organic compounds
(E)-4-Hydroxy-2-[(2-hydroxyphenyl)iminiomethyl]phenolate
aSchool of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia, bX-ray Crystallography Unit, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia, and cCrystal Materials Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand
*Correspondence e-mail: hkfun@usm.my
The title compound, C13H11NO3, crystallizes in a zwitterionic form and has a trans configuration about the C=N bond. The molecule is almost planar, the dihedral angle between the two benzene rings being 4.32 (8)°. The two hydroxy substituents are coplanar with each of their attached benzene rings [r.m.s. deviations of 0.0053 (2) and 0.0052 (2) Å]. An intramolecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bond formed between the iminium N and the phenolate O atom generates an S(6) ring motif. In the crystal, the molecules are linked through O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds into chains along [110]. Two neighbouring chains are further connected through O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds in an antiparallel manner. π–π interactions are also observed, with centroid–centroid distances of 3.7115 (19) and 3.743 (2) Å.
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For background to et al. (2000); Kagkelari et al. (2009); Karthikeyan et al. (2006); Sriram et al. (2006). For related structures, see: Eltayeb et al. (2009, 2010a,b); Tan & Liu (2009). For the stability of the temperature controller used in the data collection, see Cosier & Glazer, (1986). For bond-length data, see: Allen et al. (1987). For hydrogen-bond motifs, see: Bernstein et al. (1995).
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Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: SHELXTL; software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536810020295/rz2453sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536810020295/rz2453Isup2.hkl
The title compound was synthesized by adding 2,5-dihydroxybenzaldehyde (0.276 g, 2 mmol) to a solution of 2-aminophenol (0.218 g, 2 mmol) in ethanol (30 ml). The mixture was refluxed with stirring for half an hour. The resultant red solution was filtered and the filtrate was evaporated to give a red powder product. Red plate-shaped single crystals of the title compound suitable for x-ray
were obtained from acetone by slow evaporation in the refrigerator after a few days.All H atoms were located from the difference map and isotropically refined. The highest residual electron density peak is located at 0.76 Å from C8 and the deepest hole is located at 1.46 Å from H1O1.
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).C13H11NO3 | F(000) = 960 |
Mr = 229.23 | Dx = 1.507 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, C2/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -C 2yc | Cell parameters from 2967 reflections |
a = 11.048 (5) Å | θ = 1.8–30.1° |
b = 8.187 (3) Å | µ = 0.11 mm−1 |
c = 22.858 (10) Å | T = 100 K |
β = 102.242 (13)° | Plate, red |
V = 2020.5 (15) Å3 | 0.35 × 0.12 × 0.04 mm |
Z = 8 |
Bruker APEXII DUO CCD area-detector diffractometer | 2967 independent reflections |
Radiation source: sealed tube | 2122 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.087 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 30.1°, θmin = 1.8° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) | h = −15→15 |
Tmin = 0.963, Tmax = 0.996 | k = −11→11 |
15107 measured reflections | l = −32→32 |
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)] = 0.054 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.173 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.06 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.1024P)2 + 0.2914P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2967 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
