摘要:
In the structure of the title salt [systematic name: 3-(10,11-dihydro- 5H-dibenzo[a, d][7] annulen-5-ylidene)-N,N-dimethylpropan-1- aminium 2,4,6-trinitrophenolate] of a tricyclic antidepressant, C20H24N+center dot C6H2N3O7-, the dimethylaminopropyl subunit possesses a classical static conformational disorder. The central cycloheptadiene ring adopts a bent conformation that is intermediate between boat and chair forms, leading to a butter fly shape for the hetero-tricyclic moiety. In a complementary fashion, donors from amitriptyline and acceptors from picrate form intermolecular C-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds and N-H center dot center dot center dot O salt bridges. These hydrogen bonds cluster amitriptyline and picrate ions into a closed R-4(4)(36) heterotetramer, whereas intermolecular C-H center dot center dot center dot pi interactions between amitriptyline ions cluster them into homo-dimers. Significant pi-pi stacking interactions are also observed between aromatic rings of amitriptyline and picrate, and these, combined with the C-H center dot center dot center dot pi interactions, associate molecules into linear arrays along the [1(1) over bar 1] direction.