organic compounds
2,3-Bis(bromomethyl)-1,4-diphenylbenzene
aDepartment of Chemistry and Materials Science Program, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824-3598, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: glen.miller@unh.edu
In the title compound, C20H16Br2, the terminal phenyl groups are twisted away from the central ring by approximately 55 and −125° (average of four dihedral angles each), respectively. The is stabilized by a combination of intermolecular and intramolecular interactions including intermolecular π–π stacking interactions [C atoms of closest contact = 3.423 (5) Å].
Related literature
For the synthesis of terphenyls, see: Ames (1958). For the synthesis and applications of the title compound, see: Bredow et al. (1970); Geng et al. (2002); Martin & Segura (1999). For related structures, see: Baudour et al. (1986); Baker et al. (1993).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: GIS (Bruker, 2007); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2007); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536809050764/fl2275sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809050764/fl2275Isup2.hkl
The title compound was prepared via the published method (Bredow et al., 1970) as illustrated in Figure 4. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 4.72 (s, 4H), 7.27 (s, 2H), 7.40–7.54 (m, 10H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3) δ 29.2 (CH2), 128.0 (CH), 128.6 (CH), 129.2 (CH), 131.0 (CH), 135.1 (C), 140.4 (C), 143.7 (C). An X-ray grade crystal was grown from slow evaporation of a saturated chloroform solution.
Data collection: GIS (Bruker, 2007); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2007); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2007); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).C20H16Br2 | F(000) = 824 |
Mr = 416.15 | Dx = 1.656 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 4281 reflections |
a = 8.8589 (10) Å | θ = 2.4–24.7° |
b = 11.5859 (13) Å | µ = 4.85 mm−1 |
c = 16.655 (2) Å | T = 296 K |
β = 102.393 (4)° | Plate, colourless |
V = 1669.6 (3) Å3 | 0.50 × 0.50 × 0.05 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker SMART X2S diffractometer | 2955 independent reflections |
Radiation source: micro-focus sealed tube | 2395 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Doubly curved silicon crystal monochromator | Rint = 0.033 |
ω scans | θmax = 25.1°, θmin = 2.2° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2007) | h = −9→10 |
Tmin = 0.195, Tmax = 0.794 | k = −12→13 |
10674 measured reflections | l = −19→18 |
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)] = 0.031 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.117 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.90 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.1P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2955 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
199 parameters | Δρmax = 0.48 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.84 e Å−3 |
C20H16Br2 | V = 1669.6 (3) Å3 |
Mr = 416.15 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 8.8589 (10) Å | µ = 4.85 mm−1 |
b = 11.5859 (13) Å | T = 296 K |
c = 16.655 (2) Å | 0.50 × 0.50 × 0.05 mm |
β = 102.393 (4)° |
Bruker SMART X2S diffractometer | 2955 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2007) | 2395 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.195, Tmax = 0.794 | Rint = 0.033 |
