organic compounds
3-[1-(4-Methylphenylsulfonyl)-1,4-dihydropyridin-4-yl]-1H-indole
aCentro de Química, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-452 Braga, Portugal
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In the title compound, C20H18N2O2S, the indole mean plane and benzene ring form a dihedral angle of 65.0 (1)°. In the weak intermolecular N—H⋯π and C—H⋯O interactions link the molecules into ribbons propagated along [100].
Related literature
For the pharmacological activity of compounds containing indole and pyridine fragments, see: Fanshawe et al. (1970); Bennasar et al. (1990); Lavilla et al. (1997).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection
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Data collection: SMART (Bruker 2001); cell SAINT (Bruker 2001); 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 and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536810010214/cv2703sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536810010214/cv2703Isup2.hkl
To a solution of indole (5.0 g; 4.3x10-2 mol) in pyridine (10 mL) tosyl chloride (5.4 g; 2.8x10-2 mol) was added at 0°C. The mixture was left stirring for 90 minutes, at room temperature, then HCl (10%) was added dropwise until neutral and the mixture was extracted with chloroform (4x20 ml). The organic extracts were combined, dried (MgSO4), and evaporated to dryness to give an oily orange solid (3.1 g, η=20%). Crystallization from acetonitrile gave light pink crystals (0.9 g), m.p. 147.8-150.7°C of 3-{1-[(4-Methylphenyl)sulfonil]-1,4-dihydropyridin-4-yl}-1H-indole.
1H NMR, (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz): δ 10.84 (s, 1H, NH), 7.78 (d, 2H, J = 8.1 Hz, H-2" and H-6"), 7.49 (d, 2H, J = 8.1 Hz, H-3" and H-5"), 7.29 (d, 1H, J=7.8 Hz, H-4), 7.14 (d, 1H, J=7.8 Hz, H-7), 7.01 (t, 1H, J=7.5 Hz, H-6), 6.85 (d, 1H, J=2.4 Hz, H-2), 6.72 (t, 1H, J=7.8, H-5), 6.61 (dd, 2H, J=1,5 e 8.1 Hz, H-2' e H-6'), 5.02 (dd, 2H, J=2.4 e 8.7 Hz, H-3' e H-5'), 4.27 (m, 1H, H-4'), 2.46 (s, 3H, CH3). 13C NMR (DMSO-d6): δ 144.53 (C-4"), 136.60 (C-7a), 134.31 (C-1"), 130.20 (C-3" and C-5"), 126.87 (C-2" and C-6"), 125.78 (C-3a), 122.26 (C-2), 121.06 (C-2' and C-6'), 120.93 (C-6), 118.46 (C-7), 118.21 (C-5 or C-1), 118.16 (C-5 or C-1), 111.71 (C-3' and C-5'), 111.48 (C-4), 29.17 (C-4'), 21.12 (CH3). ESI- MS: The molecular ion was not observed, only the ion at 195 (M-155)+ corresponding to the loss of tosyl from the molecular ion.
C-bound H atoms were geometrically positioned (C–H 0.93-0.96 Å) and refined as riding, with Uiso(H) = 1.2-1.5 Ueq(C). Atom H1 was located on a difference map and isotropically refined with bond restraint N–H = 0.85 (3) Å.
