organic compounds
6H,12H-5,11-Ethanodibenzo[b,f][1,5]diazocine
aDepartment of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Building F7B, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia, and bCrystal Structure Analysis Facility, School of Chemistry, F11, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
*Correspondence e-mail: andrew.try@mq.edu.au
In the molecule of the title compound, C16H16N2, the ethano-strapped analogue of unsubstituted Tröger's base, the dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 75.85 (4)°, the smallest angle measured for an ethano-strapped analogue.
Related literature
For related literature, see: Hamada & Mukai (1996); Ishida et al. (2005); Solano et al. (2005); Faroughi et al. (2006a,b); Faroughi, Try & Turner (2007); Faroughi, Jensen & Try (2007). For related structures, see: Faroughi, Try, Klepetko et al. (2007); Faroughi et al. (2008).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: SMART (Siemens, 1995); cell SAINT (Siemens, 1995); data reduction: SAINT and XPREP (Siemens, 1995); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: TEXSAN (Molecular Structure Corporation, 1998), Xtal3.6 (Hall et al., 1999), ORTEPII (Johnson, 1976) and WinGX (Farrugia, 1999); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536808000883/tk2243sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536808000883/tk2243Isup2.hkl
The title compound was prepared according to the literature procedure (Hamada & Mukai, 1996) in 37% yield. Single crystals were produced from slow evaporation of a dichloromethane solution of (I).
H atoms were positioned geometrically, with C—H = 0.95 and 0.99 Å for aromatic and methylene H atoms, respectively, and constrained to ride on their parent atoms, with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C).
Data collection: SMART (Siemens, 1995); cell
SAINT (Siemens, 1995); data reduction: SAINT (Siemens, 1995) and XPREP (Siemens, 1995); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: TEXSAN for Windows (Molecular Structure Corporation, 1998), Xtal3.6 (Hall et al., 1999), ORTEPII (Johnson, 1976) and WinGX (Farrugia, 1999); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).C16H16N2 | Dx = 1.318 Mg m−3 |
Mr = 236.31 | Melting point: 447 K |
Orthorhombic, Pbca | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 985 reflections |
a = 11.717 (2) Å | θ = 2.5–27.9° |
b = 8.907 (2) Å | µ = 0.08 mm−1 |
c = 22.829 (4) Å | T = 150 K |
V = 2382.5 (8) Å3 | Plate, colourless |
Z = 8 | 0.43 × 0.42 × 0.15 mm |
F(000) = 1008 |
Bruker SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer | 2913 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2398 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.039 |
ω scans | θmax = 28.3°, θmin = 1.8° |
Absorption correction: gaussian (Coppens et al., 1965) and XPREP (Siemens, 1995) | h = −15→15 |
Tmin = 0.968, Tmax = 0.990 | k = −11→11 |
21723 measured reflections | l = −29→28 |
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)] = 0.037 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.099 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.03 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0474P)2 + 0.8505P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2913 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
163 parameters | Δρmax = 0.29 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.20 e Å−3 |
C16H16N2 | V = 2382.5 (8) Å3 |
Mr = 236.31 | Z = 8 |
Orthorhombic, Pbca | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 11.717 (2) Å | µ = 0.08 mm−1 |
b = 8.907 (2) Å | T = 150 K |
c = 22.829 (4) Å | 0.43 × 0.42 × 0.15 mm |
