organic compounds
N,N′-Bis(2-phenylethyl)naphthalene-1,8:4,5-bis(dicarboximide)
aDepartment of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, 240-8501 Yokohama, Japan
*Correspondence e-mail: mizu-j@ynu.ac.jp
The title compound, C30H22N2O4, is a derivative of the naphthalene–imide pigments that are characterized by significant overlap of the stacked molecules. The molecule has a centre of symmetry. Accordingly, the phenylethyl groups are arranged in a trans fashion across the skeleton. The phenyl rings are not parallel to the naphthaleneimide skeleton and are twisted in the same direction by 9.27 (7)°. The molecules are, however, stacked with insignificant overlap along the stacking axis, as characterized by appreciable slide in the direction of either the short or the long molecular axis, in marked contrast to the ordinary naphthalene–imide pigments.
Related literature
For perylene and perinone pigments, see: Herbst & Hunger (2004). Five structural studies of related compounds have been reported by Mizuguchi (2003a,b, 2004), Mizuguchi et al. (2005) and Tsukada et al. (2007). For ethyl phenylperyleneimide-related papers, see: Hädicke & Graser (1986), Mizuguchi (1998a,b, 2005a,b), Mizuguchi & Tojo (2002), Mizuguchi & Hino (2005), Mizuguchi et al. (2006). For related literature, see: Hino & Mizuguchi (2005); Mizuguchi (1981); Mizuguchi & Shimo (2006).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: PROCESS-AUTO (Rigaku, 1998); cell PROCESS-AUTO; data reduction: CrystalStructure (Rigaku/MSC, 2006); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: ORTEPIII (Burnett & Johnson, 1996); software used to prepare material for publication: CrystalStructure.
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536807060333/is2244sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536807060333/is2244Isup2.hkl
PhENI was synthesized by reaction of naphthalene-1,4,5,8-tetra-carboxylic-dianhydride with 2-phenylethylamine at 403 K for 5 h. Then, the products were purified two times by
under vacuum, using a five-zone furnace (Mizuguchi, 1981). Single crystals of PhENI were grown from solution in dimethylsulfoxide. After 36 h, a number of single crystals were obtained in the form of needles.All H atoms were placed in geometrically idealized position and constrained to ride on their parent atoms, with C—H = 0.95 and 0.99 Å, and Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C)
The title compound (PhENI) is a derivative of the naphthalene-imides which belongs to the category of perylene and perinone pigments (Herbst & Hunger, 2004). The difference between the perylene and perinone pigments is whether the central skeleton is perylene or naphthalene. Both pigments are typically characterized by close π-π stacks (Hädicke & Graser, 1986; Mizuguchi, 1998a, 2004; Mizuguchi & Shimo, 2006), giving rise to an additional absorption band in the visible region due to intermolecular excitonic interactions (Mizuguchi, 1998b). However, the present band disappears in the amorphous state where the molecules are randomly arranged. Accordingly, the color varies drastically from an amorphous phase to the crystalline one, as found in ethylphenylperyleneimide (EPhP), in which the naphthalene skeleton in PhENI is replaced by the perylene one (Mizuguchi, 1998b). Then, we struck on an idea that it would be ideal for electronic paper applications if the color change occurs in much shorter wavelength (for example, between colorless and blue) with a smaller chromphore such as PhENI. In this connection, an attempt has been made to synthesize PhENI and determine its crystal structure.
The title molecule is centrosymmetric (Fig. 1) and an π-π interactions are insignificant in PhENI, this compound gives no additional absorption band in the visible region and cannot be applied to electronic paper applications.
