organic compounds
Polymorphic form II of 4,4′-methylenebis(benzenesulfonamide)
aInstitute of Pharmacy, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
*Correspondence e-mail: thomas.gelbrich@uibk.ac.at
In the title compound, C13H14N2O4S2 (alternative names: diphenylmethane-4,4′-disulfonamide, nirexon, CRN: 535–66-0), the two benzene rings form a dihedral angle of 70.8 (1)°. There are two sets of shorter (H⋯O < 2.1 Å) and longer (H⋯O > 2.4 Å) N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds per sulfonamide NH2 group, which together result in hydrogen-bonded sheets parallel (102). Adjacent sheets are connected to one another by an additional N—H⋯N interaction so that a three-dimensional network of hydrogen-bonded molecules is formed. The investigated polymorph is identical with the form II previously described by Kuhnert-Brandstätter & Moser [(1981). Mikrochim. Acta, 75, 421–440].
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: COLLECT (Hooft, 1998); cell SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and SCALEPACK; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: XP in SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536810021409/im2209sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536810021409/im2209Isup2.hkl
The crystals for this study were obtained from a commercial sample of diphenylmethane-4,4'-disulfonamide (Farbenfabriken Bayer AG, Leverkusen).
All H atoms were identified in a difference map. H atoms bonded to secondary CH2 (C—H = 0.99 Å) and aromatic carbon atoms (C—H = 0.95 Å) were positioned geometrically. Hydrogen atoms attached to N were refined with restrained distances [N—H = 0.88 (12) Å].The Uiso parameters of all H atoms were refined freely.
Data collection: COLLECT (Hooft, 1998); cell
SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: XP in SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).Fig. 1. The molecular structure with displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level and hydrogen atoms shown as spheres of arbitrary size. | |
Fig. 2. Portion of a single hydrogen bonded sheet parallel to (102) and generated by shorter N—H···O bonds (dotted lines) and longer N—H···O bonds (dashed lines). N—H···N bonds (arrows) connect to neighbouring sheets. O, H and N atoms directly involved in hydrogen bonds are drawn as balls. |
C13H14N2O4S2 | F(000) = 340 |
Mr = 326.38 | Dx = 1.554 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2yb | Cell parameters from 6304 reflections |
a = 10.8251 (5) Å | θ = 2.9–26.0° |
b = 5.0791 (3) Å | µ = 0.40 mm−1 |
c = 12.6912 (5) Å | T = 120 K |
β = 90.931 (3)° | Needle, colourless |
V = 697.69 (6) Å3 | 0.25 × 0.1 × 0.05 mm |
Z = 2 |
Bruker–Nonius Roper CCD camera on κ-goniostat diffractometer | 2438 independent reflections |
Radiation source: Bruker–Nonius FR591 rotating anode | 2152 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.054 |
Detector resolution: 9.091 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 26.0°, θmin = 3.7° |
ϕ & ω scans | h = −13→12 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2007) | k = −5→6 |
Tmin = 0.907, Tmax = 0.980 | l = −15→15 |
