organic compounds
4-Phenyldiazenyl-2-[(R)-(1-phenylethyl)iminomethyl]phenol
aDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
*Correspondence e-mail: akitsu@rs.kagu.tus.ac.jp
The title chiral photochromic Schiff base compound, C21H19N3O, was synthesized from (R)-1-phenylethylamine and the salicylaldehyde of an azobenzene derivative. The molecule corresponds to the phenol–imine tautomer, the C=N and N—C bond distances being 1.279 (3) and 1.477 (3) Å, respectively. An intramolecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bond occurs. The diazenyl group adopts a trans form with an N=N distance of 1.243 (3) Å.
Related literature
For applications of Schiff base–metal complexes and azobenzene, see: Akitsu & Einaga (2005a,b); Akitsu (2007); Akitsu & Itoh (2010). For Schiff base ligands, see: Akitsu et al. (2004, 2006); Miura et al. (2009); Hadjoudis & Mavridis (2004). For Schiff base compounds with an azobenzene group, see: Aslantaş et al. (2007); Khandar & Rezvani (1999).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 1998); cell SAINT (Bruker, 1998); 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/S1600536810007762/zq2030sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536810007762/zq2030Isup2.hkl
Treatment of aniline (6.24 g, 67.0 mmol) in 30 ml of 6M HCl and NaNO2 (4.69 g, 68.0 mmol) in 30 ml of H2O for 30 min at 278 K gave rise to the yellow precursor. Treatment of the precursor and salicylaldehyde (8.18 g, 67.0 mmol) in 30 ml of 10 % NaOH aqueous solution for 1 hour at 278 K, and the resulting brown precipitates were filtrated and washed with water and ethanol, and dried in a desiccator for several days. Treatment of the brown precipitates (0.226 g, 1.00 mmol) and (R)-1-phenylethylamine (0.121 g, 1.00 mmol) for 2 hours at 313 K gave rise to redish violet crystals after evaporation (yield 0.21 g, 64 %).
All H atoms were placed at the calculated positions (C-H = 0.95-1.00 Å) and were included in the
in the riding mode with Uiso(H) = 1.2-1.5Ueq(C). The OH hydrogen atom was located in a difference Fourier map, and was freely refined. Friedel pairs were merged.Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 1998); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 1998); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 1998); 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).Fig. 1. The molecular structure of (I), showing the atom labeling scheme. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level. |
C21H19N3O | F(000) = 696 |
Mr = 329.39 | Dx = 1.268 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, C2 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: C 2y | Cell parameters from 1707 reflections |
a = 22.430 (2) Å | θ = 2.8–25.6° |
b = 5.9566 (6) Å | µ = 0.08 mm−1 |
c = 13.4670 (13) Å | T = 173 K |
β = 106.396 (1)° | Prism, red violet |
V = 1726.1 (3) Å3 | 0.31 × 0.12 × 0.09 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 1960 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1741 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.029 |
Detector resolution: 8.333 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 26.6°, θmin = 1.6° |
ϕ and ω scans | h = −16→28 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | k = −6→7 |
Tmin = 0.976, Tmax = 0.993 | l = −16→16 |
4632 measured reflections |
