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SUBMITTER: Ng SW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3344540 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online 20120418 Pt 5
In the title salt (common name l-carnitine hydro-chloride), C(7)H(16)NO(3) (+)·Cl(-), the organic cation features a carb-oxy-lic part (-CO(2)H) having unambigous single- and double-bonds [1.336 (2), 1.211 (2) Å]. There is a large N-C-C bond angle [115.9 (1)°] for the C atom connected to the bulky trimethyl-amino substituent. In the crystal, the acid H atom forms a hydrogen bond to the chloride anion, whereas the hydroxyl H atom forms a longer hydrogen bond to the anion, generating a helical chai ...[more]