organic compounds
Dibenzo[b,e]thiepin-11(6H)-one
aDepartment of Chemistry, Keene State College, 229 Main Street, Keene, NH 03435-2001, USA, bDepartment of Studies in Chemistry, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006, India, cDepartment of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA, and dDepartment of Studies in Chemistry, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri 574 199, India
*Correspondence e-mail: jjasinski@keene.edu
In the title compound, C14H10OS, the seven-membered thiepin ring adopts a distorted boat conformation with the dihedral angle between the mean planes of the two fused benzene rings being 56.5 (1)°.
Related literature
For the biological and chiroptical properties of dibenzo[c,e]thiepine derivatives, see: Rajsner et al. (1969, 1971); Truce & Emrick (1956); Tomascovic et al. (2000). For spectral, structural and theoretical studies of eight related 6-arylidenedibenzo[b,e]thiepin-11-one-5,5-dioxides, see: Kolehmainen et al. (2007). For DFT calculations and the GAUSSIAN03 program package, see: Schmidt & Polik (2007); Frisch et al. (2004). For a description of the Cambridge Structural Database, see: Allen (2002).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2007); cell CrysAlis PRO; data reduction: CrysAlis PRO; 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 and WebMOPro (Schmidt & Polik, 2007).
Supporting information
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The title compound was obtained as a gift sample from R. L. Fine Chem, Bangalore, India. The compound was used without further purification. X-ray quality crystals (m.p. 347–349 K) were obtained by slow evaporation of a solution in methanol.
H atoms were placed in their calculated positions and then refined using the riding model with C–H = 0.95–0.99 Å, and with Uiso(H) = 1.18–1.21Ueq(C). The
could not be determined reliably due to the low coverage.The title compound is used as an intermediate for the synthesis of dosulepin, which is an antidepressant of the tricyclic family. Dosulepin works by preventing serotonin and noradrenaline from being reabsorbed in the brain. This helps prolong the mood lightening effect of any released noradrenaline and serotonin, thus relieving depression. The dibenzo[c,e]thiepine derivatives (Truce et al., 1956) exhibit remarkable chiroptical properties (Tomascovic et al., 2000). The dibenzo[b,e]thiepin-5,5-dioxide derivatives are known to possess antihistaminic and antiallergenic activities (Rajsner et al., 1971). In addition, by aminoalkylation of 6,11-dihydrodibenzo[b,e]thiepin-5,5-dioxide and the corresponding 11-ketone, compounds with neurotropic and psychotropic activities have been reported (Rajsner et al., 1969). In addition, the comparative NMR and IR spectral, X-ray structural and theoretical studies of eight 6-arylidenedibenzo[b,e]thiepin-11-one-5,5-dioxides have been reported (Kolehmainen et al., 2007). In view of the importance of thiepines, this paper reports the
of the title compound.The seven-membered thiepin ring adopts a distorted boat conformation with the dihedral angle between the mean planes of the two fused benzene rings measuring 56.5 (1)° (Fig. 1). This conformation is assisted by sp3
of atom C8 within the ring. The ketone oxygen atom (O) lies in an equatorial position from the ring on opposite sides of the C8 and S atoms [C3—C2—C1—O = 31.1 (4)° and C13—C14—C1—O = -50.7 (4)°]. Bond lengths and bond angles are all within expected ranges (Allen, 2002).Following a geometry optimization density functional theory calculation (Schmidt & Polik, 2007), in vacuo, at the B3LYP 6–31-G(d) level with the GAUSSIAN03 program package (Frisch et al., 2004) the angle between the mean planes of the two benzene rings becomes 46.2 (6)°, a decrease of 14.2 (5)°. The C3—C2—C1—O and C13—C14—C1—O torsion angles become 12.8 (2)°) and -36.9 (1)°, a decrease of 18.3 (2)° and 13.8 (3)°, respectively.
