2-Ethyl-4-methyl-1 H-imidazol-3-ium bromide

Ray J Butcher; Andrew P Purdy

doi:10.1107/S2414314622011725

2-Ethyl-4-methyl-1 H-imidazol-3-ium bromide

IUCrdata. 2022 Dec 15;7(Pt 12):x221172. doi: 10.1107/S2414314622011725. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Ray J Butcher¹, Andrew P Purdy²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street NW, Washington DC 20059, USA.
² Chemistry Division, Code 6123, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Av, SW, Washington DC 20375-5342, USA.

Abstract

In the title mol-ecular salt, C₆H₁₁N₂ ⁺·Br^-, the components are linked by N-H⋯Br⋯H-N hydrogen bonds into C(8)chains of alternating cations and anions propagating in the b-axis direction; these chains are cross-linked in the c-axis direction by weak C-H⋯Br hydrogen bonds.

Keywords: crystal structure; hydrogen bonding; imidazolium cations.

Grants and funding

RJB wishes to acknowledge the ONR Summer Faculty Research Program for funding in 2019 and 2020.