organic compounds
1-(3-Bromopropyl)-4-(2-pyridyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole
aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
*Correspondence e-mail: jcrowley@chemistry.otago.ac.nz
In the structure of the title compound, C10H11BrN4, the plane of the substituted 1,2,3-triazole ring is tilted by 14.84 (10)° with respect to the mean plane of the pyridine ring. The pyridine and closest triazole N atoms adopt an anti arrangement which removes any lone pair–lone pair repulsions between the N atoms. This conformation is further stabilized by weak intermolecular C—H⋯N interactions. There are two molecules in the which form a centrosymmetric head-to-tail dimer. The dimers are stabilized through π–π interactions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.733 (4) Å and mean interplanar distance = 3.806 (12) Å] between the substituted 1,2,3-triazole ring and the pyridine rings in adjacent molecules. Each dimer interacts with two neighbouring dimers above and below, forming a slipped stack of dimers through the crystal. The 3-bromopropyl chain sits over the pyridine ring of a neighbouring molecule and the triazole rings of nearby molecules are adjacent.
Related literature
For details of the Cu(I)-catalysed 1,3-cycloaddition of organic et al. (2002); Tornoe et al. (2002); Meldal & Tornoe (2008). For applications of pyridyl-functionalized 1,2,3-triazoles, see: Li & Flood (2008); Meudtner & Hecht (2008); Krivopalov & Shkurko (2005); Li et al. (2007); Richardson et al. (2008). For related structures, see Schweinfurth et al. (2008); Obata et al. (2008).
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Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); cell APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Bruno et al., 2002); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and enCIFer (Allen et al., 2004).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536809012148/fj2204sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809012148/fj2204Isup2.hkl
The title compound, C10H11BrN4 (1) was obtained as a by-product during the attempted synthesis of a ditopic propyl bridged bis((2-pyridyl)-1,2,3-triazole) ligand. X-ray quality colourless crystals were obtained by slow evaporation of a petroleum ether solution of 1 but were weakly diffracting.
To a stirred solution of 1,3-dibromopropane (0.301 g, 1.5 mmol, 1.00 eq.) in DMF/H2O (15 ml, 4:1) was added NaN3 (0.205 g, 3.1 mmol, 2.05 eq.), Na2CO3 (0.13 g, 1.2 mmol, 0.8 eq.), CuSO4.5H2O (0.150 g, 0.6 mmol, 0.40 eq.), ascorbic acid (0.210 g, 1.2 mmol, 0.80 eq). 2-Ethynylpyridine (0.323 g, 3.1 mmol, 2.05 eq.) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 20 h. The resulting suspension was then partitioned between aqueous NH4OH/edta (1 M, 100 ml) and CH2Cl2 (50 ml) and the layers separated. The organic phase was washed with H2O (100 ml) and brine (100 ml), dried (MgSO4) and the solvent removed under reduced pressure. δ 8.58 (ddd, J = 0.9, J = 1.7, J = 4.9, 1H, H1), 8.23–8.12 (m, 2H, H4,5), 7.78 (td, J = 1.8, J = 7.8, 1H, H3), 7.26–7.21 (m, 1H, H2), 4.62 (t, J = 6.5, 2H, H10), 3.40 (t, J = 6.2, 2H, H8), 2.52 (p, J = 6.4, 2H, H9); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 150.2, 149.5, 148.5, 136.9, 122.9, 122.6, 120.3, 48.3, 32.7, 29.3; I.R. (KBr): ν(cm-1) 3400–3200 (br), 3116, 3087, 2924, 1701, 1617, 1607, 1598, 1572, 1548, 1473, 1466, 1447, 1421, 1358, 1317, 1287, 1250, 1224, 1204, 1144, 1080, 1048, 983, 969, 891, 855, 844, 826, 786, 744, 708; HRESI-MS (MeOH): m/z = 289.0066 [M+Na]+ (calc. for C10H1179BrN4Na 289.0065 [M+Na]+), 291.0040 [M+Na]+ (calc. for C10H1181BrN4Na 291.0044 [M+Na]+; Anal. calcd for C10H11BrN4(H2O): C, 44.96; H, 4.15; N, 20.97; Found: C, 45.36; H, 4.24; N, 21.03.
(gradient CH2Cl2/acetone to a ratio 9:1) gave the product as a white solid. Yield: 0.190 g, 47%. Mp 89–91 °C; 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3)All H-atoms bound to carbon were refined using a riding model with d(C—H) = 0.93 Å, Uiso=1.2Ueq (C) for the CH H atoms and d(C—H) = 0.97 Å, Uiso = 1.2Ueq (C) for CH2 H atoms.