For the biological and chiroptical properties of dibenzo[c,e]thiepine derivatives, see: Rajsner et al. (1969, 1971); Truce et al. (1956); Tomascovic et al. (2000). For spectral, structural and theoretical studies of eight related 6-arylidenedibenzo[b,e]thiepin-11-one-5,5-dioxides, see: Kolehmainen et al. (2007). For DFT calculations and the GAUSSIAN03 program package, see: Schmidt & Polik (2007); Frisch et al. (2004). For a description of the Cambridge Structural Database, see: Allen (2002).
Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2007); cell
CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2007); data reduction: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 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) and WebMOPro (Schmidt & Polik, 2007).Fig. 1. Molecular structure of the title compound, showing atom-labeling scheme and 50% probability displacement ellipsoids. |
C14H10OS | F(000) = 472 |
Mr = 226.28 | Dx = 1.398 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, Pna21 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2c -2n | Cell parameters from 1716 reflections |
a = 14.6208 (11) Å | θ = 4.0–73.6° |
b = 4.3503 (3) Å | µ = 0.27 mm−1 |
c = 16.9023 (13) Å | T = 110 K |
V = 1075.07 (14) Å3 | Plate, colorless |
Z = 4 | 0.47 × 0.42 × 0.12 mm |
Oxford Diffraction Gemini R CCD diffractometer | 1322 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1291 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.022 |
Detector resolution: 10.5081 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 26.2°, θmin = 3.7° |
φ and ω scans | h = −11→17 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2007) | k = −4→5 |
Tmin = 0.769, Tmax = 1.000 | l = −8→20 |
2124 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.039 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.104 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0678P)2 + 0.7978P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.06 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
1322 reflections | Δρmax = 0.42 e Å−3 |
145 parameters | Δρmin = −0.35 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 242 Friedel pairs |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Absolute structure parameter: −0.57 (13) |
C14H10OS | V = 1075.07 (14) Å3 |
Mr = 226.28 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, Pna21 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 14.6208 (11) Å | µ = 0.27 mm−1 |
b = 4.3503 (3) Å | T = 110 K |
c = 16.9023 (13) Å | 0.47 × 0.42 × 0.12 mm |
Oxford Diffraction Gemini R CCD diffractometer | 1322 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2007) | 1291 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.769, Tmax = 1.000 | Rint = 0.022 |
2124 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.039 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.104 | Δρmax = 0.42 e Å−3 |
S = 1.06 | Δρmin = −0.35 e Å−3 |
1322 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 242 Friedel pairs |
145 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: −0.57 (13) |
1 restraint |
