title: Interwoven hydrogen-bonding networks in benzene-1,3,5-triacetic acid.
abstract: The title compound, C12H12O6, crystallized in the centrosymmetric space group P21/n. Each molecule is hydrogen bonded to four others by ten hydrogen bonds forming a three-dimensional network. Two sets of such networks, which are not linked, comprise the structure. The carboxyl O atoms are ordered, as are the carboxyl H atoms. The best-fit acetic acid group planes make dihedral angles of 84.3 (1), 89.8 (2) and 58.0 (2) degrees with the best-fit benzene core plane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Gerkin
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000737:chemistry*; D001554:Benzene / Q000737:chemistry; D003460:Crystallization; D006859:Hydrogen; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; C107464:benzene-1,3,5-triacetic acid; D006859:Hydrogen; D001554:Benzene