Guanidinium 2-phenylacetate

Abstract

In the structure of the title salt, CH6N3+烸H7O2-, the guanidinium cation gives three cyclic hydrogen-bonding interactions with O-atom acceptors of three independent phenylacetate anions, one R22(8) and two R21(6), giving one-dimensional columnar structures which extend down the 42 axis in the tetragonal cell. Within these structures, there are solvent-accessible voids of volume 86.5 ų.