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ISSN: 2056-9890

March 2020 issue

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Cover illustration: Tetra­aza­macro­cycles are useful in a variety of applications, in particular in the elimination of toxic metals. The N-substituted tetraazamacrocyle discussed in this contribution (1,4,8,11-tetra­methyl-1,4,8,11-tetra­azonia­cyclo­tetra­decane) is a tetracation resulting from the reaction of 1,4,8,11-tetra­methyl-1,4,8,11-tetra­aza­cyclo­tetra­decane (TMC, C14H32N4) with sodium perchlorate/chromium trioxide in HCl. The structure determination by synchrotron radiation indicated that this tetra-protonated amine displays a distorted trans-IV conformation, one of the five possible conformations of the macrocyclic cation. The structure is characterized by an intricate and extensive network of N-H...Cl and C-H...Cl hydrogen bonds, which link the two Cl- anions to the C14H36N44+ cation, while C-H...O hydrogen bonds inter­connect neighboring cations with the perchlorate anions. See: Moon & Choi [Acta Cryst. (2020). E71, 324-327].

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The key inter­actions in the extended structure of the title solvate are O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which generate [010] chains.

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The crystal structure of the title heterocyclic amine was determined in the presence of water. The compound co-crystallizes with three water mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit, which leads to the formation of hydrogen bonding in the crystal.

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The title compound belongs to the class of neutral pyridine aroylhydrazone complexes. In the crystal, π–π stacking leads to dimerization of the complex mol­ecules, which, in turn, are connected by weak C⋯O and C⋯C inter­actions, thus giving rise to a supra­molecular layered architecture.

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The replacement of ZnII with MnII ions in the hybrid structure, which also changed the space group from ortho­rhom­bic Pbca with Z = 8 to monoclinic P21/c with Z = 4, quenched the fluorescence emission of the hybrid material.

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The title compound, [Ni(tren)(H2O)2][Ni(H2O)6](SO4)2, consists of two octa­hedral nickel complexes within the same unit cell. It co-precipitates with the starting material, [Ni(H2O)6](SO4). The crystals of the title compound are purple, different from the [Ni(H2O)6](SO4) crystals, which are turquoise.

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High steric constraints lead to inter­locking tri­methyl­silyl and tertbutyl (or isoprop­yl) substituents in the structures of three silyl-protected phenol and anilene reagents. The two di-tert-butyl compounds are distorted from planarity to mild boat conformations but the diiso­propyl­anilene remains rigorously planar.

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In the title salt, [C14H36N4]4+·2ClO4·2Cl, the macrocyclic cations lie about an inversion center. In the crystal, N–H⋯Cl, C–H⋯Cl and C–H⋯O hydrogen bonds connect the cations and anions, forming a three-dimensional network.

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The thallium(I) atom in the polymeric title compound is bonded to four O atoms, with the lone pair electrons stereochemically active.

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On reaction of the new pyrazine dicarboxamide ligand, N2,N3-bis­(quinolin-8-yl)pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxamide, with Cu(ClO4)2 in aceto­nitrile a binuclear copper complex was formed. Both copper atoms are CuN5 coordinate, and while one copper atom has a perfect square-pyramidal coordination sphere the other has a distorted shape.

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Three huntite-type aluminoborates of stoichiometry REAl3(BO3)4 (RE = Tb, Dy and Ho) were synthesized by slow cooling within a K2Mo3O10 flux with spontaneous crystallization. The synthesized borates are isostructural to the huntite [CaMg(CO3)4] structure and crystallized within the trigonal R32 space group.

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Two different mol­ecules with point group symmetry 2 are present in the crystal structure of the title compound. Each independent mol­ecule forms chains parallel to the b axis with its symmetry-related counterparts through C—H⋯π(ring) inter­actions.

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The first metal–organic framework (MOF) formed from lithium(I) and γ-cyclo­dextrin is reported. The structure is characterized by an unusually low metal/ligand ratio.

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In the title polymer, the eightfold-coordinated SrII atoms are linked by bridging (H2BTEC)2– anions to generate a two-dimensional network Thermal analysis (TG–SDTA–MS) has been undertaken.

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1,3-Disubstituted chalcones have been converted into 3,5-disubstituted 4,5-di­hydro­pyrazole-1-carbo­thio­amides by reaction with thio­semicarbazide. Two isomorphous chalcone precursors form hydrogen-bonded sheets, while in two isomorphous reduced pyrazole products, hydrogen-bonded chains of rings are formed: in a third product, the mol­ecules are linked into complex sheets.

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In the crystal, edge-sharing [CuO5] trigonal bipyramids form dimers that are linked to PO4 tetra­hedra via a common edge. The obtained [Cu2P2O12] units are inter­connected through vertices to form sheets that are sandwiched between undulating layers resulting from the junction of PO4 tetra­hedra and [InO6] octa­hedra. The two types of layers are alternately stacked along [101] and are joined into a three-dimensional framework through vertex- and edge-sharing, leaving channels parallel to the stacking direction in which the Na+ ions are located.

