organic compounds
1,1,2,2-Tetrakis(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)ethene chloroform disolvate
aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, South Africa
*Correspondence e-mail: lianger@sun.ac.za
The 30H16N4S4·2CHCl3, contains one half-molecule of tetrakis(2-benzothiazolyl)ethene, the complete molecule being generated by inversion symmetry, and one molecule of chloroform. Pairs of the benzothiazole rings attached to the same carbon atom are almost perpendicular to each other, with an angle between planes of 85.74 (4)°. In the crystal, weak C—H⋯N and C—H⋯Cl interactions generate a three-dimensional network.
of the title solvate, CRelated literature
For our recent studies on gold chemistry with heterocycles, see: Strasser et al. (2010); Gabrielli et al. (2009). For the of the reduced form of the title compound, see: Boga et al. (1999). For bond lengths of benzothiazole rings in related compounds, see: Pavlović et al. (2007); Pindinelli et al. (2007); Cox et al. (1993). For details on the cut-off applied for the C—H⋯Cl interactions, see: Brammer et al. (2001). For the synthesis of AuCl(PPh3), see: Bruce et al. (1989).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2001); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2002); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810032526/hg2698sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810032526/hg2698Isup2.hkl
A solution of bis(2-benzothiazolyl)methane in THF was treated with an equimolar quantity of n-BuLi in n-hexane at 203 K. The resulting blue fluorescent mixture was treated with a solution of one molar equivalent of AuCl(PPh3) (Bruce et al., 1989) in THF and stirred for 2 h. The solvent was removed under vacuum. Crystallization of the residue from a chloroform solution layered with n-hexane at 253 K afforded a mixture of yellow and orange crystals. Single crystal X-ray studies of the yellow crystals showed the oxidative dimerization of the bis(2-benzothiazolyl)methane to yield the title compound.
All H atoms were positioned geometrically, with C—H = 0.95 and 1 Å for aromatic and chloroform H, respectively, and constrained to ride on their parent atoms with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C).
The title chloroform solvate was isolated during ongoing research involving gold complexes and N-heterocycles (Strasser et al. 2010; Gabrielli et al. 2009) as a product of oxidation and dimerization of bis(2-benzothiazolyl)methane with chloroauric acid. The
consists of half of the tetrakis(2-benzothiazolyl)ethene molecule (the inversion centre generates the other half) and one molecule of chloroform (Fig. 1). The of the reduced form of this compound, namely tetrakis(2-benzothiazolyl)ethane dichloromethane solvate was reported earlier by Boga et al. (1999). The conformations adopted by the benzothiazole rings differ significantly in the two molecules. In the reduced compound the pairs of the benzothiazole rings attached to the same carbon were more or less co-planar whereas in the compound presented