organic compounds
3-Aminophenylboronic acid monohydrate
aCentro de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, CP 62209, Cuernavaca, Mexico
*Correspondence e-mail: hhopfl@uaem.mx
In the title compound, C6H8BNO2·H2O, the almost planar boronic acid molecules (r.m.s. deviation = 0.044 Å) form inversion dimers, linked by pairs of O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The water molecules link these dimers into [100] chains by way of O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and N—H⋯O links generate (100) sheets.
Related literature
For background to the synthesis, structures and applications of phenylboronic acid derivatives, see: Barba & Betanzos (2007); Barba et al. (2004, 2006); Bernstein et al. (1995); Christinat et al. (2008); Dreos et al. (2002); Fujita et al. (2008); Höpfl (2002); Hall (2005); Lulinski et al. (2007); Miyaura & Suzuki (1995); Severin (2009); Shinkai et al. (2001); Smith et al. (2008); Zhang et al. (2007).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2000); cell SAINT-Plus-NT (Bruker, 2001); data reduction: SAINT-Plus-NT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL-NT (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL-NT; molecular graphics: SHELXTL-NT; software used to prepare material for publication: PLATON (Spek, 2009) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810015655/hb5409sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810015655/hb5409Isup2.hkl
3-Aminophenylboronic acid monohydrate is a commercially available product that has been crystallized from a solvent mixture of benzene, methanol and water to generate colourless blocks of (I); M.p. 368 K.
H atoms were positioned geometrically and constrained using the riding-model approximation [C-Haryl = 0.93 Å, Uiso(Haryl)= 1.2 Ueq(C)]. Hydrogen atoms bonded to O (H1', H2', H31A and H31B) and N (H1A and H1B) were located in difference Fourier maps. The coordinates of the O—H and N—H hydrogen atoms were refined with distance restraints: O—H = 0.84±0.01 Å, N—H = 0.86 Å ±0.01 and [Uiso(H) = 1.5 Ueq(O,N)].
Substituted phenylboronic acid derivatives have been prepared mainly for applications in organic synthesis (Miyaura & Suzuki, 1995; Hall, 2005) and for molecular recognition of biochemically active molecules (Shinkai et al., 2001). More recently, such boronic acid derivatives have attracted attention also as building blocks for the self-assembly of macrocyclic and polymeric assemblies. For this purpose, the boronic acid is generally converted to an ester (boronate) via condensation with an aliphatic or aromatic diol, which is then assembled to a macromolecular structure via reaction of the additional
attached to the B-phenyl ring (Höpfl, 2002; Fujita et al., 2008; Severin, 2009). In this context, 3-aminophenylboronic acid has been employed for the generation of macrocycles and cages (Dreos et al., 2002; Barba et al., 2004 and 2006; Barba & Betanzos, 2007; Christinat et al., 2008).We report herein on the molecular and
of 3-aminophenylboronic acid monohydrate (I).The
of I contains one 3-aminophenylboronic acid and one water molecule (Figure 1). The boronic acid molecules are associated through the well-known -B(OH)2···(HO)2B-synthon (motif A) with the graph set R22(8) (Bernstein et al., 1995), in which each B(OH)2 group has syn-anti conformation (with respect to the H atoms), thus allowing for the formation of additional hydrogen bonds with the water molecules included in the These (B)O—H···Ow hydrogen bonds give rise to a cyclic water-expanded motif B [graph set R66(12)] of the boronic acid homodimer, thus generating a 1D chain along axis a (Figure 2). The (OH)6 ring has chair-conformation and has been observed previously in the crystal structures of 3,5-dibromo-2-formylphenylboronic acid monohydrate (Lulinski et al., 2007), 5-quinolineboronic acid monohydrate (Zhang et al., 2007) and 2,6-dichloro-3-pyridylboronic acid hemihydrate (Smith et al., 2008). The 1D chains are interconnected through Ow—H···N, N—H···Ow and N—H···O(B) hydrogen bonds to give an overall 3D hydrogen bonded network (Table 1).For background to the synthesis, structures and applications of phenylboronic acid derivatives, see: Barba & Betanzos (2007); Barba et al. (2004, 2006); Bernstein et al. (1995); Christinat et al. (2008); Dreos et al. (2002); Fujita et al. (2008); Höpfl (2002); Hall (2005); Lulinski et al. (2007); Miyaura & Suzuki (1995); Severin (2009); Shinkai et al. (2001); Smith et al. (2008); Zhang et al. (2007).
