Crystal structure, quantum mechanical study and spectroscopic studies of nitrate and perchlorate salts of 3-chloroaniline, [C 6 H 7 ClN]NO 3 (I) and [C 6 H 7 ClN]ClO 4 (II)

Two new organic-inorganic hybrid compounds, 3-chloroanilinium nitrate (I) and 3-chloanilinium perchlorate (II), have been synthesized by an acid/base reaction at room temperature in the presence of 3-chloroaniline as an organic-structure directing agent and their structures were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound I, [C6H7ClN]NO3, crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca with a = 10.4137(16), b = 9.6232(11), c = 16.059(2) Å, V = 1609.3(4) and z = 8. Full-matrix least-squares refinement converged at R = 0.041 and Rw = 0.121. Compound II, [C6H7ClN]ClO4, belongs to the monoclinic system, space group P21/n with the following parameters: a = 10.684(2), b = 7.2667(12), c = 12.229(2) Å, β = 104.27(2)°, V = 920.1(3) and z = 4. The structure was refined to R = 0.054 and Rw = 0.102.