Bruker SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer | 2913 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: gaussian (Coppens et al., 1965) and XPREP (Siemens, 1995) | 2398 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.968, Tmax = 0.990 | Rint = 0.039 |
21723 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.037 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.099 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.03 | Δρmax = 0.29 e Å−3 |
2913 reflections | Δρmin = −0.20 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 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 | ||
N1 | 0.12902 (7) | 0.27164 (10) | 0.17143 (4) | 0.0194 (2) | |
N2 | 0.04073 (7) | −0.01939 (10) | 0.19142 (4) | 0.0194 (2) | |
C1 | 0.01598 (9) | 0.29851 (11) | 0.15021 (5) | 0.0187 (2) | |
C2 | 0.00104 (9) | 0.42146 (12) | 0.11285 (5) | 0.0222 (2) | |
H2 | 0.0648 | 0.4824 | 0.1031 | 0.027* | |
C3 | −0.10531 (10) | 0.45585 (12) | 0.08975 (5) | 0.0244 (2) | |
H3 | −0.1138 | 0.5389 | 0.0640 | 0.029* | |
C4 | −0.19937 (9) | 0.36838 (12) | 0.10442 (5) | 0.0229 (2) | |
H4 | −0.2729 | 0.3929 | 0.0897 | 0.027* | |
C5 | −0.18463 (9) | 0.24492 (12) | 0.14072 (5) | 0.0202 (2) | |
H5 | −0.2489 | 0.1848 | 0.1503 | 0.024* | |
C6 | −0.07795 (9) | 0.20660 (11) | 0.16355 (4) | 0.0184 (2) | |
C7 | −0.06746 (9) | 0.06157 (12) | 0.19875 (5) | 0.0203 (2) | |
H7A | −0.0772 | 0.0857 | 0.2408 | 0.024* | |
H7B | −0.1307 | −0.0061 | 0.1874 | 0.024* | |
C8 | 0.07275 (9) | −0.04025 (11) | 0.13126 (5) | 0.0180 (2) | |
C9 | 0.02315 (9) | −0.16067 (12) | 0.10144 (5) | 0.0218 (2) | |
H9 | −0.0295 | −0.2238 | 0.1214 | 0.026* | |
C10 | 0.04935 (10) | −0.18974 (13) | 0.04328 (5) | 0.0252 (2) | |
H10 | 0.0139 | −0.2711 | 0.0235 | 0.030* | |
C11 | 0.12743 (10) | −0.09959 (13) | 0.01412 (5) | 0.0261 (3) | |
H11 | 0.1471 | −0.1200 | −0.0255 | 0.031* | |
C12 | 0.17656 (10) | 0.02068 (13) | 0.04333 (5) | 0.0234 (2) | |
H12 | 0.2298 | 0.0824 | 0.0232 | 0.028* | |
C13 | 0.14986 (9) | 0.05357 (11) | 0.10154 (5) | 0.0187 (2) | |
C14 | 0.20158 (9) | 0.19445 (12) | 0.12853 (5) | 0.0207 (2) | |
H14A | 0.2742 | 0.1667 | 0.1479 | 0.025* | |
H14B | 0.2200 | 0.2657 | 0.0966 | 0.025* | |
C15 | 0.13809 (10) | 0.20766 (12) | 0.23032 (5) | 0.0225 (2) | |
H15A | 0.0759 | 0.2483 | 0.2550 | 0.027* | |
H15B | 0.2116 | 0.2388 | 0.2479 | 0.027* | |
C16 | 0.13116 (9) | 0.03597 (12) | 0.23015 (5) | 0.0221 (2) | |
H16A | 0.2053 | −0.0057 | 0.2172 | 0.027* | |
H16B | 0.1166 | 0.0001 | 0.2705 | 0.027* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
N1 | 0.0199 (4) | 0.0179 (4) | 0.0205 (4) | −0.0011 (3) | −0.0002 (3) | −0.0007 (3) |
N2 | 0.0207 (4) | 0.0183 (4) | 0.0192 (4) | −0.0001 (3) | 0.0008 (3) | 0.0009 (3) |
C1 | 0.0212 (5) | 0.0159 (5) | 0.0190 (5) | 0.0006 (4) | 0.0008 (4) | −0.0029 (4) |
C2 | 0.0248 (5) | 0.0167 (5) | 0.0251 (5) | −0.0013 (4) | 0.0030 (4) | 0.0003 (4) |
C3 | 0.0309 (6) | 0.0186 (5) | 0.0238 (5) | 0.0033 (4) | 0.0003 (4) | 0.0022 (4) |
C4 | 0.0224 (5) | 0.0240 (5) | 0.0222 (5) | 0.0048 (4) | −0.0012 (4) | −0.0032 (4) |
C5 | 0.0203 (5) | 0.0207 (5) | 0.0196 (5) | −0.0001 (4) | 0.0030 (4) | −0.0041 (4) |
C6 | 0.0216 (5) | 0.0162 (5) | 0.0175 (5) | 0.0010 (4) | 0.0030 (4) | −0.0032 (4) |
C7 | 0.0208 (5) | 0.0196 (5) | 0.0207 (5) | −0.0008 (4) | 0.0034 (4) | 0.0014 (4) |
C8 | 0.0176 (5) | 0.0159 (5) | 0.0206 (5) | 0.0032 (4) | −0.0004 (4) | 0.0016 (4) |
C9 | 0.0198 (5) | 0.0170 (5) | 0.0284 (6) | 0.0011 (4) | −0.0015 (4) | 0.0005 (4) |
C10 | 0.0282 (6) | 0.0202 (5) | 0.0270 (6) | 0.0033 (4) | −0.0059 (4) | −0.0045 (4) |
C11 | 0.0323 (6) | 0.0260 (6) | 0.0199 (5) | 0.0074 (5) | 0.0003 (4) | −0.0020 (4) |
C12 | 0.0243 (5) | 0.0227 (5) | 0.0231 (5) | 0.0034 (4) | 0.0036 (4) | 0.0029 (4) |