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)] = 0.040 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.123 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 0.96 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.1P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
1960 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
231 parameters | Δρmax = 0.26 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Δρmin = −0.27 e Å−3 |
C21H19N3O | V = 1726.1 (3) Å3 |
Mr = 329.39 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, C2 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 22.430 (2) Å | µ = 0.08 mm−1 |
b = 5.9566 (6) Å | T = 173 K |
c = 13.4670 (13) Å | 0.31 × 0.12 × 0.09 mm |
β = 106.396 (1)° |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 1960 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | 1741 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.976, Tmax = 0.993 | Rint = 0.029 |
4632 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.040 | 1 restraint |
wR(F2) = 0.123 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 0.96 | Δρmax = 0.26 e Å−3 |
1960 reflections | Δρmin = −0.27 e Å−3 |
231 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 > 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 | ||
O1 | 0.99357 (8) | −0.0345 (3) | 0.86831 (13) | 0.0407 (4) | |
C5 | 1.01961 (10) | 0.3842 (4) | 0.68547 (16) | 0.0311 (5) | |
H5 | 1.0052 | 0.5273 | 0.6577 | 0.037* | |
C2 | 1.06244 (11) | −0.0381 (4) | 0.76572 (17) | 0.0358 (5) | |
H2 | 1.0775 | −0.1809 | 0.7930 | 0.043* | |
C6 | 0.99411 (9) | 0.2834 (4) | 0.75769 (15) | 0.0286 (5) | |
C4 | 1.06632 (10) | 0.2751 (4) | 0.65393 (16) | 0.0328 (5) | |
C3 | 1.08666 (11) | 0.0649 (4) | 0.69370 (18) | 0.0364 (5) | |
H3 | 1.1179 | −0.0097 | 0.6710 | 0.044* | |
C17 | 1.10112 (11) | 0.8454 (4) | 0.44134 (19) | 0.0386 (6) | |
H17 | 1.0665 | 0.9222 | 0.4526 | 0.046* | |
C7 | 0.94575 (9) | 0.3980 (4) | 0.79195 (15) | 0.0286 (5) | |
H7 | 0.9314 | 0.5415 | 0.7646 | 0.034* | |
C16 | 1.11935 (10) | 0.6407 (4) | 0.48836 (16) | 0.0326 (5) | |
C1 | 1.01590 (10) | 0.0684 (4) | 0.79815 (16) | 0.0301 (5) | |
C21 | 1.17050 (11) | 0.5300 (4) | 0.47323 (18) | 0.0382 (6) | |
H21 | 1.1831 | 0.3894 | 0.5057 | 0.046* | |
C18 | 1.13343 (12) | 0.9384 (5) | 0.37779 (18) | 0.0439 (6) | |
H18 | 1.1205 | 1.0778 | 0.3444 | 0.053* | |
C13 | 0.72251 (11) | −0.0416 (5) | 0.85593 (19) | 0.0414 (6) | |
H13 | 0.6892 | −0.1453 | 0.8464 | 0.050* | |
C10 | 0.82061 (9) | 0.2628 (4) | 0.88270 (16) | 0.0297 (5) | |
C8 | 0.87446 (9) | 0.4249 (4) | 0.89349 (16) | 0.0311 (5) | |
H8 | 0.8598 | 0.5583 | 0.8481 | 0.037* | |
C20 | 1.20294 (11) | 0.6245 (5) | 0.41107 (19) | 0.0449 (7) | |
H20 | 1.2382 | 0.5495 | 0.4010 | 0.054* | |
C19 | 1.18438 (11) | 0.8291 (5) | 0.36290 (18) | 0.0451 (7) | |
H19 | 1.2068 | 0.8937 | 0.3197 | 0.054* | |
C11 | 0.76386 (10) | 0.3026 (5) | 0.81026 (17) | 0.0371 (5) | |
H11 | 0.7580 | 0.4359 | 0.7699 | 0.045* | |
C15 | 0.82718 (10) | 0.0696 (4) | 0.94228 (19) | 0.0380 (6) | |
H15 | 0.8656 | 0.0397 | 0.9923 | 0.046* | |
C14 | 0.77806 (11) | −0.0812 (5) | 0.9297 (2) | 0.0441 (6) | |
H14 | 0.7829 | −0.2114 | 0.9720 | 0.053* | |
C12 | 0.71552 (11) | 0.1493 (5) | 0.79616 (19) | 0.0429 (6) | |
H12 | 0.6773 | 0.1764 | 0.7449 | 0.051* | |
C9 | 0.90390 (11) | 0.5033 (5) | 1.00386 (17) | 0.0393 (6) | |