here the planes of the corresponding rings are almost perpendicular to each other with an angle between the planes of 85.74 (4)°. The bond length of 1.359 (3) Å for C1—C1i (symmetry operation (i): 2 - x, -y + 1, 2 - z) confirms the formation of a double bond. As could be expected, in the reduced form the corresponding (single) bond is ca 0.1 Å longer. The bond lengths for the benzothiazole rings are in good agreement with previously reported values (Pavlović et al., 2007; Pindinelli et al., 2007; Cox et al., 1993). N3 from one of the benzothiazole rings acts as an acceptor of three C—H···N weak hydrogen bonds orginating from neighbouring benzothiazole rings (Table 1) resulting in the formation of a three-dimensional assembly. The nitrogen atoms from another benzothiazole ring, namely N12, participate in weak interactions between chloroform and tetrakis(2-benzothiazolyl)ethene molecules (C20—H20···N12i with a C···N distance of 3.148 (3) Å). Those together with interactions between C6—H6···Cl23ii atoms (symmetry operation (ii): -x + 1, y + 1/2, 3/2 - z) with a C···Cl distance of 3.690 (2) (Brammer et al., 2001) further support the resulting packing (Fig. 2).For our recent studies on gold chemistry with heterocycles, see: Strasser et al. (2010); Gabrielli et al. (2009). For the
of the reduced form of the title compound, see: Boga et al. (1999). For bond lengths of benzothiazole rings in related compounds, see: Pavlović et al. (2007); Pindinelli et al. (2007); Cox et al. (1993). For details on the cut-off applied for the C—H···Cl interactions, see: Brammer et al. (2001). For the synthesis of AuCl(PPh3), see: Bruce et al. (1989).Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2001); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2002); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2002); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).C30H16N4S4·2CHCl3 | F(000) = 808 |
Mr = 799.44 | Dx = 1.568 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 2580 reflections |
a = 9.955 (2) Å | θ = 2.7–27.5° |
b = 16.299 (3) Å | µ = 0.79 mm−1 |
c = 11.569 (2) Å | T = 100 K |
β = 115.61 (3)° | Block, yellow |
V = 1692.8 (6) Å3 | 0.35 × 0.25 × 0.15 mm |
Z = 2 |
Bruker APEX CCD area-detector diffractometer | 4018 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 3704 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.037 |
ω scans | θmax = 28.2°, θmin = 2.3° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1997) | h = −12→12 |
Tmin = 0.770, Tmax = 0.891 | k = −21→21 |
19051 measured reflections | l = −15→14 |
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)] = 0.038 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.092 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.07 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0425P)2 + 1.4464P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
4018 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
208 parameters | Δρmax = 0.83 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.62 e Å−3 |
C30H16N4S4·2CHCl3 | V = 1692.8 (6) Å3 |
