Crystal structure of N,N,N-triethylhydroxylammonium chloride

Abstract

In the title molecular salt, C6H16NO+·Cl-, two of the C - C - N - O groups in the cation adopt a gauche conformation [torsion angles = 62.86 (11) and -54.95 (13)°] and one an anti conformation [-177.82 (10)°. The cation and anion are linked by an O - H⋯Cl hydrogen bond. The extended structure displays C - H⋯Cl and C - H⋯O hydrogen bonds, resulting in layers lying parallel to the (100) plane: further C - H⋯Cl contacts connect the sheets into a three-dimensional network.