H9A | 0.9363 | 0.6144 | 1.0046 | 0.059* | |
H9B | 0.9224 | 0.3746 | 1.0469 | 0.059* | |
H9C | 0.8720 | 0.5714 | 1.0312 | 0.059* | |
N3 | 1.08366 (9) | 0.5577 (3) | 0.55470 (14) | 0.0347 (5) | |
N1 | 0.92269 (8) | 0.3059 (3) | 0.85861 (14) | 0.0320 (4) | |
N2 | 1.09774 (9) | 0.3622 (3) | 0.58460 (15) | 0.0375 (5) | |
H1 | 0.9594 (15) | 0.061 (7) | 0.882 (2) | 0.075 (10)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0506 (10) | 0.0315 (9) | 0.0472 (9) | 0.0084 (8) | 0.0254 (8) | 0.0107 (8) |
C5 | 0.0337 (11) | 0.0279 (11) | 0.0295 (10) | −0.0018 (10) | 0.0053 (8) | 0.0015 (10) |
C2 | 0.0434 (12) | 0.0261 (12) | 0.0387 (11) | 0.0061 (10) | 0.0127 (10) | 0.0024 (10) |
C6 | 0.0303 (10) | 0.0268 (11) | 0.0271 (9) | −0.0028 (10) | 0.0053 (8) | −0.0019 (9) |
C4 | 0.0353 (11) | 0.0351 (12) | 0.0275 (10) | −0.0048 (11) | 0.0082 (8) | 0.0000 (10) |
C3 | 0.0405 (12) | 0.0336 (13) | 0.0382 (12) | 0.0049 (11) | 0.0163 (10) | −0.0010 (10) |
C17 | 0.0388 (12) | 0.0350 (14) | 0.0396 (11) | −0.0016 (11) | 0.0071 (10) | −0.0017 (10) |
C7 | 0.0272 (10) | 0.0272 (11) | 0.0296 (10) | 0.0010 (9) | 0.0052 (8) | 0.0010 (9) |
C16 | 0.0344 (11) | 0.0363 (13) | 0.0247 (10) | −0.0067 (10) | 0.0045 (8) | −0.0021 (9) |
C1 | 0.0347 (11) | 0.0273 (12) | 0.0288 (10) | −0.0020 (10) | 0.0096 (9) | −0.0010 (9) |
C21 | 0.0404 (12) | 0.0343 (13) | 0.0381 (11) | 0.0001 (10) | 0.0081 (10) | 0.0027 (11) |
C18 | 0.0491 (14) | 0.0378 (14) | 0.0388 (12) | −0.0066 (12) | 0.0028 (11) | 0.0108 (11) |
C13 | 0.0331 (12) | 0.0411 (14) | 0.0537 (14) | −0.0038 (11) | 0.0183 (10) | −0.0094 (12) |
C10 | 0.0293 (10) | 0.0315 (12) | 0.0289 (10) | 0.0045 (9) | 0.0091 (8) | −0.0001 (9) |
C8 | 0.0310 (11) | 0.0288 (12) | 0.0342 (10) | 0.0047 (9) | 0.0101 (9) | 0.0027 (9) |
C20 | 0.0381 (13) | 0.0555 (18) | 0.0429 (13) | −0.0007 (13) | 0.0141 (11) | −0.0023 (13) |
C19 | 0.0448 (14) | 0.0546 (17) | 0.0343 (11) | −0.0163 (13) | 0.0082 (10) | 0.0037 (12) |
C11 | 0.0385 (12) | 0.0374 (13) | 0.0329 (10) | 0.0042 (11) | 0.0061 (9) | 0.0021 (11) |
C15 | 0.0313 (11) | 0.0360 (13) | 0.0440 (12) | 0.0043 (11) | 0.0061 (10) | 0.0078 (11) |
C14 | 0.0469 (14) | 0.0335 (14) | 0.0539 (14) | 0.0034 (11) | 0.0178 (11) | 0.0072 (12) |
C12 | 0.0332 (12) | 0.0501 (16) | 0.0417 (12) | 0.0046 (12) | 0.0046 (10) | −0.0059 (12) |
C9 | 0.0361 (12) | 0.0402 (14) | 0.0402 (12) | 0.0025 (11) | 0.0083 (10) | −0.0053 (11) |
N3 | 0.0364 (10) | 0.0347 (11) | 0.0315 (9) | 0.0028 (9) | 0.0069 (8) | 0.0002 (9) |
N1 | 0.0299 (9) | 0.0304 (10) | 0.0353 (9) | 0.0037 (9) | 0.0087 (7) | 0.0002 (8) |
N2 | 0.0441 (11) | 0.0332 (11) | 0.0362 (10) | 0.0017 (9) | 0.0128 (9) | 0.0005 (9) |
O1—C1 | 1.337 (3) | C18—H18 | 0.9500 |
O1—H1 | 1.01 (4) | C13—C12 | 1.376 (4) |
C5—C4 | 1.397 (3) | C13—C14 | 1.377 (4) |
C5—C6 | 1.396 (3) | C13—H13 | 0.9500 |
C5—H5 | 0.9500 | C10—C15 | 1.386 (3) |
C2—C3 | 1.382 (3) | C10—C11 | 1.388 (3) |
C2—C1 | 1.393 (3) | C10—C8 | 1.521 (3) |
C2—H2 | 0.9500 | C8—N1 | 1.477 (3) |
C6—C1 | 1.423 (3) | C8—C9 | 1.520 (3) |
C6—C7 | 1.462 (3) | C8—H8 | 1.0000 |
C4—C3 | 1.387 (3) | C20—C19 | 1.388 (4) |
C4—N2 | 1.418 (3) | C20—H20 | 0.9500 |
C3—H3 | 0.9500 | C19—H19 | 0.9500 |
C17—C16 | 1.382 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.389 (3) |
C17—C18 | 1.384 (3) | C11—H11 | 0.9500 |
C17—H17 | 0.9500 | C15—C14 | 1.394 (4) |