Mr = 799.44 | Z = 2 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 9.955 (2) Å | µ = 0.79 mm−1 |
b = 16.299 (3) Å | T = 100 K |
c = 11.569 (2) Å | 0.35 × 0.25 × 0.15 mm |
β = 115.61 (3)° |
Bruker APEX CCD area-detector diffractometer | 4018 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1997) | 3704 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.770, Tmax = 0.891 | Rint = 0.037 |
19051 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.038 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.092 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.07 | Δρmax = 0.83 e Å−3 |
4018 reflections | Δρmin = −0.62 e Å−3 |
208 parameters |
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 | ||
C1 | 0.94075 (18) | 0.52372 (10) | 0.99285 (15) | 0.0127 (3) | |
C2 | 0.87364 (18) | 0.58940 (10) | 0.89861 (15) | 0.0123 (3) | |
N3 | 0.76258 (16) | 0.63137 (9) | 0.90007 (14) | 0.0143 (3) | |
C4 | 0.71780 (18) | 0.69236 (10) | 0.80832 (16) | 0.0139 (3) | |
C5 | 0.6029 (2) | 0.74885 (11) | 0.78653 (17) | 0.0183 (3) | |
H5 | 0.5477 | 0.7473 | 0.8360 | 0.022* | |
C6 | 0.57244 (19) | 0.80648 (11) | 0.69183 (17) | 0.0179 (3) | |
H6 | 0.4950 | 0.8451 | 0.6761 | 0.021* | |
C7 | 0.65214 (19) | 0.80981 (10) | 0.61813 (16) | 0.0167 (3) | |
H7 | 0.6274 | 0.8502 | 0.5529 | 0.020* | |
C8 | 0.76687 (19) | 0.75521 (11) | 0.63852 (17) | 0.0171 (3) | |
H8 | 0.8220 | 0.7577 | 0.5890 | 0.020* | |
C9 | 0.79844 (18) | 0.69662 (10) | 0.73415 (16) | 0.0139 (3) | |
S10 | 0.93325 (5) | 0.62064 (3) | 0.78321 (4) | 0.01696 (11) | |
C11 | 0.86666 (17) | 0.51295 (10) | 1.08024 (16) | 0.0122 (3) | |
N12 | 0.91748 (16) | 0.54510 (9) | 1.19354 (14) | 0.0138 (3) | |
C13 | 0.82944 (19) | 0.52252 (10) | 1.25436 (16) | 0.0146 (3) | |
C14 | 0.8538 (2) | 0.54653 (12) | 1.37835 (17) | 0.0203 (4) | |
H14 | 0.9341 | 0.5818 | 1.4278 | 0.024* | |
C15 | 0.7579 (2) | 0.51753 (13) | 1.42658 (18) | 0.0248 (4) | |
H15 | 0.7733 | 0.5328 | 1.5106 | 0.030* | |
C16 | 0.6383 (2) | 0.46595 (13) | 1.35398 (19) | 0.0247 (4) | |
H16 | 0.5749 | 0.4465 | 1.3902 | 0.030* | |
C17 | 0.6109 (2) | 0.44282 (12) | 1.23095 (18) | 0.0210 (4) | |
H17 | 0.5289 | 0.4085 | 1.1814 | 0.025* | |
C18 | 0.70809 (19) | 0.47171 (10) | 1.18186 (16) | 0.0153 (3) | |
S19 | 0.70563 (5) | 0.45367 (3) | 1.03337 (4) | 0.01547 (11) | |
C20 | 0.7989 (2) | 0.34163 (12) | 0.71325 (18) | 0.0233 (4) | |
H20 | 0.8939 | 0.3669 | 0.7209 | 0.028* | |
Cl21 | 0.72698 (8) | 0.27883 (4) | 0.57692 (6) | 0.04317 (16) | |
Cl22 | 0.83624 (6) | 0.28346 (4) | 0.85199 (5) | 0.03533 (14) | |
Cl23 | 0.67054 (6) | 0.42068 (3) | 0.69781 (5) | 0.02985 (13) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.0136 (7) | 0.0128 (7) | 0.0119 (7) | −0.0026 (6) | 0.0058 (6) | −0.0015 (6) |
C2 | 0.0138 (7) | 0.0128 (7) | 0.0117 (7) | −0.0004 (6) | 0.0068 (6) | 0.0001 (6) |
N3 | 0.0143 (7) | 0.0146 (7) | 0.0149 (7) | 0.0002 (5) | 0.0070 (6) | 0.0014 (5) |
C4 | 0.0138 (8) | 0.0140 (8) | 0.0141 (7) | −0.0007 (6) | 0.0062 (6) | −0.0002 (6) |
C5 | 0.0184 (8) | 0.0198 (8) | 0.0200 (8) | 0.0040 (7) | 0.0115 (7) | 0.0027 (7) |
