Crystal structures of two enantiomorphous 2-ethylpiperazinediium hexaaquacopper sulfates [(R or S)-C5H14N2][Cu(H2O)6](SO4)2

Two new non-centrosymmetric copper sulfates are synthesized under slow evaporation conditions through the use of enantiomorphically pure sources of either (R)-2-methylpiperazine or (S)-2-methylpiperazine. Both crystallize in the non-centrosymmetric P21 space group, crystal data for [(R)-C5H14N2][Cu(H2O)6](SO4)2 (I), a = 6.5276(2) A, b = 11.1955(3) A, c = 12.4559(4) A, β = 101.196(2)°, Z = 2, V = 892.95(5) A3 and [(S)-C5H14N2][Cu(H2O)6](SO4)2 (II), a = 6.5188(2) A, b = 11.1786(2) A, c = 12.4365(3) A, β = 101.205(1)°, Z = 2, V = 888.99(4) A3. The three-dimensional structure networks for these compounds consist of isolated [Cu(H2O)6]2+ and [(R)-C5H14N2]2+ or [(S)-C5H14N2]2+ cations and SO 4 2− anions linked only by hydrogen bonds. The Cu atom is in a slightly distorted octahedral coordination environment. The crystal packings are influenced by cation-to-anion N-H…O and OW-H…O hydrogen bonds leading to an open framework structures.