C7—N1 | 1.279 (3) | C15—H15 | 0.9500 |
C7—H7 | 0.9500 | C14—H14 | 0.9500 |
C16—C21 | 1.387 (3) | C12—H12 | 0.9500 |
C16—N3 | 1.445 (3) | C9—H9A | 0.9800 |
C21—C20 | 1.375 (3) | C9—H9B | 0.9800 |
C21—H21 | 0.9500 | C9—H9C | 0.9800 |
C18—C19 | 1.378 (4) | N3—N2 | 1.243 (3) |
C1—O1—H1 | 109 (2) | C15—C10—C11 | 118.4 (2) |
C4—C5—C6 | 120.1 (2) | C15—C10—C8 | 121.32 (19) |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.9 | C11—C10—C8 | 120.3 (2) |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.9 | N1—C8—C9 | 107.67 (17) |
C3—C2—C1 | 119.7 (2) | N1—C8—C10 | 107.34 (18) |
C3—C2—H2 | 120.1 | C9—C8—C10 | 113.74 (18) |
C1—C2—H2 | 120.1 | N1—C8—H8 | 109.3 |
C5—C6—C1 | 119.3 (2) | C9—C8—H8 | 109.3 |
C5—C6—C7 | 120.3 (2) | C10—C8—H8 | 109.3 |
C1—C6—C7 | 120.3 (2) | C21—C20—C19 | 120.2 (2) |
C3—C4—C5 | 119.7 (2) | C21—C20—H20 | 119.9 |
C3—C4—N2 | 114.5 (2) | C19—C20—H20 | 119.9 |
C5—C4—N2 | 125.8 (2) | C18—C19—C20 | 119.9 (2) |
C2—C3—C4 | 121.3 (2) | C18—C19—H19 | 120.1 |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.3 | C20—C19—H19 | 120.1 |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.3 | C10—C11—C12 | 120.6 (2) |
C16—C17—C18 | 119.9 (2) | C10—C11—H11 | 119.7 |
C16—C17—H17 | 120.1 | C12—C11—H11 | 119.7 |
C18—C17—H17 | 120.1 | C10—C15—C14 | 120.9 (2) |
N1—C7—C6 | 120.3 (2) | C10—C15—H15 | 119.6 |
N1—C7—H7 | 119.9 | C14—C15—H15 | 119.6 |
C6—C7—H7 | 119.9 | C13—C14—C15 | 120.0 (2) |
C17—C16—C21 | 120.2 (2) | C13—C14—H14 | 120.0 |
C17—C16—N3 | 116.2 (2) | C15—C14—H14 | 120.0 |
C21—C16—N3 | 123.6 (2) | C13—C12—C11 | 120.5 (2) |
O1—C1—C2 | 118.4 (2) | C13—C12—H12 | 119.8 |
O1—C1—C6 | 121.8 (2) | C11—C12—H12 | 119.8 |
C2—C1—C6 | 119.8 (2) | C8—C9—H9A | 109.5 |
C20—C21—C16 | 119.8 (2) | C8—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
C20—C21—H21 | 120.1 | H9A—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
C16—C21—H21 | 120.1 | C8—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
C19—C18—C17 | 120.1 (3) | H9A—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
C19—C18—H18 | 119.9 | H9B—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
C17—C18—H18 | 119.9 | N2—N3—C16 | 112.7 (2) |
C12—C13—C14 | 119.6 (2) | C7—N1—C8 | 119.7 (2) |
C12—C13—H13 | 120.2 | N3—N2—C4 | 115.3 (2) |
C14—C13—H13 | 120.2 | ||
C4—C5—C6—C1 | −0.4 (3) | C15—C10—C8—C9 | −53.4 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | 179.25 (17) | C11—C10—C8—C9 | 128.4 (2) |
C6—C5—C4—C3 | 0.8 (3) | C16—C21—C20—C19 | −0.5 (4) |
C6—C5—C4—N2 | −177.3 (2) | C17—C18—C19—C20 | 0.6 (4) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 1.1 (4) | C21—C20—C19—C18 | 0.3 (4) |
C5—C4—C3—C2 | −1.2 (3) | C15—C10—C11—C12 | −1.7 (3) |
N2—C4—C3—C2 | 177.2 (2) | C8—C10—C11—C12 | 176.6 (2) |
C5—C6—C7—N1 | −179.60 (19) | C11—C10—C15—C14 | 0.1 (3) |
C1—C6—C7—N1 | 0.0 (3) | C8—C10—C15—C14 | −178.1 (2) |
C18—C17—C16—C21 | 1.0 (3) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | −1.1 (4) |
C18—C17—C16—N3 | 179.1 (2) | C10—C15—C14—C13 | 1.3 (4) |
C3—C2—C1—O1 | −179.6 (2) | C14—C13—C12—C11 | −0.5 (4) |
C3—C2—C1—C6 | −0.6 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 1.9 (4) |
C5—C6—C1—O1 | 179.2 (2) | C17—C16—N3—N2 | 172.05 (19) |
C7—C6—C1—O1 | −0.4 (3) | C21—C16—N3—N2 | −9.9 (3) |
C5—C6—C1—C2 | 0.3 (3) | C6—C7—N1—C8 | 179.21 (16) |
C7—C6—C1—C2 | −179.3 (2) | C9—C8—N1—C7 | −107.9 (2) |
