organic compounds
6-(2-Hydroxyanilinomethylene)-4-nitrocyclohexa-2,4-dien-1-one
aInstitut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Leipziger Str. 29, 09596 Freiberg, Germany
*Correspondence e-mail: uwe.boehme@chemie.tu-freiberg.de
The molecule of the title compound, C13H10N2O4, is nearly planar with a dihedral angle between the two aromatic rings of 2.24 (9)°. The NH group forms an intramolecular hydrogen bond with the carbonyl O atom. The molecules form dimers about inversion centers in the via intermolecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
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Aromatic Schiff-bases with ortho-hydroxy groups are useful as acyclic polydentate ligands for the preparation of chelate complexes with a wide variety of metal ions (Freeman & White, 1956; Calligaris & Randaccio, 1987; Pettinari et al., 2001; Hernández-Molina & Mederos, 2004). For related literature, see: Böhme & Günther (2006, 2007); Böhme, Wiesner & Günther (2006); Dubs et al. (2000); Hopfl et al. (1998); Nazir et al. (2000); Pradeep (2005).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection
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Refinement
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Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2004); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S160053680706429X/pv2054sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S160053680706429X/pv2054Isup2.hkl
To 2-aminophenol (2.12 g, 19.4 mmol) dissolved in ethanol (100 ml) was added 2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzaldehyde (3.24 g, 19.4 mmol) in ethanol (50 ml). The resulting yellow suspension was refluxed for 1 h. The precipitate was filtered off and washed with ethanol. After drying, the product was purified by recrystallization from ethanol afforded yellow crystals of (I) (3.81 g, 76.2%, m.p. 528 K).
Hydrogen atoms bonded to C, N, and O were positioned geometrically and allowed to ride on their parent atoms, with C—H = 0.93, O—H = 0.82, and N—H = 0.86 Å and Uiso(H) values of 1.2Ueq(C/N) and 1.5Ueq(O).
We have been working on silicon and titanium complexes with tridentate O,N,O-ligands (Böhme & Günther, 2006; Böhme, Wiesner & Günther, 2006; Böhme & Günther, 2007). The title compound, (I), was prepared in order to extend the series of available ligands. The preparation of (I) was performed according to the methods described in the literature for the parent compound salicyclidene-o-aminophenol ("salopH2") (Freeman & White, 1956; Pettinari et al., 2001). The molecule of (I) is nearly planar with a dihedral angle between the two aromatic rings of 2.24 (9)°. The atom H2 forms an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the phenolic oxygen atom O1 and N1 of the azomethine unit. The hydrogen atom H2 is localized at N1. This hints to the presence of the keto-amine form. The presence of a quinoidal structure is further supported by the shortening of the bond O1—C3 to 1.276 (2) Å and the lengthening of the adjacent C—C bonds in the phenyl ring [C2—C3 1.443 (2), C3—C4 1.423 (2) Å] (Nazir et al., 2000). There are few structure reports of Schiff-bases with oxygen in ortho-position where the intramolecular bridging hydrogen atom is localized at the nitrogen atom (e.g. Pradeep, 2005; Dubs et al., 2000; Hopfl et al., 1998). The molecules form dimers about inversion centers in the
via intermolecular O2—H9···O1 hydrogen bonds. Unconventional hydrogen bonds of the type C—H···O are also present in the structure.Aromatic Schiff-bases with ortho-hydroxy groups are useful as acyclic polydentate ligands for the preparation of chelate complexes with a wide variety of metal ions (Freeman & White, 1956; Calligaris & Randaccio, 1987; Pettinari et al., 2001; Hernández-Molina & Mederos, 2004). For related literature, see: Böhme & Günther (2006, 2007); Böhme, Wiesner & Günther (2006); Dubs et al. (2000); Hopfl et al. (1998); Nazir et al. (2000); Pradeep (2005).
