Investigation of stable solid diazonium salt by molecular structure, Hirshfeld surface analysis, optical and electrochemical studies, and applications.

The title compound is a new pyrazolone derivative which was synthesized starting from p-sulphophenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone (1) by nitrosation at low temperature to afford the corresponding p-sulphophenyl-3-methyl-4-nitroso-5-pyrazolone which can exist both in nitroso (2a) and oxime tautomeric forms (2b). Reduction of the latter using zinc with hydrochloric acid furnished the 4-amino-p-sulphophenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone (3). The diazotization of (3) under careful control of temperature and pH afforded the p-sulphophenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone diazonium salt (4) which was re-crystallized from acidified ethanol to afford crystal suitable for X-ray studies. UV-visible spectrum and cyclic voltammetric studies were also carried out indicating λmax at 420 nm and HOMO-LUMMO energy gap was also calculated (Eg) of 2.95 eV. The molecular and crystal structures of the compound were clarified by single crystal X-ray diffraction indicated that it crystallizes as the sodium salt in the triclinic space group P -1, with the 4-azo-pyrazolone and the sulphophenyl groups being nearly coplanar. To get an insight to the intermolecular interactions in the crystal, a Hirshfeld surface analysis was also carried out.