organic compounds
5-(3,6-Dibromo-9H-carbazol-9-yl)pentanenitrile
aDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Namık Kemal University, 59030 Değirmenaltı, Tekirdağ, Turkey, bDepartment of Physics, Karabük University, 78050, Karabük, Turkey, and cDepartment of Physics, Hacettepe University, 06800 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
*Correspondence e-mail: merzifon@hacettepe.edu.tr
In the title compound, C17H14Br2N2, the carbazole skeleton is nearly planar [maximum deviation = 0.055 (2) Å]. In the crystal, aromatic π–π stacking is observed between parallel carbazole ring systems of adjacent molecules, the shortest centroid–centroid distance between benzene rings being 3.4769 (11) Å.
Related literature
For tetrahydrocarbazole systems present in the framework of a number of indole-type ). For related structures and background references, see: Patır et al. (1997); Hökelek & Patır (1999). For applications of carbazole derivatives, see: Cloutet et al. (1999); Wei et al. (2006); Tirapattur et al. (2003); Taoudi et al. (2001); Saraswathi et al. (1999); Sarac et al. (2000).
of biological interest, see: Saxton (1983Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2007); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2007); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536811005162/xu5160sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811005162/xu5160Isup2.hkl
For the preparation of the title compound, (I), sodium hydride (1.16 g, 30.76 mmol) was added to a solution of 3,6-dibromocarbazole (5.00 g, 15.38 mmol) in dry tetrahydrofuran (200 ml) in several portions, and stirred at 353 K for 2 h under argon atmosphere. Then, chlorovaleronitrile (3.46 ml, 30.76 mmol) was added and stirred at 373 K for 6 d. The reaction mixture was cooled in an ice bath, and hydrochloric acid (10%, 200 ml) was added. After the extraction with chloroform (300 ml), the organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by
using silica gel and chloroform, and the product was recrystallized from diethyl ether (yield 4.50 g, 80.12%; m.p. 327 K).H atoms were positioned geometrically with C—H = 0.95 and 0.99 Å for aromatic and methylene H atoms, respectively, and constrained to ride on their parent atoms, with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C).
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2007); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2007); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2007); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).C17H14Br2N2 | F(000) = 800 |
Mr = 406.10 | Dx = 1.731 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2yn | Cell parameters from 6957 reflections |
a = 10.5654 (2) Å | θ = 2.3–28.3° |
b = 13.1471 (3) Å | µ = 5.20 mm−1 |
c = 11.6260 (2) Å | T = 100 K |
β = 105.257 (2)° | Block, colorless |
V = 1557.99 (6) Å3 | 0.34 × 0.27 × 0.24 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker Kappa APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3906 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 3344 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.022 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 28.4°, θmin = 2.3° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005) | h = −14→12 |
