organic compounds
(E)-1-(4-Aminophenyl)-3-(pyridin-3-yl)prop-2-en-1-one
aCrystal Materials Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand, bExcellence Center, Mae Fah Luang University, Thasud, Muang, Chaing Rai 57100, Thailand, and cX-ray Crystallography Unit, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia
*Correspondence e-mail: suchada.c@psu.ac.th
The title chalcone derivative, C14H12N2O, consists of 4-aminophenyl and pyridine rings bridged by a prop-2-en-1-one unit and exists in a trans configuration with respect to the C=C double bond. The molecule is slightly twisted with a dihedral angle of 29.38 (7)° between the benzene and pyridine rings. The prop-2-en-1-one bridge is nearly planar with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.0384 (1) Å and makes dihedral angles of 15.40 (9) and 16.30 (9)°, respectively, with the benzene and pyridine rings. In the crystal, molecules are linked by N—H⋯N and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds into a layer parallel to the ab plane. A π–π interaction with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.6946 (10) Å is also observed.
Related literature
For bond-length data, see: Allen et al. (1987). For a related structure, see: Horkaew et al. (2010). For background to and applications of see: Gaber et al. (2008); Ávila et al. (2008); Mei et al. (2001); Ohad et al. (2004); Patil et al. (2007); Svetlichny et al. (2007); Tewtrakul et al. (2003); Wu et al. (2006); Xu et al. (2005). For the stability of the temperature controller used in the data collection, see Cosier & Glazer (1986).
Experimental
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/S1600536811023634/is2731sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811023634/is2731Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811023634/is2731Isup3.cml
The title compound was synthesized by condensation of 4-aminoacetophenone (0.40 g, 3 mmol) with 3-pyridinecarboxaldehyde (0.18 ml, 3 mmol) in ethanol (15 ml) in the presence of 10% NaOH (aq) (5 ml). After stirring for 2 hr at room temperature, the resulting yellow solid was collected by filtration, washed with distilled diethyl ether, dried and purified by repeated recrysallization from acetone. Yellow block-shaped single crystals of the title compound suitable for x-ray
were recrystalized from methanol by the slow evaporation of the solvent at room temperature after several days, Mp. 453-454 K.All H atoms were located in a difference Fourier map and refined isotropically. The highest residual electron density peak is located at 0.74 Å from C8 and the deepest hole is located at 1.35 Å from C14.
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).C14H12N2O | Dx = 1.365 Mg m−3 |
Mr = 224.26 | Melting point = 453–454 K |
Orthorhombic, Pbca | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 3177 reflections |
a = 12.0046 (12) Å | θ = 2.5–30.0° |
b = 7.9329 (9) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
c = 22.925 (3) Å | T = 100 K |
V = 2183.2 (4) Å3 | Block, yellow |
Z = 8 | 0.52 × 0.32 × 0.18 mm |
F(000) = 944 |
Bruker APEX DUO CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3177 independent reflections |
Radiation source: sealed tube | 2433 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.043 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 30.0°, θmin = 2.5° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) | h = −16→14 |
Tmin = 0.956, Tmax = 0.985 | k = −11→10 |
12726 measured reflections | l = −32→23 |
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)] = 0.048 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.132 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.03 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0702P)2 + 0.5761P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3177 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
