organic compounds
(3RS)-S-[1-(3-Chlorophenyl)-2-oxopyrrolidin-3-yl]thiouronium bromide
aInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, nám. Čs. legií 565, Pardubice 532 10, Czech Republic, and bDepartment of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, nám. Čs. legií 565, Pardubice 532 10, Czech Republic
*Correspondence e-mail: jiri.hanusek@upce.cz
In the title molecular salt, C11H13ClN3OS+·Br−, the C—N bond lengths in the –S–C(NH2)2 fragment indicate partial double-bond character of these bonds. The constituent ions are connected by N—H⋯Br bridges into Z-shaped chains. The supramolecular architecture of the structure can be described by being composed of these chains interlocked by additional C—H⋯Br short contacts. An intramolecular N—H⋯O=C bridge, as well as weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, are also present in the structure.
Related literature
For the preparation and reactivity of isothiuronium salts, see: Hanusek et al. (2004); Sedlák et al. (2002, 2003). For related structures, see: Bel'skii et al. (1985); Cotton et al. (2006); Hanusek et al. (2009); Ishii et al. (2000); L'abbe et al. (1980); Luger et al. (1996); Rovnyak et al. (1995); Vijayan & Mani (1977).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: COLLECT (Hooft, 1998) and DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); cell COLLECT and DENZO; data reduction: COLLECT and DENZO; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1994); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2003); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536809001603/fb2122sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809001603/fb2122Isup2.hkl
The title compound was synthesized according to Hanusek et al. (2004) from saturated acetone solutions of the racemic 3-bromo-1-(3-chlorophenyl)pyrrolidin-2-one and thiourea. Suitable single crystals (plates) were grown directly from the reaction mixture. Their average size was 0.2×0.1×0.02 mm.
All the hydrogens were discernible in the difference
However, all the hydrogens were situated into idealized positions and refined riding on their parent C or N atoms, with N–H = 0.88 Å, U(H) = 1.2Ueq(C), C–H = 0.95Å (for aryl H), C–H = 0.99 Å for methylene and C–H = 1.00 Å for methine, U(H) = 1.2Ueq(C/N) for the amine, methylene and methine H atoms, respectively.Data collection: COLLECT (Hooft, 1998) and DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); cell
COLLECT (Hooft, 1998) and DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: COLLECT (Hooft, 1998) and DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1994); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2003); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).Fig. 1. View of the title molecule with the displacement ellipsoids shown on 50% probability level. The H atoms are shown with arbitrary radius. | |
Fig. 2. View of the motif of the structure with the hydrogen bonding. | |
Fig. 3. View of the unit cell along the axis c. The H bonding is depicted. Symmetry codes for Br1c: x, -1+y, z; for Br1d: 1-x, -1/2+y, 3/2-z; for another isothiuronium fragment: x, 1+y, z. |
C11H13ClN3OS+·Br− | F(000) = 704 |
Mr = 350.66 | Dx = 1.722 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 15779 reflections |
