title: Crystal structure of 4-bromo-2-[(E)-N-(2,2,6,6-tetra-methyl-piperidin-4-yl)carboximido-yl]phenol dihydrate.
abstract: In the title hydrate, C16H23BrN2O·2H2O, the organic mol-ecule features a strong intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond. The piperidine ring, in addition, adopts a chair conformation with the exocyclic C-N bond in an equatorial orientation. The water molecules of crystallization are disordered (each over two sets of sites with half occupancy. In the crystal, they associate into corrugated (100) sheets of (H2O)4 tetra-mers linked by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The organic mol-ecules, in turn, are arranged at both sides of these sheets, linked by water-piperidine O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
authors.forename: Joel T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Mague
authors.affiliation: Chemistry and Environmental Division, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, England ; Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, 61519 El-Minia, Egypt.
authors.forename: Shaaban K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akkurt
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, 82524 Sohag, Egypt.
authors.forename: Antar A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Abdelhamid
authors.affiliation: Kirkuk University, College of Science, Department of Chemistry, Kirkuk, Iraq.
authors.forename: Mustafa R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Albayati
keywords: Schiff bases; crystal structure; hydrogen bonding; piperidines