Abstract:

The molecular structure of the title compound, NH4 +·C7H7O4S-, is featureless [the methoxy C atom deviating 0.173 (6) Å from the phenyl mean plane] with inter-atomic distances and angles in the expected ranges. The main feature of inter-est is the packing mode. Hydro-philic (SO3 and NH4) and hydrophobic (PhOCH3) parts in the structure segregate, the former interacting through a dense hydrogen-bonding scheme, leading to a well connected two-dimensional structure parallel to (100) and the latter hydrophobic groups acting as spacers for an interplanar separation of c/2 = 10.205 (2) Å. In spite of being aligned along [110], the benzene rings stack in a far from parallel fashion [viz. consecutive ring centers determine a broken line with a 164.72 (12)°zigzag angle], thus preventing any possible π-π interaction. © 2012 International Union of Crystallography.