organic compounds
1,3-Bis[(−)-(S)-(1-phenylethyl)iminomethyl]benzene
aDEP Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UANL, Guerrero y Progreso S/N, Col. Treviño, 64570 Monterrey, N.L., Mexico, bFacultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F. 04510, Mexico, and cLaboratorio de Síntesis de Complejos, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, A.P. 1067, 72001 Puebla, Pue., Mexico
*Correspondence e-mail: sylvain_bernes@Hotmail.com
The title compound, C24H24N2, is an enantiomerically pure bis-aldimine, which displays twofold with two C atoms of the central benzene ring lying on the symmetry axis. The imine group is slightly twisted from the benzene core, with a dihedral angle of 12.72 (16)° between the benzene ring and the C=N—C* plane. The terminal phenyl rings make an angle of 66.44 (4)° and are oriented in opposite directions with respect to the benzene ring. In the crystal, molecules interact weakly through a C—H⋯π interaction involving the phenyl rings, and form chains along the 21 screw-axis in the [100] direction.
Related literature
For the structure of the analogous molecule with naphthyl in place of phenyl, see: Espinosa Leija et al. (2009). For the structure of the isoformular molecule with a 1,4-disubstituted benzene ring, see: García et al. (2010). For the Pd(II) and Pt(II) coordination complexes formed using the title ligand, see: Fossey et al. (2007). For background to the synthesis carried out in solvent-free conditions, see: Tanaka & Toda (2000); Jeon et al. (2005).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection
Refinement
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Data collection: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); cell CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); data reduction: CrysAlis RED; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536811021556/lr2012sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811021556/lr2012Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811021556/lr2012Isup3.mol
Under solvent-free conditions, (S)-(–)-1-phenylethylamine (0.45 g, 3.72 mmol) and benzene-1,3-dicarboxaldehyde (0.25 g, 1.86 mmol) in a 2:1 molar ratio were mixed at room temperature, obtaining a white solid. The crude was recrystallized twice from CH2Cl2, affording colorless crystals of the title compound. Yield: 92%; m.p. 80–82 °C. Analysis: [α]25D = -71.4 (c=1, CHCl3). FT—IR (KBr): 1645 cm-1 (C=N). 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3/TMS) δ = 1.58 (d, 6H, CHCH3), 4.53 (q, 2H, CH), 7.22–8.11 (m, 14H, Ar—CH), 8.36 (s, 2H, HC=N). 13C-NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3/TMS) δ = 24.7 (CCH3), 69.6 (CHCH3), 126.5 (Ar), 126.8 (Ar), 128.2 (Ar), 128.3 (Ar), 128.7 (Ar), 130.0 (Ar), 136.6 (Ar), 144.8 (Ar), 158.9 (HC=N). MS—EI: m/z= 340 (M+).
All H atoms were found in a difference map and refined with free coordinates and isotropic displacement parameters fixed to Uiso = 1.2Ueq(carrier C atom). C—H bond lengths are in the range 0.92 (2)–1.023 (18) Å. The
at C7 was assigned from the known configuration of the chiral amine used as starting material, and measured Friedel pairs (775) were merged.Data collection: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); cell
CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); data reduction: CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006)'; software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).C24H24N2 | Dx = 1.149 Mg m−3 |
Mr = 340.45 | Melting point: 353 K |
Orthorhombic, P21212 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2 2ab | Cell parameters from 4133 reflections |
a = 21.1309 (7) Å | θ = 3.6–26.0° |
b = 5.6572 (2) Å | µ = 0.07 mm−1 |
c = 8.2290 (3) Å | T = 130 K |
V = 983.71 (6) Å3 | Prism, colourless |
Z = 2 | 0.33 × 0.26 × 0.14 mm |
F(000) = 364 |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur Atlas Gemini diffractometer | 1161 independent reflections |
Radiation source: Enhance (Mo) X-ray Source | 1027 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.025 |
Detector resolution: 10.4685 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 26.0°, θmin = 3.7° |