C13 | 0.0173 (5) | 0.0171 (5) | 0.0216 (5) | 0.0029 (4) | −0.0001 (4) | 0.0013 (4) |
C14 | 0.0180 (5) | 0.0197 (5) | 0.0244 (5) | −0.0014 (4) | 0.0024 (4) | 0.0006 (4) |
C15 | 0.0253 (5) | 0.0219 (5) | 0.0204 (5) | −0.0018 (4) | −0.0028 (4) | −0.0012 (4) |
C16 | 0.0245 (5) | 0.0217 (5) | 0.0202 (5) | −0.0002 (4) | −0.0026 (4) | 0.0022 (4) |
N1—C1 | 1.4305 (14) | C8—C9 | 1.3970 (15) |
N1—C15 | 1.4639 (14) | C8—C13 | 1.4053 (15) |
N1—C14 | 1.4679 (13) | C9—C10 | 1.3873 (16) |
N2—C8 | 1.4358 (14) | C9—H9 | 0.9500 |
N2—C16 | 1.4654 (14) | C10—C11 | 1.3874 (17) |
N2—C7 | 1.4680 (14) | C10—H10 | 0.9500 |
C1—C2 | 1.3991 (15) | C11—C12 | 1.3870 (17) |
C1—C6 | 1.4051 (15) | C11—H11 | 0.9500 |
C2—C3 | 1.3873 (16) | C12—C13 | 1.3964 (15) |
C2—H2 | 0.9500 | C12—H12 | 0.9500 |
C3—C4 | 1.3906 (16) | C13—C14 | 1.5236 (15) |
C3—H3 | 0.9500 | C14—H14A | 0.9900 |
C4—C5 | 1.3877 (16) | C14—H14B | 0.9900 |
C4—H4 | 0.9500 | C15—C16 | 1.5315 (15) |
C5—C6 | 1.3966 (15) | C15—H15A | 0.9900 |
C5—H5 | 0.9500 | C15—H15B | 0.9900 |
C6—C7 | 1.5262 (15) | C16—H16A | 0.9900 |
C7—H7A | 0.9900 | C16—H16B | 0.9900 |
C7—H7B | 0.9900 | ||
C1—N1—C15 | 116.32 (9) | C10—C9—C8 | 121.17 (10) |
C1—N1—C14 | 112.87 (8) | C10—C9—H9 | 119.4 |
C15—N1—C14 | 112.85 (9) | C8—C9—H9 | 119.4 |
C8—N2—C16 | 115.58 (8) | C9—C10—C11 | 119.81 (10) |
C8—N2—C7 | 113.47 (8) | C9—C10—H10 | 120.1 |
C16—N2—C7 | 112.97 (8) | C11—C10—H10 | 120.1 |
C2—C1—C6 | 119.35 (10) | C12—C11—C10 | 119.34 (11) |
C2—C1—N1 | 116.96 (9) | C12—C11—H11 | 120.3 |
C6—C1—N1 | 123.66 (9) | C10—C11—H11 | 120.3 |
C3—C2—C1 | 121.13 (10) | C11—C12—C13 | 121.78 (10) |
C3—C2—H2 | 119.4 | C11—C12—H12 | 119.1 |
C1—C2—H2 | 119.4 | C13—C12—H12 | 119.1 |
C2—C3—C4 | 119.78 (10) | C12—C13—C8 | 118.60 (10) |
C2—C3—H3 | 120.1 | C12—C13—C14 | 117.94 (9) |
C4—C3—H3 | 120.1 | C8—C13—C14 | 123.39 (9) |
C5—C4—C3 | 119.28 (10) | N1—C14—C13 | 115.16 (8) |
C5—C4—H4 | 120.4 | N1—C14—H14A | 108.5 |
C3—C4—H4 | 120.4 | C13—C14—H14A | 108.5 |
C4—C5—C6 | 121.86 (10) | N1—C14—H14B | 108.5 |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.1 | C13—C14—H14B | 108.5 |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.1 | H14A—C14—H14B | 107.5 |
C5—C6—C1 | 118.54 (10) | N1—C15—C16 | 112.49 (9) |
C5—C6—C7 | 118.38 (9) | N1—C15—H15A | 109.1 |
C1—C6—C7 | 122.97 (9) | C16—C15—H15A | 109.1 |
N2—C7—C6 | 115.16 (8) | N1—C15—H15B | 109.1 |
N2—C7—H7A | 108.5 | C16—C15—H15B | 109.1 |
C6—C7—H7A | 108.5 | H15A—C15—H15B | 107.8 |
N2—C7—H7B | 108.5 | N2—C16—C15 | 112.08 (9) |
C6—C7—H7B | 108.5 | N2—C16—H16A | 109.2 |
H7A—C7—H7B | 107.5 | C15—C16—H16A | 109.2 |
C9—C8—C13 | 119.27 (10) | N2—C16—H16B | 109.2 |
C9—C8—N2 | 117.18 (9) | C15—C16—H16B | 109.2 |
C13—C8—N2 | 123.56 (9) | H16A—C16—H16B | 107.9 |
C15—N1—C1—C2 | 147.34 (10) | C7—N2—C8—C13 | 97.36 (11) |
C14—N1—C1—C2 | −79.92 (11) | C13—C8—C9—C10 | 0.49 (16) |
C15—N1—C1—C6 | −34.51 (14) | N2—C8—C9—C10 | −179.77 (10) |
C14—N1—C1—C6 | 98.24 (12) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | 1.00 (16) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 1.33 (16) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −1.34 (17) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | 179.57 (10) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 0.20 (17) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.89 (17) | C11—C12—C13—C8 | 1.28 (16) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −1.89 (16) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | −175.68 (10) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.67 (16) | C9—C8—C13—C12 | −1.61 (15) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | 1.54 (15) | N2—C8—C13—C12 | 178.68 (9) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | −174.80 (9) | C9—C8—C13—C14 | 175.18 (9) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | −2.51 (15) | N2—C8—C13—C14 | −4.53 (16) |