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); cell
APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2004); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Bruno et al., 2002); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and enCIFer (Allen et al., 2004).C10H11BrN4 | Z = 2 |
Mr = 267.14 | F(000) = 268 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.608 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Melting point: 362 K |
a = 5.658 (2) Å | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
b = 9.688 (4) Å | Cell parameters from 5048 reflections |
c = 10.191 (4) Å | θ = 3.1–33.3° |
α = 84.498 (3)° | µ = 3.70 mm−1 |
β = 85.663 (2)° | T = 90 K |
γ = 83.854 (2)° | Irregular, colourless |
V = 551.6 (4) Å3 | 0.53 × 0.23 × 0.11 mm |
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 1879 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1759 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.043 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 25.0°, θmin = 4.0° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004) | h = −6→6 |
Tmin = 0.358, Tmax = 0.66 | k = −11→11 |
8776 measured reflections | l = −12→12 |
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)] = 0.027 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.071 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.97 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0372P)2 + 0.5592P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
1879 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
136 parameters | Δρmax = 0.64 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.61 e Å−3 |
C10H11BrN4 | γ = 83.854 (2)° |
Mr = 267.14 | V = 551.6 (4) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 5.658 (2) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 9.688 (4) Å | µ = 3.70 mm−1 |
c = 10.191 (4) Å | T = 90 K |
α = 84.498 (3)° | 0.53 × 0.23 × 0.11 mm |
β = 85.663 (2)° |
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 1879 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004) | 1759 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.358, Tmax = 0.66 | Rint = 0.043 |
8776 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.027 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.071 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.97 | Δρmax = 0.64 e Å−3 |
1879 reflections | Δρmin = −0.61 e Å−3 |
136 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 | ||
Br1 | 0.84285 (5) | −0.19395 (3) | 0.97535 (3) | 0.03839 (13) | |
N3 | 0.3211 (3) | 0.1602 (2) | 0.6731 (2) | 0.0243 (4) | |
C6 | 0.4287 (4) | 0.2879 (2) | 0.4946 (2) | 0.0177 (5) | |
N2 | 0.2396 (4) | 0.2401 (2) | 0.5713 (2) | 0.0236 (4) | |
N1 | 0.6005 (4) | 0.4000 (2) | 0.2965 (2) | 0.0230 (4) | |
N4 | 0.5611 (3) | 0.15753 (19) | 0.66118 (19) | 0.0188 (4) | |
C5 | 0.3999 (4) | 0.3838 (2) | 0.3747 (2) | 0.0179 (5) | |
C7 | 0.6350 (4) | 0.2341 (2) | 0.5518 (2) | 0.0185 (5) | |
H7 | 0.7908 | 0.2476 | 0.5215 | 0.022* | |
C4 | 0.1805 (4) | 0.4545 (2) | 0.3468 (2) | 0.0216 (5) | |
H4 | 0.0447 | 0.4385 | 0.4010 | 0.026* | |
C8 | 0.7073 (4) | 0.0790 (2) | 0.7608 (2) | 0.0212 (5) | |
H8A | 0.6075 | 0.0576 | 0.8403 | 0.025* | |
H8B | 0.8267 | 0.1360 | 0.7832 | 0.025* | |
C2 | 0.3717 (5) | 0.5674 (2) | 0.1552 (2) | 0.0244 (5) | |
H2 | 0.3677 | 0.6302 | 0.0802 | 0.029* | |
C1 | 0.5814 (4) | 0.4892 (2) | 0.1884 (2) | 0.0249 (5) | |
H1 | 0.7170 | 0.4993 | 0.1322 | 0.030* | |
C9 | 0.8298 (5) | −0.0555 (3) | 0.7124 (2) | 0.0291 (6) | |
H9A | 0.7101 | −0.1168 | 0.7002 | 0.035* | |
H9B | 0.9133 | −0.0349 | 0.6273 | 0.035* | |
C3 | 0.1681 (4) | 0.5495 (2) | 0.2364 (2) | 0.0242 (5) | |
