organic compounds
N-Benzyl-4-methyl-6-phenylpyrimidin-2-amine
aX-ray Crystallography Unit, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia, and bDepartment of Chemistry, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah 711 103, India
*Correspondence e-mail: hkfun@usm.my
In the title compound, C18H17N3, the dihedral angles between the central pyrimidine ring and its directly-bonded and N-bonded pendant phenyl rings are 25.48 (6) and 80.33 (6)°, respectively. The dihedral angle between the phenyl rings is 79.66 (6)°. In the crystal, inversion dimers linked by pairs of N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds generate R22(8) loops. The also features weak π–π [centroid–centroid separation = 3.6720 (7) Å] and C—H⋯π interactions.
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For background to pyrimidine derivatives, see: Katrizky (1982); Brown & Lyall (1964). For a related structure, see: Goswami et al. (2009). For graph-set notation, see: Bernstein et al. (1995). 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/S1600536811041365/hb6441sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811041365/hb6441Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811041365/hb6441Isup3.cml
A mixture of S-methylisothiourea sulphate (556 mg, 2 mmol), potassium carbonate (345 mg, 2.5 mmol) and benzylamine ((428 mg, 4 mmol) was irradiated at 450 Watt for 18 minutes in a microwave oven. The solid mass was washed with chloroform to remove the unreacted benzylamine and then dried. The solid residue was then mixed with benzoyl acetone (648 mg, 4 mmol) and again irradiated at 300 Watt for 5 minutes. Water was added to it and the contents were extracted with chloroform. The crude product was then purified through
(silica gel, 100–200 mesh) using 12% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether as an to afford the pure compound. Colourless blocks of (I) were grown by slow evaporation of a chloroform and methanol (3:1) solution. Mp 112–114°C.All hydrogen atoms were located from a difference Fourier maps and refined freely [N–H = 0.909 (16) Å and C–H = 0.960 (16)– 1.008 (18) Å]. The highest residual electron density peak is located at 0.75 Å from C18 and the deepest hole 0.67 Å located at from C11.
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).Fig. 1. The asymmetric unit of (I), showing 50% probability displacement ellipsoids. | |
Fig. 2. The crystal packing of the title compound (I). |
C18H17N3 | Z = 2 |
Mr = 275.35 | F(000) = 292 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.278 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 8.2974 (1) Å | Cell parameters from 8187 reflections |
b = 9.9316 (2) Å | θ = 2.4–32.6° |
c = 10.7251 (2) Å | µ = 0.08 mm−1 |
α = 115.797 (1)° | T = 100 K |
β = 93.019 (1)° | Block, colourless |
γ = 111.565 (1)° | 0.31 × 0.23 × 0.20 mm |
V = 715.78 (2) Å3 |
Bruker SMART APEXII CCD diffractometer | 3272 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2882 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.028 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 2.2° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) | h = −10→10 |
Tmin = 0.976, Tmax = 0.985 | k = −12→12 |
14761 measured reflections | l = −13→13 |