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The title mol­ecule is only a few degrees out of planarity except for the 2-hy­droxy­ethyl substituent. In the crystal, O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds form stepped chains along the c-axis direction, which are formed into layers parallel to the bc plane by weak C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π (ring) inter­actions. Completion of the overall layer structure occurs through weak C—H⋯O, C—H⋯π (ring) and head-to-tail slipped π-stacking inter­actions.

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The dihedral angles between the mean plane of the piperidine ring, which adopts a chair conformation, and the phenyl rings are 89.72 (8) and 48.32 (8)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked into chains along the b-axis direction by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.

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In the title CuII complex, a newly synthesized dye, the metal atom is coordinated by two N atoms and two O atoms from two bidentate (E)-1-[(2,4,6-tri­bromo­phen­yl)diazen­yl]naphthalen-2-olate ligands.

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The title conjugated carbazole chalcone compound, synthesized using a Claisen–Schmidt condensation reaction, adopts an s-cis conformation with respect to the ethyl­enic double bonds (C=O and C=C).

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The structures of four phospho­rescent monoiridium and chloro-, cyanato- or oxamidato-bridged diiridium complexes with a potential for OLED applications are described.

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The title compound is a pure diastereoisomer built up from a central five-membered di­hydro­isoxazole ring substituted in the 3 and 5 positions by a p-chloro­phenyl group and a cyclo­hex-2-enone ring. The cyclo­hex-2-one and the isoxazoline rings both exhibit an envelope conformation. The crystal packing features C—H⋯O, C—H⋯N and C—H⋯π inter­actions.

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The crystal structures of two new tetra­kis-substituted pyrazine compounds, 1,1′,1′′,1′′′-(pyrazine-2,3,5,6-tetra­yl)tetra­kis­(N,N-di­methyl­methanamine) and N,N′,N′′,N′′′-[pyrazine-2,3,5,6tetra­yltetra­kis­(methyl­ene)]tetra­kis­(N-methyl­aniline), and a degredation product, N,N′-[(6-phenyl-6,7-di­hydro-5H-pyrrolo­[3,4-b]pyrazine-2,3-di­yl)bis­(methyl­ene)]bis­(N-methyl­aniline), are described and have been analysed by Hirshfeld surface analysis.

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In the cadmium(II) and zinc(II) complexes of the tetra­kis-substituted pyrazine ligand, N,N′,N′′,N′′′-[pyrazine-2,3,5,6-tetra­yltetra­kis­(methyl­ene)]tetra­kis­(N-methyl­aniline), the ligand coordinates in a mono-tridentate fashion, and both metal atoms have fivefold coordination spheres with distorted shapes.

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In the solid state the title compound shows full-mol­ecule disorder (occupancy ratio 0.65: 0.35), generated by a twofold rotation about the shorter axis of the mol­ecule.

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A new title heterometallic Cu/Ca complex, [Cu(C8H8NO2)2Ca(NCS)2(H2O)], with a Schiff base ligand derived from o-vanillin and ammonia has been synthesized by a facile one-pot reaction under ambient conditions. In the crystal, O—H⋯S hydrogen bonds between the coordinating water mol­ecules and thio­cyanate groups form a supra­molecular chain with a zigzag-shaped calcium skeleton.

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In the crystal, the cations and anions of the title salt are linked via N—H⋯Br hydrogen bonds. In the 1H NMR spectra of this compound, the NH iminium protons were observed at δ 10.35 p.p.m., which confirms the strong charge-assisted hydrogen bonding (CAHB) in the =HN+—HBr synthon.

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The mol­ecules of the two title polymorphs mainly differ in the orientation of the carb­oxy­lic OH group that results in different packing features.

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Two new co-crystals of tetra­iodo­ethyl­ene with two aza­phenanthrenes were successfully synthesized. In the crystals, C—I⋯π and C—I⋯N halogen bonds link the mol­ecules. A study of their luminescence properties indicates that co-crystals 1 and 2 exhibit distinctly different luminescence in the solid state at room temperature.

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In the title compound, the dihedral angle between the fused pyrazole and pyridine rings is 3.81 (9)°. The benzene ring forms dihedral angles of 35.08 (10) and 36.26 (9)° with the pyrazole and pyridine rings, respectively. In the crystal, weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds connect mol­ecules along [100].

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The title coordination polymers show different degrees of deprotonation of the disiloxane-di­carboxyl­ate bridging ligands: both contain tetra­gonally distorted trans-NiN4O2 octa­hedra.

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The crystal structure of a pyrrolidine-substituted p-toluene­sulfonamide is described. The crystal structure features both intra- and inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, as well as inter­molecular C—H⋯π and π–π inter­actions, leading to the formation of sheets parallel to the ac plane.

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In the crystal structure of the title compound, the MnII cations are sixfold coordinated by four N atoms of a cyclen ligand and two terminal S atoms of an [S4]2− anion into discrete complexes that are connected via inter­molecular N—H⋯S hydrogen bonding into a three-dimensional network.

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The crystal structure of 4-allyl-2-meth­oxy-6-nitro­phenol, which crystallizes in the centrosymmetric space group P\overline{1} with three independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit, is reported along with the Hirshfeld surface analysis.

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