198 parameters | Δρmax = 0.48 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.28 e Å−3 |
C13H11NO3 | V = 2020.5 (15) Å3 |
Mr = 229.23 | Z = 8 |
Monoclinic, C2/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 11.048 (5) Å | µ = 0.11 mm−1 |
b = 8.187 (3) Å | T = 100 K |
c = 22.858 (10) Å | 0.35 × 0.12 × 0.04 mm |
β = 102.242 (13)° |
Bruker APEXII DUO CCD area-detector diffractometer | 2967 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) | 2122 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.963, Tmax = 0.996 | Rint = 0.087 |
15107 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.054 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.173 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.06 | Δρmax = 0.48 e Å−3 |
2967 reflections | Δρmin = −0.28 e Å−3 |
198 parameters |
Experimental. The crystal was placed in the cold stream of an Oxford Cryosystems Cobra open-flow nitrogen cryostat (Cosier & Glazer, 1986) operating at 100.0 (1) K. |
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 > 2sigma(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 | 0.33647 (12) | 0.68246 (15) | 0.56400 (5) | 0.0181 (3) | |
H1O1 | 0.339 (3) | 0.792 (4) | 0.5686 (14) | 0.049 (8)* | |
O2 | 0.19184 (11) | 0.49929 (14) | 0.43502 (5) | 0.0172 (3) | |
O3 | −0.15299 (12) | 0.01393 (15) | 0.36222 (6) | 0.0195 (3) | |
H1O3 | −0.212 (3) | 0.001 (3) | 0.3867 (14) | 0.045 (8)* | |
N1 | 0.18126 (13) | 0.43402 (17) | 0.54431 (6) | 0.0136 (3) | |
H1N1 | 0.213 (2) | 0.484 (3) | 0.5165 (12) | 0.034 (7)* | |
C1 | 0.22799 (14) | 0.47819 (19) | 0.60450 (7) | 0.0137 (3) | |
C2 | 0.30862 (15) | 0.6115 (2) | 0.61334 (7) | 0.0147 (3) | |
C3 | 0.35926 (16) | 0.6624 (2) | 0.67122 (8) | 0.0167 (3) | |
H3 | 0.413 (2) | 0.755 (3) | 0.6766 (10) | 0.024 (6)* | |
C4 | 0.32876 (16) | 0.5824 (2) | 0.71942 (8) | 0.0177 (3) | |
H4 | 0.363 (2) | 0.614 (3) | 0.7600 (11) | 0.026 (6)* | |
C5 | 0.24766 (16) | 0.4510 (2) | 0.71042 (8) | 0.0178 (3) | |
H5 | 0.227 (2) | 0.393 (3) | 0.7447 (11) | 0.028 (6)* | |
C6 | 0.19743 (16) | 0.3972 (2) | 0.65277 (7) | 0.0161 (3) | |
H6 | 0.1437 (19) | 0.309 (3) | 0.6478 (9) | 0.016 (5)* | |
C7 | 0.09838 (15) | 0.32381 (19) | 0.52344 (7) | 0.0142 (3) | |
H7 | 0.0643 (18) | 0.254 (2) | 0.5512 (9) | 0.013 (5)* | |
C8 | 0.05807 (15) | 0.29461 (19) | 0.46077 (7) | 0.0139 (3) | |
C9 | 0.10800 (15) | 0.38498 (19) | 0.41820 (7) | 0.0139 (3) | |
C10 | 0.06509 (16) | 0.3443 (2) | 0.35726 (7) | 0.0160 (3) | |
H10 | 0.101 (2) | 0.405 (3) | 0.3290 (11) | 0.027 (6)* | |
C11 | −0.02034 (15) | 0.2222 (2) | 0.34016 (7) | 0.0156 (3) | |
H11 | −0.049 (2) | 0.192 (3) | 0.2956 (11) | 0.025 (6)* | |
C12 | −0.06925 (15) | 0.1342 (2) | 0.38267 (7) | 0.0144 (3) | |
C13 | −0.03095 (15) | 0.17081 (19) | 0.44220 (7) | 0.0146 (3) | |
H13 | −0.066 (2) | 0.111 (3) | 0.4732 (10) | 0.024 (6)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0240 (7) | 0.0158 (6) | 0.0154 (6) | −0.0033 (5) | 0.0063 (5) | 0.0012 (4) |
O2 | 0.0194 (6) | 0.0153 (6) | 0.0168 (6) | −0.0061 (5) | 0.0040 (5) | −0.0009 (4) |
O3 | 0.0194 (6) | 0.0202 (6) | 0.0198 (6) | −0.0099 (5) | 0.0062 (5) | −0.0055 (5) |
N1 | 0.0137 (6) | 0.0136 (6) | 0.0131 (6) | −0.0001 (5) | 0.0018 (5) | 0.0008 (5) |
C1 | 0.0141 (7) | 0.0136 (7) | 0.0128 (7) | 0.0030 (6) | 0.0014 (6) | −0.0005 (5) |
C2 | 0.0157 (7) | 0.0140 (7) | 0.0146 (7) | 0.0013 (6) | 0.0037 (6) | 0.0021 (6) |
C3 | 0.0169 (8) | 0.0139 (7) | 0.0182 (8) | −0.0009 (6) | 0.0014 (6) | −0.0019 (6) |
C4 | 0.0205 (8) | 0.0174 (8) | 0.0139 (7) | 0.0026 (6) | 0.0011 (6) | −0.0008 (6) |
C5 | 0.0203 (8) | 0.0185 (8) | 0.0150 (7) | 0.0031 (7) | 0.0045 (6) | 0.0021 (6) |
C6 | 0.0168 (8) | 0.0151 (8) | 0.0163 (8) | −0.0005 (6) | 0.0036 (6) | 0.0016 (6) |
C7 | 0.0134 (7) | 0.0131 (7) | 0.0164 (7) | 0.0011 (6) | 0.0037 (6) | 0.0015 (6) |
C8 | 0.0133 (7) | 0.0130 (7) | 0.0152 (7) | −0.0002 (6) | 0.0025 (6) | −0.0010 (6) |