comprises a half of the molecule. Therefore, ethylphenyl groups are arranged in a trans fashion across the naphthaleneimide skeleton. The naphthalene-imide skeleton is entirely planar as indicated by a small deviation of 0.018 Å from the least-squares plane defined by atoms C1—C7/N1. The phenyl rings and the napthaleneimide skeleton are not in parallel, but twisted by 9.27 (7)°. Fig. 2 shows the molecular packing of PhENI. The molecules are stacked with insignificant overlap as characterized by significant slide in the direction of the short-molecular axis, quite in contrast to the ordinary naphthalene-imides (Mizuguchi, 2003a,b) and peryelene- imide pigments (Hädicke & Graser, 1986; Mizuguchi, 1998a, 2005a,b) where the molecules are directly stacked with an interplanar distance of about 3.3 - 3.5 Å. Since theFor perylene and perinone pigments, see: Herbst & Hunger (2004). Five structural studies of related compounds have been reported by Mizuguchi (2003a,b, 2004), Mizuguchi et al. (2005), Tsukada et al. (2007). For ethyl phenylperyleneimide-related papers, see: Hädicke & Graser (1986), Mizuguchi (1998a,b, 2005a,b), Mizuguchi & Tojo (2002), Mizuguchi & Hino (2005), Mizuguchi et al. (2006). For related literature, see: Hino & Mizuguchi (2005b); Mizuguchi (1981); Mizuguchi & Shimo (2006); Rigaku/MSC (2006).
Data collection: PROCESS-AUTO (Rigaku, 1998); cell
PROCESS-AUTO; data reduction: CrystalStructure (Rigaku/MSC); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: ORTEPIII (Burnett & Johnson, 1996); software used to prepare material for publication: CrystalStructure.C30H22N2O4 | F(000) = 496.00 |
Mr = 474.50 | Dx = 1.395 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.54187 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2yn | Cell parameters from 7242 reflections |
a = 7.70264 (14) Å | θ = 3.0–68.2° |
b = 4.93695 (9) Å | µ = 0.76 mm−1 |
c = 29.9857 (5) Å | T = 93 K |
β = 97.9096 (7)° | Needle, red |
V = 1129.44 (3) Å3 | 0.5 × 0.14 × 0.06 mm |
Z = 2 |
Rigaku R-AXIS RAPID diffractometer | 1723 reflections with F2 > 2σ(F2) |
Detector resolution: 10.00 pixels mm-1 | Rint = 0.033 |
ω scans | θmax = 68.2° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (ABSCOR; Higashi, 1995) | h = −9→9 |
Tmin = 0.790, Tmax = 0.955 | k = −5→5 |
9315 measured reflections | l = −36→36 |
1993 independent reflections |
Refinement on F2 | 0 restraints |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.041 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.124 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.066P)2 + 0.3352P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.13 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
1993 reflections | Δρmax = 0.20 e Å−3 |
163 parameters | Δρmin = −0.31 e Å−3 |
C30H22N2O4 | V = 1129.44 (3) Å3 |
Mr = 474.50 | Z = 2 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Cu Kα radiation |
a = 7.70264 (14) Å | µ = 0.76 mm−1 |
b = 4.93695 (9) Å | T = 93 K |
c = 29.9857 (5) Å | 0.5 × 0.14 × 0.06 mm |
β = 97.9096 (7)° |