N1—C1—C6—C5 | 179.38 (9) | C1—N1—C14—C13 | −50.30 (12) |
C2—C1—C6—C7 | 173.65 (10) | C15—N1—C14—C13 | 84.12 (11) |
N1—C1—C6—C7 | −4.46 (16) | C12—C13—C14—N1 | 146.11 (10) |
C8—N2—C7—C6 | −49.21 (12) | C8—C13—C14—N1 | −30.70 (14) |
C16—N2—C7—C6 | 84.85 (11) | C1—N1—C15—C16 | 86.36 (11) |
C5—C6—C7—N2 | 144.50 (10) | C14—N1—C15—C16 | −46.39 (12) |
C1—C6—C7—N2 | −31.66 (14) | C8—N2—C16—C15 | 86.95 (11) |
C16—N2—C8—C9 | 144.83 (9) | C7—N2—C16—C15 | −46.09 (12) |
C7—N2—C8—C9 | −82.36 (11) | N1—C15—C16—N2 | −43.67 (13) |
C16—N2—C8—C13 | −35.45 (14) |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C16H16N2 |
Mr | 236.31 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, Pbca |
Temperature (K) | 150 |
a, b, c (Å) | 11.717 (2), 8.907 (2), 22.829 (4) |
V (Å3) | 2382.5 (8) |
Z | 8 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.08 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.43 × 0.42 × 0.15 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Gaussian (Coppens et al., 1965) and XPREP (Siemens, 1995) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.968, 0.990 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 21723, 2913, 2398 |
Rint | 0.039 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.667 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.037, 0.099, 1.03 |
No. of reflections | 2913 |
No. of parameters | 163 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.29, −0.20 |
Computer programs: SMART (Siemens, 1995), SAINT (Siemens, 1995) and XPREP (Siemens, 1995), SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), TEXSAN for Windows (Molecular Structure Corporation, 1998), Xtal3.6 (Hall et al., 1999), ORTEPII (Johnson, 1976) and WinGX (Farrugia, 1999), WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the Australian Research Council for a Discovery Project grant to ACT (grant No. DP0345180) and Macquarie University for the award of a Macquarie University Research Development grant.
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Tröger's base compounds related to the title compound, (I), Fig. 1, are formed from an acid catalysed condensation of anilines, or a range of other amino aromatics, with either formaldehyde or formaldehyde equivalents. The compounds are characterized by the presence of a methano-strapped diazocine ring that is fused to two aromatic rings and this strapped ring system imparts a V-shaped structure on the compounds. The dihedral angle between the aromatic rings has been measured for over 20 simple dibenzo Tröger's base analogues and has been found to lie between 82° (Solano et al., 2005) and 108° (Faroughi et al., 2006b). It has been shown that reaction of 1,2-dibromoethane with several Tröger's base compounds affords ethano-straped analogues (Hamada & Mukai, 1996; Ishida et al., 2005; Faroughi et al., 2007a; Faroughi et al., 2008), as outlined in Fig. 2. The structure of (I) is the third reported structure of an ethano-strapped analogue of Tröger's base. All three structures support the results of molecular modelling studies, which predict that the ethano-strapped analogues should have smaller dihedral angles in comparison with their methano-strapped precursors. The size of the angle for the methano-strapped structures (2,8-dibromo, 2,8-dichloro and unsubstituted, respectively) are as follows: 95° (Faroughi et al., 2006a), 96° (Faroughi et al., 2007b) and 95° (Faroughi, Jensen & Try, 2007), whilst the corresponding values for the ethano-strapped structures are 86° (Faroughi et al., 2007a), 87° (Faroughi et al., 2008) and, for the subject of this report, (I) 76°.