organic compounds
A 1:1
of quinol and pyridineaSchool of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, Scotland, and bCambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, England
*Correspondence e-mail: iain.oswald@ed.ac.uk
A viz. quinol–pyridine (1/1), C6H6O2·C5H5N, which does not conform to this expectation. Its stability appears to imply that a combination of individually relatively weak C—H⋯O, C—H⋯π and π–π stacking interactions are energetically competitive with O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds. Quinol molecules lie on inversion centres, while pyridine is in a general position.
of quinol and pyridine would be expected to form with 1:2 stoichiometry because quinol has two hydrogen-bond donors and pyridine has one hydrogen-bond acceptor which is more basic than phenolic oxygen. We report the structure of a 1:1Comment
Quinol shows a great propensity for forming co-crystals, and it is widely used to stabilize compounds that are susceptible to polymerization. A search of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD, Version 5.25; Allen & Motherwell, 2002) shows that there are 92 co-crystals of quinol with a range of organic compounds. Of all these structures in the CSD, over half contain hydrogen-bond acceptors, e.g. 1,4-dioxane (Barnes et al., 1990). We have recently reported (Oswald et al., 2004) a series of crystal structures of co-crystals of quinol with pyrazine, piperazine, morpholine, pyridine, piperidine and 4,4′-bipyridine (hereafter referred to as guest molecules). These all have closely related packing motifs in which pairs of quinol and guest molecules are connected via N—H⋯O or C—H⋯O interactions.
Amine N atoms are more strongly basic than phenol O atoms and the shortest, and by implication strongest, hydrogen bonds formed in our previous studies were those from a phenol OH donor to an amine or a pyridine N atom. Pyrazine and piperazine, which both have two acceptor sites per molecule, were found to form 1:1 co-crystals with quinol, which contains two strong donor functions. In the co-crystals of quinol with molecules with N, NH or NMe and O, CH or CH2, respectively in the 1 and 4 positions of a six-membered ring, quinol was found to form hydrogen bonds exclusively to the nitrogen moiety, promoting the formation of quinol–guest co-crystals in a 1:2 ratio. This trend is exemplified by pyridine, which forms a containing quinol and pyridine in 1:2 ratio.
In this paper, we report the ), which is an exception to the general stoichiometry rules described above. It was obtained by refluxing and then cooling a solution of quinol dissolved in a minimum quantity of pyridine.
of a 1:1 of quinol and pyridine, (ICo-crystal (I) crystallizes in P and the consists of one molecule of pyridine in a general position and two half-molecules of quinol (labelled A and B) residing on crystallographic inversion centres (Fig. 1). Primary bond distances and angles are normal and are listed in the deposited CIF.
The shortest and strongest intermolecular interactions in the structure are O—H⋯O and O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds (Fig. 2 and Table 1). Quinol molecules A and B alternate along a chain built by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, in which molecule A provides the OH-donor functions, while molecule B acts as the acceptor. The chains run along the [110] direction and form a C22(14) graph set (Bernstein et al., 1995). Molecule B donates to pairs of pyridine molecules, which lie on either side of the chain. Successive pyridine molecules are related by the operations centred in the middle of the quinol rings. (I) is the only in our study that we have observed in which quinol molecules are directly hydrogen bonded to one another.
The only conventional hydrogen-bonding function `unsatisfied' by the N—H⋯O and O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding described above is the phenol O atom of molecule A. There is a close contact between this phenol group and a pyridine attached to an adjacent chain (C4S—H4S⋯O1A = 2.57 Å and 127°).
Inter-chain connections are also formed by π–π stacking between pairs of pyridine molecules. The distance between the atoms in one ring and the mean plane of the other varies in the range 3.532–3.538 (2) Å; the planes are exactly parallel by symmetry. The symmetry code relating the rings in this interaction is (2 − x, 1 − y, −z).
The C4S—H4S⋯O1A and π–π stacking interactions connect the chains into a layer parallel to (12). The layers are stacked, with quinol molecules above and below the rather `open' region between the pairs of π-stacked pyridine rings in Fig. 2. The layers are connected in this region by C6S—H6S⋯π and C2S—H2S⋯O1B interactions, where the π acceptor is the aromatic ring from a quinol (molecule B, see Fig. 3). The distance between H6S and the centroid of the benzene ring (X1B) in this interaction is 2.53 Å, with an angle of 162° subtended at the H atom. The weak C2S—H2S⋯O1B interaction measures 2.69 Å, with an angle at H2S of 136°.