a = 15.7379 (9) Å | θ = 1–27.5° |
b = 6.4250 (5) Å | µ = 3.38 mm−1 |
c = 15.0531 (7) Å | T = 150 K |
β = 117.329 (5)° | Plate, colourless |
V = 1352.22 (16) Å3 | 0.29 × 0.12 × 0.03 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker–Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 3095 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2214 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.097 |
Detector resolution: 9.091 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 2.9° |
ϕ and ω scans | h = −20→20 |
Absorption correction: gaussian (Coppens, 1970) | k = −7→8 |
Tmin = 0.542, Tmax = 0.873 | l = −19→19 |
15769 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.050 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.096 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0236P)2 + 1.6718P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.15 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
3095 reflections | Δρmax = 0.48 e Å−3 |
164 parameters | Δρmin = −0.47 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Extinction correction: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
52 constraints | Extinction coefficient: 0.0036 (5) |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
C11H13ClN3OS+·Br− | V = 1352.22 (16) Å3 |
Mr = 350.66 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 15.7379 (9) Å | µ = 3.38 mm−1 |
b = 6.4250 (5) Å | T = 150 K |
c = 15.0531 (7) Å | 0.29 × 0.12 × 0.03 mm |
β = 117.329 (5)° |
Bruker–Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 3095 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: gaussian (Coppens, 1970) | 2214 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.542, Tmax = 0.873 | Rint = 0.097 |
15769 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.050 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.096 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.15 | Δρmax = 0.48 e Å−3 |
3095 reflections | Δρmin = −0.47 e Å−3 |
164 parameters |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds 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 > 2sigma(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 | ||
Br1 | 0.48049 (3) | 0.45589 (6) | 0.65892 (3) | 0.04086 (16) | |
S1 | 0.34553 (7) | 0.14593 (15) | 0.41198 (8) | 0.0339 (2) | |
Cl1 | −0.19436 (7) | 0.30572 (19) | −0.02926 (9) | 0.0532 (3) | |
O1 | 0.21265 (19) | −0.2562 (4) | 0.2711 (2) | 0.0450 (7) | |
C5 | 0.0464 (3) | 0.0076 (6) | 0.1482 (3) | 0.0295 (8) | |
C6 | −0.0184 (3) | 0.1577 (6) | 0.0890 (3) | 0.0330 (9) | |
H6 | 0.0040 | 0.2871 | 0.0774 | 0.040* | |
C4 | 0.3119 (3) | 0.0455 (6) | 0.2870 (3) | 0.0346 (9) | |
H4 | 0.3640 | −0.0404 | 0.2852 | 0.042* | |
C11 | 0.3880 (2) | −0.0716 (6) | 0.4901 (3) | 0.0291 (8) | |
C2 | 0.1792 (3) | 0.2598 (6) | 0.1780 (3) | 0.0372 (10) | |
H2A | 0.1660 | 0.3657 | 0.2179 | 0.045* | |
H2B | 0.1480 | 0.3027 | 0.1069 | 0.045* | |
C1 | 0.2191 (3) | −0.0747 (6) | 0.2493 (3) | 0.0329 (9) | |
C10 | 0.0120 (3) | −0.1790 (7) | 0.1662 (3) | 0.0398 (10) | |
H10 | 0.0552 | −0.2828 | 0.2072 | 0.048* | |
C8 | −0.1500 (3) | −0.0645 (7) | 0.0639 (3) | 0.0422 (10) | |
H8 | −0.2169 | −0.0891 | 0.0349 | 0.051* | |
