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Di-ammonium potassium citrate, (NH 4 ) 2 KC 6 H 5 O 7 .

Nilan V PatelJoseph T GolabJames A Kaduk
Published in: IUCrData (2020)
The crystal structure of di-ammonium potassium citrate, 2NH 4 + ·K + ·C 6 H 5 O 7 3- , has been solved and refined using laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data and optimized using density functional theory. The KO 7 coordination polyhedra are isolated. The ammonium cations and the hydro-phobic methyl-ene sides of the citrate anions occupy the spaces between the coordination polyhedra. Each hydrogen atom of the ammonium ions acts as a donor in a charge-assisted N-H⋯O, N-H⋯(O,O) or N-H⋯(O,O,O) hydrogen bond. There is an intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bond in the citrate anion between the hydroxide group and one of the terminal carboxyl-ate groups.
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