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2004); cell
SMART (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2004); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997).Fig. 1. The molecular structure of (I) drawn with 50% probability displacement ellipsoids. |
C13H10N2O4 | F(000) = 536 |
Mr = 258.23 | Dx = 1.455 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Melting point: 528 K |
Hall symbol: -P 2yn | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 6.3445 (3) Å | Cell parameters from 3470 reflections |
b = 23.7378 (10) Å | θ = 3.3–28.2° |
c = 7.8450 (3) Å | µ = 0.11 mm−1 |
β = 93.79 (1)° | T = 303 K |
V = 1178.90 (9) Å3 | Prism, yellow |
Z = 4 | 0.3 × 0.25 × 0.12 mm |
Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer | 1523 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: sealed tube | Rint = 0.025 |
Graphite monochromator | θmax = 26.0°, θmin = 1.7° |
φ and ω scans | h = −7→7 |
9006 measured reflections | k = −29→29 |
2273 independent reflections | l = −8→9 |
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)] = 0.042 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.115 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.05 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0575P)2 + 0.0914P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2273 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
174 parameters | Δρmax = 0.13 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.17 e Å−3 |
C13H10N2O4 | V = 1178.90 (9) Å3 |
Mr = 258.23 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 6.3445 (3) Å | µ = 0.11 mm−1 |
b = 23.7378 (10) Å | T = 303 K |
c = 7.8450 (3) Å | 0.3 × 0.25 × 0.12 mm |
β = 93.79 (1)° |
Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer | 1523 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
9006 measured reflections | Rint = 0.025 |
2273 independent reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.042 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.115 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.05 | Δρmax = 0.13 e Å−3 |
2273 reflections | Δρmin = −0.17 e Å−3 |
174 parameters |
Experimental. NMR (DMSO, 300 K, TMS): 1H: δ=15.73, 10.38 (s, OH, 2H), 9.31 (s, CH—N, 1H), 8.18–6.89 (m, CHaromatic, 7H); 13C: 172.3 (C3), 159.2 (C1), 150.4 (C9), 136.7 (C6), 130.3, 129.8, 129.2, 128.6, 120.4, 119.8, 118.7, 116.5, 116.4 (9 signals for aromatic C). |
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. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1 | 0.2616 (2) | −0.05887 (5) | 0.83707 (17) | 0.0600 (4) | |
O2 | 0.0255 (2) | 0.06605 (5) | 0.94717 (17) | 0.0584 (4) | |
H9 | −0.0597 | 0.0732 | 1.0184 | 0.088* | |
O3 | 1.0149 (2) | −0.17158 (6) | 0.5016 (2) | 0.0762 (5) | |
O4 | 1.0816 (2) | −0.08467 (6) | 0.45149 (17) | 0.0632 (4) | |
N1 | 0.3820 (2) | 0.04592 (6) | 0.81241 (17) | 0.0432 (4) | |
H2 | 0.2899 | 0.0216 | 0.8403 | 0.068 (6)* | |