Data collection: SMART (Bruker 2001); cell
SAINT (Bruker 2001); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker 2001); 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 publCIF (Westrip, 2010).Fig. 1. The molecular structure of the title compound showing the atomic numbering and 50 % probability displacement ellipsoids. |
C20H18N2O2S | F(000) = 736 |
Mr = 350.42 | Dx = 1.341 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 2827 reflections |
a = 7.9192 (9) Å | θ = 2.6–21.5° |
b = 11.4344 (13) Å | µ = 0.20 mm−1 |
c = 19.168 (2) Å | T = 293 K |
V = 1735.7 (3) Å3 | Prism, light pink |
Z = 4 | 0.47 × 0.45 × 0.42 mm |
Bruker SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer | 2830 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | Rint = 0.036 |
Graphite monochromator | θmax = 28.0°, θmin = 2.1° |
phi and ω scans | h = −10→10 |
11335 measured reflections | k = −10→14 |
4115 independent reflections | l = −25→22 |
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)] = 0.041 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.102 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0423P)2 + 0.2268P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.01 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
4115 reflections | Δρmax = 0.17 e Å−3 |
231 parameters | Δρmin = −0.24 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 1718 Friedel pairs |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Absolute structure parameter: −0.07 (8) |
C20H18N2O2S | V = 1735.7 (3) Å3 |
Mr = 350.42 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 7.9192 (9) Å | µ = 0.20 mm−1 |
b = 11.4344 (13) Å | T = 293 K |
c = 19.168 (2) Å | 0.47 × 0.45 × 0.42 mm |
Bruker SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer | 2830 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
11335 measured reflections | Rint = 0.036 |
4115 independent reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.041 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.102 | Δρmax = 0.17 e Å−3 |
S = 1.01 | Δρmin = −0.24 e Å−3 |
4115 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 1718 Friedel pairs |
231 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: −0.07 (8) |
0 restraints |
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 > 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 | 0.43816 (8) | 0.16555 (6) | 0.18936 (3) | 0.05332 (19) | |
O1 | 0.5841 (2) | 0.12035 (19) | 0.22313 (9) | 0.0705 (6) | |
O2 | 0.3845 (3) | 0.28318 (17) | 0.20181 (9) | 0.0720 (6) | |
N1 | −0.1929 (3) | −0.2711 (2) | 0.05481 (12) | 0.0609 (7) | |
H1 | −0.249 (4) | −0.330 (3) | 0.0446 (15) | 0.078 (10)* | |
C1 | −0.1217 (3) | −0.1920 (2) | 0.01063 (12) | 0.0458 (6) | |
C2 | −0.1307 (3) | −0.1842 (3) | −0.06159 (12) | 0.0561 (7) | |
H2 | −0.1872 | −0.2404 | −0.0877 | 0.067* | |
C3 | −0.0535 (4) | −0.0909 (2) | −0.09299 (12) | 0.0592 (7) | |
H3 | −0.0601 | −0.0825 | −0.1412 | 0.071* | |
C4 | 0.0354 (3) | −0.0080 (2) | −0.05365 (12) | 0.0529 (6) | |
H4 | 0.0885 | 0.0538 | −0.0764 | 0.063* | |
C5 | 0.0459 (3) | −0.01583 (19) | 0.01780 (11) | 0.0440 (5) | |
