6,12-Bis(hex­yloxy)-5H,11H-indolo[3,2-b]carbazole

Wrobel, N.; Witulski, B.; Schollmeyer, D.; Detert, H.

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6,12-Bis(hexyloxy)-5H,11H-indolo[3,2-b]carbazole

Norma Wrobel,^a Bernhard Witulski,^b Dieter Schollmeyer ^a and Heiner Detert ^a ^*

^aUniversity Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55099 Mainz, Germany, and ^bLaboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Thio-organique, UMR 6507, ENSICAEN, 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen, France
^*Correspondence e-mail: detert@uni-mainz.de

(Received 3 December 2012; accepted 12 December 2012; online 19 December 2012)

The title compound, C₃₀H₃₆N₂O₂, was prepared in a twofold Cadogan cyclization. The molecule is located about a center of inversion. The indolocarbazole skeleton is essentially planar [maximum deviation = 0.028 (2) Å], the C—N bond lengths are nearly identical and the C—C bond lengths of the pyrrole unit are significantly longer than those of the benzene subunits.

Related literature

For the synthesis and structure of the starting material, see: Wrobel et al. (2012 ). For the Cadogan reaction, see: Cadogan (1962 , 1969 ). For other approaches to Indolocarbazoles, see: Knölker & Reddy (2002 ); Katritzky et al. (1995 ). For electronic properties of indolocarbazoles, see: Hu et al. (1999 ); Wakim et al. (2004 ); Nemkovich et al. (2009 ). For heteroanalogous carbazoles, see: Dassonneville et al. (2011 ); Nissen & Detert (2011 ); Letessier & Detert (2012 ); Letessier et al. (2012 ). For conjugated oligomers see: Detert et al. (2010 ).

Experimental

Crystal data

C₃₀H₃₆N₂O₂
M_r = 456.61
Monoclinic, P 2₁ /c
a = 13.7136 (4) Å
b = 5.5026 (4) Å
c = 16.5563 (5) Å
β = 92.665 (3)°
V = 1247.99 (10) Å³
Z = 2
Cu Kα radiation
μ = 0.59 mm⁻¹
T = 298 K
0.48 × 0.26 × 0.18 mm

Data collection

Enraf–Nonius CAD-4 diffractometer
2466 measured reflections
2363 independent reflections
1993 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
R_int = 0.052
3 standard reflections every 60 min intensity decay: 5%

Refinement

R[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 0.057
wR(F²) = 0.181
S = 1.06
2363 reflections
168 parameters
Only H-atom displacement parameters refined
Δρ_max = 0.26 e Å⁻³
Δρ_min = −0.29 e Å⁻³

Data collection: CAD-4 Software (Enraf–Nonius, 1989 ); cell refinement: CAD-4 Software; data reduction: CORINC (Dräger & Gattow, 1971 ); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999 ); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008 ); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2009 ); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.

Supporting information

Crystal structure: contains datablocks I, global. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812050611/nc2301sup1.cif

Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812050611/nc2301Isup2.hkl

Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812050611/nc2301Isup3.cml

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Comment top

As part of a larger project on the synthesis of carbazoles (Letessier & Detert, 2012) and carbolines (Dassonneville et al. 2011; Nissen & Detert, 2011; Letessier et al. 2012); indolo-annulated carbazoles were prepared for optoelectronic applications. The title compounds adopts a centrosymmetric geometry. The pentacyclic indolocarbazole framework is essentially planar with maximum deviations of 0.028 (2) Å from the mean plane. The dihedral angle between the mean plane of the aromatic system and and the adjacend O-alkyl unit (C3—C1—O1—C12) is -101.5 (2)° and the all-trans configured hexyl chain lies in a plane parallel to that of the aromatic system. Whereas the O11—C12—C13—C14 unit adopts a gauche conformation (torsion angle = -71.5 (3)°) the tail of the hexyl chain is nearly planar (dihedral angles -171.3 (2)°, 175.0 (2)°, 176.7 (2)°). The C—N bonds in the pyrrole units are nearly identical. The C—C bonds in the pyrrole subunit (C2—C3 = 1.418 (3) Å, C3—C4 1.448 (3) Å, C4—C9 1.406 (3) Å) are significantly longer than those of the benzene units (C4—C5 = 1.402 (3) Å, C5—C6 = 1.383 (3) Å, C6—C7 = 1.386 (3) Å, C7—C8 = 1.385 (3) Å, C8—C9 = 1.392 (3) Å, C1—C2 = 1.388 (3) Å, C1—C3 = 1.395 (3) Å). The hexyloxy chains are interdigitated.

