organic compounds
7-Amino-2-tert-butyl-5-methylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine: a three-dimensional framework structure built from two N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds
aGrupo de Investigación de Compuestos Heterocíclicos, Departamento de Química, Universidad de Valle, AA 25360 Cali, Colombia, bDepartamento de Química Inorgánica y Orgánica, Universidad de Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain, cDepartment of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Old Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, and dSchool of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, Scotland
*Correspondence e-mail: cg@st-andrews.ac.uk
The bond distances in the title compound, C11H16N4, provide evidence for peripheral delocalization of π electrons. The molecules are linked by two independent N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional framework structure.
Comment
We are interested in the synthesis of fused pyrazole systems, in particular pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine, because of their potential biological activity. We report here the structure of 7-amino-2-tert-butyl-5-methylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine, (I) (Fig. 1), and we compare this with the structure of the isomeric compound 7-amino-5-tert-butyl-2-methylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine, (II) (Portilla, Quiroga, de la Torre et al., 2006) and with that of the simpler analogue 7-amino-2,5-dimethylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine, which crystallizes as a hemihydrate, (III) (Portilla, Quiroga, Cobo et al., 2006).
The bond distances within the fused heterocyclic system (Table 1) show evidence for electronic delocalization. Thus, within the periphery of the classically localized form (I), the N1=C2 and N4=C5 bonds are both formally double bonds, while C3A—N4 and C7—N7A are both single bonds; however, N1=C2 is not significantly shorter than C3A—N4. Similarly, the C3=C3A and C6=C7 bonds are both formally double bonds, while C2—C3 and C5—C6 are both formally single bonds; however, the C—C distances in the periphery span an overall range of less than 0.02 Å, with no clear distinction between those which are formally single bonds and those which are formally double bonds. These observations, taken all together, point to a significant contribution to the overall molecular–electronic structure from a peripherally delocalized ten-π-electron form.
The molecules of compound (I) are linked by two independent N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds (Table 2) into a three-dimensional framework structure, whose formation is rather easily analysed in terms of two simple substructures, one of which is one-dimensional and the other of which is finite and zero-dimensional.
In the one-dimensional x, y, z) acts as a hydrogen-bond donor, via H7A, to the pyrimidine ring atom N4 in the molecule at (−y + , x − + x, z + ), while atom N7 at (−y + , x − , z + ) in turn acts as a donor to atom N4 at (−x + 1, −y, z + ), so forming a C(6) (Bernstein et al., 1995) helical chain running along the [001] direction and generated by the 41 screw axis along (, 0, z) (Fig. 2). The finite serves to link the C(6) chains; atom N7 in the molecule at (x, y, z) acts as a hydrogen-bond donor, via H7B, to the pyrazole ring atom N1 in the molecule at (y, x, −z + 1), so forming an R22(10) motif generated by the twofold rotation axis along x = y at z = (Fig. 3). This motif directly links the C(6) chain along (, 0, z) with the four similar chains along (0, , z), (0, −, z), (1, −, z) and (1, , z), and by propagation of this interaction, all of the C(6) chains, and hence all of the molecules, are linked into a single three-dimensional framework structure, built from only two hydrogen bonds.
amino atom N7 in the molecule at (In the isomeric compound (II), which crystallizes with Z′ = 2 in the P (Portilla, Quiroga, de la Torre et al., 2006), the supramolecular structure is only one-dimensional, in contrast to the three-dimensional structure of (I); four independent N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds link the molecules of (II) into chains containing three different types of centrosymmetric ring, one of R22(10) type and two of R44(14) type. In the hemihydrate (III), which crystallizes in the C2 (Portilla, Quiroga, Cobo et al., 2006), the components are linked by a combination of O—H⋯N, N—H⋯N and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds into a complex three-dimensional framework. Hence, minor changes in the simple hydrocarbyl substituents in compounds (I)–(III) provoke significant changes both in crystallization behaviour, as manifested in the space groups and Z′ values, and in the supramolecular structures.
