
%0 Journal Article
%A Bott, Raymond C. 
%A Smith, Graham 
%A Wermuth, Urs D. 
%A Dwyer, Nathan C. 
%T Molecular Cocrystals of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids with Unsymmetrically Substituted Ureas. The Structures of Phenylurea and the 1 : 1 Adducts of Phenylurea with a Series of Nitro-Substituted Acids
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 2000/12/22
%V 53
%N 9
%P 767-777
%K Phenylurea; nitrobenzoic acid; nitrosalicylic acid; adduct; infrared spectroscopy; X-ray crystal structure.
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH00099
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH00099 
%X The crystal structure of phenylurea (1), &#91;(C7H8N2O)&#93;, has been determined and revealed a simple cyclic dimer involving hydrogen bonding between the two nitrogen atoms of one molecule and the oxygen atom of a second molecule. The system is completed by a hydrogen bond between the non-substituted nitrogen atom of a third molecule and the oxygen atom of the second molecule to form a chain polymer. The 1 : 1 molecular adducts of phenylurea with 2-nitrobenzoic acid, &#91;(C7H5NO4)(C7H8N2O)&#93; (2), 3-nitrobenzoic acid, &#91;(C7H5NO4)(C7H8N2O)&#93; (3), 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid, &#91;(C7H4N2O6)(C7H8N2O)&#93; (4), 2,4,6-trinitrobenzoic acid, &#91;(C7H3N3O8)(C7H8N2O)&#93; (5), 5-nitrosalicylic acid, &#91;(C7H5NO5)(C7H8N2O)&#93; (6), and 3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid, &#91;(C7H4N2O7)(C7H8N2O)&#93; (7) have been prepared and characterized by infrared spectroscopy and, for compounds (2), (4), (5) and (6), by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods. The adduct involving phenylurea and 4-nitrobenzoic acid could not be isolated from this system. In all examples, cyclic hydrogen-bonding interactions are found between the phenylurea and the carboxylic acid groups. All display further peripheral hydrogen bond associations that result in the formation of predominantly simple chain polymeric structures. 