N2 | 0.9733 (2) | −0.12137 (7) | 0.51253 (19) | 0.0513 (4) | |
C1 | 0.5465 (3) | 0.02556 (7) | 0.7441 (2) | 0.0449 (4) | |
H1 | 0.6502 | 0.0506 | 0.7131 | 0.054* | |
C2 | 0.5767 (3) | −0.03237 (7) | 0.7143 (2) | 0.0409 (4) | |
C3 | 0.4260 (3) | −0.07387 (7) | 0.7635 (2) | 0.0447 (4) | |
C4 | 0.4701 (3) | −0.13107 (8) | 0.7250 (2) | 0.0524 (5) | |
H4 | 0.3761 | −0.1589 | 0.7549 | 0.063* | |
C5 | 0.6451 (3) | −0.14622 (7) | 0.6460 (2) | 0.0501 (5) | |
H5 | 0.6701 | −0.1840 | 0.6228 | 0.060* | |
C6 | 0.7890 (3) | −0.10481 (7) | 0.5989 (2) | 0.0427 (4) | |
C7 | 0.7560 (3) | −0.04926 (7) | 0.6329 (2) | 0.0435 (4) | |
H7 | 0.8532 | −0.0225 | 0.6018 | 0.052* | |
C8 | 0.3340 (3) | 0.10296 (7) | 0.8472 (2) | 0.0425 (4) | |
C9 | 0.1443 (3) | 0.11220 (7) | 0.9216 (2) | 0.0452 (4) | |
C10 | 0.0879 (3) | 0.16669 (8) | 0.9629 (2) | 0.0572 (5) | |
H10 | −0.0386 | 0.1734 | 1.0130 | 0.069* | |
C11 | 0.2198 (3) | 0.21088 (8) | 0.9297 (3) | 0.0672 (6) | |
H11 | 0.1823 | 0.2474 | 0.9584 | 0.081* | |
C12 | 0.4076 (3) | 0.20149 (8) | 0.8538 (3) | 0.0676 (6) | |
H12 | 0.4950 | 0.2317 | 0.8312 | 0.081* | |
C13 | 0.4653 (3) | 0.14742 (8) | 0.8116 (3) | 0.0563 (5) | |
H13 | 0.5908 | 0.1410 | 0.7600 | 0.068* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0501 (8) | 0.0584 (8) | 0.0747 (9) | −0.0075 (6) | 0.0276 (7) | −0.0052 (7) |
O2 | 0.0563 (8) | 0.0520 (8) | 0.0701 (10) | −0.0084 (6) | 0.0275 (7) | −0.0030 (6) |
O3 | 0.0705 (10) | 0.0513 (8) | 0.1096 (13) | 0.0168 (7) | 0.0280 (9) | 0.0042 (8) |
O4 | 0.0589 (8) | 0.0617 (9) | 0.0722 (9) | 0.0009 (7) | 0.0275 (7) | 0.0066 (7) |
N1 | 0.0419 (8) | 0.0442 (8) | 0.0447 (9) | −0.0064 (7) | 0.0113 (7) | −0.0019 (6) |
N2 | 0.0481 (9) | 0.0522 (10) | 0.0544 (10) | 0.0065 (7) | 0.0089 (8) | 0.0050 (7) |
C1 | 0.0409 (10) | 0.0492 (10) | 0.0452 (10) | −0.0066 (8) | 0.0090 (8) | 0.0009 (8) |
C2 | 0.0395 (9) | 0.0459 (10) | 0.0376 (9) | −0.0025 (7) | 0.0056 (8) | 0.0008 (7) |
C3 | 0.0409 (10) | 0.0514 (11) | 0.0423 (10) | −0.0053 (8) | 0.0062 (8) | −0.0015 (8) |
C4 | 0.0474 (11) | 0.0470 (10) | 0.0634 (13) | −0.0100 (8) | 0.0090 (9) | 0.0008 (9) |
C5 | 0.0507 (11) | 0.0416 (10) | 0.0583 (12) | −0.0012 (8) | 0.0056 (9) | −0.0007 (8) |
C6 | 0.0406 (9) | 0.0481 (10) | 0.0400 (10) | 0.0018 (8) | 0.0072 (8) | 0.0035 (8) |
C7 | 0.0401 (9) | 0.0465 (10) | 0.0447 (10) | −0.0045 (7) | 0.0077 (8) | 0.0043 (8) |
C8 | 0.0454 (10) | 0.0401 (9) | 0.0426 (10) | −0.0027 (7) | 0.0058 (8) | −0.0017 (7) |
C9 | 0.0435 (10) | 0.0468 (10) | 0.0460 (10) | −0.0032 (8) | 0.0076 (8) | 0.0031 (8) |
C10 | 0.0534 (12) | 0.0527 (11) | 0.0665 (13) | 0.0060 (9) | 0.0124 (10) | −0.0029 (9) |
C11 | 0.0737 (14) | 0.0431 (11) | 0.0862 (16) | 0.0043 (10) | 0.0163 (12) | −0.0049 (10) |
C12 | 0.0694 (14) | 0.0470 (11) | 0.0883 (16) | −0.0121 (10) | 0.0195 (12) | −0.0014 (10) |
C13 | 0.0525 (11) | 0.0510 (11) | 0.0675 (13) | −0.0068 (9) | 0.0183 (10) | −0.0023 (9) |
O1—C3 | 1.276 (2) | C4—H4 | 0.9300 |