7877 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)] = 0.038 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.087 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0361P)2 + 0.182P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.06 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
2438 reflections | Δρmax = 0.26 e Å−3 |
216 parameters | Δρmin = −0.46 e Å−3 |
5 restraints | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 904 Friedel pairs |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Absolute structure parameter: −0.18 (9) |
C13H14N2O4S2 | V = 697.69 (6) Å3 |
Mr = 326.38 | Z = 2 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 10.8251 (5) Å | µ = 0.40 mm−1 |
b = 5.0791 (3) Å | T = 120 K |
c = 12.6912 (5) Å | 0.25 × 0.1 × 0.05 mm |
β = 90.931 (3)° |
Bruker–Nonius Roper CCD camera on κ-goniostat diffractometer | 2438 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2007) | 2152 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.907, Tmax = 0.980 | Rint = 0.054 |
7877 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.038 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.087 | Δρmax = 0.26 e Å−3 |
S = 1.06 | Δρmin = −0.46 e Å−3 |
2438 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 904 Friedel pairs |
216 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: −0.18 (9) |
5 restraints |
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 | ||
S1 | 0.20189 (6) | −0.23188 (15) | 0.54432 (5) | 0.01593 (18) | |
S2 | 0.88754 (6) | 0.73072 (17) | 0.14221 (5) | 0.01695 (19) | |
O1 | 0.1335 (2) | −0.4632 (4) | 0.51332 (16) | 0.0205 (5) | |
O2 | 0.30683 (18) | −0.2579 (6) | 0.61295 (14) | 0.0238 (5) | |
O3 | 0.90887 (19) | 0.8314 (5) | 0.03829 (15) | 0.0249 (6) | |
O4 | 0.90645 (19) | 0.9060 (4) | 0.23016 (16) | 0.0208 (5) | |
N1 | 0.1033 (3) | −0.0417 (6) | 0.6023 (2) | 0.0189 (6) | |
H1 | 0.035 (3) | −0.039 (10) | 0.563 (3) | 0.053 (13)* | |
H2 | 0.129 (3) | 0.124 (4) | 0.608 (3) | 0.035 (11)* | |
N2 | 0.9759 (2) | 0.4794 (6) | 0.1575 (2) | 0.0197 (6) | |
H3 | 0.994 (3) | 0.410 (7) | 0.0960 (18) | 0.030 (10)* | |
H4 | 0.965 (3) | 0.381 (7) | 0.213 (2) | 0.042 (12)* | |
C1 | 0.3517 (3) | 0.3849 (7) | 0.1577 (2) | 0.0208 (7) | |
H1A | 0.3319 | 0.2784 | 0.0943 | 0.024 (8)* | |
H1B | 0.2990 | 0.5441 | 0.1550 | 0.028 (10)* | |
C11 | 0.2504 (3) | −0.0654 (6) | 0.4304 (2) | 0.0169 (7) | |
C12 | 0.1806 (3) | −0.0834 (7) | 0.3372 (2) | 0.0212 (7) | |
H12 | 0.1097 | −0.1934 | 0.3335 | 0.021 (8)* | |
C13 | 0.2160 (3) | 0.0610 (7) | 0.2502 (2) | 0.0200 (7) | |
H13 | 0.1696 | 0.0470 | 0.1863 | 0.032 (10)* | |
C14 | 0.3184 (2) | 0.2261 (7) | 0.2547 (2) | 0.0164 (6) | |
C15 | 0.3882 (2) | 0.2386 (8) | 0.3479 (2) | 0.0189 (6) | |
H15 | 0.4599 | 0.3463 | 0.3514 | 0.045 (12)* | |
C16 | 0.3538 (3) | 0.0945 (7) | 0.4360 (2) | 0.0188 (7) | |
H16 | 0.4011 | 0.1058 | 0.4995 | 0.026 (9)* | |
C21 | 0.7330 (3) | 0.6228 (6) | 0.1479 (2) | 0.0151 (6) | |
C22 | 0.6511 (2) | 0.7639 (7) | 0.2093 (2) | 0.0174 (6) | |
H22 | 0.6786 | 0.9108 | 0.2497 | 0.037 (11)* | |
C23 | 0.5271 (3) | 0.6854 (6) | 0.2106 (2) | 0.0179 (7) | |
H23 | 0.4702 | 0.7814 | 0.2520 | 0.021 (8)* | |