C7 | −0.1148 (3) | 0.1186 (7) | 0.0473 (3) | 0.0375 (9) | |
C9 | −0.0854 (3) | −0.2119 (7) | 0.1239 (3) | 0.0459 (11) | |
H9 | −0.1085 | −0.3394 | 0.1364 | 0.055* | |
C3 | 0.2862 (3) | 0.2309 (7) | 0.2163 (3) | 0.0410 (10) | |
H3A | 0.3216 | 0.3568 | 0.2522 | 0.049* | |
H3B | 0.3012 | 0.2018 | 0.1605 | 0.049* | |
N2A | 0.4287 (2) | −0.0308 (5) | 0.5862 (2) | 0.0359 (8) | |
H2AA | 0.4517 | −0.1329 | 0.6299 | 0.043* | |
H2AB | 0.4331 | 0.0986 | 0.6070 | 0.043* | |
N1 | 0.1455 (2) | 0.0527 (5) | 0.1902 (2) | 0.0301 (7) | |
N3A | 0.3800 (2) | −0.2598 (5) | 0.4563 (3) | 0.0387 (8) | |
H3AA | 0.4023 | −0.3650 | 0.4982 | 0.046* | |
H3AB | 0.3523 | −0.2825 | 0.3914 | 0.046* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Br1 | 0.0583 (3) | 0.0267 (2) | 0.0360 (2) | −0.00529 (19) | 0.0203 (2) | −0.00053 (19) |
S1 | 0.0371 (5) | 0.0258 (5) | 0.0328 (5) | 0.0008 (4) | 0.0109 (4) | −0.0016 (4) |
Cl1 | 0.0390 (6) | 0.0562 (7) | 0.0584 (7) | 0.0075 (5) | 0.0172 (5) | 0.0116 (6) |
O1 | 0.0468 (17) | 0.0269 (16) | 0.0439 (18) | −0.0033 (13) | 0.0059 (13) | 0.0010 (13) |
C5 | 0.032 (2) | 0.030 (2) | 0.027 (2) | −0.0057 (15) | 0.0133 (16) | −0.0075 (16) |
C6 | 0.036 (2) | 0.030 (2) | 0.034 (2) | −0.0026 (17) | 0.0161 (17) | 0.0017 (17) |
C4 | 0.034 (2) | 0.037 (2) | 0.032 (2) | −0.0007 (18) | 0.0144 (17) | 0.0001 (19) |
C11 | 0.0234 (18) | 0.025 (2) | 0.039 (2) | −0.0001 (15) | 0.0141 (16) | −0.0007 (17) |
C2 | 0.037 (2) | 0.030 (2) | 0.040 (2) | −0.0071 (17) | 0.0141 (18) | 0.0067 (18) |
C1 | 0.038 (2) | 0.030 (2) | 0.027 (2) | 0.0000 (17) | 0.0123 (17) | −0.0043 (17) |
C10 | 0.040 (2) | 0.036 (2) | 0.038 (2) | −0.0058 (18) | 0.0143 (19) | 0.0043 (19) |
C8 | 0.035 (2) | 0.056 (3) | 0.034 (2) | −0.014 (2) | 0.0140 (18) | −0.002 (2) |
C7 | 0.038 (2) | 0.043 (2) | 0.033 (2) | 0.0007 (19) | 0.0176 (18) | −0.0003 (19) |
C9 | 0.048 (2) | 0.041 (3) | 0.047 (3) | −0.015 (2) | 0.020 (2) | 0.004 (2) |
C3 | 0.038 (2) | 0.048 (3) | 0.038 (2) | −0.0066 (19) | 0.0177 (19) | 0.007 (2) |
N2A | 0.0434 (19) | 0.0261 (16) | 0.0307 (19) | −0.0003 (15) | 0.0104 (15) | −0.0017 (15) |
N1 | 0.0291 (16) | 0.0265 (16) | 0.0319 (18) | −0.0045 (14) | 0.0116 (14) | −0.0010 (14) |
N3A | 0.049 (2) | 0.0262 (18) | 0.0327 (19) | 0.0049 (15) | 0.0117 (16) | −0.0026 (15) |
S1—C11 | 1.749 (4) | C2—H2A | 0.9900 |
S1—C4 | 1.822 (4) | C2—H2B | 0.9900 |
Cl1—C7 | 1.737 (4) | C1—N1 | 1.363 (5) |
O1—C1 | 1.228 (4) | C10—C9 | 1.379 (6) |
C5—C6 | 1.389 (5) | C10—H10 | 0.9500 |
C5—C10 | 1.392 (5) | C8—C7 | 1.371 (6) |
C5—N1 | 1.418 (4) | C8—C9 | 1.380 (6) |
C6—C7 | 1.374 (5) | C8—H8 | 0.9500 |
C6—H6 | 0.9500 | C9—H9 | 0.9500 |
C4—C1 | 1.514 (5) | C3—H3A | 0.9900 |
C4—C3 | 1.523 (5) | C3—H3B | 0.9900 |
C4—H4 | 1.0000 | N2A—H2AA | 0.8800 |
C11—N3A | 1.296 (5) | N2A—H2AB | 0.8800 |
C11—N2A | 1.312 (5) | N3A—H3AA | 0.8800 |
C2—N1 | 1.475 (5) | N3A—H3AB | 0.8800 |
C2—C3 | 1.520 (5) | ||
C11—S1—C4 | 104.56 (18) | C9—C10—H10 | 120.3 |
C6—C5—C10 | 119.1 (3) | C5—C10—H10 | 120.3 |
C6—C5—N1 | 118.5 (3) | C7—C8—C9 | 118.0 (4) |
C10—C5—N1 | 122.4 (3) | C7—C8—H8 | 121.0 |
C7—C6—C5 | 119.9 (4) | C9—C8—H8 | 121.0 |
C7—C6—H6 | 120.1 | C8—C7—C6 | 121.9 (4) |
C5—C6—H6 | 120.1 | C8—C7—Cl1 | 119.1 (3) |
C1—C4—C3 | 103.7 (3) | C6—C7—Cl1 | 119.0 (3) |
C1—C4—S1 | 109.9 (3) | C10—C9—C8 | 121.8 (4) |
