title: 8-Aminocaprylic acid.
abstract: The title acid, 8-aminooctanoic acid, C8H17NO2, crystallized in the centrosymmetric space group P2(1)/n in the zwitterionic form. The three H atoms involved in hydrogen bonding are ordered. The five intermolecular N-H...O hydrogen bonds have N...O distances ranging from 2.752 (2) to 3.258 (2) A and N-H...O angles ranging from 131 (2) to 165 (2) degrees. Each molecule is linked to six neighboring molecules by a total of ten hydrogen bonds. A complex network of hydrogen bonds ensues in which chains predominate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Dobson
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Gerkin
mesh_terms: D002210:Caprylates / Q000737:chemistry*; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D002210:Caprylates; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; C046323:omega-aminocaprylic acid