C9 | 0.0119 (7) | 0.0127 (7) | 0.0172 (7) | 0.0002 (6) | 0.0032 (6) | −0.0001 (6) |
C10 | 0.0176 (8) | 0.0159 (7) | 0.0153 (7) | −0.0014 (6) | 0.0049 (6) | 0.0010 (6) |
C11 | 0.0143 (7) | 0.0175 (7) | 0.0151 (7) | 0.0004 (6) | 0.0035 (6) | −0.0011 (6) |
C12 | 0.0125 (7) | 0.0123 (7) | 0.0183 (8) | −0.0021 (6) | 0.0031 (6) | −0.0016 (6) |
C13 | 0.0155 (7) | 0.0134 (7) | 0.0158 (7) | −0.0012 (6) | 0.0052 (6) | 0.0010 (6) |
O1—C2 | 1.3608 (19) | C5—C6 | 1.389 (2) |
O1—H1O1 | 0.91 (3) | C5—H5 | 0.98 (2) |
O2—C9 | 1.316 (2) | C6—H6 | 0.93 (2) |
O3—C12 | 1.364 (2) | C7—C8 | 1.427 (2) |
O3—H1O3 | 0.95 (3) | C7—H7 | 0.99 (2) |
N1—C7 | 1.302 (2) | C8—C13 | 1.413 (2) |
N1—C1 | 1.410 (2) | C8—C9 | 1.423 (2) |
N1—H1N1 | 0.89 (3) | C9—C10 | 1.413 (2) |
C1—C6 | 1.389 (2) | C10—C11 | 1.373 (2) |
C1—C2 | 1.396 (2) | C10—H10 | 0.97 (2) |
C2—C3 | 1.387 (2) | C11—C12 | 1.406 (2) |
C3—C4 | 1.383 (2) | C11—H11 | 1.03 (2) |
C3—H3 | 0.96 (2) | C12—C13 | 1.370 (2) |
C4—C5 | 1.387 (3) | C13—H13 | 1.00 (2) |
C4—H4 | 0.96 (2) | ||
C2—O1—H1O1 | 109.4 (19) | C1—C6—H6 | 122.1 (13) |
C12—O3—H1O3 | 112.0 (17) | N1—C7—C8 | 121.96 (15) |
C7—N1—C1 | 128.22 (15) | N1—C7—H7 | 120.0 (12) |
C7—N1—H1N1 | 114.2 (17) | C8—C7—H7 | 118.0 (12) |
C1—N1—H1N1 | 117.6 (17) | C13—C8—C9 | 120.89 (14) |
C6—C1—C2 | 120.88 (14) | C13—C8—C7 | 118.07 (14) |
C6—C1—N1 | 123.52 (15) | C9—C8—C7 | 121.02 (15) |
C2—C1—N1 | 115.60 (14) | O2—C9—C10 | 121.61 (14) |
O1—C2—C3 | 123.09 (15) | O2—C9—C8 | 121.39 (14) |
O1—C2—C1 | 117.61 (14) | C10—C9—C8 | 116.99 (15) |
C3—C2—C1 | 119.28 (15) | C11—C10—C9 | 121.25 (15) |
C4—C3—C2 | 120.03 (16) | C11—C10—H10 | 122.8 (14) |
C4—C3—H3 | 121.6 (14) | C9—C10—H10 | 116.0 (14) |
C2—C3—H3 | 118.3 (14) | C10—C11—C12 | 121.19 (15) |
C3—C4—C5 | 120.51 (15) | C10—C11—H11 | 120.5 (12) |
C3—C4—H4 | 122.0 (14) | C12—C11—H11 | 118.3 (12) |
C5—C4—H4 | 117.5 (14) | O3—C12—C13 | 122.86 (14) |
C4—C5—C6 | 120.17 (16) | O3—C12—C11 | 117.72 (15) |
C4—C5—H5 | 120.3 (14) | C13—C12—C11 | 119.42 (15) |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.5 (14) | C12—C13—C8 | 120.25 (14) |
C5—C6—C1 | 119.12 (16) | C12—C13—H13 | 120.8 (13) |
C5—C6—H6 | 118.8 (13) | C8—C13—H13 | 119.0 (13) |
C7—N1—C1—C6 | 5.5 (3) | N1—C7—C8—C9 | 0.4 (2) |
C7—N1—C1—C2 | −174.41 (15) | C13—C8—C9—O2 | −179.28 (14) |
C6—C1—C2—O1 | 178.56 (15) | C7—C8—C9—O2 | −0.7 (2) |
N1—C1—C2—O1 | −1.6 (2) | C13—C8—C9—C10 | −0.4 (2) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 0.5 (2) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | 178.20 (15) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −179.68 (14) | O2—C9—C10—C11 | 178.48 (15) |
O1—C2—C3—C4 | −178.66 (15) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | −0.4 (2) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −0.7 (2) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | 0.6 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.0 (3) | C10—C11—C12—O3 | −179.51 (15) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.8 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 0.0 (2) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | −1.0 (3) | O3—C12—C13—C8 | 178.68 (14) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | 0.4 (2) | C11—C12—C13—C8 | −0.8 (2) |
N1—C1—C6—C5 | −179.48 (15) | C9—C8—C13—C12 | 1.0 (2) |
C1—N1—C7—C8 | 178.69 (15) | C7—C8—C13—C12 | −177.65 (15) |
N1—C7—C8—C13 | 179.06 (14) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1O1···O2i | 0.90 (3) | 1.74 (3) | 2.625 (2) | 166 (3) |
O3—H1O3···O2ii | 0.95 (3) | 1.69 (3) | 2.633 (2) | 173 (2) |
N1—H1N1···O2 | 0.89 (3) | 1.83 (3) | 2.581 (2) | 141 (2) |
C13—H13···O1ii | 1.00 (2) | 2.60 (2) | 3.411 (3) | 137.8 (18) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1/2, −y+3/2, −z+1; (ii) x−1/2, y−1/2, z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C13H11NO3 |
Mr | 229.23 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, C2/c |