C6 | 0.0171 (8) | 0.0161 (8) | 0.0201 (8) | 0.0044 (6) | 0.0077 (7) | 0.0027 (7) |
C7 | 0.0176 (8) | 0.0146 (8) | 0.0155 (8) | 0.0004 (6) | 0.0050 (7) | 0.0029 (6) |
C8 | 0.0177 (8) | 0.0183 (8) | 0.0172 (8) | 0.0007 (7) | 0.0094 (7) | 0.0032 (7) |
C9 | 0.0138 (8) | 0.0130 (7) | 0.0155 (8) | 0.0016 (6) | 0.0068 (6) | 0.0013 (6) |
S10 | 0.0184 (2) | 0.0190 (2) | 0.0184 (2) | 0.00666 (16) | 0.01248 (17) | 0.00728 (16) |
C11 | 0.0116 (7) | 0.0108 (7) | 0.0140 (7) | 0.0012 (6) | 0.0054 (6) | 0.0022 (6) |
N12 | 0.0138 (7) | 0.0142 (7) | 0.0143 (7) | 0.0017 (5) | 0.0070 (6) | 0.0013 (5) |
C13 | 0.0144 (8) | 0.0144 (8) | 0.0157 (8) | 0.0037 (6) | 0.0074 (6) | 0.0027 (6) |
C14 | 0.0202 (9) | 0.0250 (9) | 0.0164 (8) | 0.0022 (7) | 0.0085 (7) | 0.0005 (7) |
C15 | 0.0273 (10) | 0.0347 (11) | 0.0168 (9) | 0.0062 (8) | 0.0136 (8) | 0.0035 (8) |
C16 | 0.0230 (9) | 0.0324 (10) | 0.0256 (10) | 0.0055 (8) | 0.0169 (8) | 0.0095 (8) |
C17 | 0.0170 (8) | 0.0250 (9) | 0.0234 (9) | 0.0002 (7) | 0.0109 (7) | 0.0054 (7) |
C18 | 0.0152 (8) | 0.0160 (8) | 0.0158 (8) | 0.0026 (6) | 0.0077 (7) | 0.0031 (6) |
S19 | 0.0146 (2) | 0.0181 (2) | 0.0143 (2) | −0.00416 (15) | 0.00682 (16) | −0.00119 (15) |
C20 | 0.0240 (9) | 0.0256 (10) | 0.0243 (9) | −0.0075 (7) | 0.0143 (8) | −0.0064 (7) |
Cl21 | 0.0606 (4) | 0.0355 (3) | 0.0312 (3) | −0.0043 (3) | 0.0178 (3) | −0.0158 (2) |
Cl22 | 0.0303 (3) | 0.0464 (3) | 0.0305 (3) | 0.0025 (2) | 0.0143 (2) | 0.0093 (2) |
Cl23 | 0.0364 (3) | 0.0275 (3) | 0.0333 (3) | 0.0002 (2) | 0.0222 (2) | −0.00071 (19) |
C1—C1i | 1.359 (3) | C11—S19 | 1.7453 (17) |
C1—C2 | 1.467 (2) | N12—C13 | 1.390 (2) |
C1—C11 | 1.497 (2) | C13—C14 | 1.403 (2) |
C2—N3 | 1.306 (2) | C13—C18 | 1.405 (2) |
C2—S10 | 1.7546 (16) | C14—C15 | 1.380 (3) |
N3—C4 | 1.380 (2) | C14—H14 | 0.9500 |
C4—C5 | 1.404 (2) | C15—C16 | 1.402 (3) |
C4—C9 | 1.408 (2) | C15—H15 | 0.9500 |
C5—C6 | 1.374 (2) | C16—C17 | 1.381 (3) |
C5—H5 | 0.9500 | C16—H16 | 0.9500 |
C6—C7 | 1.394 (2) | C17—C18 | 1.398 (2) |
C6—H6 | 0.9500 | C17—H17 | 0.9500 |
C7—C8 | 1.385 (2) | C18—S19 | 1.7327 (18) |
C7—H7 | 0.9500 | C20—Cl21 | 1.753 (2) |
C8—C9 | 1.391 (2) | C20—Cl22 | 1.760 (2) |
C8—H8 | 0.9500 | C20—Cl23 | 1.769 (2) |
C9—S10 | 1.7315 (17) | C20—H20 | 1.0000 |
C11—N12 | 1.294 (2) | ||
C1i—C1—C2 | 126.72 (19) | C1—C11—S19 | 120.63 (12) |
C1i—C1—C11 | 120.41 (19) | C11—N12—C13 | 110.45 (14) |
C2—C1—C11 | 112.86 (14) | N12—C13—C14 | 125.14 (16) |
N3—C2—C1 | 119.25 (14) | N12—C13—C18 | 114.94 (15) |
N3—C2—S10 | 115.11 (12) | C14—C13—C18 | 119.93 (16) |
C1—C2—S10 | 125.61 (12) | C15—C14—C13 | 118.27 (18) |
C2—N3—C4 | 111.16 (14) | C15—C14—H14 | 120.9 |
N3—C4—C5 | 125.30 (15) | C13—C14—H14 | 120.9 |
N3—C4—C9 | 115.13 (15) | C14—C15—C16 | 121.31 (18) |
C5—C4—C9 | 119.56 (15) | C14—C15—H15 | 119.3 |
C6—C5—C4 | 118.26 (16) | C16—C15—H15 | 119.3 |
C6—C5—H5 | 120.9 | C17—C16—C15 | 121.31 (17) |
C4—C5—H5 | 120.9 | C17—C16—H16 | 119.3 |
C5—C6—C7 | 121.77 (16) | C15—C16—H16 | 119.3 |
C5—C6—H6 | 119.1 | C16—C17—C18 | 117.61 (18) |
C7—C6—H6 | 119.1 | C16—C17—H17 | 121.2 |