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 | ||
S | 0.52142 (4) | −0.06772 (16) | 0.24929 (6) | 0.0178 (2) | |
O | 0.78147 (17) | −0.0883 (7) | 0.09651 (19) | 0.0321 (7) | |
C1 | 0.7100 (2) | 0.0006 (8) | 0.1263 (2) | 0.0200 (7) | |
C2 | 0.7074 (2) | 0.0905 (7) | 0.2121 (2) | 0.0180 (7) | |
C3 | 0.7902 (2) | 0.2143 (7) | 0.2405 (2) | 0.0227 (7) | |
H3A | 0.8423 | 0.2129 | 0.2070 | 0.027* | |
C4 | 0.7980 (2) | 0.3374 (9) | 0.3154 (2) | 0.0256 (8) | |
H4A | 0.8543 | 0.4237 | 0.3326 | 0.031* | |
C5 | 0.7227 (2) | 0.3339 (9) | 0.3654 (2) | 0.0244 (7) | |
H5A | 0.7276 | 0.4167 | 0.4173 | 0.029* | |
C6 | 0.6408 (2) | 0.2104 (7) | 0.3401 (2) | 0.0192 (7) | |
H6A | 0.5897 | 0.2100 | 0.3748 | 0.023* | |
C7 | 0.6316 (2) | 0.0853 (6) | 0.26388 (19) | 0.0161 (7) | |
C8 | 0.5289 (2) | −0.2607 (8) | 0.1555 (2) | 0.0207 (7) | |
H8A | 0.5805 | −0.4078 | 0.1569 | 0.025* | |
H8B | 0.4720 | −0.3796 | 0.1466 | 0.025* | |
C9 | 0.5423 (2) | −0.0449 (7) | 0.0884 (2) | 0.0170 (7) | |
C10 | 0.4704 (2) | 0.0389 (8) | 0.0388 (2) | 0.0209 (7) | |
H10A | 0.4110 | −0.0416 | 0.0480 | 0.025* | |
C11 | 0.4848 (3) | 0.2376 (9) | −0.0235 (2) | 0.0266 (8) | |
H11A | 0.4350 | 0.2961 | −0.0563 | 0.032* | |
C12 | 0.5718 (3) | 0.3529 (8) | −0.0386 (2) | 0.0261 (8) | |
H12A | 0.5814 | 0.4879 | −0.0820 | 0.031* | |
C13 | 0.6447 (2) | 0.2706 (8) | 0.0099 (2) | 0.0222 (7) | |
H13A | 0.7043 | 0.3476 | −0.0006 | 0.027* | |
C14 | 0.6299 (2) | 0.0741 (7) | 0.0741 (2) | 0.0187 (7) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
S | 0.0114 (3) | 0.0242 (4) | 0.0177 (4) | −0.0023 (3) | 0.0028 (3) | −0.0015 (4) |
O | 0.0181 (12) | 0.0470 (16) | 0.0312 (15) | 0.0089 (11) | 0.0049 (11) | −0.0110 (13) |
C1 | 0.0157 (14) | 0.0217 (14) | 0.0226 (19) | 0.0006 (13) | 0.0051 (14) | −0.0056 (14) |
C2 | 0.0163 (15) | 0.0174 (14) | 0.0203 (17) | 0.0046 (11) | 0.0009 (13) | 0.0016 (13) |
C3 | 0.0113 (12) | 0.0297 (15) | 0.027 (2) | 0.0020 (12) | 0.0013 (15) | 0.0002 (17) |
C4 | 0.0167 (15) | 0.0290 (18) | 0.031 (2) | −0.0024 (14) | −0.0047 (15) | −0.0004 (16) |
C5 | 0.0257 (17) | 0.0275 (16) | 0.0201 (17) | −0.0011 (15) | −0.0046 (15) | −0.0026 (15) |
C6 | 0.0176 (14) | 0.0205 (15) | 0.0196 (15) | −0.0019 (13) | 0.0039 (13) | 0.0006 (14) |
C7 | 0.0142 (13) | 0.0141 (13) | 0.020 (2) | 0.0016 (11) | −0.0002 (12) | 0.0000 (11) |
C8 | 0.0200 (14) | 0.0193 (16) | 0.0228 (19) | −0.0038 (12) | −0.0014 (13) | −0.0017 (14) |
C9 | 0.0205 (14) | 0.0153 (15) | 0.0153 (17) | −0.0009 (12) | −0.0005 (13) | −0.0048 (12) |
C10 | 0.0189 (15) | 0.0202 (16) | 0.0235 (19) | −0.0007 (13) | −0.0016 (13) | −0.0050 (14) |
C11 | 0.0299 (18) | 0.0252 (17) | 0.0247 (19) | 0.0018 (14) | −0.0070 (15) | −0.0023 (16) |
C12 | 0.0348 (18) | 0.0255 (17) | 0.0179 (16) | −0.0010 (16) | 0.0040 (15) | 0.0020 (14) |
C13 | 0.0258 (16) | 0.0216 (16) | 0.0191 (16) | −0.0033 (13) | 0.0075 (14) | −0.0040 (14) |
C14 | 0.0179 (15) | 0.0170 (14) | 0.0211 (17) | 0.0020 (12) | 0.0048 (14) | −0.0043 (13) |
S—C7 | 1.760 (3) | C6—H6A | 0.95 |
S—C8 | 1.798 (4) | C8—C9 | 1.485 (5) |
O—C1 | 1.223 (4) | C8—H8A | 0.99 |
C1—C14 | 1.500 (5) | C8—H8B | 0.99 |
