Crystal structure of 3,4-dichloroanilinium hydrogen phthalate

Abstract

In the title salt, C6H6Cl2N+·C8H5O4−, the carboxylic acid and carboxylate groups of the anion form dihedral angles of 20.79 (19) and 74.76 (14)°, respectively, with the plane of the benzene ring. In the crystal, molecules are assembled into a two-dimensional polymeric network parallel to (100)viaN—H...O and O—H...O hydrogen bonds. In addition, within the layer, there are π–π stacking interactions between the benzene rings of the cation and the anion [centroid–centroid distance = 3.6794 (17) Å]. A weak C—H...O interaction is also observed.