Rigaku R-AXIS RAPID diffractometer | 1993 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (ABSCOR; Higashi, 1995) | 1723 reflections with F2 > 2σ(F2) |
Tmin = 0.790, Tmax = 0.955 | Rint = 0.033 |
9315 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.041 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.124 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.13 | Δρmax = 0.20 e Å−3 |
1993 reflections | Δρmin = −0.31 e Å−3 |
163 parameters |
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 F^2^ against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F^2^, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F^2^. The threshold expression of F^2^ > σ(F^2^) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F^2^ are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1 | 0.76514 (14) | 0.4835 (2) | 0.39308 (3) | 0.0292 (3) | |
O2 | 0.47967 (13) | −0.2072 (2) | 0.45229 (3) | 0.0276 (3) | |
N1 | 0.62139 (16) | 0.1417 (2) | 0.42345 (4) | 0.0229 (3) | |
C5 | 0.9302 (2) | 0.2343 (3) | 0.45209 (5) | 0.0220 (3) | |
C4 | 0.92479 (19) | 0.0265 (3) | 0.48430 (5) | 0.0208 (3) | |
C1 | 0.61317 (19) | −0.0739 (3) | 0.45314 (5) | 0.0229 (3) | |
C7 | 0.7696 (2) | 0.3000 (3) | 0.42016 (5) | 0.0229 (3) | |
C2 | 0.77252 (19) | −0.1294 (3) | 0.48570 (5) | 0.0218 (3) | |
C6 | 1.0809 (2) | 0.3834 (3) | 0.45135 (5) | 0.0235 (3) | |
C8 | 0.4594 (2) | 0.2050 (3) | 0.39298 (5) | 0.0256 (3) | |
C10 | 0.2576 (2) | 0.0767 (3) | 0.32490 (5) | 0.0261 (3) | |
C3 | 0.7698 (2) | −0.3308 (3) | 0.51738 (5) | 0.0232 (3) | |
C11 | 0.2122 (2) | 0.2694 (3) | 0.29170 (5) | 0.0298 (4) | |
C12 | 0.0387 (2) | 0.2994 (4) | 0.27250 (6) | 0.0351 (4) | |
C15 | 0.1263 (2) | −0.0841 (3) | 0.33819 (6) | 0.0341 (4) | |
C14 | −0.0470 (2) | −0.0537 (4) | 0.31927 (6) | 0.0385 (4) | |
C9 | 0.4439 (2) | 0.0522 (3) | 0.34836 (5) | 0.0273 (3) | |
C13 | −0.0910 (2) | 0.1393 (4) | 0.28624 (6) | 0.0360 (4) | |
H8b | 0.4558 | 0.4020 | 0.3868 | 0.031* | |
H8a | 0.3572 | 0.1598 | 0.4083 | 0.031* | |
H9b | 0.5262 | 0.1294 | 0.3291 | 0.033* | |
H9a | 0.4741 | −0.1410 | 0.3539 | 0.033* | |
H11 | 0.3001 | 0.3814 | 0.2821 | 0.036* | |
H12 | 0.0090 | 0.4314 | 0.2497 | 0.042* | |
H15 | 0.1559 | −0.2178 | 0.3607 | 0.041* | |
H14 | −0.1353 | −0.1651 | 0.3289 | 0.046* | |
H13 | −0.2096 | 0.1616 | 0.2731 | 0.043* | |
H6 | 1.0838 | 0.5225 | 0.4296 | 0.028* | |
H3 | 0.6664 | −0.4347 | 0.5181 | 0.028* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0300 (6) | 0.0317 (7) | 0.0252 (6) | −0.0004 (4) | 0.0009 (4) | 0.0065 (4) |
O2 | 0.0227 (5) | 0.0297 (7) | 0.0301 (6) | −0.0049 (4) | 0.0019 (4) | 0.0004 (4) |
N1 | 0.0213 (6) | 0.0269 (8) | 0.0199 (6) | −0.0006 (5) | 0.0004 (4) | −0.0005 (5) |
C5 | 0.0239 (8) | 0.0232 (8) | 0.0193 (7) | 0.0007 (6) | 0.0046 (5) | −0.0024 (6) |
C4 | 0.0232 (7) | 0.0218 (8) | 0.0182 (7) | 0.0002 (6) | 0.0055 (5) | −0.0027 (5) |
C1 | 0.0234 (7) | 0.0251 (9) | 0.0204 (7) | −0.0000 (6) | 0.0041 (5) | −0.0034 (6) |
C7 | 0.0256 (8) | 0.0248 (9) | 0.0187 (7) | 0.0008 (6) | 0.0038 (6) | −0.0023 (6) |
C2 | 0.0230 (7) | 0.0235 (9) | 0.0194 (7) | −0.0006 (6) | 0.0043 (5) | −0.0034 (5) |