ω scans | h = −26→24 |
Absorption correction: analytical [CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009) based on expressions derived by Clark & Reid (1995)] | k = −6→6 |
Tmin = 0.980, Tmax = 0.991 | l = −10→9 |
6971 measured reflections |
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)] = 0.029 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.073 | Only H-atom coordinates refined |
S = 1.06 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0497P)2 + 0.0095P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
1161 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
154 parameters | Δρmax = 0.09 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.17 e Å−3 |
0 constraints |
C24H24N2 | V = 983.71 (6) Å3 |
Mr = 340.45 | Z = 2 |
Orthorhombic, P21212 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 21.1309 (7) Å | µ = 0.07 mm−1 |
b = 5.6572 (2) Å | T = 130 K |
c = 8.2290 (3) Å | 0.33 × 0.26 × 0.14 mm |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur Atlas Gemini diffractometer | 1161 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: analytical [CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009) based on expressions derived by Clark & Reid (1995)] | 1027 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.980, Tmax = 0.991 | Rint = 0.025 |
6971 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.029 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.073 | Only H-atom coordinates refined |
S = 1.06 | Δρmax = 0.09 e Å−3 |
1161 reflections | Δρmin = −0.17 e Å−3 |
154 parameters |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
N1 | 0.08171 (5) | 0.8507 (2) | 0.09804 (15) | 0.0334 (3) | |
C1 | 0.18464 (7) | 0.9616 (3) | 0.20948 (18) | 0.0320 (3) | |
C2 | 0.19358 (8) | 0.7590 (3) | 0.3015 (2) | 0.0444 (4) | |
H2 | 0.1570 (9) | 0.669 (3) | 0.330 (2) | 0.053* | |
C3 | 0.25402 (9) | 0.6851 (3) | 0.3437 (2) | 0.0517 (5) | |
H3 | 0.2581 (9) | 0.549 (4) | 0.405 (3) | 0.062* | |
C4 | 0.30581 (8) | 0.8153 (4) | 0.2952 (2) | 0.0504 (5) | |
H4 | 0.3488 (10) | 0.765 (4) | 0.326 (2) | 0.060* | |
C5 | 0.29724 (8) | 1.0147 (4) | 0.2039 (2) | 0.0543 (5) | |
H5 | 0.3325 (10) | 1.099 (4) | 0.164 (3) | 0.065* | |
C6 | 0.23701 (8) | 1.0880 (3) | 0.1605 (2) | 0.0420 (4) | |
H6 | 0.2300 (8) | 1.226 (4) | 0.100 (2) | 0.050* | |
C7 | 0.11876 (7) | 1.0481 (3) | 0.16569 (19) | 0.0346 (4) | |
H7 | 0.1234 (8) | 1.176 (3) | 0.0885 (19) | 0.042* | |
C8 | 0.06895 (6) | 0.8605 (3) | −0.05179 (18) | 0.0320 (4) | |
H8 | 0.0837 (7) | 0.997 (3) | −0.1224 (19) | 0.038* | |
C9 | 0.03271 (6) | 0.6758 (3) | −0.13695 (17) | 0.0313 (3) | |
C10 | 0.0000 | 0.5000 | −0.0535 (2) | 0.0299 (5) | |
H10 | 0.0000 | 0.5000 | 0.068 (3) | 0.036* | |
C11 | 0.0000 | 0.5000 | −0.3906 (3) | 0.0441 (6) | |
H11 | 0.0000 | 0.5000 | −0.506 (3) | 0.053* | |
C12 | 0.03173 (7) | 0.6752 (3) | −0.30697 (18) | 0.0398 (4) | |
H12 | 0.0545 (8) | 0.797 (3) | −0.363 (2) | 0.048* | |
C13 | 0.08354 (8) | 1.1472 (3) | 0.3116 (2) | 0.0427 (4) | |
H13A | 0.1078 (8) | 1.284 (4) | 0.365 (2) | 0.051* | |
H13B | 0.0793 (9) | 1.021 (4) | 0.393 (2) | 0.051* | |
H13C | 0.0397 (9) | 1.208 (3) | 0.279 (2) | 0.051* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
N1 | 0.0258 (6) | 0.0373 (7) | 0.0370 (7) | −0.0034 (5) | 0.0025 (5) | 0.0064 (6) |
C1 | 0.0324 (8) | 0.0313 (7) | 0.0325 (7) | −0.0046 (6) | 0.0019 (6) | −0.0027 (7) |
C2 | 0.0393 (9) | 0.0360 (8) | 0.0580 (11) | −0.0068 (7) | −0.0027 (8) | 0.0085 (8) |
C3 | 0.0564 (10) | 0.0411 (10) | 0.0578 (11) | 0.0074 (9) | −0.0127 (9) | 0.0024 (9) |
C4 | 0.0371 (9) | 0.0653 (12) | 0.0489 (10) | 0.0111 (9) | −0.0053 (8) | −0.0156 (10) |
C5 | 0.0322 (9) | 0.0736 (13) | 0.0571 (11) | −0.0111 (9) | 0.0038 (8) | 0.0015 (11) |
C6 | 0.0361 (9) | 0.0460 (10) | 0.0440 (9) | −0.0079 (7) | 0.0035 (7) | 0.0063 (8) |
C7 | 0.0322 (8) | 0.0310 (7) | 0.0407 (8) | −0.0052 (7) | 0.0028 (7) | 0.0081 (7) |
C8 | 0.0252 (7) | 0.0355 (8) | 0.0351 (8) | 0.0052 (6) | 0.0063 (6) | 0.0079 (7) |
C9 | 0.0233 (6) | 0.0406 (8) | 0.0301 (7) | 0.0105 (7) | 0.0020 (6) | 0.0036 (7) |