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2000); cell
SAINT-Plus-NT (Bruker, 2001); data reduction: SAINT-Plus-NT (Bruker, 2001); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL-NT (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL-NT (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL-NT (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: PLATON (Spek, 2009) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).Fig. 1. Perspective view of (I) with displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level. | |
Fig. 2. In the crystal structure of (I) homodimeric boronic acid motifs A and water-expanded motifs B are linked to 1D hydrogen-bonded chains. |
C6H8BNO2·H2O | F(000) = 328 |
Mr = 154.96 | Dx = 1.353 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Melting point: 368 K |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 7.1211 (8) Å | Cell parameters from 4929 reflections |
b = 13.8548 (15) Å | θ = 2.9–28.3° |
c = 7.8475 (8) Å | µ = 0.11 mm−1 |
β = 100.663 (2)° | T = 100 K |
V = 760.88 (14) Å3 | Block, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.44 × 0.38 × 0.34 mm |
Bruker SMART APEX CCD diffractometer | 1341 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1258 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.022 |
Detector resolution: 8.3 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 25.0°, θmin = 2.9° |
phi and ω scans | h = −8→8 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | k = −16→16 |
Tmin = 0.89, Tmax = 1.00 | l = −9→9 |
7077 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)] = 0.032 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.088 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.03 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0487P)2 + 0.3165P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
1341 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
124 parameters | Δρmax = 0.29 e Å−3 |
6 restraints | Δρmin = −0.17 e Å−3 |
C6H8BNO2·H2O | V = 760.88 (14) Å3 |
Mr = 154.96 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 7.1211 (8) Å | µ = 0.11 mm−1 |
b = 13.8548 (15) Å | T = 100 K |
c = 7.8475 (8) Å | 0.44 × 0.38 × 0.34 mm |
β = 100.663 (2)° |
Bruker SMART APEX CCD diffractometer | 1341 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | 1258 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.89, Tmax = 1.00 | Rint = 0.022 |
7077 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.032 | 6 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.088 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.03 | Δρmax = 0.29 e Å−3 |
1341 reflections | Δρmin = −0.17 e Å−3 |
124 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 | ||
B1 | 0.5617 (2) | 0.06346 (10) | 0.24383 (18) | 0.0160 (3) | |
N1 | 1.02034 (15) | 0.15487 (8) | 0.78329 (14) | 0.0186 (3) | |
H1A | 1.030 (2) | 0.1547 (11) | 0.8942 (3) | 0.022 (4)* | |
H1B | 1.0986 (18) | 0.1138 (9) | 0.753 (2) | 0.029 (4)* | |
O1 | 0.71516 (12) | 0.03223 (7) | 0.17614 (11) | 0.0180 (2) | |
H1' | 0.682 (3) | 0.0084 (12) | 0.0767 (10) | 0.038 (5)* | |
O2 | 0.38624 (12) | 0.05950 (6) | 0.13944 (11) | 0.0179 (2) | |
H2' | 0.2917 (15) | 0.0828 (12) | 0.175 (2) | 0.036 (5)* | |
C1 | 0.60035 (17) | 0.10356 (8) | 0.43486 (16) | 0.0151 (3) | |
C2 | 0.78720 (17) | 0.10598 (8) | 0.52950 (16) | 0.0158 (3) | |
H2 | 0.8881 | 0.0809 | 0.4786 | 0.019* | |
C3 | 0.82923 (17) | 0.14429 (8) | 0.69650 (16) | 0.0151 (3) | |
C4 | 0.68011 (18) | 0.17961 (9) | 0.77225 (16) | 0.0171 (3) | |
H4 | 0.7062 | 0.2051 | 0.8866 | 0.021* | |
C5 | 0.49436 (18) | 0.17741 (9) | 0.68042 (16) | 0.0181 (3) | |
H5 | 0.3935 | 0.2018 | 0.7322 | 0.022* | |