H3 | 0.0245 | 0.6008 | 0.2172 | 0.029* | |
C10 | 1.0035 (5) | −0.1294 (3) | 0.8062 (3) | 0.0309 (6) | |
H10A | 1.1188 | −0.0667 | 0.8222 | 0.037* | |
H10B | 1.0890 | −0.2087 | 0.7663 | 0.037* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Br1 | 0.04089 (19) | 0.03674 (19) | 0.03195 (18) | 0.00206 (12) | 0.00069 (13) | 0.01657 (12) |
N3 | 0.0180 (10) | 0.0273 (11) | 0.0260 (11) | −0.0011 (8) | −0.0002 (9) | 0.0033 (9) |
C6 | 0.0187 (11) | 0.0154 (10) | 0.0191 (11) | −0.0011 (9) | −0.0003 (9) | −0.0032 (9) |
N2 | 0.0191 (10) | 0.0265 (10) | 0.0241 (11) | −0.0024 (8) | −0.0010 (8) | 0.0032 (9) |
N1 | 0.0214 (10) | 0.0240 (10) | 0.0227 (10) | −0.0008 (8) | 0.0001 (9) | −0.0013 (8) |
N4 | 0.0171 (9) | 0.0191 (9) | 0.0194 (10) | 0.0001 (8) | −0.0017 (8) | 0.0001 (8) |
C5 | 0.0187 (11) | 0.0152 (10) | 0.0200 (11) | −0.0024 (9) | −0.0012 (9) | −0.0028 (9) |
C7 | 0.0159 (11) | 0.0181 (10) | 0.0212 (11) | −0.0013 (9) | −0.0002 (9) | −0.0014 (9) |
C4 | 0.0170 (11) | 0.0229 (11) | 0.0246 (12) | −0.0011 (9) | −0.0006 (10) | −0.0021 (10) |
C8 | 0.0240 (12) | 0.0200 (11) | 0.0187 (11) | 0.0020 (9) | −0.0037 (10) | −0.0007 (9) |
C2 | 0.0344 (14) | 0.0183 (11) | 0.0208 (12) | −0.0028 (10) | −0.0075 (11) | 0.0015 (9) |
C1 | 0.0251 (12) | 0.0266 (12) | 0.0220 (12) | −0.0039 (10) | 0.0024 (10) | 0.0015 (10) |
C9 | 0.0424 (15) | 0.0230 (12) | 0.0198 (12) | 0.0072 (11) | −0.0026 (11) | −0.0027 (10) |
C3 | 0.0239 (12) | 0.0204 (11) | 0.0281 (13) | 0.0029 (10) | −0.0067 (11) | −0.0030 (10) |
C10 | 0.0357 (15) | 0.0261 (13) | 0.0264 (13) | 0.0093 (11) | 0.0030 (12) | 0.0028 (10) |
Br1—C10 | 1.966 (3) | C8—C9 | 1.516 (3) |
N3—N2 | 1.315 (3) | C8—H8A | 0.9700 |
N3—N4 | 1.352 (3) | C8—H8B | 0.9700 |
C6—N2 | 1.371 (3) | C2—C3 | 1.383 (4) |
C6—C7 | 1.373 (3) | C2—C1 | 1.384 (4) |
C6—C5 | 1.471 (3) | C2—H2 | 0.9300 |
N1—C1 | 1.337 (3) | C1—H1 | 0.9300 |
N1—C5 | 1.351 (3) | C9—C10 | 1.501 (4) |
N4—C7 | 1.344 (3) | C9—H9A | 0.9700 |
N4—C8 | 1.463 (3) | C9—H9B | 0.9700 |
C5—C4 | 1.388 (3) | C3—H3 | 0.9300 |
C7—H7 | 0.9300 | C10—H10A | 0.9700 |
C4—C3 | 1.384 (3) | C10—H10B | 0.9700 |
C4—H4 | 0.9300 | ||
N2—N3—N4 | 106.83 (18) | H8A—C8—H8B | 107.9 |
N2—C6—C7 | 108.4 (2) | C3—C2—C1 | 118.2 (2) |
N2—C6—C5 | 122.9 (2) | C3—C2—H2 | 120.9 |
C7—C6—C5 | 128.7 (2) | C1—C2—H2 | 120.9 |
N3—N2—C6 | 108.78 (19) | N1—C1—C2 | 123.8 (2) |
C1—N1—C5 | 117.1 (2) | N1—C1—H1 | 118.1 |
C7—N4—N3 | 111.53 (18) | C2—C1—H1 | 118.1 |
C7—N4—C8 | 127.7 (2) | C10—C9—C8 | 112.8 (2) |
N3—N4—C8 | 120.73 (19) | C10—C9—H9A | 109.0 |
N1—C5—C4 | 122.9 (2) | C8—C9—H9A | 109.0 |
N1—C5—C6 | 115.7 (2) | C10—C9—H9B | 109.0 |
C4—C5—C6 | 121.4 (2) | C8—C9—H9B | 109.0 |
N4—C7—C6 | 104.5 (2) | H9A—C9—H9B | 107.8 |
N4—C7—H7 | 127.8 | C2—C3—C4 | 119.3 (2) |
C6—C7—H7 | 127.8 | C2—C3—H3 | 120.4 |
C3—C4—C5 | 118.6 (2) | C4—C3—H3 | 120.4 |
C3—C4—H4 | 120.7 | C9—C10—Br1 | 111.7 (2) |
C5—C4—H4 | 120.7 | C9—C10—H10A | 109.3 |
N4—C8—C9 | 111.80 (19) | Br1—C10—H10A | 109.3 |
N4—C8—H8A | 109.3 | C9—C10—H10B | 109.3 |
C9—C8—H8A | 109.3 | Br1—C10—H10B | 109.3 |
N4—C8—H8B | 109.3 | H10A—C10—H10B | 107.9 |
C9—C8—H8B | 109.3 |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C7—H7···N2i | 0.93 | 2.62 | 3.449 (4) | 149 |
C10—H10B···N1ii | 0.97 | 2.51 | 3.450 (4) | 164 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1, y, z; (ii) −x+2, −y, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C10H11BrN4 |
Mr | 267.14 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 90 |
a, b, c (Å) | 5.658 (2), 9.688 (4), 10.191 (4) |
α, β, γ (°) | 84.498 (3), 85.663 (2), 83.854 (2) |