C3—C4—S1 | 107.6 (3) | C10—C9—H9 | 119.1 |
C1—C4—H4 | 111.8 | C8—C9—H9 | 119.1 |
C3—C4—H4 | 111.8 | C2—C3—C4 | 104.7 (3) |
S1—C4—H4 | 111.8 | C2—C3—H3A | 110.8 |
N3A—C11—N2A | 122.0 (4) | C4—C3—H3A | 110.8 |
N3A—C11—S1 | 122.9 (3) | C2—C3—H3B | 110.8 |
N2A—C11—S1 | 115.1 (3) | C4—C3—H3B | 110.8 |
N1—C2—C3 | 104.0 (3) | H3A—C3—H3B | 108.9 |
N1—C2—H2A | 111.0 | C11—N2A—H2AA | 120.0 |
C3—C2—H2A | 111.0 | C11—N2A—H2AB | 120.0 |
N1—C2—H2B | 111.0 | H2AA—N2A—H2AB | 120.0 |
C3—C2—H2B | 111.0 | C1—N1—C5 | 126.8 (3) |
H2A—C2—H2B | 109.0 | C1—N1—C2 | 112.1 (3) |
O1—C1—N1 | 126.5 (4) | C5—N1—C2 | 120.9 (3) |
O1—C1—C4 | 124.6 (4) | C11—N3A—H3AA | 120.0 |
N1—C1—C4 | 108.8 (3) | C11—N3A—H3AB | 120.0 |
C9—C10—C5 | 119.4 (4) | H3AA—N3A—H3AB | 120.0 |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N2A—H2AB···Br1 | 0.88 | 2.43 | 3.290 (3) | 166 |
N2A—H2AA···Br1i | 0.88 | 2.68 | 3.452 (3) | 147 |
N2A—H2AA···Br1ii | 0.88 | 2.91 | 3.426 (3) | 119 |
N3A—H3AA···Br1i | 0.88 | 2.44 | 3.273 (3) | 158 |
N3A—H3AB···O1 | 0.88 | 2.12 | 2.823 (4) | 137 |
C2—H2A···O1iii | 0.99 | 2.57 | 3.352 (5) | 137 |
C3—H3B···Br1iv | 0.99 | 3.01 | 3.737 (4) | 131 |
C10—H10···O1 | 0.95 | 2.22 | 2.852 (5) | 124 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y−1, z; (ii) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+3/2; (iii) x, y+1, z; (iv) x, −y+1/2, z−1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C11H13ClN3OS+·Br− |
Mr | 350.66 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 150 |
a, b, c (Å) | 15.7379 (9), 6.4250 (5), 15.0531 (7) |
β (°) | 117.329 (5) |
V (Å3) | 1352.22 (16) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 3.38 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.29 × 0.12 × 0.03 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker–Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Gaussian (Coppens, 1970) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.542, 0.873 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 15769, 3095, 2214 |
Rint | 0.097 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.649 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.050, 0.096, 1.15 |
No. of reflections | 3095 |
No. of parameters | 164 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.48, −0.47 |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Hooft, 1998) and DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1994), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), PLATON (Spek, 2003).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N2A—H2AB···Br1 | 0.88 | 2.43 | 3.290 (3) | 165.9 |
N2A—H2AA···Br1i | 0.88 | 2.68 | 3.452 (3) | 146.8 |
N2A—H2AA···Br1ii | 0.88 | 2.91 | 3.426 (3) | 119.3 |
N3A—H3AA···Br1i | 0.88 | 2.44 | 3.273 (3) | 157.9 |
N3A—H3AB···O1 | 0.88 | 2.12 | 2.823 (4) | 136.6 |
C2—H2A···O1iii | 0.99 | 2.57 | 3.352 (5) | 137 |
C3—H3B···Br1iv | 0.99 | 3.01 | 3.737 (4) | 131 |
C10—H10···O1 | 0.95 | 2.22 | 2.852 (5) | 123.5 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y−1, z; (ii) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+3/2; (iii) x, y+1, z; (iv) x, −y+1/2, z−1/2. |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic for financial support of this work within the framework of research project MSM 0021627501.