C6 | 0.45380 (17) | 0.13999 (9) | 0.51337 (16) | 0.0163 (3) | |
H6 | 0.3257 | 0.1391 | 0.4519 | 0.020* | |
O31 | 0.05437 (12) | 0.14588 (7) | 0.17821 (12) | 0.0199 (2) | |
H31A | 0.048 (3) | 0.2022 (5) | 0.217 (2) | 0.041 (5)* | |
H31B | −0.0485 (14) | 0.1179 (12) | 0.186 (2) | 0.040 (5)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
B1 | 0.0179 (7) | 0.0120 (7) | 0.0181 (7) | −0.0012 (5) | 0.0037 (6) | 0.0013 (5) |
N1 | 0.0161 (6) | 0.0235 (6) | 0.0156 (6) | 0.0018 (4) | 0.0016 (4) | −0.0009 (4) |
O1 | 0.0155 (5) | 0.0228 (5) | 0.0152 (5) | 0.0002 (4) | 0.0017 (3) | −0.0049 (4) |
O2 | 0.0143 (5) | 0.0221 (5) | 0.0172 (5) | 0.0019 (4) | 0.0026 (4) | −0.0047 (4) |
C1 | 0.0174 (6) | 0.0110 (6) | 0.0171 (6) | −0.0019 (5) | 0.0034 (5) | 0.0016 (5) |
C2 | 0.0167 (6) | 0.0137 (6) | 0.0179 (6) | 0.0010 (5) | 0.0058 (5) | 0.0014 (5) |
C3 | 0.0164 (6) | 0.0126 (6) | 0.0158 (6) | −0.0008 (5) | 0.0019 (5) | 0.0030 (5) |
C4 | 0.0206 (7) | 0.0153 (6) | 0.0156 (6) | −0.0012 (5) | 0.0038 (5) | −0.0013 (5) |
C5 | 0.0177 (6) | 0.0159 (6) | 0.0219 (7) | 0.0011 (5) | 0.0072 (5) | −0.0007 (5) |
C6 | 0.0135 (6) | 0.0157 (6) | 0.0190 (6) | −0.0015 (5) | 0.0013 (5) | 0.0004 (5) |
O31 | 0.0154 (5) | 0.0228 (5) | 0.0219 (5) | 0.0007 (4) | 0.0045 (4) | −0.0031 (4) |
B1—O2 | 1.3623 (17) | C2—C3 | 1.3941 (18) |
B1—O1 | 1.3707 (17) | C2—H2 | 0.9500 |
B1—C1 | 1.5745 (18) | C3—C4 | 1.3980 (18) |
N1—C3 | 1.4122 (16) | C4—C5 | 1.3846 (18) |
N1—H1A | 0.860 (3) | C4—H4 | 0.9500 |
N1—H1B | 0.860 (13) | C5—C6 | 1.3894 (18) |
O1—H1' | 0.840 (10) | C5—H5 | 0.9500 |
O2—H2' | 0.840 (13) | C6—H6 | 0.9500 |
C1—C2 | 1.3991 (17) | O31—H31A | 0.842 (9) |
C1—C6 | 1.4005 (18) | O31—H31B | 0.841 (12) |
O2—B1—O1 | 117.55 (11) | C2—C3—C4 | 119.02 (11) |
O2—B1—C1 | 124.48 (11) | C2—C3—N1 | 120.86 (11) |
O1—B1—C1 | 117.95 (11) | C4—C3—N1 | 119.91 (11) |
C3—N1—H1A | 112.3 (11) | C5—C4—C3 | 119.91 (11) |
C3—N1—H1B | 114.4 (11) | C5—C4—H4 | 120.0 |
H1A—N1—H1B | 109.9 (15) | C3—C4—H4 | 120.0 |
B1—O1—H1' | 112.2 (13) | C4—C5—C6 | 120.73 (11) |
B1—O2—H2' | 119.1 (12) | C4—C5—H5 | 119.6 |
C2—C1—C6 | 118.08 (11) | C6—C5—H5 | 119.6 |
C2—C1—B1 | 119.71 (11) | C5—C6—C1 | 120.52 (11) |
C6—C1—B1 | 122.19 (11) | C5—C6—H6 | 119.7 |
C3—C2—C1 | 121.72 (11) | C1—C6—H6 | 119.7 |
C3—C2—H2 | 119.1 | H31A—O31—H31B | 107.4 (18) |
C1—C2—H2 | 119.1 | ||
O2—B1—C1—C2 | −178.77 (11) | C1—C2—C3—N1 | −173.67 (11) |
O1—B1—C1—C2 | −0.23 (17) | C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.90 (18) |
O2—B1—C1—C6 | −0.64 (19) | N1—C3—C4—C5 | 173.96 (11) |
O1—B1—C1—C6 | 177.90 (11) | C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.28 (18) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | −0.73 (18) | C4—C5—C6—C1 | 0.13 (18) |
B1—C1—C2—C3 | 177.47 (11) | C2—C1—C6—C5 | 0.08 (18) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 1.14 (18) | B1—C1—C6—C5 | −178.07 (11) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1′···O2i | 0.84 (1) | 1.92 (1) | 2.7583 (13) | 174 (2) |
N1—H1A···O31ii | 0.86 (1) | 2.21 (1) | 3.0661 (15) | 177 (1) |
N1—H1B···O1iii | 0.86 (1) | 2.43 (1) | 3.1854 (15) | 147 (1) |
O2—H2′···O31 | 0.84 (1) | 1.91 (1) | 2.7159 (13) | 161 (2) |
O31—H31A···N1iv | 0.84 (1) | 2.07 (1) | 2.9040 (15) | 173 (2) |
O31—H31B···O1v | 0.84 (1) | 2.05 (1) | 2.8810 (13) | 170 (2) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y, −z; (ii) x+1, y, z+1; (iii) −x+2, −y, −z+1; (iv) x−1, −y+1/2, z−1/2; (v) x−1, y, z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C6H8BNO2·H2O |
Mr | 154.96 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 100 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.1211 (8), 13.8548 (15), 7.8475 (8) |