10674 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.031 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.117 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.90 | Δρmax = 0.48 e Å−3 |
2955 reflections | Δρmin = −0.84 e Å−3 |
199 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 | ||
C1 | 0.7911 (4) | 0.0211 (3) | 0.11822 (18) | 0.0261 (7) | |
C2 | 0.6744 (3) | 0.1014 (3) | 0.12258 (18) | 0.0251 (7) | |
C3 | 0.6754 (3) | 0.2110 (3) | 0.08567 (18) | 0.0251 (7) | |
C4 | 0.7904 (4) | 0.2404 (3) | 0.04258 (19) | 0.0269 (7) | |
C5 | 0.9077 (4) | 0.1602 (3) | 0.04184 (19) | 0.0296 (7) | |
H5 | 0.9868 | 0.1787 | 0.0153 | 0.035* | |
C6 | 0.9090 (4) | 0.0545 (3) | 0.0793 (2) | 0.0292 (7) | |
H6 | 0.9903 | 0.0039 | 0.0788 | 0.035* | |
C7 | 0.7963 (4) | −0.0981 (3) | 0.15312 (19) | 0.0298 (7) | |
C8 | 0.9294 (4) | −0.1362 (3) | 0.2071 (2) | 0.0408 (9) | |
H8 | 1.0137 | −0.0869 | 0.2219 | 0.049* | |
C9 | 0.9371 (5) | −0.2470 (4) | 0.2389 (3) | 0.0522 (11) | |
H9 | 1.0268 | −0.2716 | 0.2747 | 0.063* | |
C10 | 0.8145 (5) | −0.3204 (3) | 0.2184 (3) | 0.0533 (11) | |
H10 | 0.8195 | −0.3940 | 0.2410 | 0.064* | |
C11 | 0.6828 (5) | −0.2845 (3) | 0.1635 (3) | 0.0530 (11) | |
H11 | 0.5999 | −0.3348 | 0.1483 | 0.064* | |
C12 | 0.6736 (4) | −0.1744 (3) | 0.1314 (2) | 0.0419 (9) | |
H12 | 0.5843 | −0.1511 | 0.0947 | 0.050* | |
C13 | 0.7925 (4) | 0.3495 (3) | −0.0039 (2) | 0.0312 (7) | |
C14 | 0.7961 (4) | 0.4578 (3) | 0.0321 (2) | 0.0380 (8) | |
H14 | 0.7928 | 0.4636 | 0.0874 | 0.046* | |
C15 | 0.8044 (5) | 0.5578 (4) | −0.0128 (3) | 0.0512 (11) | |
H15 | 0.8063 | 0.6294 | 0.0125 | 0.061* | |
C16 | 0.8098 (5) | 0.5512 (4) | −0.0940 (3) | 0.0532 (11) | |
H16 | 0.8150 | 0.6181 | −0.1241 | 0.064* | |
C17 | 0.8075 (5) | 0.4442 (4) | −0.1311 (3) | 0.0562 (12) | |
H17 | 0.8118 | 0.4392 | −0.1863 | 0.067* | |
C18 | 0.7989 (4) | 0.3441 (4) | −0.0863 (2) | 0.0429 (9) | |
H18 | 0.7974 | 0.2726 | −0.1119 | 0.051* | |
C19 | 0.5527 (4) | 0.0732 (3) | 0.16939 (19) | 0.0300 (7) | |
H19A | 0.5369 | 0.1395 | 0.2022 | 0.036* | |
H19B | 0.5883 | 0.0097 | 0.2066 | 0.036* | |
C20 | 0.5528 (4) | 0.2970 (3) | 0.0926 (2) | 0.0333 (8) | |
H20A | 0.4540 | 0.2581 | 0.0866 | 0.040* | |
H20B | 0.5441 | 0.3538 | 0.0491 | 0.040* | |
Br19 | 0.35394 (4) | 0.03039 (4) | 0.09650 (2) | 0.04810 (18) | |
Br20 | 0.60479 (5) | 0.37511 (4) | 0.20073 (3) | 0.05089 (18) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.0308 (17) | 0.0256 (18) | 0.0219 (15) | −0.0022 (13) | 0.0056 (13) | −0.0038 (12) |
C2 | 0.0217 (15) | 0.0319 (19) | 0.0210 (14) | −0.0010 (13) | 0.0028 (12) | −0.0052 (13) |
C3 | 0.0240 (15) | 0.0283 (18) | 0.0218 (15) | 0.0003 (13) | 0.0027 (12) | −0.0034 (12) |
C4 | 0.0296 (17) | 0.0271 (18) | 0.0241 (15) | −0.0016 (13) | 0.0057 (12) | −0.0037 (13) |
C5 | 0.0287 (16) | 0.0316 (19) | 0.0311 (17) | −0.0014 (14) | 0.0126 (13) | −0.0036 (14) |
C6 | 0.0271 (16) | 0.0308 (18) | 0.0319 (17) | 0.0046 (13) | 0.0110 (13) | −0.0033 (14) |
C7 | 0.0372 (18) | 0.0271 (18) | 0.0269 (16) | 0.0037 (14) | 0.0111 (14) | −0.0048 (13) |
C8 | 0.046 (2) | 0.037 (2) | 0.038 (2) | 0.0043 (17) | 0.0047 (16) | 0.0014 (16) |
C9 | 0.069 (3) | 0.041 (2) | 0.044 (2) | 0.014 (2) | 0.0068 (19) | 0.0061 (18) |
C10 | 0.081 (3) | 0.027 (2) | 0.056 (3) | 0.010 (2) | 0.025 (2) | 0.0103 (19) |
C11 | 0.064 (3) | 0.029 (2) | 0.070 (3) | −0.0084 (19) | 0.023 (2) | −0.0034 (19) |
C12 | 0.044 (2) | 0.034 (2) | 0.047 (2) | −0.0011 (17) | 0.0089 (17) | 0.0009 (17) |