C1—C2 | 1.503 (5) | C9—C10 | 1.394 (5) |
C2—C3 | 1.409 (4) | C9—C14 | 1.402 (5) |
C2—C7 | 1.413 (4) | C10—C11 | 1.378 (6) |
C3—C4 | 1.379 (5) | C10—H10A | 0.95 |
C3—H3A | 0.95 | C11—C12 | 1.391 (5) |
C4—C5 | 1.388 (5) | C11—H11A | 0.95 |
C4—H4A | 0.95 | C12—C13 | 1.392 (5) |
C5—C6 | 1.381 (5) | C12—H12A | 0.95 |
C5—H5A | 0.95 | C13—C14 | 1.398 (5) |
C6—C7 | 1.404 (4) | C13—H13A | 0.95 |
C7—S—C8 | 104.17 (15) | C9—C8—H8A | 109.1 |
O—C1—C14 | 119.5 (3) | S—C8—H8A | 109.1 |
O—C1—C2 | 120.1 (3) | C9—C8—H8B | 109.1 |
C14—C1—C2 | 119.5 (3) | S—C8—H8B | 109.1 |
C3—C2—C7 | 118.0 (3) | H8A—C8—H8B | 107.8 |
C3—C2—C1 | 114.0 (3) | C10—C9—C14 | 119.2 (3) |
C7—C2—C1 | 127.8 (3) | C10—C9—C8 | 121.6 (3) |
C4—C3—C2 | 122.2 (3) | C14—C9—C8 | 119.1 (3) |
C4—C3—H3A | 118.9 | C11—C10—C9 | 120.5 (3) |
C2—C3—H3A | 118.9 | C11—C10—H10A | 119.7 |
C3—C4—C5 | 119.3 (3) | C9—C10—H10A | 119.7 |
C3—C4—H4A | 120.4 | C10—C11—C12 | 120.4 (4) |
C5—C4—H4A | 120.4 | C10—C11—H11A | 119.8 |
C6—C5—C4 | 120.2 (3) | C12—C11—H11A | 119.8 |
C6—C5—H5A | 119.9 | C11—C12—C13 | 120.0 (3) |
C4—C5—H5A | 119.9 | C11—C12—H12A | 120.0 |
C5—C6—C7 | 121.3 (3) | C13—C12—H12A | 120.0 |
C5—C6—H6A | 119.4 | C12—C13—C14 | 119.7 (3) |
C7—C6—H6A | 119.4 | C12—C13—H13A | 120.1 |
C6—C7—C2 | 119.1 (3) | C14—C13—H13A | 120.1 |
C6—C7—S | 111.3 (2) | C13—C14—C9 | 120.1 (3) |
C2—C7—S | 129.6 (3) | C13—C14—C1 | 117.8 (3) |
C9—C8—S | 112.7 (2) | C9—C14—C1 | 122.2 (3) |
O—C1—C2—C3 | 31.1 (4) | S—C8—C9—C10 | −101.8 (3) |
C14—C1—C2—C3 | −137.8 (3) | S—C8—C9—C14 | 79.1 (3) |
O—C1—C2—C7 | −153.8 (3) | C14—C9—C10—C11 | −0.3 (5) |
C14—C1—C2—C7 | 37.3 (5) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | −179.4 (3) |
C7—C2—C3—C4 | −2.1 (5) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | 1.2 (5) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 173.4 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | −0.7 (6) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 1.5 (5) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | −0.6 (5) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | −0.5 (5) | C12—C13—C14—C9 | 1.4 (5) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | 0.2 (5) | C12—C13—C14—C1 | −177.9 (3) |
C5—C6—C7—C2 | −0.9 (5) | C10—C9—C14—C13 | −1.0 (5) |
C5—C6—C7—S | 177.7 (3) | C8—C9—C14—C13 | 178.1 (3) |
C3—C2—C7—C6 | 1.8 (4) | C10—C9—C14—C1 | 178.4 (3) |
C1—C2—C7—C6 | −173.1 (3) | C8—C9—C14—C1 | −2.5 (5) |
C3—C2—C7—S | −176.6 (2) | O—C1—C14—C13 | −50.7 (4) |
C1—C2—C7—S | 8.5 (5) | C2—C1—C14—C13 | 118.2 (4) |
C8—S—C7—C6 | −172.2 (2) | O—C1—C14—C9 | 129.9 (4) |
C8—S—C7—C2 | 6.3 (3) | C2—C1—C14—C9 | −61.1 (4) |
C7—S—C8—C9 | −67.1 (3) |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C14H10OS |
Mr | 226.28 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, Pna21 |
Temperature (K) | 110 |
a, b, c (Å) | 14.6208 (11), 4.3503 (3), 16.9023 (13) |
V (Å3) | 1075.07 (14) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.27 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.47 × 0.42 × 0.12 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Oxford Diffraction Gemini R CCD |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2007) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.769, 1.000 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 2124, 1322, 1291 |