C6 | 0.0277 (8) | 0.0235 (9) | 0.0200 (7) | 0.0005 (6) | 0.0055 (6) | 0.0014 (6) |
C8 | 0.0221 (7) | 0.0290 (9) | 0.0248 (8) | 0.0012 (6) | −0.0003 (6) | −0.0002 (6) |
C10 | 0.0274 (8) | 0.0287 (9) | 0.0219 (7) | 0.0019 (6) | 0.0021 (6) | −0.0055 (6) |
C3 | 0.0218 (7) | 0.0248 (9) | 0.0240 (7) | −0.0029 (6) | 0.0063 (6) | −0.0028 (6) |
C11 | 0.0287 (8) | 0.0343 (10) | 0.0262 (8) | 0.0010 (7) | 0.0037 (6) | 0.0010 (7) |
C12 | 0.0331 (9) | 0.0436 (11) | 0.0274 (8) | 0.0083 (7) | 0.0000 (6) | 0.0055 (7) |
C15 | 0.0346 (9) | 0.0338 (10) | 0.0327 (9) | −0.0009 (7) | 0.0000 (7) | 0.0047 (7) |
C14 | 0.0325 (9) | 0.0385 (11) | 0.0437 (10) | −0.0077 (8) | 0.0028 (7) | 0.0013 (8) |
C9 | 0.0261 (8) | 0.0323 (9) | 0.0230 (7) | 0.0035 (7) | 0.0014 (6) | −0.0014 (6) |
C13 | 0.0252 (8) | 0.0460 (11) | 0.0348 (9) | −0.0001 (7) | −0.0029 (6) | −0.0049 (8) |
O1—C7 | 1.2138 (19) | C8—H8a | 0.990 |
O2—C1 | 1.2182 (18) | C10—C11 | 1.387 (2) |
N1—C1 | 1.395 (2) | C10—C15 | 1.387 (2) |
N1—C7 | 1.398 (2) | C10—C9 | 1.513 (2) |
N1—C8 | 1.4749 (18) | C3—H3 | 0.950 |
C5—C4 | 1.414 (2) | C11—C12 | 1.388 (2) |
C5—C7 | 1.492 (2) | C11—H11 | 0.950 |
C5—C6 | 1.377 (2) | C12—C13 | 1.380 (2) |
C4—C4i | 1.4131 (19) | C12—H12 | 0.950 |
C4—C2 | 1.408 (2) | C15—C14 | 1.385 (2) |
C1—C2 | 1.4849 (19) | C15—H15 | 0.950 |
C2—C3 | 1.377 (2) | C14—C13 | 1.383 (2) |
C6—C3i | 1.405 (2) | C14—H14 | 0.950 |
C6—H6 | 0.950 | C9—H9b | 0.990 |
C8—C9 | 1.526 (2) | C9—H9a | 0.990 |
C8—H8b | 0.990 | C13—H13 | 0.950 |
O1···O2ii | 3.3754 (15) | C7···C1ii | 3.509 (2) |
O1···N1ii | 3.5905 (17) | C7···C2ii | 3.433 (2) |
O1···C1ii | 3.1573 (19) | C7···C3ii | 3.438 (2) |
O1···C2ii | 3.3654 (18) | C2···O1iii | 3.3654 (18) |
O2···O1iii | 3.3754 (15) | C2···O2iv | 3.3145 (19) |
O2···O2iv | 3.4962 (14) | C2···C5iii | 3.563 (2) |
O2···N1iii | 3.5401 (17) | C2···C7iii | 3.433 (2) |
O2···C1iv | 3.3222 (18) | C6···C5vi | 3.467 (2) |
O2···C7iii | 3.5251 (19) | C6···C4ii | 3.581 (2) |
O2···C2iv | 3.3145 (19) | C6···C4vi | 3.498 (2) |
O2···C8iii | 3.396 (2) | C6···C6vi | 3.520 (2) |
O2···C3v | 3.1941 (19) | C6···C3ii | 3.600 (2) |
O2···C3iv | 3.4719 (19) | C8···O2ii | 3.396 (2) |
N1···O1iii | 3.5905 (17) | C8···C3iv | 3.469 (2) |
N1···O2ii | 3.5401 (17) | C3···O2v | 3.1941 (19) |
C5···C2ii | 3.563 (2) | C3···O2iv | 3.4719 (19) |
C5···C6vi | 3.467 (2) | C3···C5iii | 3.261 (2) |
C5···C3ii | 3.261 (2) | C3···C4iii | 3.578 (2) |
C4···C6iii | 3.581 (2) | C3···C7iii | 3.438 (2) |
C4···C6vi | 3.498 (2) | C3···C6iii | 3.600 (2) |
C4···C3ii | 3.578 (2) | C3···C8iv | 3.469 (2) |
C1···O1iii | 3.1573 (19) | C11···C15ii | 3.581 (2) |
C1···O2iv | 3.3222 (18) | C12···C14ii | 3.586 (2) |
C1···C1iv | 3.580 (2) | C15···C11iii | 3.581 (2) |
C1···C7iii | 3.509 (2) | C14···C12iii | 3.586 (2) |
C7···O2ii | 3.5251 (19) | ||
C1—N1—C7 | 125.52 (11) | C11—C10—C15 | 118.49 (14) |
C1—N1—C8 | 116.63 (12) | C11—C10—C9 | 121.22 (14) |
C7—N1—C8 | 117.85 (12) | C15—C10—C9 | 120.19 (14) |
C4—C5—C7 | 119.79 (13) | C2—C3—C6i | 120.32 (14) |