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In our previous papers (Sedlák et al., 2002, 2003; Hanusek et al., 2004) we have reported that substituted S-(1-phenylpyrrolidin-2-on-3-yl)isothiuronium salts undergo an intramolecular recyclization reaction in a weak basic medium. During this reaction the γ-lactam cycle is split while a thiazolidine cycle, i.e. a substituted 2-imino-5-[2-(phenylamino)ethyl]thiazolidin-4-one, is formed.
A further interest has been provoked by a discovery (Sedlák et al., 2002, 2003; Hanusek et al., 2004) that N-unsubstituted isothiuronium salts undergo a transformation involving only a general base catalysis whereas in the case of N,N'-dimethylisothiuronium salts such a transformation is catalyzed by both acid and base buffer components.
In continuation of our above mentioned studies, the crystal structures of (3RS)-S-[1-(3-chlorophenyl)pyrrolidin-2-on-3-yl]isothiuronium bromide (Scheme 1, Figs. 1-3) and its N,N'-dimethyl derivative (Hanusek et al., 2009) were determined and the influence of the methyl substituents bound to the isothiuronium moiety was examined.
There is a limited number of X-ray structures of isothiouronium salts reported in the literature. Eleven of these are the compounds of the S–C(NH2)2 type with no replacement of the hydrogens that are pertinent to the –NH2 group (e.g. Vijayan et al., 1977; Bel'skii et al., 1985; Ishii et al., 2000). The rest are the compounds where both nitrogen atoms are connected to a chain thus forming five- to eight-membered rings (e.g. Rovnyak et al., 1995; Cotton et al., 2006; Luger et al., 1996). There is only one example of a disubstituted acyclic species, N-methyl- N'-phenyl-S-sulfomethylisothiourea (L'abbe et al., 1980).
In the title structure and its N,N'-dimethyl derivative the respective interplanar angles between the S–C(NHR)2 group and the heterocyclic rings are almost the same: 66.7 (1) ° and 71.3 (1) °. The S1–C11 distance (1.749 (4) Å) in the title structure fits to the literature range 1.717–1.760 Å - cf. 1.770 (4) Å in N,N'-dimethyl derivative. The C11–N2 and C11–N3 distances also agree to the literature range that is 1.258 - 1.326 Å. (In the title compound these distances are 1.312 (5), 1.296 (5) Å, respectively, while in the N,N'-dimethyl derivative these distances are 1.308 (5), 1.308 (5) Å, respectively).
These C-N bond lengths in the S–C(NH2)2 fragment of the title structure reveal a partly double bond character of these bonds. This is in accordance with planarity of this fragment. (The groups -NH2 were therefore duly constrained during refinement.)
The interatomic angles C4–S1–C11 (104.56 (18)°) and N2–C11–N3 (122.0 (4)°) in the title compound are similar to those in the related N,N'-dimethyl derivative (98.75 (18)° and 122.6 (4)°, respectively) and also fall into the literature range which is 99.2–105.5° and 108.0—123.5°, respectively. The twist angles about the N1–C5 bonds, which show a mutual orientation of both rings, are 7.8 (1) and 29.7 (1) ° in the title compound and its N,N'-dimethyl derivative, respectively.
All the known isothiouronium cations reveal hydrogen bonding in the crystal structure. Also in the packing of the molecules of the title compound and its N,N'-dimethyl derivative such interactions are present. All the NH2 hydrogen atoms are donated to the bromine atoms except for H3AB. Those with the shortest Br···H distances form infinite chains via the N2-H2AB···Br···H3AA-N3 motifs (Figs. 2 and 3; Tab. 1) with the angle H2AB···Br1···H3AA equal to 100.7 (1)°. There is also present an intramolecular N–H···O=C contact (Tab. 1, Fig. 2). The crystal packing can be described as H-bonded interlocked Z- shaped ribbons caused by the presence of additional short contacts C–H···Br (Fig. 3).