Six hydrogen-bonded supramolecular frameworks assembled from organic acids and p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde

• Six organic adducts have been prepared and structurally characterized.
• Noncovalent bonds from p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde and acids have been ascertained.
• The classical H-bonds are the driving forces in these structures.
• Other weak interactions also play important role in structure propagation.

Cocrystallization of the commonly available organic compound, p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde, with a series of organic acids gave a total of six molecular adducts with the compositions: p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde : (3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid) [(L) · (Hdsa), Hdsa = 3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid] (1), p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde : (3-nitrophthalic acid) [(L) · (3-H2npa), 3-H2npa = 3-nitrophthalic acid] (2), p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde : (4-nitrophthalic acid) [(L) · (4-H2npa), 4-H2npa = 4-nitrophthalic acid] (3), p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde : (1,5-naphthalenedisulfonic acid) : (NH3)2 [NH4 · (HL) · (nds2−) · NH3, nds− = 1,5-naphthalenedisulfonate] (4), p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde : (oxalic acid)0.5 [(L) · (H2oa)0.5, H2oa = oxalic acid] (5), and p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde : (fumaric acid)0.5 [(L) · (H2fum)0.5, H2fum = fumaric acid] (6). The six molecular adducts have been characterized by X-ray diffraction technique, IR, and elemental analysis, and the melting points of all adducts were also reported. And their structural and supramolecular aspects are fully analyzed. Of the six adducts, only 4 is an organic salt and the other five are cocrystals.The crystal packing is interpreted in terms of the strong classical hydrogen bonds as well as other weak non-classical hydrogen bonds. The different families of non-covalent bonds contribute to the stabilization and expansion of the total high-dimensional (2D–3D) frameworks.