Related literature top

For the synthesis and structure of the starting material, see: Wrobel et al. (2012). For the Cadogan reaction, see: Cadogan (1962, 1969). For other approaches to Indolocarbazoles, see: Knölker & Reddy (2002); Katritzky et al. (1995). For electronic properties of indolocarbazoles, see: Hu et al. (1999); Wakim et al. (2004); Nemkovich et al. (2009). For heteroanalogous carbazoles, see: Dassonneville et al. (2011); Nissen & Detert (2011); Letessier & Detert (2012); Letessier et al. (2012). For conjugated oligomers see: Detert et al. (2010).

Experimental top

6,12-Dihexyloxyindolo[3,2-b]carbazole was prepared from 1,4-dihexyloxy-2,5-bis(2-nitrophenyl)benzene (Wrobel et al. 2012) via Cadogan cyclization. In a microwave reactor tube 400 mg of the dinitro-compound were mixed with triethyl phosphite (4 ml) and irradiated (300 W, 483 K) for 15 min. The cooled mixture was dissolved in ethyl acetate (50 ml), and the same amount of hydrochloric acid (6 N) was added and the mixture heated for 3 h to reflux. After dilution with water, the product was extracted with dichloromethane (3x), the pooled organic solutions were washed with brine, dried (MgSO₄), and concentrated. Purification by column chromatography (SiO₂, petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 9/1 (v/v), R_f = 0.40). Yield: 213 mg (61%) of an off-white solid with m.p. = 422–424 K. Single crystals were obtained by slow evaporation of a solution of the title compound in chloroform/ethanol (5/1).

Structure description top

For the synthesis and structure of the starting material, see: Wrobel et al. (2012). For the Cadogan reaction, see: Cadogan (1962, 1969). For other approaches to Indolocarbazoles, see: Knölker & Reddy (2002); Katritzky et al. (1995). For electronic properties of indolocarbazoles, see: Hu et al. (1999); Wakim et al. (2004); Nemkovich et al. (2009). For heteroanalogous carbazoles, see: Dassonneville et al. (2011); Nissen & Detert (2011); Letessier & Detert (2012); Letessier et al. (2012). For conjugated oligomers see: Detert et al. (2010).

Computing details top

Data collection: CAD-4 Software (Enraf–Nonius, 1989); cell refinement: CAD-4 Software (Enraf–Nonius, 1989); data reduction: CORINC (Dräger & Gattow, 1971); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).

Figures top

Fig. 1. Crystal structure of the title compound with labeling and displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level. Symmetry codes: i = 1 - x,1 - y,1 - z.

6,12-Bis(hexyloxy)-5H,11H-indolo[3,2-b]carbazole top

Crystal data top

C₃₀H₃₆N₂O₂	F(000) = 492
M_r = 456.61	D_x = 1.215 Mg m⁻³
Monoclinic, P2₁/c	Melting point: 423 K
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc	Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.54178 Å
a = 13.7136 (4) Å	Cell parameters from 25 reflections
b = 5.5026 (4) Å	θ = 35–52°
c = 16.5563 (5) Å	µ = 0.59 mm⁻¹
β = 92.665 (3)°	T = 298 K
V = 1247.99 (10) Å³	Needle, colourless
Z = 2	0.48 × 0.26 × 0.18 mm

Data collection top

Enraf–Nonius CAD-4 diffractometer	R_int = 0.052
Radiation source: rotating anode	θ_max = 70.0°, θ_min = 3.2°
Graphite monochromator	h = 0→16
ω/2θ scans	k = −6→0
2466 measured reflections	l = −20→20
2363 independent reflections	3 standard reflections every 60 min
1993 reflections with I > 2σ(I)	intensity decay: 5%

