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The crystal and molecular structure of crystalline triethanolammonium nitrate (TEAN) was determined. TEAN is monoclinic with space groupP21/c and has lattice parametersa=6.592(1),b=16.358(1),c=9.3850(8)Å andβ=90.87(1)°. Based on four formula weights of TEAN per unit cell, the computed density is 1.393 g/cm−3. The structure is a three-dimensional hydrogen bonded network of cations and anions. An interesting feature of the cation conformation is the presence of intramolecular trifurcated hydrogen bonding of the proton.
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Bracuti, A.J. Crystal and molecular structure of triethanolammonium nitrate (TEAN). Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research 23, 669–673 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01325192
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01325192