organic compounds
5,7,7,12,14,14-Hexamethyl-4,8-diaza-1,11-diazoniocyclotetradeca-4,11-diene diiodide dihydrate
aDepartment of Pure & Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, Scotland, and bDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Moi University, PO Box 1125-30100, Eldoret, Kenya
*Correspondence e-mail: okothmdo@mu.ac.ke
The 16H34N42+·2I−·2H2O, contains one half-cation, one iodide anion and one water molecule. The cation has crystallographically imposed centrosymmetric symmetry. Despite some differences in the unit-cell dimensions, packing analysis on a cluster of 15 cations and a comparison of the hydrogen bonding suggests that this compound is isostructural with its bromide analogue. Intermolecular hydrogen bonding forms eight-membered [H—O—H⋯I]2 and [H—N—H⋯I]2 rings and creates a sheet structure.
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For the preparation and structure of the equivalent bromide salt, see: Rohovec et al. (1999). For the structure of the perchlorate salt, see: Bi et al. (2008). For structures of representative transition metal complexes, see: Bieńko et al. (2007); Yang (2005); Ballester et al. (2000); Endicott et al. (1981); Wester et al. (1977); Goedken et al. (1973). Macrocyclic metal complexes have been studied extensively owing to their similarity to metallobiomolecules, and in order to further understanding of biological mechanisms, see: Merrell et al. (1977). The packing analysis was performed with Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: COLLECT (Hooft, 1988); cell DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and COLLECT ; data reduction: DENZO and COLLECT; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
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A 0.2 mol (13.2 mL) sample of ethylenediamine (ED) was put into 10 ml absolute ethanol and cooled in an ice bath for about 10 minutes. A 0.2 mol (36.2 ml of 55%) sample of hydroiodic acid was slowly added to the cool ED solution. Care was taken not to let the solution to boil over. After the addition of HI, 30 mL of acetone was added (an excess of 0.4 mL was required) and the solution allowed to cool in an ice bath overnight. The colourless crystalline material was filtered from solution. It was washed in absolute EtOH and dried in air for 30 minutes (yield 6.221 g).
The position of the nitrogen–bound H atoms were refined freely, but the positions of the water H atoms were restrained such that O—H and H···H distances approximated 0.88Å and 1.33Å respectively with Uiso(H) set to 1.5 Ueq(O). All other H atoms were placed in calculated positions and refined in riding modes with C—H = 0.98Å or 0.99Å for the CH3 and CH2 groups respectively. The Uiso(H) values were set to 1.5 or 1.2 times Ueq of their parent C atoms for the CH3 and CH2 groups respectively.
Data collection: COLLECT (Hooft, 1988); cell
DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and COLLECT (Hooft, 1988); data reduction: DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and COLLECT (Hooft, 1988); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).Fig. 1. The molecular structure of the macrocyclic dication with atom numbering scheme. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at 50% probability level H atoms are presented as a small sphertes of arbitrary radius. Symmetry code: (i) 1-x, 1-y, -z. | |
Fig. 2. Overlaid packing diagram, showing cations from the iodide structure in green and those from the bromide structure in blue. |
C16H34N42+·2I−·2H2O | Z = 1 |
Mr = 572.30 | F(000) = 284 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.693 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 8.4098 (3) Å | Cell parameters from 10421 reflections |
b = 8.7252 (2) Å | θ = 2.9–27.5° |
c = 8.7724 (3) Å | µ = 2.82 mm−1 |
α = 74.673 (2)° | T = 120 K |
β = 66.267 (1)° | Block, colourless |
γ = 75.809 (2)° | 0.20 × 0.14 × 0.10 mm |
V = 561.24 (3) Å3 |