202 parameters | Δρmax = 0.37 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.18 e Å−3 |
C14H12N2O | V = 2183.2 (4) Å3 |
Mr = 224.26 | Z = 8 |
Orthorhombic, Pbca | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 12.0046 (12) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
b = 7.9329 (9) Å | T = 100 K |
c = 22.925 (3) Å | 0.52 × 0.32 × 0.18 mm |
Bruker APEX DUO CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3177 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) | 2433 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.956, Tmax = 0.985 | Rint = 0.043 |
12726 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.048 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.132 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.03 | Δρmax = 0.37 e Å−3 |
3177 reflections | Δρmin = −0.18 e Å−3 |
202 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 | 0.87481 (8) | −0.00829 (13) | 0.62116 (4) | 0.0274 (2) | |
N1 | 0.88749 (10) | −0.40307 (16) | 0.86417 (5) | 0.0262 (3) | |
H1N1 | 0.9537 (17) | −0.447 (3) | 0.8695 (9) | 0.037 (5)* | |
H2N1 | 0.8278 (17) | −0.431 (3) | 0.8878 (9) | 0.043 (5)* | |
N2 | 0.34284 (10) | 0.06758 (18) | 0.57106 (5) | 0.0317 (3) | |
C1 | 0.82037 (9) | −0.14511 (16) | 0.70829 (6) | 0.0195 (3) | |
C2 | 0.92774 (10) | −0.20798 (16) | 0.72041 (6) | 0.0210 (3) | |
H2A | 0.9864 (14) | −0.193 (2) | 0.6922 (7) | 0.023 (4)* | |
C3 | 0.95058 (10) | −0.29288 (16) | 0.77139 (6) | 0.0214 (3) | |
H3A | 1.0254 (14) | −0.340 (2) | 0.7786 (7) | 0.029 (4)* | |
C4 | 0.86642 (10) | −0.31820 (17) | 0.81357 (6) | 0.0208 (3) | |
C5 | 0.75956 (10) | −0.25227 (18) | 0.80220 (6) | 0.0234 (3) | |
H5A | 0.7024 (17) | −0.265 (3) | 0.8321 (9) | 0.045 (5)* | |
C6 | 0.73797 (10) | −0.16943 (17) | 0.75074 (6) | 0.0214 (3) | |
H6A | 0.6624 (14) | −0.121 (2) | 0.7442 (7) | 0.025 (4)* | |
C7 | 0.79831 (10) | −0.05897 (16) | 0.65285 (6) | 0.0205 (3) | |
C8 | 0.68037 (10) | −0.03488 (18) | 0.63425 (6) | 0.0226 (3) | |
H8A | 0.6213 (16) | −0.097 (3) | 0.6564 (9) | 0.042 (5)* | |
C9 | 0.65435 (10) | 0.06655 (17) | 0.58997 (6) | 0.0232 (3) | |
H9A | 0.7163 (14) | 0.126 (2) | 0.5705 (7) | 0.031 (4)* | |
C10 | 0.54235 (10) | 0.10884 (17) | 0.56899 (6) | 0.0219 (3) | |
C11 | 0.52786 (11) | 0.2397 (2) | 0.52922 (6) | 0.0284 (3) | |
H11A | 0.5968 (15) | 0.303 (2) | 0.5147 (8) | 0.030 (4)* | |
C12 | 0.42183 (12) | 0.2841 (2) | 0.51084 (7) | 0.0313 (3) | |
H12A | 0.4105 (16) | 0.374 (3) | 0.4827 (9) | 0.040 (5)* | |
C13 | 0.33284 (12) | 0.1966 (2) | 0.53375 (7) | 0.0313 (3) | |
H13A | 0.2553 (16) | 0.229 (2) | 0.5245 (8) | 0.041 (5)* | |
C14 | 0.44619 (11) | 0.0255 (2) | 0.58784 (6) | 0.0267 (3) | |
H14A | 0.4500 (15) | −0.070 (3) | 0.6168 (8) | 0.034 (5)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0178 (4) | 0.0354 (6) | 0.0292 (5) | −0.0004 (4) | 0.0009 (4) | 0.0037 (4) |
N1 | 0.0177 (5) | 0.0342 (7) | 0.0267 (6) | 0.0028 (4) | −0.0018 (4) | 0.0020 (5) |
N2 | 0.0186 (5) | 0.0466 (8) | 0.0299 (6) | −0.0020 (5) | −0.0015 (5) | 0.0051 (5) |
C1 | 0.0148 (5) | 0.0193 (6) | 0.0245 (6) | 0.0002 (4) | −0.0024 (4) | −0.0034 (5) |
C2 | 0.0143 (5) | 0.0216 (6) | 0.0271 (6) | −0.0001 (4) | 0.0004 (5) | −0.0027 (5) |
C3 | 0.0135 (5) | 0.0219 (6) | 0.0286 (7) | 0.0010 (4) | −0.0020 (4) | −0.0031 (5) |
C4 | 0.0169 (5) | 0.0219 (6) | 0.0237 (6) | 0.0004 (4) | −0.0026 (4) | −0.0043 (5) |
C5 | 0.0156 (5) | 0.0296 (7) | 0.0248 (6) | 0.0029 (5) | 0.0011 (5) | −0.0027 (5) |
C6 | 0.0142 (5) | 0.0243 (6) | 0.0255 (6) | 0.0023 (4) | −0.0015 (4) | −0.0051 (5) |
C7 | 0.0158 (5) | 0.0210 (6) | 0.0246 (6) | 0.0004 (4) | −0.0013 (4) | −0.0038 (5) |
C8 | 0.0159 (5) | 0.0263 (7) | 0.0257 (6) | −0.0015 (5) | −0.0013 (5) | −0.0001 (5) |
C9 | 0.0162 (5) | 0.0267 (7) | 0.0267 (6) | 0.0002 (5) | 0.0014 (5) | −0.0009 (5) |