O2—C9 | 1.352 (2) | C5—C6 | 1.408 (2) |
O2—H9 | 0.8200 | C5—H5 | 0.9300 |
O3—N2 | 1.225 (2) | C6—C7 | 1.364 (2) |
O4—N2 | 1.226 (2) | C7—H7 | 0.9300 |
N1—C1 | 1.298 (2) | C8—C13 | 1.384 (2) |
N1—C8 | 1.418 (2) | C8—C9 | 1.389 (2) |
N1—H2 | 0.8600 | C9—C10 | 1.386 (3) |
N2—C6 | 1.444 (2) | C10—C11 | 1.378 (3) |
C1—C2 | 1.410 (2) | C10—H10 | 0.9300 |
C1—H1 | 0.9300 | C11—C12 | 1.385 (3) |
C2—C7 | 1.399 (2) | C11—H11 | 0.9300 |
C2—C3 | 1.443 (2) | C12—C13 | 1.381 (3) |
C3—C4 | 1.423 (2) | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C4—C5 | 1.356 (2) | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
C9—O2—H9 | 109.5 | C7—C6—N2 | 119.64 (15) |
C1—N1—C8 | 128.60 (15) | C5—C6—N2 | 119.49 (16) |
C1—N1—H2 | 115.7 | C6—C7—C2 | 120.42 (16) |
C8—N1—H2 | 115.7 | C6—C7—H7 | 119.8 |
O3—N2—O4 | 122.35 (15) | C2—C7—H7 | 119.8 |
O3—N2—C6 | 118.86 (15) | C13—C8—C9 | 120.92 (16) |
O4—N2—C6 | 118.79 (15) | C13—C8—N1 | 123.32 (16) |
N1—C1—C2 | 123.60 (16) | C9—C8—N1 | 115.76 (14) |
N1—C1—H1 | 118.2 | O2—C9—C10 | 124.47 (16) |
C2—C1—H1 | 118.2 | O2—C9—C8 | 116.19 (15) |
C7—C2—C1 | 118.58 (16) | C10—C9—C8 | 119.34 (16) |
C7—C2—C3 | 119.95 (15) | C11—C10—C9 | 119.77 (18) |
C1—C2—C3 | 121.46 (16) | C11—C10—H10 | 120.1 |
O1—C3—C4 | 122.72 (16) | C9—C10—H10 | 120.1 |
O1—C3—C2 | 120.43 (16) | C10—C11—C12 | 120.64 (18) |
C4—C3—C2 | 116.85 (15) | C10—C11—H11 | 119.7 |
C5—C4—C3 | 121.92 (17) | C12—C11—H11 | 119.7 |
C5—C4—H4 | 119.0 | C13—C12—C11 | 120.12 (18) |
C3—C4—H4 | 119.0 | C13—C12—H12 | 119.9 |
C4—C5—C6 | 119.99 (17) | C11—C12—H12 | 119.9 |
C4—C5—H5 | 120.0 | C12—C13—C8 | 119.19 (18) |
C6—C5—H5 | 120.0 | C12—C13—H13 | 120.4 |
C7—C6—C5 | 120.86 (16) | C8—C13—H13 | 120.4 |
C8—N1—C1—C2 | −179.49 (15) | N2—C6—C7—C2 | 179.08 (15) |
N1—C1—C2—C7 | 177.23 (16) | C1—C2—C7—C6 | −178.79 (16) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −1.9 (3) | C3—C2—C7—C6 | 0.3 (3) |
C7—C2—C3—O1 | −179.67 (16) | C1—N1—C8—C13 | −0.5 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—O1 | −0.6 (3) | C1—N1—C8—C9 | 179.91 (17) |
C7—C2—C3—C4 | −0.1 (2) | C13—C8—C9—O2 | 178.46 (16) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 179.00 (15) | N1—C8—C9—O2 | −1.9 (2) |
O1—C3—C4—C5 | 179.64 (17) | C13—C8—C9—C10 | −1.0 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.1 (3) | N1—C8—C9—C10 | 178.64 (16) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | −0.3 (3) | O2—C9—C10—C11 | −179.28 (18) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | 0.5 (3) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | 0.1 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—N2 | −179.10 (16) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | 0.6 (3) |
O3—N2—C6—C7 | 171.10 (16) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | −0.4 (3) |
O4—N2—C6—C7 | −9.5 (2) | C11—C12—C13—C8 | −0.4 (3) |
O3—N2—C6—C5 | −9.3 (2) | C9—C8—C13—C12 | 1.1 (3) |
O4—N2—C6—C5 | 170.09 (16) | N1—C8—C13—C12 | −178.47 (17) |