H5 | 0.1060 | 0.0396 | 0.0432 | 0.053* | |
C6 | −0.0352 (3) | −0.10865 (18) | 0.05181 (11) | 0.0366 (5) | |
C7 | −0.0614 (3) | −0.14245 (19) | 0.12343 (10) | 0.0415 (5) | |
C8 | −0.1592 (3) | −0.2394 (2) | 0.12171 (12) | 0.0548 (7) | |
H8 | −0.1982 | −0.2789 | 0.1609 | 0.066* | |
C9 | 0.0027 (3) | −0.0848 (2) | 0.18946 (11) | 0.0444 (6) | |
H9 | −0.0680 | −0.1132 | 0.2279 | 0.053* | |
C10 | −0.0131 (3) | 0.0452 (2) | 0.18840 (12) | 0.0463 (6) | |
H10 | −0.1194 | 0.0769 | 0.1802 | 0.056* | |
C11 | 0.1134 (3) | 0.1181 (2) | 0.19833 (11) | 0.0459 (6) | |
H11 | 0.0928 | 0.1979 | 0.1949 | 0.055* | |
N2 | 0.2792 (2) | 0.08014 (18) | 0.21399 (9) | 0.0445 (5) | |
C13 | 0.3048 (3) | −0.0418 (2) | 0.21675 (11) | 0.0473 (6) | |
H13 | 0.4128 | −0.0697 | 0.2260 | 0.057* | |
C12 | 0.1825 (3) | −0.1175 (2) | 0.20673 (10) | 0.0462 (6) | |
H12 | 0.2084 | −0.1966 | 0.2105 | 0.055* | |
C14 | 0.4588 (3) | 0.1429 (2) | 0.09933 (11) | 0.0456 (6) | |
C15 | 0.5422 (3) | 0.0451 (2) | 0.07507 (12) | 0.0542 (6) | |
H15 | 0.5929 | −0.0064 | 0.1063 | 0.065* | |
C16 | 0.5499 (3) | 0.0241 (2) | 0.00439 (13) | 0.0595 (7) | |
H16 | 0.6064 | −0.0419 | −0.0117 | 0.071* | |
C17 | 0.4753 (4) | 0.0990 (3) | −0.04315 (12) | 0.0563 (7) | |
C18 | 0.3938 (4) | 0.1972 (2) | −0.01774 (13) | 0.0611 (7) | |
H18 | 0.3451 | 0.2493 | −0.0490 | 0.073* | |
C19 | 0.3829 (3) | 0.2198 (2) | 0.05302 (13) | 0.0549 (7) | |
H19 | 0.3257 | 0.2854 | 0.0692 | 0.066* | |
C20 | 0.4842 (5) | 0.0734 (3) | −0.12010 (14) | 0.0867 (11) | |
H20A | 0.4108 | 0.1259 | −0.1448 | 0.130* | |
H20B | 0.4494 | −0.0058 | −0.1285 | 0.130* | |
H20C | 0.5981 | 0.0838 | −0.1361 | 0.130* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
S | 0.0401 (3) | 0.0752 (5) | 0.0447 (3) | −0.0101 (3) | −0.0001 (3) | −0.0173 (3) |
O1 | 0.0388 (10) | 0.1244 (18) | 0.0481 (9) | −0.0081 (11) | −0.0087 (8) | −0.0082 (10) |
O2 | 0.0725 (13) | 0.0654 (12) | 0.0783 (13) | −0.0150 (10) | 0.0113 (10) | −0.0355 (10) |
N1 | 0.0710 (17) | 0.0531 (14) | 0.0587 (14) | −0.0285 (13) | −0.0069 (11) | −0.0050 (12) |
C1 | 0.0458 (13) | 0.0460 (14) | 0.0457 (12) | 0.0012 (12) | −0.0048 (10) | −0.0067 (11) |
C2 | 0.0607 (15) | 0.0638 (18) | 0.0438 (13) | 0.0057 (14) | −0.0102 (12) | −0.0176 (13) |
C3 | 0.0673 (18) | 0.0776 (19) | 0.0328 (12) | 0.0201 (17) | −0.0006 (13) | 0.0021 (12) |
C4 | 0.0640 (17) | 0.0497 (14) | 0.0451 (13) | 0.0098 (13) | 0.0084 (12) | 0.0085 (12) |
C5 | 0.0489 (14) | 0.0384 (12) | 0.0446 (12) | −0.0006 (12) | 0.0027 (11) | −0.0016 (10) |
C6 | 0.0359 (13) | 0.0353 (11) | 0.0384 (11) | 0.0033 (10) | −0.0015 (9) | −0.0017 (9) |
C7 | 0.0428 (12) | 0.0451 (13) | 0.0366 (11) | −0.0043 (11) | −0.0039 (10) | 0.0020 (9) |
C8 | 0.0609 (17) | 0.0559 (17) | 0.0475 (14) | −0.0164 (13) | −0.0008 (12) | 0.0081 (12) |
C9 | 0.0428 (12) | 0.0585 (15) | 0.0318 (11) | −0.0053 (11) | 0.0023 (10) | −0.0024 (11) |
C10 | 0.0342 (11) | 0.0581 (15) | 0.0465 (12) | 0.0069 (11) | −0.0015 (10) | −0.0145 (12) |
C11 | 0.0410 (12) | 0.0518 (14) | 0.0450 (13) | 0.0097 (11) | −0.0029 (10) | −0.0137 (11) |