Tmin = 0.201, Tmax = 0.286 | k = −17→16 |
15409 measured reflections | l = −15→15 |
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)] = 0.023 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.054 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.04 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0246P)2 + 0.8394P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3906 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
190 parameters | Δρmax = 0.52 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.36 e Å−3 |
C17H14Br2N2 | V = 1557.99 (6) Å3 |
Mr = 406.10 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 10.5654 (2) Å | µ = 5.20 mm−1 |
b = 13.1471 (3) Å | T = 100 K |
c = 11.6260 (2) Å | 0.34 × 0.27 × 0.24 mm |
β = 105.257 (2)° |
Bruker Kappa APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3906 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005) | 3344 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.201, Tmax = 0.286 | Rint = 0.022 |
15409 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.023 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.054 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.04 | Δρmax = 0.52 e Å−3 |
3906 reflections | Δρmin = −0.36 e Å−3 |
190 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 | ||
Br1 | 1.00971 (2) | 0.746932 (15) | 0.392293 (17) | 0.02544 (6) | |
Br2 | 0.636774 (19) | 1.287581 (14) | 0.589087 (17) | 0.02193 (6) | |
C1 | 0.6131 (2) | 0.78706 (15) | 0.22924 (16) | 0.0211 (4) | |
H1 | 0.5468 | 0.7526 | 0.1712 | 0.025* | |
C2 | 0.7401 (2) | 0.75033 (15) | 0.26348 (16) | 0.0210 (4) | |
H2 | 0.7622 | 0.6904 | 0.2274 | 0.025* | |
C3 | 0.83635 (18) | 0.80073 (14) | 0.35103 (16) | 0.0190 (4) | |
C4 | 0.81077 (18) | 0.88872 (14) | 0.40557 (15) | 0.0172 (4) | |
H4 | 0.8771 | 0.9213 | 0.4655 | 0.021* | |
C4A | 0.68395 (18) | 0.92805 (13) | 0.36933 (15) | 0.0157 (3) | |
C5 | 0.66897 (18) | 1.09921 (13) | 0.47909 (15) | 0.0160 (3) | |
H5 | 0.7573 | 1.1017 | 0.5261 | 0.019* | |
C5A | 0.62282 (17) | 1.01868 (14) | 0.40085 (14) | 0.0152 (3) | |
C6 | 0.58032 (18) | 1.17500 (14) | 0.48494 (15) | 0.0177 (4) | |
C7 | 0.44886 (19) | 1.17234 (15) | 0.41908 (16) | 0.0196 (4) | |
H7 | 0.3913 | 1.2259 | 0.4268 | 0.024* | |
C8 | 0.40232 (18) | 1.09231 (15) | 0.34294 (16) | 0.0193 (4) | |
H8 | 0.3130 | 1.0893 | 0.2984 | 0.023* | |
C8A | 0.49060 (18) | 1.01611 (14) | 0.33353 (15) | 0.0168 (4) | |
C9A | 0.58570 (18) | 0.87634 (14) | 0.28268 (15) | 0.0175 (4) | |
N9 | 0.46917 (15) | 0.92922 (12) | 0.26366 (13) | 0.0185 (3) | |
N10 | −0.06092 (19) | 0.97527 (16) | −0.28226 (17) | 0.0359 (4) | |
C10 | 0.34532 (18) | 0.90394 (15) | 0.17760 (16) | 0.0208 (4) | |
H10A | 0.2718 | 0.9203 | 0.2125 | 0.025* | |
H10B | 0.3428 | 0.8299 | 0.1615 | 0.025* | |
C11 | 0.32683 (18) | 0.96151 (14) | 0.06050 (16) | 0.0189 (4) | |
H11A | 0.3385 | 1.0353 | 0.0771 | 0.023* | |
H11B | 0.3944 | 0.9395 | 0.0208 | 0.023* | |
C12 | 0.19112 (18) | 0.94248 (15) | −0.02221 (15) | 0.0193 (4) | |
H12A | 0.1235 | 0.9614 | 0.0189 | 0.023* | |
H12B | 0.1810 | 0.8692 | −0.0421 | 0.023* | |