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) = 0.103 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.08 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0489P)2 + 0.2057P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3272 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
258 parameters | Δρmax = 0.30 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.23 e Å−3 |
C18H17N3 | γ = 111.565 (1)° |
Mr = 275.35 | V = 715.78 (2) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 8.2974 (1) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 9.9316 (2) Å | µ = 0.08 mm−1 |
c = 10.7251 (2) Å | T = 100 K |
α = 115.797 (1)° | 0.31 × 0.23 × 0.20 mm |
β = 93.019 (1)° |
Bruker SMART APEXII CCD diffractometer | 3272 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) | 2882 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.976, Tmax = 0.985 | Rint = 0.028 |
14761 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.038 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.103 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.08 | Δρmax = 0.30 e Å−3 |
3272 reflections | Δρmin = −0.23 e Å−3 |
258 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 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 > 2σ(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 | ||
N1 | 0.90066 (12) | −0.08503 (11) | 0.12219 (9) | 0.0188 (2) | |
N2 | 0.87677 (11) | 0.12752 (11) | 0.33305 (9) | 0.0183 (2) | |
N3 | 0.97171 (13) | 0.17646 (11) | 0.15239 (10) | 0.0212 (2) | |
C1 | 0.71112 (14) | 0.21029 (13) | 0.56032 (11) | 0.0198 (2) | |
C2 | 0.65631 (15) | 0.26533 (14) | 0.68605 (12) | 0.0223 (2) | |
C3 | 0.65182 (15) | 0.19273 (14) | 0.77178 (12) | 0.0238 (2) | |
C4 | 0.70214 (15) | 0.06358 (15) | 0.73105 (12) | 0.0242 (2) | |
C5 | 0.75556 (15) | 0.00702 (14) | 0.60459 (12) | 0.0218 (2) | |
C6 | 0.76074 (13) | 0.07970 (13) | 0.51815 (11) | 0.0184 (2) | |
C7 | 0.81314 (14) | 0.01877 (13) | 0.38081 (11) | 0.0180 (2) | |
C8 | 0.79212 (14) | −0.14363 (14) | 0.30300 (12) | 0.0204 (2) | |
C9 | 0.83871 (14) | −0.19054 (13) | 0.17325 (11) | 0.0199 (2) | |
C10 | 0.91539 (13) | 0.07005 (13) | 0.20488 (11) | 0.0182 (2) | |
C11 | 0.98525 (15) | 0.34359 (13) | 0.22902 (12) | 0.0205 (2) | |
C12 | 0.80780 (14) | 0.35250 (13) | 0.24133 (11) | 0.0187 (2) | |
C13 | 0.65081 (15) | 0.23457 (14) | 0.13426 (12) | 0.0223 (2) | |
C14 | 0.48991 (16) | 0.24699 (15) | 0.14611 (13) | 0.0269 (3) | |
C15 | 0.48407 (16) | 0.37634 (16) | 0.26597 (14) | 0.0280 (3) | |
C16 | 0.64009 (16) | 0.49505 (14) | 0.37303 (13) | 0.0250 (3) | |
C17 | 0.80155 (15) | 0.48400 (13) | 0.36038 (12) | 0.0210 (2) | |
C18 | 0.81962 (18) | −0.36362 (15) | 0.08273 (13) | 0.0273 (3) | |
H1N3 | 1.005 (2) | 0.1438 (18) | 0.0687 (17) | 0.033 (4)* | |
H1A | 0.7119 (17) | 0.2595 (15) | 0.4979 (14) | 0.019 (3)* | |
H2A | 0.6173 (18) | 0.3557 (17) | 0.7140 (15) | 0.027 (3)* | |
H3A | 0.6092 (19) | 0.2292 (17) | 0.8604 (16) | 0.032 (4)* | |
H4A | 0.7012 (19) | 0.0135 (17) | 0.7921 (15) | 0.029 (4)* | |
H5A | 0.7917 (18) | −0.0852 (17) | 0.5761 (14) | 0.024 (3)* | |
H8A | 0.7447 (18) | −0.2220 (17) | 0.3358 (14) | 0.026 (3)* | |
H11A | 1.0675 (18) | 0.4045 (16) | 0.3265 (15) | 0.024 (3)* | |
