Crystal structure of [2-(tri­ethyl­ammonio)­eth­yl][(2,4,6-triiso­propyl­phen­yl)sulfon­yl]amide tetra­hydrate

The zwitterionic title compound, C(23)H(42)N(2)O(2)S·4H(2)O, crystallized as a tetrahydrate from a solution of N-[(2,4,6-triiso­propyl­phen­yl)sulfon­yl]aziridine in tri­ethyl­amine, diethyl ether and pentane in the presence of moist air. It is formed by a nucleophillic ring-opening that is assumed to be reversible. The mol­ecular structure shows a major disorder of the triiso­propyl­phenyl group over two equally occupied locations. An inter­esting feature is the uncommon hydrate structure, exhibiting a tape-like motif which can be classified as a transition of the one-dimensional T4(2)6(2) motif into the two-dimensional L4(6)5(7)6(8) motif.