C4—C5—C6 | 120.19 (13) | C2—C3—H3 | 119.8 |
C7—C5—C6 | 119.96 (14) | C6i—C3—H3 | 119.8 |
C5—C4—C4i | 119.41 (13) | C10—C11—C12 | 120.30 (16) |
C5—C4—C2 | 121.31 (12) | C10—C11—H11 | 119.8 |
C4i—C4—C2 | 119.28 (13) | C12—C11—H11 | 119.9 |
O2—C1—N1 | 120.75 (12) | C11—C12—C13 | 120.66 (16) |
O2—C1—C2 | 122.22 (14) | C11—C12—H12 | 119.7 |
N1—C1—C2 | 117.03 (12) | C13—C12—H12 | 119.7 |
O1—C7—N1 | 121.08 (13) | C10—C15—C14 | 121.36 (16) |
O1—C7—C5 | 122.44 (14) | C10—C15—H15 | 119.3 |
N1—C7—C5 | 116.48 (13) | C14—C15—H15 | 119.3 |
C4—C2—C1 | 119.75 (13) | C15—C14—C13 | 119.69 (17) |
C4—C2—C3 | 120.46 (13) | C15—C14—H14 | 120.2 |
C1—C2—C3 | 119.79 (13) | C13—C14—H14 | 120.2 |
C5—C6—C3i | 120.34 (14) | C8—C9—C10 | 108.83 (13) |
C5—C6—H6 | 119.8 | C8—C9—H9b | 109.9 |
C3i—C6—H6 | 119.8 | C8—C9—H9a | 109.9 |
N1—C8—C9 | 113.32 (13) | C10—C9—H9b | 109.9 |
N1—C8—H8b | 108.9 | C10—C9—H9a | 109.9 |
N1—C8—H8a | 108.9 | H9b—C9—H9a | 108.3 |
C9—C8—H8b | 108.9 | C12—C13—C14 | 119.50 (15) |
C9—C8—H8a | 108.9 | C12—C13—H13 | 120.3 |
H8b—C8—H8a | 107.7 | C14—C13—H13 | 120.3 |
C1—N1—C7—O1 | 179.62 (14) | C5—C4—C2—C3 | −179.92 (15) |
C1—N1—C7—C5 | −1.5 (2) | C4i—C4—C2—C1 | 179.44 (14) |
C7—N1—C1—O2 | −177.03 (14) | C4i—C4—C2—C3 | 0.2 (2) |
C7—N1—C1—C2 | 3.7 (2) | C2—C4—C4i—C5i | −0.1 (2) |
C1—N1—C8—C9 | −90.00 (16) | O2—C1—C2—C4 | 178.20 (14) |
C8—N1—C1—O2 | 2.6 (2) | O2—C1—C2—C3 | −2.5 (2) |
C8—N1—C1—C2 | −176.64 (13) | N1—C1—C2—C4 | −2.5 (2) |
C7—N1—C8—C9 | 89.70 (17) | N1—C1—C2—C3 | 176.75 (14) |
C8—N1—C7—O1 | −0.05 (19) | C4—C2—C3—C6i | −0.1 (2) |
C8—N1—C7—C5 | 178.80 (13) | C1—C2—C3—C6i | −179.37 (14) |
C4—C5—C7—O1 | 176.99 (15) | C5—C6—C3i—C2i | 0.1 (2) |
C4—C5—C7—N1 | −1.8 (2) | N1—C8—C9—C10 | 166.24 (13) |
C7—C5—C4—C2 | 2.9 (2) | C11—C10—C15—C14 | −0.5 (2) |
C7—C5—C4—C4i | −177.23 (14) | C15—C10—C11—C12 | 0.2 (2) |
C4—C5—C6—C3i | −0.1 (2) | C11—C10—C9—C8 | 97.43 (17) |
C6—C5—C4—C2 | −179.84 (15) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −176.13 (16) |
C6—C5—C4—C4i | 0.1 (2) | C15—C10—C9—C8 | −78.79 (19) |
C7—C5—C6—C3i | 177.15 (14) | C9—C10—C15—C14 | 175.83 (16) |
C6—C5—C7—O1 | −0.3 (2) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 0.3 (2) |
C6—C5—C7—N1 | −179.15 (14) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | −0.4 (2) |
C5—C4—C4i—C2i | 0.1 (2) | C10—C15—C14—C13 | 0.4 (2) |
C5—C4—C2—C1 | −0.6 (2) | C15—C14—C13—C12 | 0.1 (2) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, −y, −z+1; (ii) x, y+1, z; (iii) x, y−1, z; (iv) −x+1, −y, −z+1; (v) −x+1, −y−1, −z+1; (vi) −x+2, −y+1, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C30H22N2O4 |
Mr | 474.50 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/n |
Temperature (K) | 93 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.70264 (14), 4.93695 (9), 29.9857 (5) |
β (°) | 97.9096 (7) |
V (Å3) | 1129.44 (3) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Cu Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.76 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.5 × 0.14 × 0.06 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Rigaku R-AXIS RAPID |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (ABSCOR; Higashi, 1995) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.790, 0.955 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [F2 > 2σ(F2)] reflections | 9315, 1993, 1723 |