C10 | 0.0216 (9) | 0.0413 (12) | 0.0268 (10) | 0.0084 (9) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
C11 | 0.0454 (13) | 0.0633 (16) | 0.0236 (11) | 0.0175 (12) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
C12 | 0.0347 (8) | 0.0520 (10) | 0.0326 (8) | 0.0119 (8) | 0.0048 (7) | 0.0090 (8) |
C13 | 0.0360 (8) | 0.0424 (9) | 0.0496 (10) | −0.0023 (8) | 0.0046 (8) | −0.0012 (9) |
N1—C8 | 1.2633 (19) | C7—H7 | 0.967 (17) |
N1—C7 | 1.4727 (19) | C8—C9 | 1.473 (2) |
C1—C6 | 1.378 (2) | C8—H8 | 1.014 (18) |
C1—C2 | 1.387 (2) | C9—C10 | 1.3920 (17) |
C1—C7 | 1.519 (2) | C9—C12 | 1.399 (2) |
C2—C3 | 1.388 (2) | C10—C9i | 1.3920 (17) |
C2—H2 | 0.96 (2) | C10—H10 | 1.00 (2) |
C3—C4 | 1.378 (3) | C11—C12i | 1.380 (2) |
C3—H3 | 0.92 (2) | C11—C12 | 1.380 (2) |
C4—C5 | 1.367 (3) | C11—H11 | 0.95 (2) |
C4—H4 | 0.98 (2) | C12—H12 | 0.959 (19) |
C5—C6 | 1.385 (2) | C13—H13A | 1.02 (2) |
C5—H5 | 0.94 (2) | C13—H13B | 0.98 (2) |
C6—H6 | 0.94 (2) | C13—H13C | 1.023 (18) |
C7—C13 | 1.520 (2) | ||
C8—N1—C7 | 116.69 (13) | C1—C7—H7 | 107.7 (10) |
C6—C1—C2 | 118.64 (15) | C13—C7—H7 | 107.0 (9) |
C6—C1—C7 | 119.96 (14) | N1—C8—C9 | 122.96 (14) |
C2—C1—C7 | 121.38 (13) | N1—C8—H8 | 121.8 (9) |
C1—C2—C3 | 120.71 (17) | C9—C8—H8 | 115.3 (9) |
C1—C2—H2 | 117.7 (12) | C10—C9—C12 | 118.95 (16) |
C3—C2—H2 | 121.5 (11) | C10—C9—C8 | 122.03 (13) |
C4—C3—C2 | 119.84 (17) | C12—C9—C8 | 119.01 (15) |
C4—C3—H3 | 121.9 (12) | C9—C10—C9i | 120.90 (18) |
C2—C3—H3 | 118.2 (12) | C9—C10—H10 | 119.55 (9) |
C5—C4—C3 | 119.65 (16) | C9i—C10—H10 | 119.55 (9) |
C5—C4—H4 | 120.0 (12) | C12i—C11—C12 | 120.2 (2) |
C3—C4—H4 | 120.4 (12) | C12i—C11—H11 | 119.90 (10) |
C4—C5—C6 | 120.69 (17) | C12—C11—H11 | 119.90 (10) |
C4—C5—H5 | 120.4 (12) | C11—C12—C9 | 120.48 (17) |
C6—C5—H5 | 118.8 (12) | C11—C12—H12 | 121.4 (11) |
C1—C6—C5 | 120.45 (16) | C9—C12—H12 | 118.1 (11) |
C1—C6—H6 | 117.4 (11) | C7—C13—H13A | 111.8 (10) |
C5—C6—H6 | 122.1 (11) | C7—C13—H13B | 108.4 (11) |
N1—C7—C1 | 109.44 (12) | H13A—C13—H13B | 107.4 (14) |
N1—C7—C13 | 108.55 (12) | C7—C13—H13C | 111.2 (9) |
C1—C7—C13 | 112.35 (13) | H13A—C13—H13C | 108.1 (13) |
N1—C7—H7 | 111.8 (10) | H13B—C13—H13C | 109.8 (15) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 0.1 (2) | C2—C1—C7—N1 | −49.69 (19) |
C7—C1—C2—C3 | −178.53 (16) | C6—C1—C7—C13 | −107.63 (17) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.6 (3) | C2—C1—C7—C13 | 70.97 (19) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.9 (3) | C7—N1—C8—C9 | 179.55 (12) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.4 (3) | N1—C8—C9—C10 | 12.2 (2) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | −0.6 (2) | N1—C8—C9—C12 | −167.04 (14) |
C7—C1—C6—C5 | 178.06 (16) | C12—C9—C10—C9i | 0.71 (10) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | 0.3 (3) | C8—C9—C10—C9i | −178.53 (14) |
C8—N1—C7—C1 | −110.27 (15) | C12i—C11—C12—C9 | 0.73 (10) |
C8—N1—C7—C13 | 126.80 (15) | C10—C9—C12—C11 | −1.4 (2) |
C6—C1—C7—N1 | 131.72 (14) | C8—C9—C12—C11 | 177.83 (10) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, −y+1, z. |
Cg is the centroid of the C1–C6 ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C3—H3···Cgii | 0.92 (2) | 2.97 (2) | 3.7265 (18) | 140.7 (18) |
Symmetry code: (ii) −x+1/2, y−1/2, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C24H24N2 |
Mr | 340.45 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, P21212 |
Temperature (K) | 130 |
a, b, c (Å) | 21.1309 (7), 5.6572 (2), 8.2290 (3) |
V (Å3) | 983.71 (6) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.07 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.33 × 0.26 × 0.14 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur Atlas Gemini diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Analytical [CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009) based on expressions derived by Clark & Reid (1995)] |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.980, 0.991 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 6971, 1161, 1027 |
Rint | 0.025 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.618 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.029, 0.073, 1.06 |
No. of reflections | 1161 |