H11B | 1.0416 (18) | 0.4018 (16) | 0.1759 (14) | 0.023 (3)* | |
H13A | 0.6563 (17) | 0.1413 (16) | 0.0507 (14) | 0.022 (3)* | |
H14A | 0.379 (2) | 0.1611 (18) | 0.0700 (16) | 0.033 (4)* | |
H15A | 0.369 (2) | 0.3830 (19) | 0.2750 (16) | 0.038 (4)* | |
H16A | 0.6346 (19) | 0.5878 (18) | 0.4579 (16) | 0.032 (4)* | |
H17A | 0.9114 (19) | 0.5707 (17) | 0.4357 (15) | 0.025 (3)* | |
H18A | 0.763 (2) | −0.4358 (19) | 0.1203 (16) | 0.038 (4)* | |
H18B | 0.749 (2) | −0.414 (2) | −0.0168 (19) | 0.047 (4)* | |
H18C | 0.939 (2) | −0.366 (2) | 0.0729 (18) | 0.050 (5)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
N1 | 0.0189 (4) | 0.0202 (4) | 0.0175 (4) | 0.0093 (4) | 0.0045 (3) | 0.0088 (4) |
N2 | 0.0171 (4) | 0.0204 (4) | 0.0173 (4) | 0.0082 (4) | 0.0051 (3) | 0.0090 (4) |
N3 | 0.0274 (5) | 0.0207 (5) | 0.0203 (5) | 0.0127 (4) | 0.0119 (4) | 0.0114 (4) |
C1 | 0.0185 (5) | 0.0198 (5) | 0.0189 (5) | 0.0062 (4) | 0.0046 (4) | 0.0094 (4) |
C2 | 0.0205 (5) | 0.0216 (5) | 0.0221 (5) | 0.0086 (4) | 0.0064 (4) | 0.0087 (4) |
C3 | 0.0215 (5) | 0.0275 (6) | 0.0172 (5) | 0.0086 (5) | 0.0063 (4) | 0.0082 (4) |
C4 | 0.0252 (5) | 0.0286 (6) | 0.0196 (5) | 0.0099 (5) | 0.0060 (4) | 0.0138 (5) |
C5 | 0.0210 (5) | 0.0231 (5) | 0.0209 (5) | 0.0096 (4) | 0.0046 (4) | 0.0107 (4) |
C6 | 0.0147 (5) | 0.0194 (5) | 0.0167 (5) | 0.0047 (4) | 0.0029 (4) | 0.0076 (4) |
C7 | 0.0145 (4) | 0.0211 (5) | 0.0180 (5) | 0.0072 (4) | 0.0028 (4) | 0.0098 (4) |
C8 | 0.0211 (5) | 0.0216 (5) | 0.0210 (5) | 0.0092 (4) | 0.0065 (4) | 0.0125 (4) |
C9 | 0.0193 (5) | 0.0200 (5) | 0.0196 (5) | 0.0085 (4) | 0.0035 (4) | 0.0092 (4) |
C10 | 0.0148 (5) | 0.0216 (5) | 0.0183 (5) | 0.0082 (4) | 0.0035 (4) | 0.0097 (4) |
C11 | 0.0227 (5) | 0.0192 (5) | 0.0202 (5) | 0.0086 (4) | 0.0074 (4) | 0.0103 (4) |
C12 | 0.0227 (5) | 0.0194 (5) | 0.0177 (5) | 0.0092 (4) | 0.0065 (4) | 0.0118 (4) |
C13 | 0.0272 (6) | 0.0205 (5) | 0.0182 (5) | 0.0096 (4) | 0.0037 (4) | 0.0096 (4) |
C14 | 0.0237 (6) | 0.0258 (6) | 0.0297 (6) | 0.0070 (5) | −0.0002 (5) | 0.0162 (5) |
C15 | 0.0239 (6) | 0.0317 (6) | 0.0395 (7) | 0.0152 (5) | 0.0113 (5) | 0.0237 (6) |
C16 | 0.0310 (6) | 0.0232 (6) | 0.0277 (6) | 0.0149 (5) | 0.0133 (5) | 0.0148 (5) |
C17 | 0.0245 (5) | 0.0191 (5) | 0.0191 (5) | 0.0081 (4) | 0.0061 (4) | 0.0102 (4) |
C18 | 0.0380 (7) | 0.0222 (6) | 0.0237 (6) | 0.0144 (5) | 0.0117 (5) | 0.0113 (5) |
N1—C9 | 1.3399 (14) | C8—C9 | 1.3884 (15) |
N1—C10 | 1.3546 (13) | C8—H8A | 0.955 (14) |
N2—C7 | 1.3411 (14) | C9—C18 | 1.5012 (15) |
N2—C10 | 1.3476 (14) | C11—C12 | 1.5163 (15) |
N3—C10 | 1.3545 (14) | C11—H11A | 0.998 (14) |
N3—C11 | 1.4522 (13) | C11—H11B | 0.996 (14) |
N3—H1N3 | 0.909 (16) | C12—C13 | 1.3920 (15) |
C1—C2 | 1.3892 (15) | C12—C17 | 1.3943 (15) |
C1—C6 | 1.3992 (15) | C13—C14 | 1.3925 (17) |
C1—H1A | 0.985 (13) | C13—H13A | 0.988 (13) |
C2—C3 | 1.3883 (17) | C14—C15 | 1.3858 (18) |
C2—H2A | 0.995 (14) | C14—H14A | 0.990 (15) |
C3—C4 | 1.3913 (17) | C15—C16 | 1.3884 (17) |
C3—H3A | 0.994 (15) | C15—H15A | 0.987 (16) |
C4—C5 | 1.3909 (16) | C16—C17 | 1.3926 (16) |
C4—H4A | 0.978 (15) | C16—H16A | 0.992 (14) |
C5—C6 | 1.3951 (16) | C17—H17A | 0.982 (14) |
C5—H5A | 0.995 (14) | C18—H18A | 0.960 (16) |
C6—C7 | 1.4866 (15) | C18—H18B | 0.993 (17) |
