Crystal structure of (R)-N-benzyl-1-phenylethanaminium (R)-4-chloro-mandelate.

The absolute configuration of the title mol-ecular salt, C15H18N(+)·C8H6ClO3 (-), has been confirmed by resonant scattering. In the (R)-N-benzyl-1-phenyl-ethyl-ammonium cation, the phenyl rings are inclined to one another by 44.65 (7)°. In the crystal, the (R)-4-chloro-mandelate anions are linked via O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and bridged by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving the cations, forming chains along [010]. There are C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds present within the chains, which are linked via C-H⋯π inter-actions and a short Cl⋯Cl inter-action [3.193 (1) Å] forming a three-dimensional framework. The structure was refined as a two-component inversion twin giving a Flack parameter of 0.05 (4).