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Fig. 8 The C–HÁÁÁp hydrogen
bond in Salt-1
respectively. As shown in Fig. 3, the pyrazole nitrogen is
protonated and the resulting pyrazolium ring binds with the
anions. And, the pyrazole L1 shows [2 ? 2] binding of
hydrogen bonding. But, Pyrazole L2 molecule in the pres-
ence of acid undergoes protonation, and strong N–HÁÁÁCl
hydrogen bonding interaction disrupts the self-assembly of
the L2 molecule and leads to the formation of an infinite
anion-assisted helical chain (Fig. 6). It is important to
mention here that protonated HL2 molecules interact with
each other through weak C–HÁÁÁp interactions between the p
electron density of the furanyl ring and adjacent CH of the
furanyl ring, resulting in the formation of another helical
chain (Fig. 7). In addition, in the crystal structure of Salt-2
exist weak C–HÁÁÁCl intermolecular hydrogen bonds, and
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NO3 ions by intermolecular N–HÁÁÁN hydrogen bonds in
the solid state to form a dimer architecture with R21(4) and
R44(14) graph set. The measured N1ÁÁÁO3 and N2ÁÁÁO2 dis-
˚
tances are 2.749(16), 2.808(16) A, respectively, showing
strong intermolecular N–HÁÁÁN bonding interactions, which
is comparable to that of the N–HÁÁÁN bonding observed in
the related pyrazole molecules, 3-methyl-5-phenylpyrazole
and 3,5-diphenylpyrazole, which formed the tetrameric
˚
structures in the solid state (2.730(4)–2.803(4) A) [18].
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the average bond length is 2.80 A. The chloride ion shows
For Salt-2, the asymmetric unit (triclinic, P1) contains
four independent protonated pyrazole molecules with eight
NH groups and four chloride ions. The proton gets trans-
ferred from the HCl to pyrazole and forms protonated pyr-
azole (Fig. 4). In four independent protonated pyrazole
the primary N–HÁÁÁCl as well as secondary C–HÁÁÁCl inter-
actions as reported earlier [28–30]. The crystal structures of
Salt-1 and Salt-2 both exhibit weak C–HÁÁÁp interactions
(Fig. 8), and the stability of the crystal structure can be
accounted for by these interactions.
˚
molecules, all C–N bond lengths [1.308(9)–1.384(8) A] are
almost equal, and are remarkably shorter than the normal
˚
C–N bond (1.47–1.50 A), but close to that of the C=N bond
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(1.34–1.38 A), which is the result of the conjugation effect,
indicating the significant double bond characteristics as well
as the considerable delocalization of the electron density of
pyrazole ring. In one molecule, the central benzene ring (C8–
C13) makes dihedral angles of 29.7(3) ° and 8.6(4) ° with
rings (C1–C6) and (O2/C17–C20), respectively; the corre-
sponding angles in the other molecules are 29.1(3) ° and
8.9(4) °, 11.8(3) ° and 1.3(3) °, 13.6(3) ° and 1.7(4) °. The
pyrazolyl ring makes dihedral angles of 5.6(4) °, 6.8(4) °,
7.7(4) °, and 7.4(4) ° with four furan rings.
Crystallographic data for structure of Salt-1 and Salt-2 have
been deposited at the Cambridge Crystallographic Data
Center, CCDC Nos. 837171 and 837171 for Salt-1 and Salt-
2, respectively. Copies of this information may be obtained
free of charge from the Director, CCDC, 12 Union Road,
Cambridge, CB2 1EZ, UK (Fax: ?44 1223 336033; email:
Acknowledgments This study was supported by the important
Foundation of the Educational Commission of Hubei Province, the
People’s Republic of China (No. Q200822002) and the Postgraduate
Program of Hubei Normal University (2008D53).
It is worth pointing out that an anion induced one-
dimensional anion-assisted helical chain with active par-
ticipation of the chloride ion and protonated pyrazole
molecule via intermolecular hydrogen bonds (Fig. 5). The
protonated HL2 molecule forms strong N–HÁÁÁCl bonds
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˚
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(2.19 A, 170 °; 2.27 A, 152 °; 2.16 A, 171 °; 2.27 A,
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into several hydrogen–bonding patterns: monomer, dimer,
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