C13 | 0.17058 (19) | 1.00466 (16) | −0.13739 (16) | 0.0234 (4) | |
H13A | 0.1815 | 1.0778 | −0.1169 | 0.028* | |
H13B | 0.2388 | 0.9857 | −0.1778 | 0.028* | |
C14 | 0.0405 (2) | 0.98855 (16) | −0.21986 (17) | 0.0247 (4) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Br1 | 0.02541 (11) | 0.02488 (11) | 0.02659 (10) | 0.00894 (8) | 0.00780 (8) | −0.00022 (8) |
Br2 | 0.02582 (11) | 0.01562 (10) | 0.02420 (10) | −0.00012 (7) | 0.00630 (8) | −0.00316 (7) |
C1 | 0.0282 (10) | 0.0212 (10) | 0.0139 (8) | −0.0040 (8) | 0.0054 (7) | −0.0019 (7) |
C2 | 0.0304 (11) | 0.0171 (9) | 0.0174 (9) | 0.0008 (8) | 0.0096 (8) | −0.0014 (7) |
C3 | 0.0194 (9) | 0.0205 (10) | 0.0184 (9) | 0.0034 (7) | 0.0072 (7) | 0.0033 (7) |
C4 | 0.0198 (9) | 0.0190 (9) | 0.0131 (8) | −0.0001 (7) | 0.0050 (7) | 0.0014 (6) |
C4A | 0.0202 (9) | 0.0164 (9) | 0.0111 (8) | −0.0023 (7) | 0.0051 (7) | 0.0003 (6) |
C5 | 0.0169 (9) | 0.0167 (9) | 0.0145 (8) | −0.0004 (7) | 0.0046 (7) | 0.0019 (6) |
C5A | 0.0165 (9) | 0.0177 (9) | 0.0123 (8) | −0.0001 (7) | 0.0052 (7) | 0.0034 (6) |
C6 | 0.0241 (10) | 0.0140 (9) | 0.0155 (8) | −0.0021 (7) | 0.0059 (7) | −0.0002 (6) |
C7 | 0.0205 (9) | 0.0193 (9) | 0.0204 (9) | 0.0054 (7) | 0.0077 (7) | 0.0052 (7) |
C8 | 0.0167 (9) | 0.0233 (10) | 0.0173 (9) | 0.0010 (7) | 0.0033 (7) | 0.0037 (7) |
C8A | 0.0195 (9) | 0.0182 (9) | 0.0124 (8) | −0.0013 (7) | 0.0036 (7) | 0.0030 (6) |
C9A | 0.0208 (9) | 0.0195 (9) | 0.0129 (8) | −0.0009 (7) | 0.0054 (7) | 0.0019 (6) |
N9 | 0.0186 (8) | 0.0212 (8) | 0.0138 (7) | −0.0016 (6) | 0.0010 (6) | −0.0002 (6) |
N10 | 0.0297 (11) | 0.0438 (12) | 0.0288 (10) | −0.0051 (9) | −0.0018 (8) | 0.0102 (8) |
C10 | 0.0199 (10) | 0.0229 (10) | 0.0177 (9) | −0.0049 (7) | 0.0015 (7) | 0.0004 (7) |
C11 | 0.0192 (9) | 0.0196 (10) | 0.0169 (8) | −0.0014 (7) | 0.0030 (7) | 0.0022 (7) |
C12 | 0.0186 (9) | 0.0216 (10) | 0.0166 (8) | −0.0030 (7) | 0.0029 (7) | 0.0005 (7) |
C13 | 0.0240 (10) | 0.0257 (11) | 0.0184 (9) | −0.0050 (8) | 0.0017 (7) | 0.0035 (7) |
C14 | 0.0279 (11) | 0.0258 (11) | 0.0197 (9) | −0.0012 (8) | 0.0048 (8) | 0.0053 (8) |
Br1—C3 | 1.9033 (19) | C9A—C1 | 1.394 (3) |
Br2—C6 | 1.9059 (18) | C9A—C4A | 1.416 (2) |
C1—H1 | 0.9500 | N9—C8A | 1.385 (2) |
C2—C1 | 1.382 (3) | N9—C9A | 1.380 (2) |
C2—H2 | 0.9500 | N9—C10 | 1.461 (2) |
C3—C2 | 1.402 (3) | N10—C14 | 1.138 (3) |
C4—C3 | 1.380 (3) | C10—H10A | 0.9900 |
C4—H4 | 0.9500 | C10—H10B | 0.9900 |
C4A—C4 | 1.394 (3) | C11—C10 | 1.525 (2) |
C4A—C5A | 1.448 (2) | C11—H11A | 0.9900 |
C5—C5A | 1.397 (2) | C11—H11B | 0.9900 |
C5—H5 | 0.9500 | C12—C11 | 1.522 (3) |
C5A—C8A | 1.411 (3) | C12—H12A | 0.9900 |
C6—C5 | 1.381 (3) | C12—H12B | 0.9900 |
C6—C7 | 1.399 (3) | C13—C12 | 1.535 (2) |
C7—H7 | 0.9500 | C13—H13A | 0.9900 |
C8—C7 | 1.380 (3) | C13—H13B | 0.9900 |
C8—H8 | 0.9500 | C14—C13 | 1.470 (3) |
C8A—C8 | 1.393 (3) | ||
C2—C1—C9A | 117.75 (18) | N9—C8A—C8 | 129.03 (17) |
C2—C1—H1 | 121.1 | C1—C9A—C4A | 121.49 (17) |
C9A—C1—H1 | 121.1 | N9—C9A—C1 | 129.35 (18) |
C1—C2—C3 | 120.53 (17) | N9—C9A—C4A | 109.16 (16) |
C1—C2—H2 | 119.7 | C8A—N9—C10 | 124.59 (16) |
C3—C2—H2 | 119.7 | C9A—N9—C8A | 108.68 (15) |
C2—C3—Br1 | 118.28 (14) | C9A—N9—C10 | 126.55 (16) |