Refinement top

Refinement on F²	Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map
Least-squares matrix: full	Hydrogen site location: difference Fourier map
R[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 0.057	Only H-atom displacement parameters refined
wR(F²) = 0.181	w = 1/[σ²(F_o²) + (0.0992P)² + 0.4797P] where P = (F_o² + 2F_c²)/3
S = 1.06	(Δ/σ)_max = 0.001
2363 reflections	Δρ_max = 0.26 e Å⁻³
168 parameters	Δρ_min = −0.29 e Å⁻³
0 restraints	Extinction correction: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc^*=kFc[1+0.001xFc²λ³/sin(2θ)]^-1/4
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods	Extinction coefficient: 0.0083 (12)

Crystal data top

C₃₀H₃₆N₂O₂	V = 1247.99 (10) Å³
M_r = 456.61	Z = 2
Monoclinic, P2₁/c	Cu Kα radiation
a = 13.7136 (4) Å	µ = 0.59 mm⁻¹
b = 5.5026 (4) Å	T = 298 K
c = 16.5563 (5) Å	0.48 × 0.26 × 0.18 mm
β = 92.665 (3)°

Data collection top

Enraf–Nonius CAD-4 diffractometer	R_int = 0.052
2466 measured reflections	3 standard reflections every 60 min
2363 independent reflections	intensity decay: 5%
1993 reflections with I > 2σ(I)

Refinement top

R[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 0.057	0 restraints
wR(F²) = 0.181	Only H-atom displacement parameters refined
S = 1.06	Δρ_max = 0.26 e Å⁻³
2363 reflections	Δρ_min = −0.29 e Å⁻³
168 parameters

Special details top

Experimental. H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): 10.94 (s, 2 H, NH), 8.20 (d, J = 7.7 Hz, 2 H), 7.49 (d, J = 8.1 Hz, 2 H), 7.38 (dt, J = 7.6 Hz, JX= 1.2 Hz, 2 H), 7.12 (dt, J = 7.4 Hz, JX= 0.9 Hz, 2 H), 4.25 (t, J = 7.0 Hz, 4 H, OCH₂), 1.98 (m, 4 H, β-CH₂), 1.56 - 1.31 (m, 12 H), 0.87 (m, 6 H, CH₃).

C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl₃): 140.9 (s), 133.7 (s), 127.7 (s), 125.4 (d), 122.0 (d), 121.7 (s), 118.1 (d), 116.4 (s), 110.8 (d), 72.7 (t), 31.3 (t), 30.0 (t), 25.3 (t), 22.2 (t), 14.0 (q).

IR (ATR) 3435, 3292, 2954, 2924, 2909, 2863, 2357, 1916, 1886, 1776, 1615, 1539, 1455, 1403, 1383, 1334, 1298, m1251, 1215, 1149, 1123, 1074, 1049, 1028, 1006, 983, 916 cm^-1.

MS (EI): 456 (59%) [M]⁺; 187 (100%) [M-2 C₆H₁₂]⁺

UV-Vis (dichloromethane): λ = 377 nm (log ε = 3.82); 394 nm (log ε = 3.84); Fluorescence: 407 nm (dichloromethane).

Combustion analysis: calc. for C₃₀H₃₆N₂O₂: C: 78.91%, H: 7.95%, N: 6.13%. Found: C: 78.56%, H: 8.04%, N: 6.09%.

Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes.