N2 | 0.0351 (10) | 0.0594 (14) | 0.0391 (10) | 0.0019 (9) | −0.0016 (8) | −0.0063 (9) |
C13 | 0.0421 (13) | 0.0651 (18) | 0.0346 (11) | 0.0115 (13) | −0.0017 (10) | −0.0013 (11) |
C12 | 0.0553 (15) | 0.0525 (15) | 0.0309 (11) | 0.0059 (13) | −0.0031 (10) | 0.0011 (10) |
C14 | 0.0373 (13) | 0.0566 (15) | 0.0429 (12) | −0.0058 (12) | 0.0018 (10) | −0.0064 (11) |
C15 | 0.0490 (15) | 0.0706 (18) | 0.0429 (13) | 0.0124 (14) | −0.0001 (12) | 0.0012 (12) |
C16 | 0.0561 (16) | 0.0716 (18) | 0.0509 (14) | 0.0103 (15) | 0.0084 (13) | −0.0096 (13) |
C17 | 0.0550 (17) | 0.0714 (18) | 0.0424 (13) | −0.0195 (14) | 0.0036 (12) | 0.0032 (12) |
C18 | 0.0675 (18) | 0.0613 (18) | 0.0544 (15) | −0.0117 (15) | −0.0071 (13) | 0.0167 (14) |
C19 | 0.0552 (16) | 0.0484 (14) | 0.0611 (16) | −0.0029 (13) | 0.0023 (13) | −0.0008 (13) |
C20 | 0.103 (3) | 0.114 (3) | 0.0430 (15) | −0.029 (2) | 0.0031 (16) | 0.0028 (16) |
S—O1 | 1.4217 (19) | C15—C16 | 1.377 (3) |
S—O2 | 1.431 (2) | C16—C17 | 1.383 (4) |
S—N2 | 1.662 (2) | C17—C18 | 1.383 (4) |
S—C14 | 1.753 (2) | C17—C20 | 1.505 (4) |
N1—C8 | 1.359 (3) | C18—C19 | 1.383 (3) |
N1—C1 | 1.361 (3) | N1—H1 | 0.83 (3) |
C1—C2 | 1.389 (3) | C2—H2 | 0.93 |
C1—C6 | 1.415 (3) | H3—C3 | 0.93 |
C2—C3 | 1.369 (4) | C4—H4 | 0.93 |
C3—C4 | 1.401 (4) | C5—H5 | 0.93 |
C4—C5 | 1.375 (3) | C8—H8 | 0.93 |
C5—C6 | 1.401 (3) | H9—C9 | 0.98 |
C6—C7 | 1.441 (3) | C10—H10 | 0.93 |
C7—C8 | 1.353 (3) | C11—H11 | 0.93 |
C7—C9 | 1.514 (3) | C12—H12 | 0.93 |
C9—C10 | 1.492 (3) | C13—H13 | 0.93 |
C9—C12 | 1.509 (3) | C15—H15 | 0.93 |
C10—C11 | 1.316 (3) | C16—H16 | 0.93 |
C11—N2 | 1.415 (3) | C18—H18 | 0.93 |
N2—C13 | 1.410 (3) | C19—H19 | 0.93 |
C13—C12 | 1.314 (3) | C20—H20A | 0.96 |
C14—C15 | 1.379 (3) | C20—H20B | 0.96 |
C14—C19 | 1.386 (3) | C20—H20C | 0.96 |
O1—S—O2 | 120.47 (12) | C18—C17—C20 | 121.6 (3) |
O1—S—N2 | 105.83 (11) | C19—C18—C17 | 121.7 (3) |
O2—S—N2 | 106.28 (11) | C18—C19—C14 | 118.8 (2) |
O1—S—C14 | 108.58 (11) | C1—N1—H1 | 128 (2) |
O2—S—C14 | 109.32 (12) | C8—N1—H1 | 123 (2) |
N2—S—C14 | 105.29 (10) | N1—C8—H8 | 124.6 |
C8—N1—C1 | 109.2 (2) | C7—C8—H8 | 124.7 |
N1—C1—C2 | 130.0 (2) | C1—C2—H2 | 121.1 |
N1—C1—C6 | 107.5 (2) | C3—C2—H2 | 121.1 |
C2—C1—C6 | 122.5 (2) | C2—C3—H3 | 119.5 |
C3—C2—C1 | 117.8 (2) | C4—C3—H3 | 119.5 |
C2—C3—C4 | 121.0 (2) | C3—C4—H4 | 119.2 |
C5—C4—C3 | 121.5 (2) | C5—C4—H4 | 119.3 |
C4—C5—C6 | 119.0 (2) | C4—C5—H5 | 120.5 |
C5—C6—C1 | 118.2 (2) | C6—C5—H5 | 120.5 |
C5—C6—C7 | 135.4 (2) | C7—C9—H9 | 107 |
C1—C6—C7 | 106.32 (19) | C12—C9—H9 | 107 |
C8—C7—C6 | 106.19 (19) | C10—C9—H9 | 107 |
C8—C7—C9 | 124.7 (2) | C9—C10—H10 | 117.8 |
C6—C7—C9 | 129.1 (2) | C11—C10—H10 | 117.8 |
C7—C8—N1 | 110.7 (2) | C10—C11—H11 | 118.5 |
C10—C9—C12 | 109.2 (2) | N2—C11—H11 | 118.6 |
C10—C9—C7 | 113.21 (19) | C9—C12—H12 | 117.8 |
C12—C9—C7 | 113.0 (2) | C13—C12—H12 | 117.8 |
C11—C10—C9 | 124.4 (2) | C12—C13—H13 | 118.7 |
C10—C11—N2 | 122.9 (2) | N2—C13—H13 | 118.6 |
C13—N2—C11 | 116.4 (2) | C14—C15—H15 | 120.2 |
C13—N2—S | 118.87 (16) | C16—C15—H15 | 120.2 |
C11—N2—S | 117.57 (17) | C15—C16—H16 | 119.3 |