C5—C6—C7—C2 | −0.5 (3) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H2···O1 | 0.86 | 1.92 | 2.613 (2) | 137 |
O2—H9···O1i | 0.82 | 1.80 | 2.573 (2) | 157 |
C1—H1···O4ii | 0.93 | 2.35 | 3.220 (2) | 156 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x, −y, −z+2; (ii) −x+2, −y, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C13H10N2O4 |
Mr | 258.23 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/n |
Temperature (K) | 303 |
a, b, c (Å) | 6.3445 (3), 23.7378 (10), 7.8450 (3) |
β (°) | 93.79 (1) |
V (Å3) | 1178.90 (9) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.11 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.3 × 0.25 × 0.12 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART CCD area-detector |
Absorption correction | – |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 9006, 2273, 1523 |
Rint | 0.025 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.617 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.042, 0.115, 1.05 |
No. of reflections | 2273 |
No. of parameters | 174 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.13, −0.17 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 2004), SAINT (Bruker, 2004), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997), ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H2···O1 | 0.86 | 1.92 | 2.613 (2) | 137 |
O2—H9···O1i | 0.82 | 1.80 | 2.573 (2) | 157 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, −y, −z+2. |
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We have been working on silicon and titanium complexes with tridentate O,N,O-ligands (Böhme & Günther, 2006; Böhme, Wiesner & Günther, 2006; Böhme & Günther, 2007). The title compound, (I), was prepared in order to extend the series of available ligands. The preparation of (I) was performed according to the methods described in the literature for the parent compound salicyclidene-o-aminophenol ("salopH2") (Freeman & White, 1956; Pettinari et al., 2001). The molecule of (I) is nearly planar with a dihedral angle between the two aromatic rings of 2.24 (9)°. The atom H2 forms an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the phenolic oxygen atom O1 and N1 of the azomethine unit. The hydrogen atom H2 is localized at N1. This hints to the presence of the keto-amine form. The presence of a quinoidal structure is further supported by the shortening of the bond O1—C3 to 1.276 (2) Å and the lengthening of the adjacent C—C bonds in the phenyl ring [C2—C3 1.443 (2), C3—C4 1.423 (2) Å] (Nazir et al., 2000). There are few structure reports of Schiff-bases with oxygen in ortho-position where the intramolecular bridging hydrogen atom is localized at the nitrogen atom (e.g. Pradeep, 2005; Dubs et al., 2000; Hopfl et al., 1998). The molecules form dimers about inversion centers in the crystal lattice via intermolecular O2—H9···O1 hydrogen bonds. Unconventional hydrogen bonds of the type C—H···O are also present in the structure.