Rint | 0.022 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.622 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.039, 0.104, 1.06 |
No. of reflections | 1322 |
No. of parameters | 145 |
No. of restraints | 1 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.42, −0.35 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), 242 Friedel pairs |
Absolute structure parameter | −0.57 (13) |
Computer programs: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2007), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and WebMOPro (Schmidt & Polik, 2007).
Acknowledgements
QNMHA thanks the University of Mysore for use of their research facilities. RJB acknowledges the NSF MRI program (grant No. CHE-0619278) for funds to purchase an X-ray diffractometer.
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The title compound is used as an intermediate for the synthesis of dosulepin, which is an antidepressant of the tricyclic family. Dosulepin works by preventing serotonin and noradrenaline from being reabsorbed in the brain. This helps prolong the mood lightening effect of any released noradrenaline and serotonin, thus relieving depression. The dibenzo[c,e]thiepine derivatives (Truce et al., 1956) exhibit remarkable chiroptical properties (Tomascovic et al., 2000). The dibenzo[b,e]thiepin-5,5-dioxide derivatives are known to possess antihistaminic and antiallergenic activities (Rajsner et al., 1971). In addition, by aminoalkylation of 6,11-dihydrodibenzo[b,e]thiepin-5,5-dioxide and the corresponding 11-ketone, compounds with neurotropic and psychotropic activities have been reported (Rajsner et al., 1969). In addition, the comparative NMR and IR spectral, X-ray structural and theoretical studies of eight 6-arylidenedibenzo[b,e]thiepin-11-one-5,5-dioxides have been reported (Kolehmainen et al., 2007). In view of the importance of thiepines, this paper reports the crystal structure of the title compound.
The seven-membered thiepin ring adopts a distorted boat conformation with the dihedral angle between the mean planes of the two fused benzene rings measuring 56.5 (1)° (Fig. 1). This conformation is assisted by sp3 hybridization of atom C8 within the ring. The ketone oxygen atom (O) lies in an equatorial position from the ring on opposite sides of the C8 and S atoms [C3—C2—C1—O = 31.1 (4)° and C13—C14—C1—O = -50.7 (4)°]. Bond lengths and bond angles are all within expected ranges (Allen, 2002).
Following a geometry optimization density functional theory calculation (Schmidt & Polik, 2007), in vacuo, at the B3LYP 6–31-G(d) level with the GAUSSIAN03 program package (Frisch et al., 2004) the angle between the mean planes of the two benzene rings becomes 46.2 (6)°, a decrease of 14.2 (5)°. The C3—C2—C1—O and C13—C14—C1—O torsion angles become 12.8 (2)°) and -36.9 (1)°, a decrease of 18.3 (2)° and 13.8 (3)°, respectively.