C7—C8 | 1.3909 (15) | C18—H18C | 1.008 (18) |
C9—N1—C10 | 115.99 (9) | N2—C10—N1 | 126.24 (10) |
C7—N2—C10 | 116.49 (9) | N3—C10—N1 | 116.72 (9) |
C10—N3—C11 | 121.48 (9) | N3—C11—C12 | 114.71 (9) |
C10—N3—H1N3 | 119.4 (9) | N3—C11—H11A | 109.8 (7) |
C11—N3—H1N3 | 119.1 (9) | C12—C11—H11A | 109.6 (7) |
C2—C1—C6 | 120.17 (10) | N3—C11—H11B | 107.0 (7) |
C2—C1—H1A | 120.9 (7) | C12—C11—H11B | 108.3 (7) |
C6—C1—H1A | 118.9 (7) | H11A—C11—H11B | 107.2 (11) |
C3—C2—C1 | 120.50 (11) | C13—C12—C17 | 118.88 (10) |
C3—C2—H2A | 119.6 (8) | C13—C12—C11 | 121.50 (9) |
C1—C2—H2A | 119.9 (8) | C17—C12—C11 | 119.60 (10) |
C2—C3—C4 | 119.66 (10) | C12—C13—C14 | 120.63 (10) |
C2—C3—H3A | 120.9 (8) | C12—C13—H13A | 118.3 (8) |
C4—C3—H3A | 119.4 (8) | C14—C13—H13A | 121.0 (8) |
C5—C4—C3 | 120.06 (11) | C15—C14—C13 | 120.17 (11) |
C5—C4—H4A | 120.1 (8) | C15—C14—H14A | 120.0 (8) |
C3—C4—H4A | 119.8 (8) | C13—C14—H14A | 119.8 (8) |
C4—C5—C6 | 120.55 (10) | C14—C15—C16 | 119.64 (11) |
C4—C5—H5A | 119.7 (8) | C14—C15—H15A | 119.9 (9) |
C6—C5—H5A | 119.7 (8) | C16—C15—H15A | 120.5 (9) |
C5—C6—C1 | 119.06 (10) | C15—C16—C17 | 120.23 (11) |
C5—C6—C7 | 121.54 (10) | C15—C16—H16A | 119.0 (8) |
C1—C6—C7 | 119.38 (10) | C17—C16—H16A | 120.8 (8) |
N2—C7—C8 | 121.45 (10) | C16—C17—C12 | 120.44 (10) |
N2—C7—C6 | 116.37 (9) | C16—C17—H17A | 119.2 (8) |
C8—C7—C6 | 122.15 (10) | C12—C17—H17A | 120.3 (8) |
C9—C8—C7 | 117.87 (10) | C9—C18—H18A | 112.6 (9) |
C9—C8—H8A | 120.5 (8) | C9—C18—H18B | 111.5 (10) |
C7—C8—H8A | 121.7 (8) | H18A—C18—H18B | 108.1 (13) |
N1—C9—C8 | 121.93 (10) | C9—C18—H18C | 112.2 (10) |
N1—C9—C18 | 116.91 (10) | H18A—C18—H18C | 107.2 (13) |
C8—C9—C18 | 121.15 (10) | H18B—C18—H18C | 104.9 (13) |
N2—C10—N3 | 117.03 (9) | ||
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 0.63 (16) | C7—C8—C9—C18 | −179.86 (10) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −0.19 (17) | C7—N2—C10—N3 | 176.97 (9) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.40 (17) | C7—N2—C10—N1 | −1.94 (15) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.55 (17) | C11—N3—C10—N2 | −1.62 (15) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | −0.10 (16) | C11—N3—C10—N1 | 177.39 (9) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | −178.51 (10) | C9—N1—C10—N2 | 1.20 (15) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | −0.49 (16) | C9—N1—C10—N3 | −177.71 (9) |
C2—C1—C6—C7 | 177.95 (9) | C10—N3—C11—C12 | −66.03 (13) |
C10—N2—C7—C8 | 1.35 (15) | N3—C11—C12—C13 | −32.47 (15) |
C10—N2—C7—C6 | −176.58 (9) | N3—C11—C12—C17 | 149.37 (10) |
C5—C6—C7—N2 | −156.38 (10) | C17—C12—C13—C14 | −0.39 (17) |
C1—C6—C7—N2 | 25.21 (14) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | −178.56 (10) |
C5—C6—C7—C8 | 25.70 (15) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | −0.80 (18) |
C1—C6—C7—C8 | −152.70 (10) | C13—C14—C15—C16 | 1.10 (18) |
N2—C7—C8—C9 | −0.20 (15) | C14—C15—C16—C17 | −0.22 (18) |
C6—C7—C8—C9 | 177.61 (9) | C15—C16—C17—C12 | −0.98 (17) |
C10—N1—C9—C8 | 0.13 (15) | C13—C12—C17—C16 | 1.27 (16) |
C10—N1—C9—C18 | 179.44 (9) | C11—C12—C17—C16 | 179.48 (10) |
C7—C8—C9—N1 | −0.58 (16) |
Cg1 is the centroid of the N1,N2/C7–C10 ring. Cg3 is the centroid of the C12–C17 ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N3—H1N3···N1i | 0.909 (17) | 2.147 (17) | 3.0539 (14) | 175.7 (14) |