Bruker–Nonius Roper CCD diffractometer | 2563 independent reflections |
Radiation source: Bruker–Nonius FR591 rotating anode | 2478 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.030 |
Detector resolution: 9.091 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 3.2° |
ϕ and ω scans | h = −10→10 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2007) | k = −11→11 |
Tmin = 0.673, Tmax = 0.746 | l = −11→11 |
12010 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)] = 0.019 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.046 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0124P)2 + 0.33P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.18 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
2563 reflections | Δρmax = 0.99 e Å−3 |
127 parameters | Δρmin = −0.75 e Å−3 |
3 restraints | Extinction correction: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Extinction coefficient: 0.0243 (13) |
C16H34N42+·2I−·2H2O | γ = 75.809 (2)° |
Mr = 572.30 | V = 561.24 (3) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 1 |
a = 8.4098 (3) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 8.7252 (2) Å | µ = 2.82 mm−1 |
c = 8.7724 (3) Å | T = 120 K |
α = 74.673 (2)° | 0.20 × 0.14 × 0.10 mm |
β = 66.267 (1)° |
Bruker–Nonius Roper CCD diffractometer | 2563 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2007) | 2478 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.673, Tmax = 0.746 | Rint = 0.030 |
12010 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.019 | 3 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.046 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.18 | Δρmax = 0.99 e Å−3 |
2563 reflections | Δρmin = −0.75 e Å−3 |
127 parameters |
Experimental. Southampton NCS collection 2010src0073 |
Geometry. All s.u.'s (except the s.u. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell s.u.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of s.u.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between s.u.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell s.u.'s is used for estimating s.u.'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 | ||
I1 | 0.214555 (16) | 0.460869 (15) | 0.757490 (15) | 0.02330 (8) | |
O1W | 0.6274 (2) | 0.21795 (19) | 0.5780 (2) | 0.0336 (4) | |
H1W | 0.525 (3) | 0.270 (3) | 0.633 (3) | 0.050* | |
H2W | 0.671 (3) | 0.295 (3) | 0.496 (3) | 0.050* | |
N1 | 0.7414 (2) | 0.60362 (18) | −0.1726 (2) | 0.0139 (3) | |
N2 | 0.6077 (2) | 0.29338 (18) | 0.0038 (2) | 0.0165 (3) | |
C1 | 0.7419 (3) | 0.4771 (2) | −0.2576 (2) | 0.0185 (4) | |
H1A | 0.8389 | 0.4822 | −0.3694 | 0.022* | |
H1B | 0.6296 | 0.4954 | −0.2762 | 0.022* | |
C2 | 0.7653 (3) | 0.3134 (2) | −0.1486 (3) | 0.0209 (4) | |
H2A | 0.7880 | 0.2286 | −0.2140 | 0.025* | |
H2B | 0.8680 | 0.3019 | −0.1159 | 0.025* | |
C3 | 0.6167 (3) | 0.1933 (2) | 0.1357 (3) | 0.0174 (4) | |
C4 | 0.4514 (3) | 0.1743 (2) | 0.2906 (2) | 0.0182 (4) | |
H4A | 0.4494 | 0.2381 | 0.3696 | 0.022* | |
H4B | 0.4604 | 0.0599 | 0.3474 | 0.022* | |
C5 | 0.2753 (3) | 0.2226 (2) | 0.2659 (2) | 0.0158 (4) | |
C6 | 0.7788 (3) | 0.0876 (3) | 0.1592 (3) | 0.0275 (5) | |
H6A | 0.7804 | −0.0226 | 0.1507 | 0.041* | |
H6B | 0.7780 | 0.0881 | 0.2711 | 0.041* | |
H6C | 0.8836 | 0.1283 | 0.0712 | 0.041* | |
C7 | 0.2617 (3) | 0.1223 (2) | 0.1546 (3) | 0.0214 (4) | |
H7A | 0.1452 | 0.1527 | 0.1456 | 0.032* | |
H7B | 0.2788 | 0.0079 | 0.2052 | 0.032* | |
H7C | 0.3523 | 0.1417 | 0.0414 | 0.032* | |
C8 | 0.1260 (3) | 0.2045 (2) | 0.4379 (3) | 0.0235 (4) | |
H8A | 0.1421 | 0.2616 | 0.5118 | 0.035* | |
H8B | 0.1266 | 0.0902 | 0.4895 | 0.035* | |
H8C | 0.0134 | 0.2502 | 0.4230 | 0.035* | |
H1N | 0.649 (3) | 0.599 (3) | −0.076 (3) | 0.020 (6)* | |
H2N | 0.829 (4) | 0.584 (3) | −0.149 (3) | 0.029 (7)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
I1 | 0.01952 (10) | 0.03155 (11) | 0.01896 (10) | −0.00480 (6) | −0.00879 (7) | −0.00124 (6) |
O1W | 0.0384 (10) | 0.0238 (8) | 0.0371 (10) | −0.0029 (7) | −0.0157 (8) | −0.0017 (7) |
