Trimesic acid dimethyl sulfoxide solvate: space group revision

Abstract

The structure of the title solvate, C ₉H ₆O ₆·C ₂H ₆OS, was determined 30 years ago [Herbstein, Kapon & Wasserman (1978 ▶). Acta Cryst. B 34, 1613–1617], with data collected at room temperature, and refined in the space group P2 ₁. The present redetermination, based on high-resolution diffraction data, shows that the actual space group is more likely to be P2 ₁/ m. The crystal structure contains layers of trimesic acid molecules lying on mirror planes. A mirror plane also passes through the S and O atoms of the solvent molecule. The molecules in each layer are inter­connected through strong O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a two-dimensional supra­molecular network within each layer. The donor groups are the hydroxyls of the trimesic acid mol­ecules, while the acceptors are the carbonyl or the sulfoxide O atoms.