N-Benzyl-2-propanaminium O-methyl trichloroacetamidophosphate

Abstract

The title compound, C13H20Cl3N2O4P, was prepared by the reaction of N-isopropylbenzylamine and CCl3C(O)N(H)P(O)Cl2, followed by crystallization from CH3OH and CH3CN. Centrosymmetric dimers of anions are hydrogen-bonded to neighbouring cations (via –P—O...H—N– and –C=O...H—N– hydrogen bonds) in a one-dimensional polymeric chain. Furthermore, a Cl...Cl interaction (3.242 Å) and a C—H...π short contact are present in the crystal structure, the former between two adjacent anions and the latter between two neighbouring cations.