N1 | 0.0139 (8) | 0.0133 (7) | 0.0155 (8) | −0.0038 (6) | −0.0075 (7) | 0.0007 (6) |
N2 | 0.0160 (8) | 0.0143 (7) | 0.0190 (8) | −0.0048 (6) | −0.0052 (7) | −0.0025 (6) |
C1 | 0.0213 (10) | 0.0168 (9) | 0.0173 (10) | −0.0052 (7) | −0.0053 (8) | −0.0036 (7) |
C2 | 0.0180 (10) | 0.0141 (9) | 0.0256 (11) | −0.0041 (7) | −0.0017 (8) | −0.0040 (8) |
C3 | 0.0173 (9) | 0.0153 (9) | 0.0240 (10) | −0.0027 (7) | −0.0105 (8) | −0.0055 (7) |
C4 | 0.0197 (10) | 0.0172 (9) | 0.0185 (9) | −0.0036 (7) | −0.0101 (8) | 0.0011 (7) |
C5 | 0.0190 (10) | 0.0118 (8) | 0.0171 (9) | −0.0053 (7) | −0.0092 (8) | 0.0031 (7) |
C6 | 0.0221 (11) | 0.0293 (11) | 0.0303 (12) | 0.0028 (8) | −0.0137 (9) | −0.0038 (9) |
C7 | 0.0261 (11) | 0.0155 (9) | 0.0284 (11) | −0.0071 (8) | −0.0154 (9) | −0.0012 (8) |
C8 | 0.0212 (11) | 0.0219 (10) | 0.0218 (11) | −0.0070 (8) | −0.0055 (8) | 0.0044 (8) |
O1W—H1W | 0.877 (17) | C4—C5 | 1.524 (3) |
O1W—H2W | 0.873 (17) | C4—H4A | 0.9900 |
N1—C1 | 1.485 (2) | C4—H4B | 0.9900 |
N1—C5i | 1.524 (2) | C5—N1i | 1.524 (2) |
N1—H1N | 0.89 (3) | C5—C8 | 1.524 (3) |
N1—H2N | 0.81 (3) | C5—C7 | 1.524 (3) |
N2—C3 | 1.269 (3) | C6—H6A | 0.9800 |
N2—C2 | 1.462 (2) | C6—H6B | 0.9800 |
C1—C2 | 1.512 (3) | C6—H6C | 0.9800 |
C1—H1A | 0.9900 | C7—H7A | 0.9800 |
C1—H1B | 0.9900 | C7—H7B | 0.9800 |
C2—H2A | 0.9900 | C7—H7C | 0.9800 |
C2—H2B | 0.9900 | C8—H8A | 0.9800 |
C3—C6 | 1.504 (3) | C8—H8B | 0.9800 |
C3—C4 | 1.510 (3) | C8—H8C | 0.9800 |
H1W—O1W—H2W | 101 (2) | C5—C4—H4B | 107.8 |
C1—N1—C5i | 117.45 (15) | H4A—C4—H4B | 107.1 |
C1—N1—H1N | 107.0 (15) | N1i—C5—C4 | 109.64 (15) |
C5i—N1—H1N | 105.9 (15) | N1i—C5—C8 | 109.95 (16) |
C1—N1—H2N | 109.8 (18) | C4—C5—C8 | 109.65 (16) |
C5i—N1—H2N | 108.5 (18) | N1i—C5—C7 | 105.81 (15) |
H1N—N1—H2N | 108 (2) | C4—C5—C7 | 111.51 (16) |
C3—N2—C2 | 120.48 (17) | C8—C5—C7 | 110.21 (16) |
N1—C1—C2 | 109.64 (16) | C3—C6—H6A | 109.5 |
N1—C1—H1A | 109.7 | C3—C6—H6B | 109.5 |
C2—C1—H1A | 109.7 | H6A—C6—H6B | 109.5 |
N1—C1—H1B | 109.7 | C3—C6—H6C | 109.5 |
C2—C1—H1B | 109.7 | H6A—C6—H6C | 109.5 |
H1A—C1—H1B | 108.2 | H6B—C6—H6C | 109.5 |
N2—C2—C1 | 110.39 (16) | C5—C7—H7A | 109.5 |
N2—C2—H2A | 109.6 | C5—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
C1—C2—H2A | 109.6 | H7A—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
N2—C2—H2B | 109.6 | C5—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
C1—C2—H2B | 109.6 | H7A—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
H2A—C2—H2B | 108.1 | H7B—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
N2—C3—C6 | 127.05 (19) | C5—C8—H8A | 109.5 |
N2—C3—C4 | 119.23 (17) | C5—C8—H8B | 109.5 |
C6—C3—C4 | 113.71 (17) | H8A—C8—H8B | 109.5 |
C3—C4—C5 | 118.10 (16) | C5—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
C3—C4—H4A | 107.8 | H8A—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
C5—C4—H4A | 107.8 | H8B—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
C3—C4—H4B | 107.8 | ||
C5i—N1—C1—C2 | 178.16 (16) | N2—C3—C4—C5 | 23.3 (3) |
C3—N2—C2—C1 | −156.80 (17) | C6—C3—C4—C5 | −157.41 (17) |
N1—C1—C2—N2 | 69.8 (2) | C3—C4—C5—N1i | −55.5 (2) |
C2—N2—C3—C6 | 1.3 (3) | C3—C4—C5—C8 | −176.29 (16) |
C2—N2—C3—C4 | −179.47 (16) | C3—C4—C5—C7 | 61.4 (2) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···N2i | 0.89 (3) | 2.04 (3) | 2.744 (2) | 136 (2) |
O1W—H1W···I1 | 0.88 (2) | 2.71 (2) | 3.5753 (18) | 171 (3) |
O1W—H2W···I1ii | 0.87 (2) | 2.68 (2) | 3.5494 (17) | 176 (3) |
N1—H2N···I1ii | 0.81 (3) | 3.23 (3) | 3.6895 (17) | 119 (2) |
N1—H2N···I1iii | 0.81 (3) | 2.99 (3) | 3.7110 (18) | 149 (2) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z; (ii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (iii) x+1, y, z−1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C16H34N42+·2I−·2H2O |
Mr | 572.30 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 120 |
a, b, c (Å) | 8.4098 (3), 8.7252 (2), 8.7724 (3) |
α, β, γ (°) | 74.673 (2), 66.267 (1), 75.809 (2) |
V (Å3) | 561.24 (3) |
