CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE AND FT-IR STUDY OF CESIUM 4-METHYLBENZENESULFONATE

The crystal structure of the title compound has been determined by X-r ay diffraction. The crystal is monoclinic, space group P2(1)/C with a = 13.483(3)A, b = 7.285(1)A, c = 10.352(2)A, beta = 110.43(3)degrees, and Z = 4, V = 952.8(3)A3, Dc = 2.120 g cm(-3), lambda(MoK alpha) = 0. 71073A, mu = 4.033 mm(-1), F(000) = 576, final weighted R = 0.0391 for 1863 unique reflections. The cesium atom is coordinated to six oxygen atoms from five sulfonate groups to form a distorted octahedron. Ther e is no water molecule and no H-bond network in the complex. FT-IR spe ctra was also used to characterize the complex. A preliminary infrared assignment was performed. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights r eserved.