Temperature (K) | 100 |
a, b, c (Å) | 11.048 (5), 8.187 (3), 22.858 (10) |
β (°) | 102.242 (13) |
V (Å3) | 2020.5 (15) |
Z | 8 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.11 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.35 × 0.12 × 0.04 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII DUO CCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.963, 0.996 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 15107, 2967, 2122 |
Rint | 0.087 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.705 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.054, 0.173, 1.06 |
No. of reflections | 2967 |
No. of parameters | 198 |
H-atom treatment | All H-atom parameters refined |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.48, −0.28 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009), SAINT (Bruker, 2009), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1O1···O2i | 0.90 (3) | 1.74 (3) | 2.625 (2) | 166 (3) |
O3—H1O3···O2ii | 0.95 (3) | 1.69 (3) | 2.633 (2) | 173 (2) |
N1—H1N1···O2 | 0.89 (3) | 1.83 (3) | 2.581 (2) | 141 (2) |
C13—H13···O1ii | 1.00 (2) | 2.60 (2) | 3.411 (3) | 137.8 (18) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1/2, −y+3/2, −z+1; (ii) x−1/2, y−1/2, z. |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the Malaysian Government and Universiti Sains Malaysia for the RU research grant (PKIMIA/815002). NEE thanks Universiti Sains Malaysia for a post-doctoral fellowship and the International University of Africa (Sudan) for providing study leave. The authors thank the Malaysian Government and Universiti Sains Malaysia for the Research University Golden Goose grant No. 1001/PFIZIK/811012.
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Schiff base ligands and their complexes have varieties of biological activities and applications such as antibacterial and antifungal (Karthikeyan et al., 2006), anticancer (Dao et al., 2000), anti-HIV (Sriram et al., 2006) properties as well as being used in coordination chemistry (Kagkelari et al., 2009). Our on going research on Schiff base ligands and their complexes (Eltayeb et al., 2009; 2010a,b) has lead us to synthesize the title Schiff base ligand (I) and its crystal structure is reported herein.
The molecule of (I) (Fig. 1), C13H11NO3, crystallizes in a zwitterionic form with cationic iminium and anionic enolate. The molecule exists in a trans configuration about the C═N bond [1.302 (2)Å] as indicated by the torsion angle C1–N1–C7–C8 of 178.69 (15)°. The molecule is essentially planar with the dihedral angle of 4.32 (8)° between the two benzene rings. The two hydroxy groups are co-planar with each of their attached benzene rings with the r.m.s. of 0.0053 (2) and 0.0052 (2) Å for the seven non hydrogen atoms of C1–C6/O1 and C8–C13/O3, respectively. An intramolecular N—H···O hydrogen bond (Fig. 1; Table 1) between the NH+ with the phenolate O- atom generate an S(6) ring motif (Bernstein et al., 1995) which stabilizes the planarity of the molecule. The bond distances are in normal ranges (Allen et al., 1987) and comparable with those of related structures (Eltayeb et al., 2009; 2010a,b; Tan & Liu, 2009).
In the crystal packing (Fig. 2), the zwitterionic molecules are linked through O3—H1O3···O2 hydrogen bonds into chains along the [110] direction and two neighboring chains are further connected to each other by O1—H1O1···O2 hydrogen bonds in an antiparallel manner (Table 1). The crystal is stabilized by intermolecular O—H···O hydrogen bonds and weak C—H···O interactions (Table 1). π–π interactions with centroid···centroid distances of Cg1···Cg2iii = 3.7115 (19) Å and Cg1···Cg2iv = 3.743 (2) Å were observed (symmetry codes (iii) = -x, 1-y, 1-z and (iv) = 1/2-x, 1/2-y, 1-z); Cg1 and Cg2 are the centroids of C1–C6 and C8–C13 benzene rings, respectively.