C8—C7—C6 | 121.06 (16) | C18—C17—H17 | 121.2 |
C8—C7—H7 | 119.5 | C17—C18—C13 | 121.56 (17) |
C6—C7—H7 | 119.5 | C17—C18—S19 | 129.04 (15) |
C7—C8—C9 | 117.57 (16) | C13—C18—S19 | 109.39 (13) |
C7—C8—H8 | 121.2 | C18—S19—C11 | 88.89 (8) |
C9—C8—H8 | 121.2 | Cl21—C20—Cl22 | 110.44 (11) |
C8—C9—C4 | 121.77 (15) | Cl21—C20—Cl23 | 109.77 (11) |
C8—C9—S10 | 128.94 (13) | Cl22—C20—Cl23 | 110.05 (10) |
C4—C9—S10 | 109.29 (12) | Cl21—C20—H20 | 108.8 |
C9—S10—C2 | 89.31 (8) | Cl22—C20—H20 | 108.8 |
N12—C11—C1 | 123.05 (15) | Cl23—C20—H20 | 108.8 |
N12—C11—S19 | 116.31 (13) | ||
C1i—C1—C2—N3 | −177.7 (2) | C1i—C1—C11—N12 | 81.4 (3) |
C11—C1—C2—N3 | 1.0 (2) | C2—C1—C11—N12 | −97.33 (19) |
C1i—C1—C2—S10 | 0.1 (3) | C1i—C1—C11—S19 | −97.5 (2) |
C11—C1—C2—S10 | 178.72 (12) | C2—C1—C11—S19 | 83.71 (16) |
C1—C2—N3—C4 | 177.65 (14) | C1—C11—N12—C13 | −177.85 (14) |
S10—C2—N3—C4 | −0.34 (18) | S19—C11—N12—C13 | 1.15 (18) |
C2—N3—C4—C5 | −178.99 (17) | C11—N12—C13—C14 | 179.76 (16) |
C2—N3—C4—C9 | 0.1 (2) | C11—N12—C13—C18 | −0.3 (2) |
N3—C4—C5—C6 | 179.50 (16) | N12—C13—C14—C15 | −178.67 (17) |
C9—C4—C5—C6 | 0.5 (3) | C18—C13—C14—C15 | 1.4 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | 0.0 (3) | C13—C14—C15—C16 | −0.5 (3) |
C5—C6—C7—C8 | −0.6 (3) | C14—C15—C16—C17 | −0.7 (3) |
C6—C7—C8—C9 | 0.6 (3) | C15—C16—C17—C18 | 0.9 (3) |
C7—C8—C9—C4 | −0.1 (3) | C16—C17—C18—C13 | −0.1 (3) |
C7—C8—C9—S10 | −179.85 (14) | C16—C17—C18—S19 | 179.48 (15) |
N3—C4—C9—C8 | −179.57 (16) | N12—C13—C18—C17 | 178.94 (16) |
C5—C4—C9—C8 | −0.5 (3) | C14—C13—C18—C17 | −1.1 (3) |
N3—C4—C9—S10 | 0.23 (19) | N12—C13—C18—S19 | −0.69 (18) |
C5—C4—C9—S10 | 179.34 (13) | C14—C13—C18—S19 | 179.28 (13) |
C8—C9—S10—C2 | 179.45 (17) | C17—C18—S19—C11 | −178.54 (17) |
C4—C9—S10—C2 | −0.33 (13) | C13—C18—S19—C11 | 1.05 (13) |
N3—C2—S10—C9 | 0.40 (14) | N12—C11—S19—C18 | −1.33 (14) |
C1—C2—S10—C9 | −177.44 (15) | C1—C11—S19—C18 | 177.70 (14) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+2, −y+1, −z+2. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C20—H20···N12i | 1.00 | 2.23 | 3.148 (3) | 153 |
C6—H6···Cl23ii | 0.95 | 2.90 | 3.690 (2) | 141 |
C7—H7···N3iii | 0.95 | 2.66 | 3.300 (3) | 125 |
C8—H8···N3iii | 0.95 | 2.70 | 3.306 (2) | 122 |
C17—H17···N3iv | 0.95 | 2.71 | 3.565 (3) | 149 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, −y+1, −z+2; (ii) −x+1, y+1/2, −z+3/2; (iii) x, −y+3/2, z−1/2; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z+2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C30H16N4S4·2CHCl3 |
Mr | 799.44 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 100 |
a, b, c (Å) | 9.955 (2), 16.299 (3), 11.569 (2) |
β (°) | 115.61 (3) |
V (Å3) | 1692.8 (6) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.79 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.35 × 0.25 × 0.15 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEX CCD area-detector |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1997) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.770, 0.891 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 19051, 4018, 3704 |