C13 | 0.0262 (16) | 0.038 (2) | 0.0300 (17) | 0.0017 (14) | 0.0061 (13) | 0.0065 (14) |
C14 | 0.040 (2) | 0.033 (2) | 0.044 (2) | 0.0044 (15) | 0.0148 (16) | 0.0038 (16) |
C15 | 0.046 (2) | 0.036 (2) | 0.076 (3) | 0.0051 (18) | 0.023 (2) | 0.011 (2) |
C16 | 0.043 (2) | 0.054 (3) | 0.064 (3) | 0.0082 (19) | 0.015 (2) | 0.030 (2) |
C17 | 0.051 (3) | 0.080 (4) | 0.036 (2) | −0.001 (2) | 0.0060 (18) | 0.025 (2) |
C18 | 0.047 (2) | 0.048 (2) | 0.0323 (19) | −0.0016 (18) | 0.0066 (16) | 0.0047 (17) |
C19 | 0.0283 (16) | 0.0346 (19) | 0.0274 (16) | −0.0030 (14) | 0.0068 (13) | −0.0023 (14) |
C20 | 0.0291 (17) | 0.033 (2) | 0.0388 (18) | 0.0063 (14) | 0.0089 (14) | 0.0034 (15) |
Br19 | 0.0284 (2) | 0.0633 (3) | 0.0510 (3) | −0.00986 (16) | 0.00496 (17) | −0.00181 (18) |
Br20 | 0.0586 (3) | 0.0429 (3) | 0.0588 (3) | 0.00343 (18) | 0.0298 (2) | −0.01598 (18) |
C1—C6 | 1.397 (5) | C11—C12 | 1.378 (5) |
C1—C2 | 1.403 (5) | C11—H11 | 0.9300 |
C1—C7 | 1.496 (5) | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C2—C3 | 1.412 (4) | C13—C14 | 1.388 (5) |
C2—C19 | 1.496 (5) | C13—C18 | 1.387 (5) |
C3—C4 | 1.408 (4) | C14—C15 | 1.389 (5) |
C3—C20 | 1.497 (4) | C14—H14 | 0.9300 |
C4—C5 | 1.396 (5) | C15—C16 | 1.366 (6) |
C4—C13 | 1.485 (5) | C15—H15 | 0.9300 |
C5—C6 | 1.373 (5) | C16—C17 | 1.384 (6) |
C5—H5 | 0.9300 | C16—H16 | 0.9300 |
C6—H6 | 0.9300 | C17—C18 | 1.390 (6) |
C7—C8 | 1.392 (5) | C17—H17 | 0.9300 |
C7—C12 | 1.387 (5) | C18—H18 | 0.9300 |
C8—C9 | 1.385 (5) | C19—Br19 | 1.976 (3) |
C8—H8 | 0.9300 | C19—H19A | 0.9700 |
C9—C10 | 1.364 (6) | C19—H19B | 0.9700 |
C9—H9 | 0.9300 | C20—Br20 | 1.979 (3) |
C10—C11 | 1.382 (6) | C20—H20A | 0.9700 |
C10—H10 | 0.9300 | C20—H20B | 0.9700 |
C6—C1—C2 | 118.2 (3) | C7—C12—C11 | 120.7 (4) |
C6—C1—C7 | 118.2 (3) | C7—C12—H12 | 119.7 |
C2—C1—C7 | 123.6 (3) | C11—C12—H12 | 119.7 |
C1—C2—C3 | 120.0 (3) | C14—C13—C18 | 117.8 (3) |
C1—C2—C19 | 120.2 (3) | C14—C13—C4 | 123.1 (3) |
C3—C2—C19 | 119.7 (3) | C18—C13—C4 | 119.0 (3) |
C2—C3—C4 | 120.8 (3) | C13—C14—C15 | 121.3 (4) |
C2—C3—C20 | 119.5 (3) | C13—C14—H14 | 119.4 |
C4—C3—C20 | 119.7 (3) | C15—C14—H14 | 119.4 |
C3—C4—C5 | 117.6 (3) | C16—C15—C14 | 120.3 (4) |
C3—C4—C13 | 124.3 (3) | C16—C15—H15 | 119.9 |
C5—C4—C13 | 118.0 (3) | C14—C15—H15 | 119.9 |
C6—C5—C4 | 121.6 (3) | C15—C16—C17 | 119.5 (4) |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.2 | C15—C16—H16 | 120.2 |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.2 | C17—C16—H16 | 120.2 |
C5—C6—C1 | 121.6 (3) | C18—C17—C16 | 120.3 (4) |
C5—C6—H6 | 119.2 | C18—C17—H17 | 119.8 |
C1—C6—H6 | 119.2 | C16—C17—H17 | 119.8 |
C8—C7—C12 | 118.3 (3) | C17—C18—C13 | 120.8 (4) |
C8—C7—C1 | 119.6 (3) | C17—C18—H18 | 119.6 |
C12—C7—C1 | 122.0 (3) | C13—C18—H18 | 119.6 |
C7—C8—C9 | 120.4 (4) | C2—C19—Br19 | 112.4 (2) |
C7—C8—H8 | 119.8 | C2—C19—H19A | 109.1 |
C9—C8—H8 | 119.8 | Br19—C19—H19A | 109.1 |
C10—C9—C8 | 120.7 (4) | C2—C19—H19B | 109.1 |
C10—C9—H9 | 119.6 | Br19—C19—H19B | 109.1 |
C8—C9—H9 | 119.6 | H19A—C19—H19B | 107.8 |
C9—C10—C11 | 119.4 (4) | C3—C20—Br20 | 110.1 (2) |
C9—C10—H10 | 120.3 | C3—C20—H20A | 109.6 |
C11—C10—H10 | 120.3 | Br20—C20—H20A | 109.6 |
C10—C11—C12 | 120.4 (4) | C3—C20—H20B | 109.6 |
C10—C11—H11 | 119.8 | Br20—C20—H20B | 109.6 |
C12—C11—H11 | 119.8 | H20A—C20—H20B | 108.2 |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 2.2 (4) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | −0.3 (6) |