C4—C3—Br1 | 119.19 (15) | N9—C10—C11 | 112.32 (15) |
C4—C3—C2 | 122.51 (18) | N9—C10—H10A | 109.1 |
C3—C4—C4A | 117.46 (17) | N9—C10—H10B | 109.1 |
C3—C4—H4 | 121.3 | C11—C10—H10A | 109.1 |
C4A—C4—H4 | 121.3 | C11—C10—H10B | 109.1 |
C4—C4A—C5A | 133.33 (17) | H10A—C10—H10B | 107.9 |
C4—C4A—C9A | 120.22 (16) | C10—C11—H11A | 109.4 |
C9A—C4A—C5A | 106.44 (16) | C10—C11—H11B | 109.4 |
C5A—C5—H5 | 121.5 | C12—C11—C10 | 111.13 (15) |
C6—C5—C5A | 116.97 (17) | C12—C11—H11A | 109.4 |
C6—C5—H5 | 121.5 | C12—C11—H11B | 109.4 |
C5—C5A—C4A | 133.30 (17) | H11A—C11—H11B | 108.0 |
C5—C5A—C8A | 120.28 (16) | C11—C12—C13 | 110.92 (15) |
C8A—C5A—C4A | 106.41 (16) | C11—C12—H12A | 109.5 |
C5—C6—Br2 | 119.25 (14) | C11—C12—H12B | 109.5 |
C5—C6—C7 | 122.91 (17) | C13—C12—H12A | 109.5 |
C7—C6—Br2 | 117.83 (14) | C13—C12—H12B | 109.5 |
C6—C7—H7 | 119.8 | H12A—C12—H12B | 108.0 |
C8—C7—C6 | 120.35 (17) | C12—C13—H13A | 109.1 |
C8—C7—H7 | 119.8 | C12—C13—H13B | 109.1 |
C7—C8—C8A | 117.78 (17) | C14—C13—C12 | 112.69 (16) |
C7—C8—H8 | 121.1 | C14—C13—H13A | 109.1 |
C8A—C8—H8 | 121.1 | C14—C13—H13B | 109.1 |
C8—C8A—C5A | 121.68 (17) | H13A—C13—H13B | 107.8 |
C1—C9A—C4A | 121.49 (17) | N10—C14—C13 | 178.9 (2) |
N9—C8A—C5A | 109.28 (16) | ||
C3—C2—C1—C9A | 1.4 (3) | N9—C8A—C8—C7 | −179.45 (16) |
Br1—C3—C2—C1 | −179.17 (14) | C5A—C8A—C8—C7 | 1.3 (2) |
C4—C3—C2—C1 | −0.9 (3) | N9—C9A—C1—C2 | 179.02 (17) |
C4A—C4—C3—Br1 | 177.36 (12) | C4A—C9A—C1—C2 | −0.1 (3) |
C4A—C4—C3—C2 | −0.9 (3) | N9—C9A—C4A—C4 | 179.02 (15) |
C5A—C4A—C4—C3 | −176.78 (17) | N9—C9A—C4A—C5A | −1.80 (18) |
C9A—C4A—C4—C3 | 2.1 (2) | C1—C9A—C4A—C4 | −1.7 (3) |
C4—C4A—C5A—C5 | −0.1 (3) | C1—C9A—C4A—C5A | 177.48 (15) |
C4—C4A—C5A—C8A | −179.90 (18) | C9A—N9—C8A—C5A | −1.15 (19) |
C9A—C4A—C5A—C5 | −179.15 (17) | C9A—N9—C8A—C8 | 179.49 (17) |
C9A—C4A—C5A—C8A | 1.08 (18) | C10—N9—C8A—C5A | −176.60 (15) |
C6—C5—C5A—C4A | 179.22 (17) | C10—N9—C8A—C8 | 4.0 (3) |
C6—C5—C5A—C8A | −1.0 (2) | C8A—N9—C9A—C1 | −177.36 (17) |
C4A—C5A—C8A—N9 | 0.02 (18) | C8A—N9—C9A—C4A | 1.85 (19) |
C4A—C5A—C8A—C8 | 179.44 (15) | C10—N9—C9A—C1 | −2.0 (3) |
C5—C5A—C8A—N9 | −179.80 (14) | C10—N9—C9A—C4A | 177.18 (15) |
C5—C5A—C8A—C8 | −0.4 (2) | C8A—N9—C10—C11 | 79.5 (2) |
Br2—C6—C5—C5A | −179.64 (12) | C9A—N9—C10—C11 | −95.1 (2) |
C7—C6—C5—C5A | 1.6 (2) | C12—C11—C10—N9 | −173.89 (15) |
Br2—C6—C7—C8 | −179.52 (13) | C13—C12—C11—C10 | 177.23 (16) |
C5—C6—C7—C8 | −0.7 (3) | C14—C13—C12—C11 | −179.95 (17) |
C8A—C8—C7—C6 | −0.7 (3) |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C17H14Br2N2 |
Mr | 406.10 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/n |
Temperature (K) | 100 |
a, b, c (Å) | 10.5654 (2), 13.1471 (3), 11.6260 (2) |
β (°) | 105.257 (2) |
V (Å3) | 1557.99 (6) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 5.20 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.34 × 0.27 × 0.24 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker Kappa APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.201, 0.286 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 15409, 3906, 3344 |
Rint | 0.022 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.669 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.023, 0.054, 1.04 |