C24 | 0.4857 (3) | 0.4701 (6) | 0.1528 (2) | 0.0170 (7) | |
C25 | 0.5703 (3) | 0.3302 (7) | 0.0928 (2) | 0.0183 (7) | |
H25 | 0.5432 | 0.1810 | 0.0536 | 0.030 (10)* | |
C26 | 0.6932 (3) | 0.4053 (7) | 0.0892 (2) | 0.0187 (7) | |
H26 | 0.7498 | 0.3100 | 0.0473 | 0.043 (11)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
S1 | 0.0169 (3) | 0.0134 (4) | 0.0174 (3) | −0.0005 (4) | 0.0005 (2) | 0.0018 (4) |
S2 | 0.0179 (4) | 0.0157 (4) | 0.0174 (3) | −0.0004 (4) | 0.0033 (3) | 0.0020 (4) |
O1 | 0.0255 (12) | 0.0093 (11) | 0.0268 (12) | −0.0053 (10) | 0.0004 (9) | −0.0009 (10) |
O2 | 0.0203 (10) | 0.0268 (13) | 0.0241 (10) | −0.0016 (12) | −0.0057 (8) | 0.0087 (13) |
O3 | 0.0256 (12) | 0.0306 (15) | 0.0187 (10) | 0.0016 (10) | 0.0085 (8) | 0.0113 (10) |
O4 | 0.0222 (11) | 0.0154 (12) | 0.0249 (11) | −0.0026 (10) | 0.0013 (9) | −0.0060 (10) |
N1 | 0.0232 (15) | 0.0143 (15) | 0.0193 (14) | 0.0003 (13) | 0.0061 (11) | −0.0001 (12) |
N2 | 0.0231 (14) | 0.0191 (16) | 0.0170 (14) | 0.0058 (13) | 0.0049 (11) | 0.0032 (12) |
C1 | 0.0209 (16) | 0.0217 (18) | 0.0196 (16) | −0.0019 (15) | −0.0019 (12) | 0.0066 (14) |
C11 | 0.0178 (15) | 0.0145 (16) | 0.0183 (14) | 0.0002 (14) | 0.0012 (12) | 0.0014 (13) |
C12 | 0.0173 (16) | 0.0217 (19) | 0.0246 (16) | −0.0055 (15) | −0.0045 (12) | 0.0016 (15) |
C13 | 0.0184 (16) | 0.0229 (18) | 0.0186 (15) | −0.0020 (15) | −0.0032 (12) | 0.0005 (14) |
C14 | 0.0155 (14) | 0.0149 (16) | 0.0189 (13) | 0.0007 (15) | 0.0011 (10) | 0.0006 (15) |
C15 | 0.0176 (14) | 0.0204 (16) | 0.0188 (13) | −0.0024 (17) | 0.0009 (11) | 0.0022 (17) |
C16 | 0.0178 (16) | 0.0191 (17) | 0.0194 (15) | −0.0032 (14) | −0.0010 (12) | −0.0008 (13) |
C21 | 0.0169 (15) | 0.0134 (16) | 0.0153 (13) | 0.0005 (13) | 0.0031 (11) | 0.0024 (13) |
C22 | 0.0228 (15) | 0.0124 (15) | 0.0169 (13) | −0.0014 (15) | −0.0009 (11) | 0.0002 (16) |
C23 | 0.0184 (15) | 0.0181 (18) | 0.0174 (14) | 0.0015 (13) | 0.0054 (12) | −0.0014 (13) |
C24 | 0.0222 (16) | 0.0168 (17) | 0.0118 (14) | 0.0009 (14) | −0.0020 (12) | 0.0076 (13) |
C25 | 0.0244 (16) | 0.0183 (18) | 0.0123 (13) | −0.0037 (13) | −0.0008 (12) | −0.0027 (12) |
C26 | 0.0245 (16) | 0.0153 (17) | 0.0163 (14) | 0.0028 (15) | 0.0019 (12) | 0.0002 (14) |
S1—O2 | 1.4263 (19) | C12—C13 | 1.385 (4) |
S1—O1 | 1.440 (2) | C12—H12 | 0.9500 |
S1—N1 | 1.624 (3) | C13—C14 | 1.390 (4) |
S1—C11 | 1.762 (3) | C13—H13 | 0.9500 |
S2—O3 | 1.437 (2) | C14—C15 | 1.395 (4) |
S2—O4 | 1.440 (2) | C15—C16 | 1.391 (4) |
S2—N2 | 1.605 (3) | C15—H15 | 0.9500 |
S2—C21 | 1.763 (3) | C16—H16 | 0.9500 |
N1—H1 | 0.881 (19) | C21—C22 | 1.389 (4) |
N1—H2 | 0.887 (19) | C21—C26 | 1.397 (4) |
N2—H3 | 0.883 (18) | C22—C23 | 1.401 (4) |
N2—H4 | 0.875 (19) | C22—H22 | 0.9500 |
C1—C24 | 1.516 (4) | C23—C24 | 1.387 (4) |
C1—C14 | 1.520 (4) | C23—H23 | 0.9500 |
C1—H1A | 0.9900 | C24—C25 | 1.395 (4) |
C1—H1B | 0.9900 | C25—C26 | 1.386 (4) |
C11—C16 | 1.384 (4) | C25—H25 | 0.9500 |
C11—C12 | 1.396 (4) | C26—H26 | 0.9500 |
O2—S1—O1 | 119.49 (15) | C12—C13—C14 | 121.1 (3) |
O2—S1—N1 | 107.52 (14) | C12—C13—H13 | 119.4 |
O1—S1—N1 | 105.68 (14) | C14—C13—H13 | 119.4 |
O2—S1—C11 | 107.49 (13) | C13—C14—C15 | 118.9 (3) |