C—H⋯O hydrogen bonding is now widely accepted (Desiraju & Steiner, 1999), and weak hydrogen bonding can be exploited in supramolecular chemistry and design. For example, C—H⋯O bonds may play a very important role in protein folding (Derewenda et al., 1995). The CH groups in pyridine rings are often observed to act as donor groups in CH⋯acceptor interactions. Related interactions also occur in related to pyridine, for example, in quinol–pyrazine (Oswald et al., 2004). Such interactions are strong enough that they can be used in crystal engineering, as demonstrated, for example, by Bond (2003) in a series of co-crystals of pyrazine with carboxylic acids. π–π Stacking has also been observed to be competitive with conventional hydrogen bonding in, for example, the 1:2 of quinol with 4,4′-bipyridine (Oswald et al., 2004).
That a π–π stacking and C—H⋯π interactions is competitive with O—H⋯N hydrogen bonding, even for a relatively basic centre such as pyridine.
with 1:1 stoichiometry should be obtained from a mixture of quinol and pyridine must imply that the combination of C—H⋯O,Experimental
Starting materials were obtained from Sigma–Aldrich and were used as received. Quinol (0.49 g, 4.45 mmol) was refluxed in a minimum volume of pyridine to dissolve the solid. The solution was allowed to cool to room temperature to produce colourless blocks.
Crystal data
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Data collection
Refinement
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H atoms were placed on C atoms in calculated positions (C—O = 0.95 Å) and allowed to ride on their parent atoms [Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C)]. Hydroxyl H atoms were located in difference maps and refined freely.
Data collection: SMART (Bruker–Nonius, 2001); cell SAINT (Bruker–Nonius, 2003); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2001); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: SHELXTL; software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL, PLATON [Spek (2004) as incorporated in WinGX (Farrugia, 1999)] and enCIFer (Version 1.1; Allen et al., 2004).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536804024547/wk6031sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536804024547/wk6031Isup2.hkl
Data collection: SMART (Bruker–Nonius, 2001); cell
SAINT (Bruker–Nonius, 2003); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2001); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: SHELXTL; software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL, PLATON [Spek (2004) as incorporated in WinGX (Farrugia, 1999)] and enCIFer (Version 1.1; Allen et al., 2004).C6H6O2·C5H5N | Z = 2 |
Mr = 189.21 | F(000) = 200 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.310 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P1 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 5.7451 (5) Å | Cell parameters from 2033 reflections |
b = 9.1570 (9) Å | θ = 2–29° |
c = 9.6247 (9) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
α = 89.002 (2)° | T = 150 K |
β = 76.222 (2)° | Block, colourless |
γ = 77.478 (2)° | 0.33 × 0.18 × 0.18 mm |
V = 479.76 (8) Å3 |
Bruker APEX CCD area-detector diffractometer | 2248 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1853 reflections with I > 2Σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.018 |
ω scans | θmax = 28.7°, θmin = 2.2° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2004) | h = −7→7 |
Tmin = 0.841, Tmax = 0.980 | k = −12→12 |
