Analyses of the structure and supramolecular organisation of 2-E-((4-hydroxyphenyl) diazenyl) benzoic acid

Using the intrinsic phase technique and single crystal X-ray diffraction data, the crystal structure of 2-E-((4-hydroxyphenyl) diazenyl) benzoic acid was determined. The chemical crystallizes in an orthorhombic crystal structure with a space group of Pbca. Within the molecule's unit cell, there are four conformers per asymmetric unit. These conformers are located throughout the whole length of beta helices (Helliwell, 2020). From the structural data, Hirshfeld surfaces and their related two-dimensional fingerprint diagrams were created, enabling an analysis of the chemical interactions that contribute the most to crystal packing. Thus, it was possible to determine that H…H connections contribute the most to the total surface (34,8%), followed by OH/HO interactions (27%) and CH/HC interactions (11%). The interaction energy networks were also calculated at the DFT/B3LYP/6–31G(d, p) level. This allowed for the measurement of the energy contributions of each component. It was found that the crystalline packing of this molecule is significantly influenced by dispersion interactions (-57.5 kJ/mol).