C5—H5A···Cg1ii | 0.995 (14) | 2.883 (15) | 3.3595 (14) | 110.3 (10) |
C18—H18A···Cg3iii | 0.960 (16) | 2.846 (19) | 3.7977 (16) | 171.8 (13) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, −y, −z; (ii) −x+2, −y, −z+1; (iii) x, y−1, z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C18H17N3 |
Mr | 275.35 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 100 |
a, b, c (Å) | 8.2974 (1), 9.9316 (2), 10.7251 (2) |
α, β, γ (°) | 115.797 (1), 93.019 (1), 111.565 (1) |
V (Å3) | 715.78 (2) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.08 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.31 × 0.23 × 0.20 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART APEXII CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.976, 0.985 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 14761, 3272, 2882 |
Rint | 0.028 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.650 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.038, 0.103, 1.08 |
No. of reflections | 3272 |
No. of parameters | 258 |
H-atom treatment | All H-atom parameters refined |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.30, −0.23 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009), SAINT (Bruker, 2009), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Cg1 is the centroid of the N1,N2/C7–C10 ring. Cg3 is the centroid of the C12–C17 ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N3—H1N3···N1i | 0.909 (17) | 2.147 (17) | 3.0539 (14) | 175.7 (14) |
C5—H5A···Cg1ii | 0.995 (14) | 2.883 (15) | 3.3595 (14) | 110.3 (10) |
C18—H18A···Cg3iii | 0.960 (16) | 2.846 (19) | 3.7977 (16) | 171.8 (13) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, −y, −z; (ii) −x+2, −y, −z+1; (iii) x, y−1, z. |
Footnotes
‡Thomson Reuters ResearcherID: A-3561-2009.
Acknowledgements
HKF and MH thank the Malaysian Government and Universiti Sains Malaysia for the Research University Grant No. 1001/PFIZIK/811160. MH also thanks Universiti Sains Malaysia for a post-doctoral research fellowship. SG and AH thank the CSIR [No. 01 (2292)/09/EMR-II], Government of India, for financial support.
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Substituted pyrimidine derivatives are important components of various bioactive molecules (Katrizky, 1982; Brown & Lyall, 1964). We have synthesised benzyl-(4-methyl-6-phenyl-pyrimidin-2-yl)-amine by solid-phase microwave irradiation (Goswami et al., 2009). Herein, we wish to report the crystal structure of the title compound, (I), (Fig. 1).
The central pyrimidine (N1,N2/C7–C10) ring makes dihedral angles of 25.48 (6) and 80.33 (6)° with the terminal phenyl (C1–C6/C12–C17) rings. The corresponding angle between the two terminal phenyl (C1–C6/C10–C15) rings is 79.66 (6)°.
In the crystal (Fig. 2), centrosymmetrically-related molecules are linked into dimers via pairs of N—H···N hydrogen bonds (Table 1), generating R22(8) ring motifs. (Bernstein et al., 1995). The crystal structure is further stabilized by π–π interactions between the benzene (Cg2; C1–C6) rings [Cg2···Cg2 = 3.6720 (7) Å; 1-x, -y, 1-z] and C—H···π interaction involving the centroids of the N1,N2/C7–C10 (Cg1) and C12–C17 (Cg3) rings.