Crystal structure, thermal analysis and IR spectrometric investigation of bis(o-anisidinium) sulfate (C7H10NO)2SO4

Chemical preparation, X-ray single-crystal, thermal behaviour, and IR spectroscopy investigations are given for a new organic cation sulfate (C7H10NO)2SO4 (denoted BOAS) in the solid state. This compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c. The unit cell dimensions are: a = 7.010(3) Å, b = 11.142(5) Å, c = 20.770(8) Å, β = 95.27(3)° with V = 1615.4(12) Å3 and Z = 4. The structure has been solved using a direct method and refined to a reliability R factor of 0.047. The title compound consists of a framework of isolated SO4 tetrahedral interleaved with organic molecules, so as to build isolated ribbons parallel to a-axis. In the present work, we describe the crystal structure, thermal behaviour and IR analysis of this new compound.