Syntheses and crystal structures of 4-(4-nitro-phen-yl)piperazin-1-ium benzoate monohydrate and 4-(4-nitro-phen-yl)piperazin-1-ium 2-carb-oxy-4,6-di-nitro-phenolate.

Crystal structures are reported for two mol-ecular salts containing the 4-(4-nitro-phen-yl)piperazin-1-ium cation. Co-crystallization from methanol/ethyl acetate solution of N -(4-nitro-phen-yl)piperazine with benzoic acid gives the benzoate salt, which crystallizes as a monohydrate, C 10 H 14 N 3 O 2 ·C 7 H 5 O 2 ·H 2 O, (I), and similar co-crystallization with 3,5-di-nitro-salicylic acid yields the 2-carb-oxy-4,6-di-nitro-phenolate salt, C 10 H 14 N 3 O 2 ·C 7 H 3 N 2 O 7 , (II). In the structure of (I), a combination of O-H⋯O, N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds links the components into sheets, while in the structure of (II), the supra-molecular assembly, generated by hydrogen bonds of the same types as in (I), is three dimensional. Comparisons are made with the structures of some related compounds.