β (°) | 100.663 (2) |
V (Å3) | 760.88 (14) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.11 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.44 × 0.38 × 0.34 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART APEX CCD |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.89, 1.00 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 7077, 1341, 1258 |
Rint | 0.022 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.595 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.032, 0.088, 1.03 |
No. of reflections | 1341 |
No. of parameters | 124 |
No. of restraints | 6 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.29, −0.17 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 2000), SAINT-Plus-NT (Bruker, 2001), SHELXTL-NT (Sheldrick, 2008), PLATON (Spek, 2009) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1'···O2i | 0.840 (10) | 1.922 (11) | 2.7583 (13) | 173.8 (15) |
N1—H1A···O31ii | 0.860 (3) | 2.207 (3) | 3.0661 (15) | 177.0 (14) |
N1—H1B···O1iii | 0.860 (13) | 2.427 (13) | 3.1854 (15) | 147.4 (13) |
O2—H2'···O31 | 0.840 (13) | 1.907 (12) | 2.7159 (13) | 161.4 (15) |
O31—H31A···N1iv | 0.842 (9) | 2.066 (8) | 2.9040 (15) | 173.4 (15) |
O31—H31B···O1v | 0.841 (12) | 2.049 (13) | 2.8810 (13) | 170.0 (15) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y, −z; (ii) x+1, y, z+1; (iii) −x+2, −y, −z+1; (iv) x−1, −y+1/2, z−1/2; (v) x−1, y, z. |
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CIAM-59213).
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Substituted phenylboronic acid derivatives have been prepared mainly for applications in organic synthesis (Miyaura & Suzuki, 1995; Hall, 2005) and for molecular recognition of biochemically active molecules (Shinkai et al., 2001). More recently, such boronic acid derivatives have attracted attention also as building blocks for the self-assembly of macrocyclic and polymeric assemblies. For this purpose, the boronic acid is generally converted to an ester (boronate) via condensation with an aliphatic or aromatic diol, which is then assembled to a macromolecular structure via reaction of the additional functional group attached to the B-phenyl ring (Höpfl, 2002; Fujita et al., 2008; Severin, 2009). In this context, 3-aminophenylboronic acid has been employed for the generation of macrocycles and cages (Dreos et al., 2002; Barba et al., 2004 and 2006; Barba & Betanzos, 2007; Christinat et al., 2008).
We report herein on the molecular and crystal structure of 3-aminophenylboronic acid monohydrate (I).
The asymmetric unit of I contains one 3-aminophenylboronic acid and one water molecule (Figure 1). The boronic acid molecules are associated through the well-known -B(OH)2···(HO)2B-synthon (motif A) with the graph set R22(8) (Bernstein et al., 1995), in which each B(OH)2 group has syn-anti conformation (with respect to the H atoms), thus allowing for the formation of additional hydrogen bonds with the water molecules included in the crystal lattice. These (B)O—H···Ow hydrogen bonds give rise to a cyclic water-expanded motif B [graph set R66(12)] of the boronic acid homodimer, thus generating a 1D chain along axis a (Figure 2). The (OH)6 ring has chair-conformation and has been observed previously in the crystal structures of 3,5-dibromo-2-formylphenylboronic acid monohydrate (Lulinski et al., 2007), 5-quinolineboronic acid monohydrate (Zhang et al., 2007) and 2,6-dichloro-3-pyridylboronic acid hemihydrate (Smith et al., 2008). The 1D chains are interconnected through Ow—H···N, N—H···Ow and N—H···O(B) hydrogen bonds to give an overall 3D hydrogen bonded network (Table 1).