C10 | 0.0186 (6) | 0.0265 (7) | 0.0205 (6) | 0.0019 (4) | −0.0003 (4) | −0.0019 (5) |
C11 | 0.0214 (6) | 0.0339 (8) | 0.0298 (7) | 0.0001 (5) | 0.0019 (5) | 0.0049 (6) |
C12 | 0.0264 (7) | 0.0358 (8) | 0.0316 (7) | 0.0036 (5) | −0.0038 (6) | 0.0071 (6) |
C13 | 0.0210 (6) | 0.0440 (9) | 0.0290 (7) | 0.0039 (6) | −0.0043 (5) | 0.0027 (6) |
C14 | 0.0190 (6) | 0.0348 (8) | 0.0262 (7) | −0.0019 (5) | −0.0015 (5) | 0.0039 (6) |
O1—C7 | 1.2381 (16) | C5—H5A | 0.97 (2) |
N1—C4 | 1.3649 (18) | C6—H6A | 0.996 (17) |
N1—H1N1 | 0.88 (2) | C7—C8 | 1.4909 (17) |
N1—H2N1 | 0.93 (2) | C8—C9 | 1.332 (2) |
N2—C13 | 1.339 (2) | C8—H8A | 1.00 (2) |
N2—C14 | 1.3410 (17) | C9—C10 | 1.4668 (17) |
C1—C6 | 1.4011 (18) | C9—H9A | 0.986 (18) |
C1—C2 | 1.4097 (16) | C10—C11 | 1.392 (2) |
C1—C7 | 1.4671 (18) | C10—C14 | 1.3986 (19) |
C2—C3 | 1.3767 (19) | C11—C12 | 1.3864 (19) |
C2—H2A | 0.963 (16) | C11—H11A | 1.023 (18) |
C3—C4 | 1.4127 (18) | C12—C13 | 1.378 (2) |
C3—H3A | 0.988 (17) | C12—H12A | 0.97 (2) |
C4—C5 | 1.4097 (17) | C13—H13A | 0.99 (2) |
C5—C6 | 1.3749 (19) | C14—H14A | 1.01 (2) |
C4—N1—H1N1 | 118.9 (13) | O1—C7—C8 | 119.67 (12) |
C4—N1—H2N1 | 118.2 (12) | C1—C7—C8 | 118.61 (11) |
H1N1—N1—H2N1 | 121.7 (19) | C9—C8—C7 | 121.19 (12) |
C13—N2—C14 | 117.14 (13) | C9—C8—H8A | 121.1 (11) |
C6—C1—C2 | 117.38 (12) | C7—C8—H8A | 117.8 (11) |
C6—C1—C7 | 122.58 (11) | C8—C9—C10 | 127.07 (12) |
C2—C1—C7 | 120.04 (11) | C8—C9—H9A | 117.1 (10) |
C3—C2—C1 | 121.50 (12) | C10—C9—H9A | 115.8 (10) |
C3—C2—H2A | 119.0 (10) | C11—C10—C14 | 116.83 (12) |
C1—C2—H2A | 119.5 (10) | C11—C10—C9 | 119.98 (12) |
C2—C3—C4 | 120.55 (11) | C14—C10—C9 | 123.18 (12) |
C2—C3—H3A | 120.7 (10) | C12—C11—C10 | 120.21 (13) |
C4—C3—H3A | 118.8 (10) | C12—C11—H11A | 121.3 (10) |
N1—C4—C5 | 120.58 (12) | C10—C11—H11A | 118.5 (10) |
N1—C4—C3 | 121.28 (11) | C13—C12—C11 | 117.90 (14) |
C5—C4—C3 | 118.13 (12) | C13—C12—H12A | 121.0 (12) |
C6—C5—C4 | 120.50 (12) | C11—C12—H12A | 121.1 (12) |
C6—C5—H5A | 121.3 (12) | N2—C13—C12 | 123.98 (13) |
C4—C5—H5A | 118.2 (12) | N2—C13—H13A | 115.0 (11) |
C5—C6—C1 | 121.92 (11) | C12—C13—H13A | 121.0 (11) |
C5—C6—H6A | 119.0 (10) | N2—C14—C10 | 123.89 (14) |
C1—C6—H6A | 119.0 (10) | N2—C14—H14A | 114.7 (10) |
O1—C7—C1 | 121.71 (11) | C10—C14—H14A | 121.4 (10) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 1.23 (18) | O1—C7—C8—C9 | −12.5 (2) |
C7—C1—C2—C3 | −178.45 (12) | C1—C7—C8—C9 | 168.37 (12) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −0.56 (19) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | −176.57 (13) |
C2—C3—C4—N1 | 179.56 (12) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | 168.40 (14) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.85 (19) | C8—C9—C10—C14 | −10.3 (2) |
N1—C4—C5—C6 | −178.84 (13) | C14—C10—C11—C12 | 1.1 (2) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 1.57 (19) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −177.71 (14) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | −0.9 (2) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 0.9 (2) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | −0.50 (19) | C14—N2—C13—C12 | 1.8 (2) |
C7—C1—C6—C5 | 179.18 (12) | C11—C12—C13—N2 | −2.5 (2) |
C6—C1—C7—O1 | 165.18 (12) | C13—N2—C14—C10 | 0.5 (2) |
C2—C1—C7—O1 | −15.15 (19) | C11—C10—C14—N2 | −1.9 (2) |
C6—C1—C7—C8 | −15.74 (19) | C9—C10—C14—N2 | 176.92 (14) |
C2—C1—C7—C8 | 163.92 (12) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N1···O1i | 0.88 (2) | 2.13 (2) | 2.9920 (16) | 170 (2) |
N1—H2N1···N2ii | 0.93 (2) | 2.26 (2) | 3.1471 (17) | 161.7 (19) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, y−1/2, −z+3/2; (ii) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+3/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C14H12N2O |