Rint | 0.033 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.602 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.041, 0.124, 1.13 |
No. of reflections | 1993 |
No. of parameters | 163 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.20, −0.31 |
Computer programs: PROCESS-AUTO (Rigaku, 1998), PROCESS-AUTO, CrystalStructure (Rigaku/MSC), SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997), ORTEPIII (Burnett & Johnson, 1996), CrystalStructure.
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The title compound (PhENI) is a derivative of the naphthalene-imides which belongs to the category of perylene and perinone pigments (Herbst & Hunger, 2004). The difference between the perylene and perinone pigments is whether the central skeleton is perylene or naphthalene. Both pigments are typically characterized by close π-π stacks (Hädicke & Graser, 1986; Mizuguchi, 1998a, 2004; Mizuguchi & Shimo, 2006), giving rise to an additional absorption band in the visible region due to intermolecular excitonic interactions (Mizuguchi, 1998b). However, the present band disappears in the amorphous state where the molecules are randomly arranged. Accordingly, the color varies drastically from an amorphous phase to the crystalline one, as found in ethylphenylperyleneimide (EPhP), in which the naphthalene skeleton in PhENI is replaced by the perylene one (Mizuguchi, 1998b). Then, we struck on an idea that it would be ideal for electronic paper applications if the color change occurs in much shorter wavelength (for example, between colorless and blue) with a smaller chromphore such as PhENI. In this connection, an attempt has been made to synthesize PhENI and determine its crystal structure.
The title molecule is centrosymmetric (Fig. 1) and an asymmetric unit comprises a half of the molecule. Therefore, ethylphenyl groups are arranged in a trans fashion across the naphthaleneimide skeleton. The naphthalene-imide skeleton is entirely planar as indicated by a small deviation of 0.018 Å from the least-squares plane defined by atoms C1—C7/N1. The phenyl rings and the napthaleneimide skeleton are not in parallel, but twisted by 9.27 (7)°. Fig. 2 shows the molecular packing of PhENI. The molecules are stacked with insignificant overlap as characterized by significant slide in the direction of the short-molecular axis, quite in contrast to the ordinary naphthalene-imides (Mizuguchi, 2003a,b) and peryelene- imide pigments (Hädicke & Graser, 1986; Mizuguchi, 1998a, 2005a,b) where the molecules are directly stacked with an interplanar distance of about 3.3 - 3.5 Å. Since the π-π interactions are insignificant in PhENI, this compound gives no additional absorption band in the visible region and cannot be applied to electronic paper applications.