Experimental
An intimate mixture of 5-amino-3-tert-butyl-1H-pyrazole (139 mg, 1 mmol) and 3-aminocrotononitrile (82 mg, 1 mmol) was placed in an open Pyrex-glass vessel and irradiated in a domestic microwave oven for 2.5 min at 600 W. The reaction mixture was then extracted with ethanol and, after removal of the solvent, the product was crystallized from ethanol, providing colourless crystals of (I) suitable for single-crystal X-ray diffraction (yield 92%; m.p. 489–490 K). MS m/z (%): 204 (100, M+), 189 (18).
Crystal data
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Refinement
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The P41212 and P43212 as possible space groups, but in the absence of significant it was not possible to distinguish between these enantiomeric space groups. P41212 was selected, although this choice has no chemical significance, and the Friedel-equivalent reflections were merged. All H atoms were located in difference maps and then treated as riding atoms, with C—H distances of 0.95 (CH) or 0.98 Å (CH3) and N—H distances of 0.95 Å, and with Uiso(H) values of kUeq(C,N), where k = 1.5 for the methyl groups and 1.2 otherwise.
permittedData collection: COLLECT (Hooft, 1999); cell DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and COLLECT; data reduction: DENZO and COLLECT; program(s) used to solve structure: OSCAIL (McArdle, 2003) and SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: OSCAIL and SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2003); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 and PRPKAPPA (Ferguson, 1999).
Supporting information
10.1107/S0108270106044817/sk3071sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S0108270106044817/sk3071Isup2.hkl
An intimate mixture of 5-amino-3-tert-butyl-1H-pyrazole (139 mg, 1 mmol) and 3-aminocrotononitrile (82 mg, 1 mmol) was placed in a open Pyrex-glass vessel and irradiated in a domestic microwave oven for 2.5 min at 600 W. The reaction mixture was then extracted with ethanol, and after removal of the solvent, the product (I) was crystallized from ethanol, providing colourless crystals suitable for single-crystal X-ray diffraction (yield 92%, m.p. 489–490 K). MS m/z (%) 204 (100, M+), 189 (18).
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permitted P41212 and P43212 as possible space groups, but in the absence of significant it was not possible to distinguish between these enantiomeric space groups. P41212 was selected, although this choice has no chemical significance, and the Friedel-equivalent reflections were merged. All H atoms were located in difference maps and then treated as riding atoms with C—H distances of 0.95 (CH) or 0.98 Å (CH3) and N—H distances of 0.95 Å, and with Uiso(H) = kUeq(C,N), where k = 1.5 for the methyl groups and 1.2 otherwise.Data collection: COLLECT (Hooft, 1999); cell
DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and COLLECT; data reduction: DENZO and COLLECT; program(s) used to solve structure: OSCAIL (McArdle, 2003) and SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: OSCAIL and SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2003); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 and PRPKAPPA (Ferguson, 1999).C11H16N4 | Dx = 1.162 Mg m−3 |