Mr | 224.26 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, Pbca |
Temperature (K) | 100 |
a, b, c (Å) | 12.0046 (12), 7.9329 (9), 22.925 (3) |
V (Å3) | 2183.2 (4) |
Z | 8 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.09 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.52 × 0.32 × 0.18 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEX DUO CCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.956, 0.985 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 12726, 3177, 2433 |
Rint | 0.043 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.703 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.048, 0.132, 1.03 |
No. of reflections | 3177 |
No. of parameters | 202 |
H-atom treatment | All H-atom parameters refined |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.37, −0.18 |
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 |
N1—H1N1···O1i | 0.88 (2) | 2.13 (2) | 2.9920 (16) | 170 (2) |
N1—H2N1···N2ii | 0.93 (2) | 2.26 (2) | 3.1471 (17) | 161.7 (19) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, y−1/2, −z+3/2; (ii) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+3/2. |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the Thailand Research Fund (TRF) for a research grant (RSA 5280033) and the Prince of Songkla University for financial support. The authors also thank Universiti Sains Malaysia for the Research University Grant No. 1001/PFIZIK/811160.
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Chalcones are 1,3-diaryl-2-propen-1-ones which can be obtained from both synthetic and natural sources. They have a wide variety of biological activities such as antimalarial (Mei et al., 2001), HIV-1 protease inhibitory (Tewtrakul et al., 2003), antityrosinase (Ohad et al., 2004), antibacterial (Ávila et al., 2008) and antiplasmodial (Wu et al., 2006) properties. Moreover, chalcones have also been studied for non-linear optical (NLO) (Patil et al., 2007) and fluorescent materials (Gaber et al., 2008). These compounds have also been used for sensor, liquid crystal display and fluorescence probe for sensing of DNA or proteins (Svetlichny et al., 2007; Xu et al., 2005). These interesting properties has lead us to synthesize the title compound (I), which contains the amino and pyridine groups in order to study its bioactivity and fluorescent properties. Our results show that (I) was inactive for antibacterial and tyrosinase inhibitory activities. However (I) exhibits weak fluorescence with the maximum emission at 437 nm when was excited at 310 nm. Herein the crystal structure of (I) is reported.
The molecule of the title chalcone derivative (Fig. 1), C14H12N2O, exists in a E configuration with respect to the C8═C9 ethenyl bond [1.332 (2) Å] and the torsion angle C7–C8–C9–C10 = -176.57 (13)°. The molecule is twisted with a dihedral angle between the phenyl and pyridine rings being 29.38 (7)°. The prop-2-en-1-one unit (C7-C9/O1) is nearly planar [r.m.s. of 0.0384 (1) Å] and the torsion angle O1–C7–C8–C9 being -12.5 (2)°. This middle bridge makes the dihedral angles of 15.40 (9) and 16.30 (9)° with the phenyl and pyridine rings, respectively. The bond distances are of normal values (Allen et al., 1987) and are comparable with the related structure (Horkaew et al., 2010).
In the crystal packing, the molecules are linked by N—H···N and N—H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1) into sheets parallel to the ab plane (Fig. 2). A π–π interaction with a Cg1···Cg1 distance of 3.6946 (10) Å is observed in the crystal; Cg1 is the centroid of the C10–C14/N1 ring. In addition C···C [3.3505 (19) Å; symmetry code 3/2-x, 1/2+y, z and 3.3776 (19) Å: symmetry code 3/2-x, -1/2+y, z], C···O [3.1312 (18) Å; symmetry code 3/2-x, -1/2+y, z] and N···O [2.9920 (16) Å; symmetry code 2-x,1/2+y,3/2-z] short contacts are also observed.