Z | 1 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 2.82 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.20 × 0.14 × 0.10 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker–Nonius Roper CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2007) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.673, 0.746 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 12010, 2563, 2478 |
Rint | 0.030 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.649 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.019, 0.046, 1.18 |
No. of reflections | 2563 |
No. of parameters | 127 |
No. of restraints | 3 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.99, −0.75 |
Computer programs: , DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and COLLECT (Hooft, 1988), SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···N2i | 0.89 (3) | 2.04 (3) | 2.744 (2) | 136 (2) |
O1W—H1W···I1 | 0.877 (17) | 2.706 (18) | 3.5753 (18) | 171 (3) |
O1W—H2W···I1ii | 0.873 (17) | 2.678 (17) | 3.5494 (17) | 176 (3) |
N1—H2N···I1ii | 0.81 (3) | 3.23 (3) | 3.6895 (17) | 119 (2) |
N1—H2N···I1iii | 0.81 (3) | 2.99 (3) | 3.7110 (18) | 149 (2) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z; (ii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (iii) x+1, y, z−1. |
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to the National Crystallography Service, University of Southampton, for the data collection. MOO thanks the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and the British Council for funding and Moi University for sabbatical leave.
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Macrocyclic metal complexes have been studied extensively owing to their similarity to metallobiomolecules, and in order to further understanding of biological mechanisms (Merril et al., 1977). The title molecule, 5,7,7,12,14, 14–hexamethyl–4,8–diaza–1,11–diazoniocyclo–4,11–tetradecadiene diiodide dihydrate, I, is the hydroiodide salt of an imine based ligand that has been used extensively to form complexes with the later first row transition metals. These are typically cobalt, nickel and copper complexes (see, for example, Endicott et al., 1981; Ballester et al., 2000; Bieńko et al., 2007) but structural examples with iron, zinc and even chromium are also known (Goedken et al., 1973; Yang, 2005; Wester et al., 1977). The structures of the free base and of the bromide and perchlorate salts have also been reported (Rohovec et al., 1999; Bi et al., 2008).
The macrocyclic dication has crystallographically imposed centrosymetric symmetry, Z' = 1/2, with protonation at the amine N–atoms rather than at the imine groups (Fig. 1). The unit–cell parameters are somewhat similar to those of the bromide analogue (Rohovec et al., 1999) measured at room temperature. However, there is a difference in that the most acute angle subtends the longest and shortest cell axes in I, but subtends the shortest and middle length cell axes in the iodide salt. To check if this was a structurally significant variation the "crystal packing similarity" module of Mercury CSD 2.3 was used (Macrae et al., 2008). This analysis of the largest molecular component in the array (here the macrocyclic cation) showed that a molecular cluster of fifteen cations from each salt matched to within distance and torsion angle variations of 20%. Thus the two structures are isostructural, see overlay in Fig. 2.
Classical intramolecular N—H···N hydrogen–bonding joins the amine and imine N–atoms across the macrocycle. There are also four independent intermolecular hydrogen–bonds. All involve iodide as the acceptor with both water H–atoms acting as donors and atom H2N acting as a donor in two seperate interactions, see Table 1. Eight membered [H—O—H···I]2 and [H—N—H···I]2 rings support a two dimensional sheet structure propagated largely through N—H···I interactions. This is again similar to the bromide structure and so their isostructural nature is confirmed.