The crystal structure of potassium 1-(N,N-diphenylhydrazono)-2,4,6-trinitrobenzenide
Crystals of potassium 1-(N,N-diphenylhydrazono)-2,4,6-trinitrobenzenide, C18H12N5O6K, are monoclinic, P21/c, a = 9.871(2), b = 12.940(3), c = 16.754(4) Å, β = 118.31(1)°, Z = 4, T = 22 °C. Diffraction data were collected on a modified Picker FASC-1 diffractometer. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares to R = Rw = 0.056 using the 2627 independent reflections with [Formula: see text]. The benzenide ring shows a significant puckering toward the boat conformation. Some important canonical structures contributing to the average geometry of the molecule are discussed. The bonding sphere of the K+ cation contains all of the oxygen atoms and the hydrazine nitrogen atom bonded to the trinitrobenzenide group. Two phenyl carbon atoms also have short contact distances to the cation.