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

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.