Different molecular assemblies were compared in two new structures [4-CH 3 -C 6 H 4 C(O)NH]P(O) [NH] 2 (-CH 2 ) 3 , 1, and [4-CH 3 -C 6 H 4 C(O)NH]P(O) [NHC 6 H 3 (3, ) 2 ] 2 , 2, belonging to the families of "cyclic phosphoric triamide" and "phosphoric triamide", respectively. The differences in the hydrogen bond motifs were discussed (by single crystal X-ray diffraction) as a result of three factors: (1) action of two N atoms with a non-planar environment in 1 as an H-bond acceptor, (2) different orientations of three N-H bond vectors in two molecules and (3) different conformations of C=O and P=O groups. These differences lead to more complicated hydrogen bond pattern of 1, with respect to that of 2, as structure 1 may be considered as a model of four-acceptor-three-donor versus a two-acceptorthree-donor system in 2. The main discrepancies of 1 and 2, monitored by the Hirshfeld surface analysis, are related to the contribution portions of O···H/H···O contacts, in which compound 1 not only involves the greater existence of classical hydrogen bonds but also contains the further C-H···O weak interactions in its crystal packing with respect to compound 2. Instead, in 2, the shortage of O···H/H···O contacts has been partially compensated by the C···H/H···C interactions, due to the presence of more unsaturated carbon acceptors. The differences in assemblies are also reflected in the solid-state IR spectra, especially for the N-H vibration frequencies. The new compounds were further studied by 1D NMR experiments ( 1 H, 13 C, 31 P), 2D NMR techniques [HMQC and HMBC (H-C correlation), HSQC (N-H correlation)], high-resolution ESI-MS, EI-MS spectrometry and IR spectroscopy.