No. of reflections | 3906 |
No. of parameters | 190 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.52, −0.36 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2007), SAINT (Bruker, 2007), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997), WinGX (Farrugia, 1999) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Acknowledgements
The authors are indebted to Anadolu University and the Medicinal Plants and Medicine Research Centre of Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey, for the use of X-ray diffractometer. This work was supported financially by the Turkish Scientific Research Council (grant No. TUBITAK-105 T516).
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Tetrahydrocarbazole systems are present in the framework of a number of indole-type alkaloids of biological interest (Saxton, 1983). The structures of tricyclic, tetracyclic and pentacyclic ring systems with dithiolane and other substituents of the tetrahydrocarbazole core, have been reported previously (Patır et al., 1997; Hökelek & Patır, 1999). Substituted carbazole based monomers exhibit good electroactive and photoactive properties which make them the most promising candidates for hole transporting mobility of charge carriers (Cloutet et al., 1999) and photoluminescence efficiencies (Wei et al., 2006). Carbazole based heterocyclic polymer systems can be chemically or electrochemically polymerized to yield materials with interesting properties with a number of applications, such as electroluminescent (Tirapattur et al., 2003), photoactive devices (Taoudi et al., 2001), sensors and rechargable batteries (Saraswathi et al., 1999) and electrochromic displays (Sarac et al., 2000). The title compound, (I), may be considered as a synthetic precursor of tetracyclic indole alkaloids of biological interests. The present study was undertaken to ascertain its crystal structure.
The title compound consists of a carbazole skeleton with a pentanenitrile group (Fig. 1), where the bond lengths and angles are within normal ranges, and generally agree with those in the previously reported compounds. In all structures atom N9 is substituted.
An examination of the deviations from the least-squares planes through individual rings shows that rings A (C1—C4/C4a/C9a), B (C4a/C5a/C8a/N9/C9a) and C (C5a/C5—C8/C8a) are planar. The carbazole skeleton, containing the rings A, B and C is also nearly coplanar [with a maximum deviation of 0.055 (2) Å for atom C2] with dihedral angles of A/B = 2.10 (6), A/C = 2.79 (5) and B/C = 0.69 (5) °. Atoms Br1, C10 and Br2 displaced by 0.0476 (2), 0.062 (2) and 0.0052 (2) Å from the corresponding planes of the carbazole skeleton.
In the crystal structure, molecules are alongated along the b axis and stacked nearly parallel to (101) (Fig. 2). The π···π contacts between the pyrrole and benzene rings and the benzene rings, Cg2—Cg3i and Cg3···Cg3i [symmetry code: (i) -x, 1 - y, -z, where Cg1, Cg2 and Cg3 are centroids of the rings A (C1—C4/C4a/C9a), B (C4a/C5a/C8a/N9/C9a) and C (C5a/C5—C8/C8a), respectively] may stabilize the structure, with centroid-centroid distances of 3.548 (1) and 3.4769 (11) Å, respectively.