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Volume 66 
Part 6 
Page o1379  
June 2010  

Received 12 May 2010
Accepted 13 May 2010
Online 19 May 2010

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 290 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.003 Å
R = 0.032
wR = 0.088
Data-to-parameter ratio = 19.2
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2,3-(3,6,9-Trioxaundecane-1,11-diyldisulfanyl)-1,4,5,8-tetrathiafulvalene-6,7-dicarbonitrile

aKey Laboratory of Organism Functional Factors of the Changbai Mountain, Yanbian University, Ministry of Education, Yanji 133002, People's Republic of China, and bState Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: zqcong@ybu.edu.cn

In the title compound, C16H16N2O3S6, the two five-membered rings form a dihedral angle of 7.86 (9)°. Weak C-H...N hydrogen bonds link the molecules to form a chain along c; the chains are further connected by weak C-H...O hydrogen bonds to form a three-dimensional supramolecular network.

Related literature

For background to the use of dithiacrown ether annulated tetrathiafulvalenes as sensor molecules for various metal cations, see Moore et al. (2000[Moore, A. J., Goldenberg, L. M., Bryce, M. R. & Petty, M. (2000). J. Org. Chem. 65, 8269-8276.]); Otsubo & Ogura (1985[Otsubo, T. & Ogura, F. (1985). Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn, 58, 1343-1344.]). For the synthesis, see Yin et al. (2006[Yin, B. Z., Wang, C. L., Chen, T. & Cong, Z. Q. (2006). Chin. Chem. Reagent, 28, 132-134.]). For a related structure, see Hou et al. (2009[Hou, R., Li, B., Yin, B. & Wu, L. (2009). Acta Cryst. E65, o1057.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C16H16N2O3S6

  • Mr = 476.67

  • Triclinic, [P \overline 1]

  • a = 8.300 (5) Å

  • b = 9.186 (5) Å

  • c = 13.892 (10) Å

  • [alpha] = 100.42 (3)°

  • [beta] = 92.31 (3)°

  • [gamma] = 95.60 (2)°

  • V = 1035.0 (11) Å3

  • Z = 2

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.68 mm-1

  • T = 290 K

  • 0.13 × 0.12 × 0.10 mm

Data collection
  • Rigaku R-AXIS RAPID diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (ABSCOR; Higashi, 1995[Higashi, T. (1995). ABSCOR. Rigaku Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.]) Tmin = 0.917, Tmax = 0.935

  • 10214 measured reflections

  • 4702 independent reflections

  • 3936 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.026

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.032

  • wR(F2) = 0.088

  • S = 1.07

  • 4702 reflections

  • 245 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.52 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.31 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
C13-H13A...N1i 0.97 2.65 3.534 (3) 152
C14-H14A...N1ii 0.97 2.74 3.691 (3) 168
C14-H14B...O1iii 0.97 2.64 3.401 (3) 136
C9-H9A...O2iv 0.97 2.57 3.406 (3) 144
C15-H15B...O3v 0.97 2.47 3.317 (2) 146
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y, z+1; (ii) -x, -y+2, -z; (iii) x-1, y, z; (iv) -x+1, -y+2, -z+1; (v) -x, -y+1, -z+1.

Data collection: RAPID-AUTO (Rigaku, 1998[Rigaku (1998). RAPID-AUTO. Rigaku Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.]); cell refinement: RAPID-AUTO; data reduction: CrystalStructure (Rigaku/MSC, 2002[Rigaku/MSC (2002). CrystalStructure. Rigaku/MSC Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, USA.]); 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: PLATON (Spek, 2009[Spek, A. L. (2009). Acta Cryst. D65, 148-155.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: NG2773 ).


Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No. 20662010), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (grant No. 2006184001) and the Open Project of the State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Jilin University.

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Acta Cryst (2010). E66, o1379  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536810017587 ]

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