4349 measured reflections | l = −12→13 |
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)] = 0.048 | Hydrogen site location: geom and difmap (OH) |
wR(F2) = 0.120 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.04 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.049P)2 + 0.1585P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2248 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
135 parameters | Δρmax = 0.28 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.21 e Å−3 |
Geometry. All s.u.s 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. S.u.s are not quoted for interactions involving calculated H-atom positions. |
Refinement. 912_ALERT_3_B Missing FCF Reflections Above STH/L=0.6 ······.. 228 911_ALERT_3_C Missing FCF Refl. Between TH(Min) & STH/L=0.6.. 8 Not serious. Coverage statistics: ================================================================================ Resolution & Completeness Statistics (Cumulative) ================================================================================ Theta sin(th)/Lambda Complete Expected Measured Missing ——————————————————————————– 20.82 0.500 1.000 1004 1004 0 23.01 0.550 0.998 1334 1331 3 25.24 0.600 0.995 1734 1726 8 ———————————————————— ACTA Min. Res. —- 27.51 0.650 0.975 2208 2152 56 29.84 0.700 0.905 2484 2248 236 061_ALERT_3_C Tmax/Tmin Range Test RR' too Large ············. 0.87 Tmin and Tmax reported: 0.841 0.980 Tmin' and Tmax expected: 0.970 0.984 Noted, but no action taken. SADABS attempts to correct for all systematic errors not just absorption. The large range could represent a small amount of crystal decay for example. 480_ALERT_4_C Long H···A H-Bond Reported H2S.. O1B.. 2.69 A ng. See text. 716_ALERT_1_C H···A Unknown or Inconsistent Label ·········. X1B H6S X1B 718_ALERT_1_C D—H.·A Unknown or Inconsistent Label ·········. X1B C6S H6S X1B See Table 1 and Figure 3. 764_ALERT_4_C Overcomplete CIF Bond List Detected (Rep/Expd). 1.14 Ratio Noted; no action taken. The quinol molecules are on -1 sites, which may explain why this has happened. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1A | 1.3232 (2) | 0.07757 (13) | 0.26274 (12) | 0.0362 (3) | |
H1A | 1.344 (4) | 0.174 (3) | 0.281 (2) | 0.065 (7)* | |
C1A | 1.1638 (3) | 0.04088 (16) | 0.38221 (16) | 0.0263 (3) | |
C2A | 1.1609 (3) | 0.08591 (16) | 0.51998 (17) | 0.0278 (3) | |
H2A | 1.2717 | 0.1445 | 0.5340 | 0.033* | |
C3A | 0.9969 (3) | 0.04557 (16) | 0.63687 (16) | 0.0283 (3) | |
H3A | 0.9948 | 0.0775 | 0.7306 | 0.034* | |
O1B | 0.3575 (2) | 0.36954 (12) | 0.28535 (12) | 0.0290 (3) | |
H1B | 0.268 (4) | 0.441 (3) | 0.238 (2) | 0.057 (6)* | |
C1B | 0.4247 (3) | 0.43589 (16) | 0.39227 (15) | 0.0239 (3) | |
C2B | 0.6167 (3) | 0.35608 (16) | 0.44644 (16) | 0.0256 (3) | |
H2B | 0.6960 | 0.2573 | 0.4106 | 0.031* | |
C3B | 0.6928 (3) | 0.42029 (16) | 0.55269 (16) | 0.0252 (3) | |
H3B | 0.8258 | 0.3657 | 0.5881 | 0.030* | |
N1S | 0.8953 (2) | 0.41739 (14) | −0.14401 (14) | 0.0283 (3) | |
C2S | 0.8062 (3) | 0.34857 (18) | −0.02635 (17) | 0.0330 (4) | |
H2S | 0.6370 | 0.3800 | 0.0198 | 0.040* | |
C3S | 0.9484 (4) | 0.2340 (2) | 0.03146 (18) | 0.0408 (4) | |
H3S | 0.8787 | 0.1883 | 0.1160 | 0.049* | |
C4S | 1.1934 (4) | 0.1870 (2) | −0.03559 (19) | 0.0398 (4) | |
H4S | 1.2952 | 0.1076 | 0.0013 | 0.048* | |
C5S | 1.2883 (3) | 0.25698 (19) | −0.15699 (18) | 0.0348 (4) | |
H5S | 1.4567 | 0.2272 | −0.2052 | 0.042* | |
C6S | 1.1336 (3) | 0.37130 (18) | −0.20724 (17) | 0.0300 (3) | |