Refinement. Refinement of F² against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F², conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F². The threshold expression of F² > σ(F²) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F² are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å²) top

	x	y	z	U_iso*/U_eq
C1	0.42601 (13)	0.3175 (3)	0.48922 (12)	0.0434 (5)
C2	0.49063 (13)	0.3189 (3)	0.55632 (12)	0.0433 (5)
C3	0.43593 (12)	0.5015 (3)	0.43222 (12)	0.0430 (5)
C4	0.38310 (13)	0.5621 (4)	0.35713 (12)	0.0442 (5)
C5	0.30437 (14)	0.4564 (4)	0.31300 (13)	0.0501 (5)
H5	0.2752	0.3154	0.3314	0.050 (6)*
C6	0.27074 (16)	0.5650 (5)	0.24173 (14)	0.0587 (6)
H6	0.2182	0.4969	0.2122	0.068 (7)*
C7	0.31424 (17)	0.7740 (5)	0.21368 (14)	0.0607 (6)
H7	0.2902	0.8433	0.1655	0.078 (8)*
C8	0.39253 (16)	0.8825 (4)	0.25545 (13)	0.0545 (6)
H8	0.4216	1.0223	0.2361	0.060 (7)*
C9	0.42607 (13)	0.7741 (4)	0.32748 (12)	0.0449 (5)
N10	0.50337 (11)	0.8415 (3)	0.37876 (10)	0.0463 (5)
H10	0.5328 (10)	0.985 (5)	0.37714 (11)	0.067 (7)*
O11	0.35653 (9)	0.1369 (2)	0.47790 (8)	0.0478 (4)
C12	0.27228 (15)	0.1745 (4)	0.52366 (14)	0.0552 (6)
H12A	0.2391	0.3220	0.5058	0.071 (5)*
H12B	0.2914	0.1920	0.5805	0.071 (5)*
C13	0.20475 (16)	−0.0403 (5)	0.51188 (14)	0.0613 (6)
H13A	0.2423	−0.1877	0.5216	0.086 (6)*
H13B	0.1559	−0.0326	0.5523	0.086 (6)*
C14	0.15331 (16)	−0.0584 (4)	0.42985 (14)	0.0577 (6)
H14A	0.2009	−0.0930	0.3899	0.071 (5)*
H14B	0.1233	0.0968	0.4163	0.071 (5)*
C15	0.07519 (17)	−0.2551 (5)	0.42592 (15)	0.0627 (6)
H15A	0.1065	−0.4114	0.4352	0.088 (7)*
H15B	0.0315	−0.2283	0.4694	0.088 (7)*
C16	0.01583 (19)	−0.2668 (6)	0.34785 (17)	0.0729 (8)
H16A	0.0588	−0.3037	0.3046	0.131 (10)*
H16B	−0.0128	−0.1083	0.3369	0.131 (10)*
C17	−0.0645 (2)	−0.4534 (6)	0.34732 (18)	0.0794 (8)
H17A	−0.1012	−0.4470	0.2965	0.114 (7)*
H17B	−0.1070	−0.4198	0.3905	0.114 (7)*
H17C	−0.0366	−0.6123	0.3546	0.114 (7)*

Atomic displacement parameters (Å²) top

	U¹¹	U²²	U³³	U¹²	U¹³	U²³
C1	0.0352 (9)	0.0377 (10)	0.0578 (11)	−0.0060 (7)	0.0076 (8)	−0.0050 (8)
C2	0.0374 (9)	0.0390 (10)	0.0539 (11)	−0.0025 (8)	0.0068 (8)	−0.0003 (8)
C3	0.0357 (9)	0.0399 (10)	0.0537 (11)	−0.0016 (8)	0.0051 (8)	−0.0040 (8)
C4	0.0387 (9)	0.0418 (10)	0.0526 (11)	0.0013 (7)	0.0058 (8)	−0.0055 (8)
C5	0.0436 (10)	0.0495 (11)	0.0571 (12)	−0.0043 (9)	0.0004 (9)	−0.0048 (9)
C6	0.0502 (12)	0.0659 (14)	0.0593 (13)	−0.0025 (10)	−0.0070 (10)	−0.0077 (11)
C7	0.0572 (12)	0.0666 (15)	0.0577 (13)	0.0078 (11)	−0.0028 (10)	0.0035 (11)
C8	0.0527 (12)	0.0503 (12)	0.0608 (13)	0.0037 (9)	0.0051 (9)	0.0057 (10)
C9	0.0394 (9)	0.0425 (10)	0.0531 (11)	0.0015 (8)	0.0052 (8)	−0.0030 (8)
N10	0.0436 (9)	0.0399 (9)	0.0554 (10)	−0.0058 (7)	0.0031 (7)	0.0018 (7)
O11	0.0406 (7)	0.0415 (8)	0.0618 (9)	−0.0100 (6)	0.0071 (6)	−0.0094 (6)
C12	0.0434 (11)	0.0580 (13)	0.0650 (13)	−0.0121 (10)	0.0104 (9)	−0.0111 (10)
C13	0.0526 (12)	0.0632 (14)	0.0683 (14)	−0.0213 (11)	0.0049 (10)	0.0022 (11)
C14	0.0501 (12)	0.0532 (13)	0.0697 (14)	−0.0101 (10)	0.0003 (10)	0.0028 (10)
C15	0.0562 (13)	0.0605 (14)	0.0710 (15)	−0.0148 (11)	−0.0016 (11)	0.0019 (11)
C16	0.0620 (14)	0.0834 (18)	0.0731 (16)	−0.0141 (13)	−0.0005 (12)	−0.0021 (14)
C17	0.0616 (14)	0.087 (2)	0.0886 (19)	−0.0149 (14)	−0.0026 (13)	−0.0178 (16)

