.1107/S1600536812033417. Epub 2012 Jul 28.

Abstract

The title salt, C(4)H(10)Br(2)N(+)·Br(-), crystallizes with four cations and four anions in the asymmetric unit. In the crystal, the bis-(2-bromo-eth-yl)ammonium cations and bromide anions are linked into chains by N-H⋯Br hydrogen bonds describing a binary C(2) (1)(4) motif along [010]. Each of these chains is formed by a unique cation and anion pair. The ammonium cations occur in the less preferred anti conformation, characterized by different NCCBr torsion angles. Adjacent chains are linked by weak C-H⋯Br inter-actions, forming a three-dimensional network. The crystal studied was a pseudo-merohedral twin with twin ratio 0.640 (2):0.360 (2).