O1—S1—C11 | 109.03 (14) | C13—C14—C1 | 119.1 (3) |
N1—S1—C11 | 107.02 (15) | C15—C14—C1 | 122.0 (3) |
O3—S2—O4 | 117.93 (14) | C16—C15—C14 | 120.6 (3) |
O3—S2—N2 | 106.86 (13) | C16—C15—H15 | 119.7 |
O4—S2—N2 | 108.72 (13) | C14—C15—H15 | 119.7 |
O3—S2—C21 | 108.36 (13) | C11—C16—C15 | 119.7 (3) |
O4—S2—C21 | 106.48 (13) | C11—C16—H16 | 120.2 |
N2—S2—C21 | 108.18 (15) | C15—C16—H16 | 120.2 |
S1—N1—H1 | 108 (3) | C22—C21—C26 | 120.9 (3) |
S1—N1—H2 | 114 (2) | C22—C21—S2 | 118.5 (2) |
H1—N1—H2 | 107 (4) | C26—C21—S2 | 120.6 (2) |
S2—N2—H3 | 111 (2) | C21—C22—C23 | 118.7 (3) |
S2—N2—H4 | 118 (3) | C21—C22—H22 | 120.6 |
H3—N2—H4 | 121 (4) | C23—C22—H22 | 120.6 |
C24—C1—C14 | 115.1 (2) | C24—C23—C22 | 121.3 (3) |
C24—C1—H1A | 108.5 | C24—C23—H23 | 119.4 |
C14—C1—H1A | 108.5 | C22—C23—H23 | 119.4 |
C24—C1—H1B | 108.5 | C23—C24—C25 | 118.8 (3) |
C14—C1—H1B | 108.5 | C23—C24—C1 | 120.2 (3) |
H1A—C1—H1B | 107.5 | C25—C24—C1 | 120.9 (3) |
C16—C11—C12 | 120.5 (3) | C26—C25—C24 | 121.1 (3) |
C16—C11—S1 | 119.5 (2) | C26—C25—H25 | 119.4 |
C12—C11—S1 | 120.0 (2) | C24—C25—H25 | 119.4 |
C13—C12—C11 | 119.2 (3) | C25—C26—C21 | 119.2 (3) |
C13—C12—H12 | 120.4 | C25—C26—H26 | 120.4 |
C11—C12—H12 | 120.4 | C21—C26—H26 | 120.4 |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1···O1i | 0.88 (2) | 2.09 (2) | 2.960 (4) | 168 (4) |
N1—H2···O1ii | 0.89 (2) | 2.42 (3) | 3.166 (4) | 142 (3) |
N1—H2···O4iii | 0.89 (2) | 2.53 (3) | 3.116 (4) | 124 (3) |
N2—H3···O3iv | 0.88 (2) | 2.06 (2) | 2.898 (3) | 159 (3) |
N2—H4···N1v | 0.88 (2) | 2.50 (3) | 3.182 (3) | 135 (3) |
N2—H4···O4vi | 0.88 (2) | 2.50 (3) | 3.149 (4) | 131 (3) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x, y+1/2, −z+1; (ii) x, y+1, z; (iii) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+1; (iv) −x+2, y−1/2, −z; (v) −x+1, y+1/2, −z+1; (vi) x, y−1, z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C13H14N2O4S2 |
Mr | 326.38 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21 |
Temperature (K) | 120 |
a, b, c (Å) | 10.8251 (5), 5.0791 (3), 12.6912 (5) |
β (°) | 90.931 (3) |
V (Å3) | 697.69 (6) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.40 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.25 × 0.1 × 0.05 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker–Nonius Roper CCD camera on κ-goniostat diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2007) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.907, 0.980 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 7877, 2438, 2152 |
Rint | 0.054 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.617 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.038, 0.087, 1.06 |
No. of reflections | 2438 |
No. of parameters | 216 |
No. of restraints | 5 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.26, −0.46 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), 904 Friedel pairs |
Absolute structure parameter | −0.18 (9) |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Hooft, 1998), DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), XP in SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006), publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1···O1i | 0.881 (19) | 2.09 (2) | 2.960 (4) | 168 (4) |