Mr = 204.28 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Tetragonal, P41212 | Cell parameters from 1605 reflections |
Hall symbol: P 4abw 2nw | θ = 2.9–27.5° |
a = 10.8271 (2) Å | µ = 0.07 mm−1 |
c = 19.9208 (3) Å | T = 120 K |
V = 2335.24 (7) Å3 | Block, yellow |
Z = 8 | 0.50 × 0.50 × 0.20 mm |
F(000) = 880 |
Bruker–Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 1605 independent reflections |
Radiation source: Bruker-Nonius FR591 rotating anode | 1418 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.038 |
Detector resolution: 9.091 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 2.9° |
ϕ and ω scans | h = −14→14 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2003) | k = −13→14 |
Tmin = 0.941, Tmax = 0.985 | l = −25→25 |
16594 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.035 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.091 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.05 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0594P)2 + 0.2575P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
1605 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
140 parameters | Δρmax = 0.14 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.20 e Å−3 |
C11H16N4 | Z = 8 |
Mr = 204.28 | Mo Kα radiation |
Tetragonal, P41212 | µ = 0.07 mm−1 |
a = 10.8271 (2) Å | T = 120 K |
c = 19.9208 (3) Å | 0.50 × 0.50 × 0.20 mm |
V = 2335.24 (7) Å3 |
Bruker–Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 1605 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2003) | 1418 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.941, Tmax = 0.985 | Rint = 0.038 |
16594 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.035 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.091 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.05 | Δρmax = 0.14 e Å−3 |
1605 reflections | Δρmin = −0.20 e Å−3 |
140 parameters |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
N1 | 0.60373 (12) | 0.43466 (12) | 0.43204 (6) | 0.0186 (3) | |
C2 | 0.66623 (15) | 0.44506 (14) | 0.37372 (7) | 0.0183 (3) | |
C21 | 0.68144 (16) | 0.57105 (14) | 0.34169 (8) | 0.0211 (3) | |
C22 | 0.55745 (17) | 0.63853 (16) | 0.34185 (9) | 0.0306 (4) | |
C23 | 0.77559 (18) | 0.64512 (17) | 0.38191 (9) | 0.0323 (4) | |
C24 | 0.7271 (2) | 0.55723 (18) | 0.26920 (8) | 0.0355 (5) | |
C3 | 0.70917 (15) | 0.33092 (14) | 0.35020 (7) | 0.0211 (3) | |
C3A | 0.66825 (15) | 0.24374 (15) | 0.39590 (7) | 0.0188 (3) | |
N4 | 0.67679 (13) | 0.11919 (12) | 0.39836 (6) | 0.0218 (3) | |
C5 | 0.61991 (16) | 0.06367 (15) | 0.44939 (7) | 0.0211 (3) | |
C51 | 0.62832 (19) | −0.07485 (15) | 0.45159 (8) | 0.0303 (4) | |
C6 | 0.55759 (15) | 0.12722 (15) | 0.50022 (7) | 0.0202 (3) | |
C7 | 0.55272 (14) | 0.25538 (15) | 0.49971 (7) | 0.0178 (3) | |
N7 | 0.50241 (13) | 0.32629 (13) | 0.54701 (6) | 0.0228 (3) | |
H22A | 0.4960 | 0.5889 | 0.3179 | 0.046* | |
H22B | 0.5666 | 0.7187 | 0.3195 | 0.046* | |
H22C | 0.5303 | 0.6513 | 0.3883 | 0.046* | |
