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Volume 65 
Part 7 
Page o1598  
July 2009  

Received 11 June 2009
Accepted 12 June 2009
Online 17 June 2009

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 298 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.004 Å
R = 0.045
wR = 0.122
Data-to-parameter ratio = 13.1
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2,2'-[1,1'-(Ethylenedioxydinitrilo)diethylidyne]di-1-naphthol

aSchool of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: dongwk@mail.lzjtu.cn

The complete molecule of the title compound, C26H24N2O4, is generated by a crystallographic centre of inversion. There are two intramolecular O-H...N hydrogen bonds. In the crystal structure, intermolecular C-H...O hydrogen bonds result in zigzag chains.

Related literature

For the applications of Shiff base ligands, see: Calligaris & Randaccio (1987[Calligaris, M. & Randaccio, L. (1987). Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry, Vol. 2, edited by G. Wilkinson, pp. 715-738. London: Pergamon.]) For the applications bisoxime derivatives of salen-type compounds, see: Sun et al. (2004[Sun, S. S., Stern, C. L., Nguyen, S. T. & Hupp, J. T. (2004). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 6314-6326.]); Wang et al. (2007[Wang, L., He, X., Sun, Y. & Xu, L. (2007). Acta Cryst. E63, o4517.]). For related structures, see: Dong et al. (2008a[Dong, W.-K., He, X.-N., Li, L., Lv, Z.-W. & Tong, J.-F. (2008a). Acta Cryst. E64, o1405.],b[Dong, W.-K., Zhao, C.-Y., Zhong, J.-K., Tang, X.-L. & Yu, T.-Z. (2008b). Acta Cryst. E64, o1323.],c[Dong, W.-K., He, X.-N., Guan, Y.-H., Xu, L. & Ren, Z.-L. (2008c). Acta Cryst. E64, o1600-o1601.]);

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C26H24N2O4

  • Mr = 428.47

  • Monoclinic, C 2/c

  • a = 12.6682 (18) Å

  • b = 9.3728 (15) Å

  • c = 18.335 (2) Å

  • [beta] = 97.478 (2)°

  • V = 2158.6 (5) Å3

  • Z = 4

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.09 mm-1

  • T = 298 K

  • 0.39 × 0.37 × 0.13 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker SMART 1000 CCD area-detector diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996[Sheldrick, G. M. (1996). SADABS. University of Goöttingen, Germany.]) Tmin = 0.966, Tmax = 0.989

  • 5220 measured reflections

  • 1894 independent reflections

  • 1027 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.035

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.045

  • wR(F2) = 0.122

  • S = 1.06

  • 1894 reflections

  • 145 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.14 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.15 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
O2-H2...N1 0.82 1.84 2.562 (3) 146
C10-H10...O2i 0.93 2.63 3.446 (3) 146
Symmetry code: (i) [-x+{\script{3\over 2}}, -y-{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+1].

Data collection: SMART (Siemens, 1996[Siemens (1996). SMART and SAINT. Siemens Analytical X-ray Instruments Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: SAINT (Siemens, 1996[Siemens (1996). SMART and SAINT. Siemens Analytical X-ray Instruments Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: HG2524 ).


Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge finanical support from the `Jing Lan' Talent Engineering Funds of Lanzhou Jiaotong University.

References

Calligaris, M. & Randaccio, L. (1987). Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry, Vol. 2, edited by G. Wilkinson, pp. 715-738. London: Pergamon.
Dong, W.-K., He, X.-N., Guan, Y.-H., Xu, L. & Ren, Z.-L. (2008c). Acta Cryst. E64, o1600-o1601.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [details]
Dong, W.-K., He, X.-N., Li, L., Lv, Z.-W. & Tong, J.-F. (2008a). Acta Cryst. E64, o1405.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [details]
Dong, W.-K., Zhao, C.-Y., Zhong, J.-K., Tang, X.-L. & Yu, T.-Z. (2008b). Acta Cryst. E64, o1323.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [details]
Sheldrick, G. M. (1996). SADABS. University of Goöttingen, Germany.
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Siemens (1996). SMART and SAINT. Siemens Analytical X-ray Instruments Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Sun, S. S., Stern, C. L., Nguyen, S. T. & Hupp, J. T. (2004). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 6314-6326.  [ISI] [CSD] [CrossRef] [PubMed] [ChemPort]
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Acta Cryst (2009). E65, o1598  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809022508 ]

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