Abstract
The crystal and molecular structure of 2-methyl-3-(N-trimethyl ammonium)phenol iodide, $C_{10}H_{16}NOI, was determined by X-ray diffraction method. The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group $P_{na2}_{1}$ with a=13.327(3), b=12.496(3), C=7.227(2)A and Z=4. A total of 489 independent observed reflections were collected by the automated Four-circle diffractometer and was solved by heavy atom method and refined by anisotropic block-diagonal least-squares method to the R value of 0.04. The benzene ring is slightly distorted from regular hexagon. The I atom and 2-methyl-3-(N-trimethyl ammonium)phenol group is held together by van der Waals forces in the crystal. Intermolecular hydrogen bond is of the type O-H....I with the length 3.35.angs.. Apart from the hydrogen bonding system the molecules are held together by van der Waals forces in the crystal.
