Evaluation of charge assisted hydrogen bonds in L-(S)-lysinium L-(S)-mandelate dihydrate and L-(S)-alanine L-(S)-mandelic acid complexes: Inputs from Hirshfeld surface, PIXEL energy and QTAIM analysis

Single crystals of two of the l-amino acids (lysine and alanine) complexed with L-mandelic acids are prepared by slow evaporation technique and X-ray diffraction analysis has been carried out. Single crystal X-ray analysis reveals that lysine-mandelic acid crystallized as a dihydrate form. In the crystalline state, the lysine molecule exists in the cationic form in which the backbone and side chain amino groups are protonated and the carboxylic...