H6S | 1.1997 | 0.4196 | −0.2909 | 0.036* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1A | 0.0467 (7) | 0.0270 (6) | 0.0325 (6) | −0.0101 (5) | −0.0030 (5) | 0.0004 (5) |
C1A | 0.0313 (8) | 0.0171 (6) | 0.0285 (8) | −0.0004 (6) | −0.0075 (6) | 0.0016 (5) |
C2A | 0.0311 (8) | 0.0199 (7) | 0.0341 (8) | −0.0040 (6) | −0.0123 (6) | −0.0008 (6) |
C3A | 0.0379 (8) | 0.0202 (7) | 0.0267 (7) | −0.0015 (6) | −0.0118 (6) | −0.0013 (5) |
O1B | 0.0364 (6) | 0.0207 (5) | 0.0317 (6) | −0.0040 (4) | −0.0136 (5) | 0.0021 (4) |
C1B | 0.0261 (7) | 0.0197 (7) | 0.0258 (7) | −0.0054 (5) | −0.0057 (6) | 0.0038 (5) |
C2B | 0.0269 (7) | 0.0167 (7) | 0.0303 (8) | −0.0008 (5) | −0.0051 (6) | 0.0021 (5) |
C3B | 0.0244 (7) | 0.0200 (7) | 0.0296 (8) | −0.0011 (5) | −0.0070 (6) | 0.0045 (5) |
N1S | 0.0329 (7) | 0.0242 (6) | 0.0292 (7) | −0.0052 (5) | −0.0110 (5) | 0.0024 (5) |
C2S | 0.0351 (8) | 0.0323 (8) | 0.0288 (8) | −0.0043 (7) | −0.0048 (7) | 0.0001 (6) |
C3S | 0.0556 (11) | 0.0361 (9) | 0.0266 (8) | −0.0049 (8) | −0.0072 (8) | 0.0075 (7) |
C4S | 0.0510 (11) | 0.0316 (9) | 0.0353 (9) | 0.0048 (8) | −0.0199 (8) | 0.0011 (7) |
C5S | 0.0313 (8) | 0.0348 (9) | 0.0377 (9) | −0.0026 (7) | −0.0111 (7) | −0.0049 (7) |
C6S | 0.0329 (8) | 0.0286 (8) | 0.0317 (8) | −0.0111 (6) | −0.0098 (6) | 0.0030 (6) |
O1A—C1A | 1.3755 (19) | C3B—C1Bii | 1.392 (2) |
O1A—H1A | 0.94 (3) | C3B—H3B | 0.9500 |
C1A—C3Ai | 1.384 (2) | N1S—C2S | 1.334 (2) |
C1A—C2A | 1.391 (2) | N1S—C6S | 1.336 (2) |
C2A—C3A | 1.386 (2) | C2S—C3S | 1.379 (2) |
C2A—H2A | 0.9500 | C2S—H2S | 0.9500 |
C3A—C1Ai | 1.384 (2) | C3S—C4S | 1.377 (3) |
C3A—H3A | 0.9500 | C3S—H3S | 0.9500 |
O1B—C1B | 1.3745 (18) | C4S—C5S | 1.377 (3) |
O1B—H1B | 0.93 (2) | C4S—H4S | 0.9500 |
C1B—C2B | 1.391 (2) | C5S—C6S | 1.380 (2) |
C1B—C3Bii | 1.392 (2) | C5S—H5S | 0.9500 |
C2B—C3B | 1.389 (2) | C6S—H6S | 0.9500 |
C2B—H2B | 0.9500 | ||
C1A—O1A—H1A | 107.2 (14) | C2B—C3B—H3B | 119.8 |
O1A—C1A—C3Ai | 118.11 (14) | C1Bii—C3B—H3B | 119.8 |
O1A—C1A—C2A | 122.49 (14) | C2S—N1S—C6S | 117.48 (14) |
C3Ai—C1A—C2A | 119.40 (14) | N1S—C2S—C3S | 123.05 (16) |
C3A—C2A—C1A | 120.20 (14) | N1S—C2S—H2S | 118.5 |
C3A—C2A—H2A | 119.9 | C3S—C2S—H2S | 118.5 |
C1A—C2A—H2A | 119.9 | C4S—C3S—C2S | 118.77 (16) |
C1Ai—C3A—C2A | 120.40 (14) | C4S—C3S—H3S | 120.6 |
C1Ai—C3A—H3A | 119.8 | C2S—C3S—H3S | 120.6 |
C2A—C3A—H3A | 119.8 | C5S—C4S—C3S | 118.90 (16) |
C1B—O1B—H1B | 110.5 (14) | C5S—C4S—H4S | 120.6 |
O1B—C1B—C2B | 118.52 (13) | C3S—C4S—H4S | 120.6 |
O1B—C1B—C3Bii | 122.17 (13) | C4S—C5S—C6S | 118.62 (16) |
C2B—C1B—C3Bii | 119.31 (14) | C4S—C5S—H5S | 120.7 |
C3B—C2B—C1B | 120.23 (13) | C6S—C5S—H5S | 120.7 |
C3B—C2B—H2B | 119.9 | N1S—C6S—C5S | 123.18 (15) |
C1B—C2B—H2B | 119.9 | N1S—C6S—H6S | 118.4 |
C2B—C3B—C1Bii | 120.45 (13) | C5S—C6S—H6S | 118.4 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, −y, −z+1; (ii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1A—H1A···O1Biii | 0.94 (3) | 1.81 (3) | 2.7392 (16) | 168 (2) |
O1B—H1B···N1Siv | 0.93 (2) | 1.79 (2) | 2.7178 (17) | 178 (2) |
C2S—H2S···O1B | 0.95 | 2.69 | 3.436 (2) | 136 |
C4S—H4S···O1A | 0.95 | 2.57 | 3.225 (2) | 127 |
C6S—H6S···X1Bv | 0.95 | 2.53 | 3.45 | 162 |
Symmetry codes: (iii) x+1, y, z; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z; (v) x+1, y, z−1. |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the EPSRC, The University of Edinburgh and The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre for funding.
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