Geometric parameters (Å, º) top

C1—O11	1.383 (2)	O11—C12	1.426 (2)
C1—C2	1.388 (3)	C12—C13	1.508 (3)
C1—C3	1.395 (3)	C12—H12A	0.9700
C2—N10ⁱ	1.390 (3)	C12—H12B	0.9700
C2—C3ⁱ	1.418 (3)	C13—C14	1.504 (3)
C3—C2ⁱ	1.418 (3)	C13—H13A	0.9700
C3—C4	1.448 (3)	C13—H13B	0.9700
C4—C5	1.402 (3)	C14—C15	1.522 (3)
C4—C9	1.406 (3)	C14—H14A	0.9700
C5—C6	1.383 (3)	C14—H14B	0.9700
C5—H5	0.9300	C15—C16	1.496 (4)
C6—C7	1.386 (3)	C15—H15A	0.9700
C6—H6	0.9300	C15—H15B	0.9700
C7—C8	1.385 (3)	C16—C17	1.506 (4)
C7—H7	0.9300	C16—H16A	0.9700
C8—C9	1.392 (3)	C16—H16B	0.9700
C8—H8	0.9300	C17—H17A	0.9600
C9—N10	1.378 (2)	C17—H17B	0.9600
N10—C2ⁱ	1.390 (3)	C17—H17C	0.9600
N10—H10	0.89 (3)

O11—C1—C2	121.48 (17)	O11—C12—H12B	109.9
O11—C1—C3	121.19 (18)	C13—C12—H12B	109.9
C2—C1—C3	117.30 (17)	H12A—C12—H12B	108.3
C1—C2—N10ⁱ	128.88 (17)	C14—C13—C12	115.3 (2)
C1—C2—C3ⁱ	122.28 (18)	C14—C13—H13A	108.4
N10ⁱ—C2—C3ⁱ	108.84 (17)	C12—C13—H13A	108.4
C1—C3—C2ⁱ	120.43 (18)	C14—C13—H13B	108.4
C1—C3—C4	133.40 (17)	C12—C13—H13B	108.4
C2ⁱ—C3—C4	106.16 (16)	H13A—C13—H13B	107.5
C5—C4—C9	119.18 (19)	C13—C14—C15	112.67 (19)
C5—C4—C3	133.98 (19)	C13—C14—H14A	109.1
C9—C4—C3	106.84 (16)	C15—C14—H14A	109.1
C6—C5—C4	118.9 (2)	C13—C14—H14B	109.1
C6—C5—H5	120.5	C15—C14—H14B	109.1
C4—C5—H5	120.5	H14A—C14—H14B	107.8
C5—C6—C7	120.9 (2)	C16—C15—C14	114.9 (2)
C5—C6—H6	119.6	C16—C15—H15A	108.5
C7—C6—H6	119.6	C14—C15—H15A	108.5
C8—C7—C6	121.7 (2)	C16—C15—H15B	108.5
C8—C7—H7	119.1	C14—C15—H15B	108.5
C6—C7—H7	119.1	H15A—C15—H15B	107.5
C7—C8—C9	117.4 (2)	C15—C16—C17	113.8 (2)
C7—C8—H8	121.3	C15—C16—H16A	108.8
C9—C8—H8	121.3	C17—C16—H16A	108.8
N10—C9—C8	128.81 (19)	C15—C16—H16B	108.8
N10—C9—C4	109.33 (17)	C17—C16—H16B	108.8
C8—C9—C4	121.83 (19)	H16A—C16—H16B	107.7
C9—N10—C2ⁱ	108.77 (16)	C16—C17—H17A	109.5
C9—N10—H10	123.97 (11)	C16—C17—H17B	109.5
C2ⁱ—N10—H10	125.27 (11)	H17A—C17—H17B	109.5
C1—O11—C12	113.19 (14)	C16—C17—H17C	109.5
O11—C12—C13	108.99 (18)	H17A—C17—H17C	109.5
O11—C12—H12A	109.9	H17B—C17—H17C	109.5
C13—C12—H12A	109.9