Rint | 0.037 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.666 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.038, 0.092, 1.07 |
No. of reflections | 4018 |
No. of parameters | 208 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.83, −0.62 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 2001), SAINT (Bruker, 2002), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C20—H20···N12i | 1.00 | 2.23 | 3.148 (3) | 153 |
C6—H6···Cl23ii | 0.95 | 2.90 | 3.690 (2) | 141 |
C7—H7···N3iii | 0.95 | 2.66 | 3.300 (3) | 125 |
C8—H8···N3iii | 0.95 | 2.70 | 3.306 (2) | 122 |
C17—H17···N3iv | 0.95 | 2.71 | 3.565 (3) | 149 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, −y+1, −z+2; (ii) −x+1, y+1/2, −z+3/2; (iii) x, −y+3/2, z−1/2; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z+2. |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the National Research Foundation of South Africa for financial support.
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The title chloroform solvate was isolated during ongoing research involving gold complexes and N-heterocycles (Strasser et al. 2010; Gabrielli et al. 2009) as a product of oxidation and dimerization of bis(2-benzothiazolyl)methane with chloroauric acid. The asymmetric unit consists of half of the tetrakis(2-benzothiazolyl)ethene molecule (the inversion centre generates the other half) and one molecule of chloroform (Fig. 1). The crystal structure of the reduced form of this compound, namely tetrakis(2-benzothiazolyl)ethane dichloromethane solvate was reported earlier by Boga et al. (1999). The conformations adopted by the benzothiazole rings differ significantly in the two molecules. In the reduced compound the pairs of the benzothiazole rings attached to the same carbon were more or less co-planar whereas in the compound presented here the planes of the corresponding rings are almost perpendicular to each other with an angle between the planes of 85.74 (4)°. The bond length of 1.359 (3) Å for C1—C1i (symmetry operation (i): 2 - x, -y + 1, 2 - z) confirms the formation of a double bond. As could be expected, in the reduced form the corresponding (single) bond is ca 0.1 Å longer. The bond lengths for the benzothiazole rings are in good agreement with previously reported values (Pavlović et al., 2007; Pindinelli et al., 2007; Cox et al., 1993). N3 from one of the benzothiazole rings acts as an acceptor of three C—H···N weak hydrogen bonds orginating from neighbouring benzothiazole rings (Table 1) resulting in the formation of a three-dimensional assembly. The nitrogen atoms from another benzothiazole ring, namely N12, participate in weak interactions between chloroform and tetrakis(2-benzothiazolyl)ethene molecules (C20—H20···N12i with a C···N distance of 3.148 (3) Å). Those together with interactions between C6—H6···Cl23ii atoms (symmetry operation (ii): -x + 1, y + 1/2, 3/2 - z) with a C···Cl distance of 3.690 (2) (Brammer et al., 2001) further support the resulting packing (Fig. 2).