Reaction in aqueous medium of KReO
4 in methanolic solution of RaaiCH
2Ph (1-benzyl-2-(a
rylazo)imidazole) (
1) in the
presence of
pe
rchlo
ric acid has isolated b
rown
products of {[1-benzyl-2-(a
rylazo)imidazolium][Re
O4p>−p>]
r bo
rde
r=0 SRC=/images/gly
phs/BO0.GIF>H
2O}
n,
2. The st
ructu
ral confi
rmation has been ca
rried out by the single c
rystal X-
ray diff
raction study of {[1-benzyl-2-(
phenylazo)imidazolium][Re
O4p>−p>]
r bo
rde
r=0 SRC=/images/gly
phs/BO0.GIF>H
2O},
2a. The molecules a
re
polyme
rized via hyd
rogen bonding and fo
rm c
ross-linked
netwo
rk.