O11—C1—C2—N10ⁱ	−1.9 (3)	C6—C7—C8—C9	−0.3 (3)
C3—C1—C2—N10ⁱ	−179.96 (18)	C7—C8—C9—N10	178.2 (2)
O11—C1—C2—C3ⁱ	178.17 (16)	C7—C8—C9—C4	0.3 (3)
C3—C1—C2—C3ⁱ	0.2 (3)	C5—C4—C9—N10	−178.17 (17)
O11—C1—C3—C2ⁱ	−178.18 (16)	C3—C4—C9—N10	1.7 (2)
C2—C1—C3—C2ⁱ	−0.2 (3)	C5—C4—C9—C8	0.1 (3)
O11—C1—C3—C4	3.1 (3)	C3—C4—C9—C8	179.96 (17)
C2—C1—C3—C4	−178.89 (19)	C8—C9—N10—C2ⁱ	179.61 (19)
C1—C3—C4—C5	−1.8 (4)	C4—C9—N10—C2ⁱ	−2.3 (2)
C2ⁱ—C3—C4—C5	179.4 (2)	C2—C1—O11—C12	80.5 (2)
C1—C3—C4—C9	178.37 (19)	C3—C1—O11—C12	−101.5 (2)
C2ⁱ—C3—C4—C9	−0.5 (2)	C1—O11—C12—C13	−175.89 (17)
C9—C4—C5—C6	−0.5 (3)	O11—C12—C13—C14	−71.5 (3)
C3—C4—C5—C6	179.7 (2)	C12—C13—C14—C15	−171.3 (2)
C4—C5—C6—C7	0.5 (3)	C13—C14—C15—C16	175.0 (2)
C5—C6—C7—C8	−0.1 (4)	C14—C15—C16—C17	−176.7 (2)

Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1.

Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula	C₃₀H₃₆N₂O₂
M_r	456.61
Crystal system, space group	Monoclinic, P2₁/c
Temperature (K)	298
a, b, c (Å)	13.7136 (4), 5.5026 (4), 16.5563 (5)
β (°)	92.665 (3)
V (Å³)	1247.99 (10)
Z	2
Radiation type	Cu Kα
µ (mm⁻¹)	0.59
Crystal size (mm)	0.48 × 0.26 × 0.18

Data collection
Diffractometer	Enraf–Nonius CAD-4
Absorption correction	–
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections	2466, 2363, 1993
R_int	0.052
(sin θ/λ)_max (Å⁻¹)	0.609

Refinement
R[F² > 2σ(F²)], wR(F²), S	0.057, 0.181, 1.06
No. of reflections	2363
No. of parameters	168
H-atom treatment	Only H-atom displacement parameters refined
Δρ_max, Δρ_min (e Å⁻³)	0.26, −0.29

Computer programs: CAD-4 Software (Enraf–Nonius, 1989), CORINC (Dräger & Gattow, 1971), SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), PLATON (Spek, 2009).

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Heinz Kolshorn for helpful discussions.

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