Crystal structures of the 1:1 salts of 2-amino-4-nitro-benzoate with each of (2-hy-droxy-eth-yl)di-methyl-aza-nium, tert-but-yl(2-hy-droxy-eth-yl)aza-nium and 1,3-dihy-droxy-2-(hy-droxy-meth-yl)propan-2-aminium.

The crystal and mol-ecular structures of the title mol-ecular salts, C(4)H(12)NO(+)·C(7)H(5)N(2)O(4) (-), (I), C(6)H(16)NO(+)·C(7)H(5)N(2)O(4) (-), (II), and C(4)H(12)NO(3) (+)·C(7)H(5)N(2)O(4) (-), (III), are described. The common feature of these salts is the presence of the 2-amino-4-nitro-benzoate anion, which exhibit non-chemically significant variations in the conformational relationships between the carboxyl-ate and nitro groups, and between these and the benzene rings they are connected to. The number of ammonium-N-H H atoms in the cations increases from one to three in (I) to (III), respectively, and this variation significantly influences the supra-molecular aggregation patterns in the respective crystals. Thus, a linear supra-molecular chain along [100] sustained by charge-assisted tertiary-ammonium-N-H⋯O(carboxyl-ate), hy-droxy-O-H⋯O(carboxyl-ate) and amino-N-H⋯O(carboxyl-ate) hydrogen-bonds is apparent in the crystal of (I). Chains are connected into a three-dimensional architecture by methyl-C-H⋯O(hy-droxy) and π-π inter-actions, the latter between benzene rings [inter-centroid separation = 3.5796†(10)†à ]. In the crystal of (II), a supra-molecular tube propagating along [901] arises as a result of charge-assisted secondary-ammonium-N-H⋯O(carboxyl-ate) and hy-droxy-O-H⋯O(carboxyl-ate) hydrogen-bonding. These are connected by methyl-ene- and methyl-C-H⋯O(nitro) and π-π stacking between benzene rings [inter-centroid separation = 3.5226†(10)†à ]. Finally, double-layers parallel to (100) sustained by charge-assisted ammonium-N-H⋯O(carboxyl-ate), ammonium-N-H⋯O(hy-droxy) and hy-droxy-O-H⋯O(carboxyl-ate) hydrogen-bonds are apparent in the crystal of (III). These are connected in a three-dimensional architecture by amine-N-H⋯O(nitro) hydrogen-bonds.