C17—C16—C21—C20 | −0.1 (3) | C10—C8—N1—C7 | 129.3 (2) |
N3—C16—C21—C20 | −178.1 (2) | C16—N3—N2—C4 | 177.16 (18) |
C16—C17—C18—C19 | −1.2 (4) | C3—C4—N2—N3 | −174.4 (2) |
C15—C10—C8—N1 | 65.6 (2) | C5—C4—N2—N3 | 3.8 (3) |
C11—C10—C8—N1 | −112.6 (2) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···N1 | 1.01 (4) | 1.66 (4) | 2.557 (3) | 145 (3) |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C21H19N3O |
Mr | 329.39 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, C2 |
Temperature (K) | 173 |
a, b, c (Å) | 22.430 (2), 5.9566 (6), 13.4670 (13) |
β (°) | 106.396 (1) |
V (Å3) | 1726.1 (3) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.08 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.31 × 0.12 × 0.09 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.976, 0.993 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 4632, 1960, 1741 |
Rint | 0.029 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.629 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.040, 0.123, 0.96 |
No. of reflections | 1960 |
No. of parameters | 231 |
No. of restraints | 1 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.26, −0.27 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 1998), SAINT (Bruker, 1998), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···N1 | 1.01 (4) | 1.66 (4) | 2.557 (3) | 145 (3) |
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Kato Foundation for the Promotion of Science.
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In the recent years, we have developed organic-inorganic hybrid materials of photochromic compounds and chiral Schiff base metal complexes. Due to structural flexibility of such complexes, cis-trans photoisomerization of azobenzene could switch conformation of chiral ligands (Akitsu & Einaga, 2005a,b). Moreover, multifunctional (photochemical) development of Schiff base CuII, NiII, or ZnII complexes (Akitsu, 2007) and optical anisotropy in polymer films (Akitsu & Itoh, 2010) have been reported so far. On the other hand, free Schiff base ligands may act as photochromic, thermochromic, and fluorescence materials (Hadjoudis et al., 2004). We have developed chiral Schiff base liagnds to include chiral functions (Akitsu et al., 2004, 2006b; Miura et al., 2009). Herein we prepared the title chiral photochromic Schiff base compound (I), having two photochromic moieties.
The crystal structure of (I) is similar to that of the analogous Schiff base ligands (Akitsu et al., 2006b; Miura et al., 2009). The molecule of (I) (Fig. 1) adopts an E configuration with respect to the imine C=N double bond with C6—C7—N1—C8 torsion angle of 179.21 (16)°. Thus, the π-conjugated system around the imine group is essentially planar. The C1—O1 bond distance of 1.337 (3) Å suggests that it is in the phenol-imine tautomer. The contraction of the C7=N1 bond is also in agreement with the phenol-imine tautomer. As for the azobenzene moiety, the azo N=N double bond adopts an E configuration with the N=N distance of 1.243 (3) Å. Beside them, geometric parameters reported agree with the corresponding values for analogous azobenzene derivatives (Aslantaş et al., 2007; Khandar & Rezvani,1999).
The planarity of (I) is stabilized by an intramolecular O—H···N hydrogen bond (Table 1). However, there is no intermolecular hydrogen bonds in the crystal structure.