C12—C13—N2 | 122.7 (2) | C17—C16—H16 | 119.3 |
C13—C12—C9 | 124.4 (2) | C17—C18—H18 | 119.1 |
C15—C14—C19 | 120.4 (2) | C19—C18—H18 | 119.1 |
C15—C14—S | 119.76 (18) | C18—C19—H19 | 120.5 |
C19—C14—S | 119.75 (19) | C14—C19—H19 | 120.6 |
C16—C15—C14 | 119.6 (2) | C17—C20—H20A | 109.5 |
C15—C16—C17 | 121.4 (2) | C17—C20—H20C | 109.4 |
C16—C17—C18 | 118.0 (2) | C17—C20—H20B | 109.5 |
C16—C17—C20 | 120.4 (3) | H20A—C20—H20C | 109.5 |
Cg is the centroid of the C1–C6 ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C10—H10···O1i | 0.93 | 2.54 | 3.370 (3) | 149 |
N1—H1···Cgii | 0.83 (3) | 2.51 | 3.207 (3) | 143 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y, z; (ii) x−1/2, −y−1/2, −z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C20H18N2O2S |
Mr | 350.42 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, P212121 |
Temperature (K) | 293 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.9192 (9), 11.4344 (13), 19.168 (2) |
V (Å3) | 1735.7 (3) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.20 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.47 × 0.45 × 0.42 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | – |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 11335, 4115, 2830 |
Rint | 0.036 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.660 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.041, 0.102, 1.01 |
No. of reflections | 4115 |
No. of parameters | 231 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.17, −0.24 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), 1718 Friedel pairs |
Absolute structure parameter | −0.07 (8) |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker 2001), SAINT (Bruker 2001), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
Cg is the centroid of the C1–C6 ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C10—H10···O1i | 0.93 | 2.54 | 3.370 (3) | 149 |
N1—H1···Cgii | 0.83 (3) | 2.51 | 3.207 (3) | 143 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y, z; (ii) x−1/2, −y−1/2, −z. |
Acknowledgements
The authors are pleased to thank the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) (grant POCTI-SFA-3-686), FEDER (Portugal) and REEQ/ 630/QUI/2005 for financial support.
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A vast number of compounds containing both indole and pyridine fragments exhibit pharmacological activity (Fanshawe et al. 1970, Lavilla et al. 1997). Attempted N-tosylation of indole in pyridine gave a product which did not correspond to the expected N-tosylindole. Crystallization of this compound from acetonitrile yielded light pink crystals of a compound that by ESI-MS, 1H and 13C NMR data showed to contain indole, dihydropyridine and the tosyl group. Following studies on the nucleophilic addition of indole to pyridinium salts (Bennasar et al., 1990; Lavilla et al. 1997) the structure for the isolated compound was suggested to be 3-{1-[(4-Methylphenyl)sulfonil]-1,4-dihydropyridin-4-yl}-1H- indole (Scheme 1) and later confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (Figure 1).