N1—H2···O1ii | 0.887 (19) | 2.42 (3) | 3.166 (4) | 142 (3) |
N1—H2···O4iii | 0.887 (19) | 2.53 (3) | 3.116 (4) | 124 (3) |
N2—H3···O3iv | 0.883 (18) | 2.06 (2) | 2.898 (3) | 159 (3) |
N2—H4···N1v | 0.875 (19) | 2.50 (3) | 3.182 (3) | 135 (3) |
N2—H4···O4vi | 0.875 (19) | 2.50 (3) | 3.149 (4) | 131 (3) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x, y+1/2, −z+1; (ii) x, y+1, z; (iii) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+1; (iv) −x+2, y−1/2, −z; (v) −x+1, y+1/2, −z+1; (vi) x, y−1, z. |
Footnotes
‡Current address: School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, England.
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The polymorphic behaviour of the title compound, a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor with diuretic effects, was described by Kuhnert-Brandstätter & Moser (1981) and Kuhnert-Brandstätter & Wunsch (1969), who identified five distinct polymorphic modifications. The commercial product contained form II (mp. 172–174 °C), which was also found to be the stable polymorph at room temperature. The identity of the crystals investigated in the present study with form II reported by Kuhnert-Brandstätter & Moser (1981) was established by thermomicroscopy and IR spectroscopy. The asymmetric unit contains a single molecule (Fig. 1). Its central plane, defined by S1, S2, C1, C11, C14, C21 and C24, forms angles of 21.8 (1)° and 78.7 (1)° with the mean planes of the two phenyl rings C11 > C16 and C21 > C26, respectively. The two sulfonamide groups are differently oriented with respect to the adjacent phenyl ring, so that the corresponding torsion angles N1—S1—C1—C24 and N2—S2—C1—C14 are 115.6 (2)° and 53.3 (2)°, respectively. Each molecule is connected to four other molecules by four short N—H···O bonds (H···O < 2.1 Å, see Table 2) so that an H-bonded sheet parallel to (102) is formed. The symmetry operation between molecules linked by these primary interactions involving one H-bond donor and one acceptor site of each sulfonamide group is a twofold screw axis. There are two additional N—H···O contacts (H···O > 2.4 Å, see Table 2) within the same plane so that all four NH hydrogen bond donor sites are employed once. These secondary N—H···O bonds link molecules related by a translation along [010]. The O3 and O4 sites of one sulfonyl group accept one H-bond each, while in the group O1 accepts two H-bonds. Thus, the sulfonamide groups of molecules in the hydrogen bonded sheet form two distinct chains of fused rings both propagating parallel to [010]. One chain consists of ten-membered rings with two H-bond donor and two acceptor sites (labeled 'A' in Fig. 2), and the other is generated from 9-membered rings with two three H-bond donor and two acceptor sites ('B'). Each of the N—H···O sheets is linked to two neighbouring sheets by a N2—H···N1(-x + 1, y + 1/2, -z + 1) interaction (represented by arrows in Fig. 2). Thus, this crystal structure contains a three-dimensional network of N—H···O and N—H···N bonded molecules of diphenylmethane-4,4'-disulfonamide.