H23A | 0.7463 | 0.6547 | 0.4282 | 0.049* | |
H23B | 0.7861 | 0.7267 | 0.3614 | 0.049* | |
H23C | 0.8549 | 0.6015 | 0.3820 | 0.049* | |
H24A | 0.8065 | 0.5137 | 0.2690 | 0.053* | |
H24B | 0.7375 | 0.6392 | 0.2491 | 0.053* | |
H24C | 0.6666 | 0.5099 | 0.2432 | 0.053* | |
H3 | 0.7567 | 0.3163 | 0.3109 | 0.025* | |
H51A | 0.6199 | −0.1081 | 0.4061 | 0.045* | |
H51B | 0.5621 | −0.1076 | 0.4800 | 0.045* | |
H51C | 0.7085 | −0.0992 | 0.4702 | 0.045* | |
H6 | 0.5184 | 0.0825 | 0.5353 | 0.024* | |
N7A | 0.60580 (12) | 0.31054 (12) | 0.44492 (6) | 0.0169 (3) | |
H7A | 0.4640 | 0.2868 | 0.5841 | 0.027* | |
H7B | 0.5065 | 0.4133 | 0.5413 | 0.027* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
N1 | 0.0226 (7) | 0.0143 (6) | 0.0189 (6) | 0.0013 (5) | 0.0023 (5) | 0.0014 (5) |
C2 | 0.0185 (8) | 0.0196 (8) | 0.0169 (6) | 0.0001 (6) | −0.0009 (5) | −0.0008 (6) |
C21 | 0.0242 (8) | 0.0196 (8) | 0.0193 (7) | −0.0016 (6) | 0.0017 (6) | 0.0025 (6) |
C22 | 0.0291 (9) | 0.0230 (9) | 0.0398 (9) | 0.0010 (7) | −0.0032 (8) | 0.0112 (8) |
C23 | 0.0344 (10) | 0.0267 (9) | 0.0359 (9) | −0.0069 (8) | −0.0048 (8) | 0.0027 (7) |
C24 | 0.0563 (12) | 0.0263 (9) | 0.0240 (8) | −0.0017 (9) | 0.0122 (8) | 0.0039 (7) |
C3 | 0.0238 (8) | 0.0230 (8) | 0.0165 (6) | 0.0028 (7) | 0.0037 (6) | −0.0010 (6) |
C3A | 0.0204 (8) | 0.0212 (8) | 0.0147 (6) | 0.0035 (6) | −0.0013 (6) | −0.0024 (6) |
N4 | 0.0297 (8) | 0.0178 (6) | 0.0179 (6) | 0.0052 (6) | 0.0003 (5) | −0.0010 (5) |
C5 | 0.0275 (8) | 0.0180 (8) | 0.0176 (7) | 0.0024 (7) | −0.0044 (6) | −0.0008 (6) |
C51 | 0.0489 (11) | 0.0187 (8) | 0.0232 (7) | 0.0035 (8) | 0.0007 (8) | −0.0017 (7) |
C6 | 0.0234 (8) | 0.0198 (8) | 0.0174 (6) | 0.0004 (6) | 0.0000 (7) | 0.0015 (6) |
C7 | 0.0170 (7) | 0.0209 (7) | 0.0154 (6) | −0.0005 (6) | 0.0005 (6) | 0.0018 (6) |
N7 | 0.0289 (7) | 0.0189 (7) | 0.0205 (6) | 0.0015 (6) | 0.0082 (6) | −0.0001 (5) |
N7A | 0.0201 (7) | 0.0147 (6) | 0.0159 (5) | 0.0020 (5) | 0.0018 (5) | 0.0001 (5) |
N1—C2 | 1.3491 (19) | C22—H22C | 0.98 |
C2—C3 | 1.401 (2) | C23—H23A | 0.98 |
C3—C3A | 1.384 (2) | C23—H23B | 0.98 |
C3A—N4 | 1.353 (2) | C23—H23C | 0.98 |
N4—C5 | 1.332 (2) | C24—H24A | 0.98 |
C5—C6 | 1.398 (2) | C24—H24B | 0.98 |
C6—C7 | 1.389 (2) | C24—H24C | 0.98 |
C7—N7A | 1.3705 (19) | C3—H3 | 0.95 |
N7A—N1 | 1.3683 (17) | C5—C51 | 1.503 (2) |
C3A—N7A | 1.3906 (18) | C51—H51A | 0.98 |
C2—C21 | 1.515 (2) | C51—H51B | 0.98 |
C21—C23 | 1.525 (2) | C51—H51C | 0.98 |
C21—C22 | 1.528 (2) | C6—H6 | 0.95 |
C21—C24 | 1.534 (2) | C7—N7 | 1.332 (2) |
C22—H22A | 0.98 | N7—H7A | 0.95 |
C22—H22B | 0.98 | N7—H7B | 0.95 |
C2—N1—N7A | 103.61 (12) | C3A—C3—C2 | 105.98 (13) |
N1—C2—C3 | 112.38 (13) | C3A—C3—H3 | 127.0 |
N1—C2—C21 | 119.50 (13) | C2—C3—H3 | 127.0 |
C3—C2—C21 | 128.12 (13) | N4—C3A—C3 | 132.99 (15) |
C2—C21—C23 | 108.96 (13) | N4—C3A—N7A | 121.76 (14) |
C2—C21—C22 | 109.51 (13) | C3—C3A—N7A | 105.24 (13) |
C23—C21—C22 | 109.55 (14) | C5—N4—C3A | 116.49 (14) |
C2—C21—C24 | 110.11 (14) | N4—C5—C6 | 123.64 (14) |
C23—C21—C24 | 109.30 (15) | N4—C5—C51 | 116.40 (14) |
C22—C21—C24 | 109.39 (14) | C6—C5—C51 | 119.95 (14) |
C21—C22—H22A | 109.5 | C5—C51—H51A | 109.5 |