V (Å3) | 551.6 (4) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 3.70 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.53 × 0.23 × 0.11 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.358, 0.66 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 8776, 1879, 1759 |
Rint | 0.043 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.594 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.027, 0.071, 0.97 |
No. of reflections | 1879 |
No. of parameters | 136 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.64, −0.61 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004), APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker, 2004), SAINT (Bruker, 2004), SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Bruno et al., 2002), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and enCIFer (Allen et al., 2004).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C7—H7···N2i | 0.93 | 2.62 | 3.449 (4) | 149 |
C10—H10B···N1ii | 0.97 | 2.51 | 3.450 (4) | 164 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1, y, z; (ii) −x+2, −y, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
We thank the Chemistry Department, University of Otago, for financial assistance.
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The Cu(I)-catalyzed 1,3-cycloaddition of organic azides with terminal alkynes (the CuAAC reaction) (Rostovtsev et al. 2002; Tornoe et al. 2002) has quickly become an indispensable tool for functional molecule synthesis and renewed interest in the chemistry of functionalized 1,2,3-triazoles (Meldal & Tornoe, 2008). Because they are readily synthesized using the CuAAC reaction, pyridyl functionalized 1,2,3-triazoles have begun attracting significant attention in a range of areas including anion recognition (Li & Flood, 2008), stimuli responsive foldamers (Meudtner & Hecht, 2008), drug discovery (Krivopalov & Shkurko, 2005) and coordination chemistry (Li et al. 2007; Richardson et al., 2008; Schweinfurth et al., 2008; Obata et al., 2008)
The molecular structure of the new triazole compound 1 is shown in Fig. 1. The molecule consists of an essentially co-planar (2-pyridyl) and 1,2,3-triazole units attached to a 3-bromopropyl chain, the plane of the substituted 1,2,3-triazole ring is tilted by 14.84 (10)° with respect to the mean plane of the pyridine ring system. As is commonly observed (Obata et al., 2008; Schweinfurth et al., 2008) N1 in the pyridine ring and N2 of the triazole ring adopt an anti arrangement which removes any lone pair-lone pair repulsions between the nitrogen atoms. Additionally, the anti conformation is stabilized by weak C—H···N interactions. There are two molecules of 1 in the unit cell which form a centrosymmetric head to tail dimer that is stabilized through a π-π interaction [centroid-centroid distance = 3.733 (4) Å, mean interplanar distance 3.806 (12) Å] between the substituted 1,2,3-triazole and the pyridine rings in adjacent molecules. In the extended crystal each dimer interacts with two neighbouring dimers above and below to form slipped stacks of dimers through the crystal. The 3-bromopropyl chain sits over the pyridine ring of the neighbouring molecule and the triazole rings of nearby molecules are adjacent [centroid-centroid distance = 4.691 (4) Å]. Unlike the dimer units, the extended stacks appear not to be stabilized by π-π interactions, the mean interplanar distance between dimers of 1 is 4.060 Å are outside the range normally expected for a π-π interaction. A steric interaction between the bromopropyl chain on one molecule of 1 and the pyridine ring on the adjacent molecule in the next dimer prevents a closer face to face interaction of the aromatic rings in the different dimer units.