No. of parameters | 154 |
H-atom treatment | Only H-atom coordinates refined |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.09, −0.17 |
Computer programs: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2009), CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2009), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006)', SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
Cg is the centroid of the C1–C6 ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C3—H3···Cgi | 0.92 (2) | 2.97 (2) | 3.7265 (18) | 140.7 (18) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1/2, y−1/2, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
Support from VIEP-UAP: GUPJ-NAT10-G (2011) is acknowledged.
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The title compound was synthesized in an almost quantitative yield, using a one-step solvent-free route. Such procedures are becoming primordial in organic synthetic methods, in order to minimize the quantity of toxic waste and byproducts and to decrease the amount of solvents in the reaction media and/or during the following workups. Indeed, solvent-free reactions or solid-state reactions have been particularly developed these last years. (Jeon et al., 2005; Tanaka & Toda, 2000).
The molecular structure of the title compound is as expected. The imine groups N1═C8 are found in the E configuration, which is known to be more stable than Z. The molecule is placed on a crystallographic twofold axis, passing through benzene atoms C10 and C11 (Fig. 1). Imine groups are not fully conjugated with the benzene core: the dihedral angle between C7—N1═ C8 and benzene mean-planes is 12.72 (16)°. The benzene ring makes an angle of 69.35 (5)° with the phenyl group, and terminal phenyl rings make an angle of 66.44 (4)°. Although the analogous bis-imine bearing a naphthyl group in place of phenyl crystallizes in the same space group, P21212, and with identical molecular symmetry, it is stabilized in a different conformation compared to the title molecule. For instance, imine groups are almost perfectly conjugated with the benzene ring (dihedral angle between benzene and C*—N═C planes less than 0.6°; Espinosa Leija et al., 2009). The title molecule and the naphthyl analogue are also differentiated by the fact that the latter crystallized with lattice solvent, CH2Cl2. The title molecule also shows a different conformation to that of the isoformular compound with a central 1,4-disubsituted benzene ring (García et al., 2010): in that case, the molecule crystallizes in P212121 and is placed in general position (C1 point group).
The crystal structure (Fig. 2) features chains of molecules placed along the 21 screw-axis in the [100] direction, which interact trough rather weak C3—H3···π contacts involving phenyl groups C1···C6. The H3···π separation is 2.97 (2) Å, and the C3—H3···π angle 140.7 (18)°.
Interestingly, (Fossey et al. 2007) reported on the synthesis of chiral bis-aldimine NCN–pincer complexes, where the NCN ligand is derived from the title compound by deprotonation at C10. These authors probed the catalytic activity of Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes, where the ancillary ligand is an halide ion, Br- or Cl-, for Pd and Pt complexes, respectively. The studied reaction, a classical Michael addition between methyl 2-cyanopropanoate and methyl vinyl ketone, showed that addition was not stereocontrolled. This poor selectivity was related to conformational flexibility of the chiral phenylethyl moiety of the ligand. Indeed, that point is confirmed by our structure, since a poor overlay is observed for this part of the molecule, when attempting to fit the title molecule and the main ligand in the complexes. However, differences in point symmetry also deserve to be considered regarding the catalytic activity: the title molecule belongs to C2 point-group, while complexes prepared by Fossey et al. crystallize in space group P212121, the whole complexes being placed in general positions. The complexes used for the Michael addition thus actually displayed the non-crystallographic C2 symmetry.