C21—C22—H22B | 109.5 | C5—C51—H51B | 109.5 |
H22A—C22—H22B | 109.5 | H51A—C51—H51B | 109.5 |
C21—C22—H22C | 109.5 | C5—C51—H51C | 109.5 |
H22A—C22—H22C | 109.5 | H51A—C51—H51C | 109.5 |
H22B—C22—H22C | 109.5 | H51B—C51—H51C | 109.5 |
C21—C23—H23A | 109.5 | C7—C6—C5 | 120.33 (14) |
C21—C23—H23B | 109.5 | C7—C6—H6 | 119.8 |
H23A—C23—H23B | 109.5 | C5—C6—H6 | 119.8 |
C21—C23—H23C | 109.5 | N7—C7—N7A | 118.93 (14) |
H23A—C23—H23C | 109.5 | N7—C7—C6 | 125.90 (14) |
H23B—C23—H23C | 109.5 | N7A—C7—C6 | 115.17 (14) |
C21—C24—H24A | 109.5 | C7—N7—H7A | 118.0 |
C21—C24—H24B | 109.5 | C7—N7—H7B | 117.9 |
H24A—C24—H24B | 109.5 | H7A—N7—H7B | 124.1 |
C21—C24—H24C | 109.5 | N1—N7A—C7 | 124.79 (12) |
H24A—C24—H24C | 109.5 | N1—N7A—C3A | 112.77 (12) |
H24B—C24—H24C | 109.5 | C7—N7A—C3A | 122.45 (13) |
N7A—N1—C2—C3 | −0.94 (17) | C3A—N4—C5—C51 | 179.33 (15) |
N7A—N1—C2—C21 | 178.62 (14) | N4—C5—C6—C7 | −0.3 (2) |
N1—C2—C21—C23 | 73.54 (18) | C51—C5—C6—C7 | 177.96 (16) |
C3—C2—C21—C23 | −106.99 (19) | C5—C6—C7—N7 | −176.03 (15) |
N1—C2—C21—C22 | −46.3 (2) | C5—C6—C7—N7A | 3.7 (2) |
C3—C2—C21—C22 | 133.20 (17) | C2—N1—N7A—C7 | −179.87 (14) |
N1—C2—C21—C24 | −166.60 (15) | C2—N1—N7A—C3A | 0.02 (17) |
C3—C2—C21—C24 | 12.9 (2) | N7—C7—N7A—N1 | −5.0 (2) |
N1—C2—C3—C3A | 1.50 (18) | C6—C7—N7A—N1 | 175.21 (14) |
C21—C2—C3—C3A | −178.01 (16) | N7—C7—N7A—C3A | 175.10 (14) |
C2—C3—C3A—N4 | 176.97 (18) | C6—C7—N7A—C3A | −4.7 (2) |
C2—C3—C3A—N7A | −1.36 (17) | N4—C3A—N7A—N1 | −177.69 (14) |
C3—C3A—N4—C5 | −176.66 (17) | C3—C3A—N7A—N1 | 0.88 (17) |
N7A—C3A—N4—C5 | 1.5 (2) | N4—C3A—N7A—C7 | 2.2 (2) |
C3A—N4—C5—C6 | −2.4 (2) | C3—C3A—N7A—C7 | −179.23 (14) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N7—H7A···N4i | 0.95 | 1.97 | 2.9034 (18) | 168 |
N7—H7B···N1ii | 0.95 | 2.27 | 3.1202 (19) | 149 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −y+1/2, x−1/2, z+1/4; (ii) y, x, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C11H16N4 |
Mr | 204.28 |
Crystal system, space group | Tetragonal, P41212 |
Temperature (K) | 120 |
a, c (Å) | 10.8271 (2), 19.9208 (3) |
V (Å3) | 2335.24 (7) |
Z | 8 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.07 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.50 × 0.50 × 0.20 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker–Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2003) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.941, 0.985 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 16594, 1605, 1418 |
Rint | 0.038 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.649 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.035, 0.091, 1.05 |
No. of reflections | 1605 |
No. of parameters | 140 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.14, −0.20 |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Hooft, 1999), DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and COLLECT, DENZO and COLLECT, OSCAIL (McArdle, 2003) and SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997), OSCAIL and SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997), PLATON (Spek, 2003), SHELXL97 and PRPKAPPA (Ferguson, 1999).