C7—C1—C2—C3 | −178.0 (3) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | 1.6 (6) |
C6—C1—C2—C19 | −175.1 (3) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −1.6 (6) |
C7—C1—C2—C19 | 4.8 (4) | C8—C7—C12—C11 | 1.0 (5) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 1.5 (4) | C1—C7—C12—C11 | 178.9 (3) |
C19—C2—C3—C4 | 178.8 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C7 | 0.2 (6) |
C1—C2—C3—C20 | −178.4 (3) | C3—C4—C13—C14 | 58.9 (4) |
C19—C2—C3—C20 | −1.1 (4) | C5—C4—C13—C14 | −122.9 (4) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −3.6 (4) | C3—C4—C13—C18 | −124.3 (3) |
C20—C3—C4—C5 | 176.3 (3) | C5—C4—C13—C18 | 53.9 (4) |
C2—C3—C4—C13 | 174.6 (3) | C18—C13—C14—C15 | 0.5 (5) |
C20—C3—C4—C13 | −5.5 (5) | C4—C13—C14—C15 | 177.3 (3) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 2.1 (4) | C13—C14—C15—C16 | −0.2 (6) |
C13—C4—C5—C6 | −176.2 (3) | C14—C15—C16—C17 | −0.2 (6) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | 1.6 (5) | C15—C16—C17—C18 | 0.4 (6) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | −3.7 (5) | C16—C17—C18—C13 | 0.0 (6) |
C7—C1—C6—C5 | 176.4 (3) | C14—C13—C18—C17 | −0.4 (5) |
C6—C1—C7—C8 | 53.1 (4) | C4—C13—C18—C17 | −177.3 (3) |
C2—C1—C7—C8 | −126.8 (3) | C1—C2—C19—Br19 | −103.0 (3) |
C6—C1—C7—C12 | −124.8 (4) | C3—C2—C19—Br19 | 79.7 (3) |
C2—C1—C7—C12 | 55.3 (4) | C2—C3—C20—Br20 | 80.7 (3) |
C12—C7—C8—C9 | −1.0 (5) | C4—C3—C20—Br20 | −99.2 (3) |
C1—C7—C8—C9 | −179.0 (3) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C12—H12···Br19 | 0.93 | 2.93 | 3.644 (4) | 134 |
C20—H20A···Br19 | 0.97 | 2.80 | 3.563 (4) | 136 |
C14—H14···Br20 | 0.93 | 2.96 | 3.704 (4) | 139 |
C19—H19A···Br20 | 0.97 | 2.80 | 3.552 (4) | 135 |
C19—H19B···Br20i | 0.97 | 2.98 | 3.632 (4) | 126 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C20H16Br2 |
Mr | 416.15 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 296 |
a, b, c (Å) | 8.8589 (10), 11.5859 (13), 16.655 (2) |
β (°) | 102.393 (4) |
V (Å3) | 1669.6 (3) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 4.85 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.50 × 0.50 × 0.05 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART X2S diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2007) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.195, 0.794 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 10674, 2955, 2395 |
Rint | 0.033 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.596 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.031, 0.117, 0.90 |
No. of reflections | 2955 |
No. of parameters | 199 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.48, −0.84 |
Computer programs: GIS (Bruker, 2007), SAINT (Bruker, 2007), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C12—H12···Br19 | 0.93 | 2.93 | 3.644 (4) | 134 |
C20—H20A···Br19 | 0.97 | 2.80 | 3.563 (4) | 136 |
C14—H14···Br20 | 0.93 | 2.96 | 3.704 (4) | 139 |
C19—H19A···Br20 | 0.97 | 2.80 | 3.552 (4) | 135 |
C19—H19B···Br20i | 0.97 | 2.98 | 3.632 (4) | 126 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+1/2. |
For atom numbers, see Figure 1 in supplementary materials |
C–H···π | C–H | H···π | C···π | C–H···π | Ring Involved |
* C5-H5···C18 | 0.93 | 2.846 (4) | 3.023 (5) | 91.9 (2) | γ |
* C6-H6···C8 | 0.93 | 2.826 (4) | 3.046 (5) | 94.7 (2) | α |
* C8-H8···C6 | 0.93 | 2.870 (3) | 3.046 (5) | 91.9 (2) | α |
* C18-H18···C5 | 0.93 | 2.852 (3) | 3.023 (5) | 91.5 (2) | γ |
* C19-H19B···C7 | 0.97 | 2.540 (4) | 2.987 (5) | 108.0 (2) | α |
