Crystal structure of trirubidium citrate monohydrate from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data and DFT comparison

Abstract

The crystal structure of the title compound, 3Rb+·C6H5O73−·H2O, has been solved and refined using laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data, and optimized using density functional techniques. The hydroxy group participates in an intramolecular hydrogen bond to the deprotonated central carboxylate group with graph-set motifS(5). The water molecule acts as a hydrogen-bond donor to both terminal and central carboxylate O atoms. The three independent rubidium cations are seven-, six- and six-coordinate, with bond-valence sums of 0.84, 1.02, and 0.95, respectively. In the extended structure, their polyhedra share edges and corners to form a three-dimensional network. The hydrophobic methylene groups occupy channels along thebaxis.