N1—C2 | 1.3491 (19) | C5—C6 | 1.398 (2) |
C2—C3 | 1.401 (2) | C6—C7 | 1.389 (2) |
C3—C3A | 1.384 (2) | C7—N7A | 1.3705 (19) |
C3A—N4 | 1.353 (2) | N7A—N1 | 1.3683 (17) |
N4—C5 | 1.332 (2) | C3A—N7A | 1.3906 (18) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N7—H7A···N4i | 0.95 | 1.97 | 2.9034 (18) | 168 |
N7—H7B···N1ii | 0.95 | 2.27 | 3.1202 (19) | 149 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −y+1/2, x−1/2, z+1/4; (ii) y, x, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
X-ray data were collected at the EPSRC National Crystallography Service, University of Southampton, England. JC thanks the Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa (Junta de Andalucía, Spain) and the Universidad de Jaén for financial support. JP and JQ thank COLCIENCIAS and UNIVALLE (Universidad del Valle, Colombia) for financial support.
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We are interested in the synthesis of fused pyrazolo systems, in particular pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine, because of their potential biological activity. We report here the structure of 7-amino-2-tert-butyl-5-methylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine, (I) (Fig. 1), and we compare this with the structure of the isomeric compound 7-amino-5-tert-butyl-2-methylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine, (II) (Portilla, Quiroga, de la Torre et al., 2006), and with that of the simpler analogue 7-amino-2,5-dimethylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine, which crystallizes as a hemihydrate, (III) (Portilla, Quiroga, Cobo et al., 2006).
The bond distances within the fused heterocyclic system (Table 1) show evidence for electronic delocalization. Thus, within the periphery of the classically localized form (I), the N1═C2 and N4═C5 bonds are both formally double bonds, while C3A—N4 and C7—N7A are both single bonds; however, N1═C2 is not significantly shorter than C3A—N4. Similarly, the C3═C3A and C6═C7 bonds are both formally double bonds, while C2—C3 and C5—C6 are both formally single bonds; however, the C—C distances in the periphery span an overall range of less than 0.02 Å, with no clear distinction between those which are formally single bonds and those which are formally double bonds. These observations, taken all together, point to a significant contribution to the overall molecular–electronic structure from a peripherally delocalized ten-π-electron form.
The molecules of compound (I) are linked by two independent N—H···N hydrogen bonds (Table 2) into a three-dimensional framework structure, whose formation is rather easily analysed in terms of two simple sub-structures, one of which is one-dimensional and the other of which is finite and zero-dimensional.
In the one-dimensional sub-structure, amino atom N7 in the molecule at (x, y, z) acts as a hydrogen-bond donor, via H7A, to the pyrimidine ring atom N4 in the molecule at (−y + 1/2, x − 1/2 + x, z + 1/4), while N7 at (−y + 1/2, x − 1/2, z + 1/4) in turns acts as a donor to N4 at (−x + 1, −y, z + 1/2), so forming a C(6) (Bernstein et al., 1995) helical chain running along the [001] direction and generated by the 41 screw axis along (1/2, 0, z) (Fig. 2). The finite sub-structure serves to link the C(6) chains; atom N7 in the molecule at (x, y, z) acts as a hydrogen-bond donor, via H7B, to the pyrazole ring atom N1 in the molecule at (y, x, −z + 1), so forming an R22(10) motif generated by the twofold rotation axis along x = y at z = 1/2 (Fig. 3). This motif directly links the C(6) chain along (1/2, 0, z) with the four similar chains along (0, 1/2, z), (0, −1/2, z), (1, −1/2, z) and (1, 1/2, z), and by propagation of this interaction, all of the C(6) chains, and hence all of the molecules, are linked into a single three-dimensional framework structure, built from only two hydrogen bonds.
In the isomeric compound (II), which crystallizes with Z' = 2 in space group P1 (Portilla, Quiroga, de la Torre et al., 2006), the supramolecular structure is only one-dimensional, in contrast to the three-dimensional structure of (I); four independent N—H···N hydrogen bonds link the molecules of (II) into chains containing three different types of centrosymmetric ring, one of R22(10) type and two of R44(14) type. In the hemihydrate (III), which crystallizes in space group C2 (Portilla, Quiroga, Cobo et al., 2006), the components are linked by a combination of O—H···N, N—H···N and N—H···O hydrogen bonds into a complex three-dimensional framework. Hence minor changes in the simple hydrocarbyl substituents in compounds (I)–(III) provoke significant changes both in crystallization behaviour, as manifested in the space groups and Z' values, and in the supramolecular structures.