* C19-H19B···C12 | 0.97 | 2.664 (4) | 3.173 (5) | 113.1 (2) | α |
* C20-H20B···C13 | 0.97 | 2.541 (4) | 2.988 (5) | 108.1 (2) | γ |
* C20-H20B···C14 | 0.97 | 2.605 (4) | 3.172 (5) | 117.6 (2) | γ |
# C6-H6···C5 | 0.93 | 3.041 (4) | 3.782 (5) | 137.8 (2) | β |
# C6-H6···C6 | 0.93 | 3.032 (4) | 3.606 (5) | 121.4 (2) | β |
# C9-H9···C5 | 0.93 | 3.088 (3) | 3.772 (6) | 131.8 (3) | α |
# C19-H19B···C17 | 0.97 | 3.018 (4) | 3.600 (5) | 119.8 (2) | γ |
* indicates an intramolecular interaction; # indicates an intermolecular interaction |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the National Science Foundation for support of this work through the EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement program (NSF 0432060) and the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (NSF EEC-0425826).
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For a review on the synthesis of substituted terphenyls see Ames (1958). For the synthesis of the title compound, see Bredow et al. (1970). The title compound has been utilized as a reagent in the synthesis of spiro-configured terfluorenes (Geng et al., 2002) and is a potentially useful precursor to an o-quinodimethane derivative (Martin & Segura, 1999). For related crystal structures, see Baudour et al. (1986); Baker et al. (1993).
We define the three rings of the terphenyl moiety as α, β and γ (Figure 1). Thus, terminal ring α contains C7 – C12, central ring β contains C1 – C6, and terminal ring γ contains C13 – C18. The rotations of ring α and ring γ relative to central ring β are approximately 55 ° and -125 °, respectively.
The rotations of ring α and ring γ are influenced by nearly equivalent sets of intramolecular C–H···π and C–H···Br interactions (Tables 1–2) as illustrated in Figure 2. Each γ ring also engages in a stabilizing, intermolecular π–π stacking interaction (C14···C16, 3.423 (5) Å) with another γ ring, as illustrated in Figure 3. The spacing between π–π stacking γ rings is nearly identical to the 3.435 Å interlayer spacing in graphite suggesting a relatively strong π–π stacking interaction. Likewise, interacting pairs of γ rings lie in near perfect parallel orientations with respect to each other (Figure 3).
There are 3 intermolecular and 4 intramolecular interactions involving Br atoms (Table 2). The intermolecular interactions consist of one significant Br–C interaction (Br19···C6, 3.470 (3) Å), one significant Br–H interaction (Br20···H19B, 2.9788 (5) Å), and one relatively weak Br–Br interaction (Br19···Br20, 3.7743 (7) Å). With regards to intramolecular interactions involving bromine, each bromine atom (i.e., Br19 and Br20) interacts with one methylene hydrogen (Br19···H20A, 2.7993 (5) Å; Br20···H19A, 2.7965 (6) Å) and one aryl hydrogen (Br19···H12, 2.9348 (5) Å; Br20···H14, 2.9559 (6) Å). Both can be viewed as halogen variations of traditional H-bonding, the first set shorter and stronger presumably due to the greater acidity associated with a proton on a benzylic bromide as compared to an aryl proton. An MM2 calculated structure for the title compound (not parameterized for Br···H interactions) indicates much longer Br···H distances (Br19,20···H19A,20 A, 3.14 Å; Br19,20···H12,14 3.79 Å) suggesting that Br···H-bonding in the crystal is both real and stabilizing.
Several intermolecular C–H···π interactions are also observed in the crystal structure (Table 1) but all have H···π distances greater than 3 Å and appear to be relatively weak.