organic compounds
N,N′-Bis(2-aminobenzyl)ethane-1,2-diaminium bis(4-methylbenzenesulfonate)
aLaboratorio de Química Industrial, CELAES, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UANL, Pedro de Alba S/N, 66451 San Nicolás de los Garza, NL, Mexico, and bDEP Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UANL, Guerrero y Progreso S/N, Col. Treviño, 64570 Monterrey, NL, Mexico
*Correspondence e-mail: sylvain_bernes@hotmail.com
The title salt, C16H24N42+·2C7H7O3S−, crystallizes with the dication situated on an inversion center and the anion in a general position. The cation contains two ammonium and two free amine groups, and the observed conformation for the chain linking the benzene rings is different from that found in the free tetraamine and in the fully protonated tetraamine. All amine and ammonium H atoms of the cation form hydrogen bonds with eight symmetry-related anions, using the sulfonate O atoms as acceptors. This arrangement for the ions precludes any π–π contacts between benzene rings in the crystal.
Related literature
For reviews on applications of macrocyclic systems, see: Vigato & Tamburini (2004); Radecka-Paryzek et al. (2005). For their acid-catalysed synthesis using p-toluenesulfonic acid, see: Ionkin et al. (2008). For the structures of the free molecule and the fully protonated cation corresponding to the title cation, see: Rodríguez de Barbarín et al. (2007) and Garza Rodríguez et al. (2009, 2011), respectively.
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: XSCANS (Siemens, 1996); cell XSCANS; data reduction: XSCANS; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL-Plus; molecular graphics: SHELXTL-Plus and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL-Plus.
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536811045879/fj2471sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536811045879/fj2471Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536811045879/fj2471Isup3.mol
A 100 ml flask was charged with 2,6-diacetylpyridine (163 mg, 1 mmol) in 35 ml of toluene. Under agitation at room temperature, p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate was added (38 mg, 0.20 mmol in 35 ml of toluene), and the mixture was further stirred for 30 min. A dissolution of N,N'-bis(o-aminobenzylidene)-1,2-diaminoethane (281 mg, 1.05 mmol, in 15 ml of toluene) was slowly added. The mixture was kept under these conditions for 2 days, affording a light yellow precipitate. The solid was filtered off, washed with cold toluene and diethylether, and air dried. The crude solid was dissolved in hot methanol and left overnight at 298 K for slow evaporation, affording the title salt (Yield: 32%; m.p. 458 K). Few crystals of limited quality were picked off from this material. Analysis found (calc. for C30H38N4O6S2): C 58.64 (58.61), H 6.67 (6.23), N 9.52 (9.12), S 10.20 (10.43%). IR spectrum features vibrations characteristic of the sulfonate group, at 1124 (νas), 1011 (νs) and 684 cm-1 (δs).
Very few needle-shaped crystals were found to be suitable for X-ray study, and were almost all twinned samples. Data were collected on a small part of an irregular needle, which gave symmetric diffraction peaks, although intensity was rather low. Amine and ammonium H atoms were found in a difference map and refined freely, with N—H bond lengths restrained to 0.90 (1) Å (4 restraints). All C-bonded H atoms were placed in idealized positions, with C—H bond lengths fixed to 0.93 (aromatic), 0.97 (methylene), or 0.96 Å (methyl). Isotropic displacement parameters for H atoms were calculated from displacements of parent atoms: Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(carrier atom) for methyl, NH2 and NH2+ groups; Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(carrier C) for other H atoms.
New routes for the preparation of macrocyclic
and related systems remains a topic of interest, because of their numerous potential applications, like recognizing and transporting specific metal ions, anions or neutral molecules (Vigato & Tamburini, 2004), modeling more intricate biological macrocyclic systems (hemoglobin, myoglobin, chlorophylls), (vitamin B12) and antibiotics (valinomycin, nonactin), among others (Radecka-Paryzek et al., 2005).Macrocycles may be obtained through alkylation reactions, Mannich condensation, self condensation of
and Schiff condensation, the latter being an expeditive and very easy technique. Template and direct synthesis are however the two most popular methods for these synthesis. The template synthesis uses a metal ion to orient the reacting groups (primary amine and carbonyl) in a conformation suitable for ring closure. Direct synthesis may be carried out at high dilution, where the reactants are mixed slowly, keeping a concentration in the range 10-2–10-3 M, or at low dilution, an acid-catalyzed route that uses very low concentrations of acids (10-4 M) to emulate the natural acidity of the hydrolysis of metal ion. Acids commonly used are sulfuric, hydrochloric, hydrobromic, formic and p-toluenesulfonic acids (Ionkin et al., 2008)The title salt was obtained in a low yield as a by-product during the condensation reaction between 2,6-diacetylpyridine and N,N'-bis(o-aminobenzylidene)-1,2-diaminoethane, in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid (see Experimental). The
contains one-half cation, close to an inversion center, and one p-toluenesulfonate anion, placed in general position (Fig. 1). In the cation, amine groups of the 1,2-diaminoethane core are clearly protonated, while terminal NH2 groups remain unprotonated. The central chain linking benzene rings displays a gauche–trans–trans–trans–gauche conformation, defined by torsion angles C6—C7—N8—C9 [58.7 (3)°], C7—N8—C9—C9i, [171.5 (2)°], and N8—C9—C9i—N8i [180°, imposed by symmetry; symmetry code: (i) 1 - x, 1 - y, 2 - z]. This observed conformation is different from those displayed by the free tetraamine (trans–gauche–trans–gauche–trans; Rodríguez de Barbarín et al., 2007) and by the tetracation [all-trans; Garza Rodríguez et al., 2009, 2011]. The degree of protonation thus seems to influence the conformation stabilized in the solid-state for this system.In the
all N and O atoms are involved in hydrogen bonding, forming a three-dimensional supramolecular network. One cation is connected to eight symmetry-related anions, via N—H···O(sulfonate) hydrogen bonds (Fig. 2). Ammonium groups give hydrogen bonds of higher strength compared to contacts formed by amine NH2 groups. In the former case, O···H separations are short, ca. 1.9 Å, while in the latter they are rather long, ca. 2.2 Å.For reviews on applications of macrocyclic systems, see: Vigato & Tamburini (2004); Radecka-Paryzek et al. (2005). For their acid-catalysed synthesis using p-toluenesulfonic acid, see: Ionkin et al. (2008). For the structures of the free molecule and the fully protonated cation corresponding to the title cation, see: Rodríguez de Barbarín et al. (2007) and Garza Rodríguez et al. (2009, 2011), respectively.
Data collection: XSCANS (Siemens, 1996); cell
XSCANS (Siemens, 1996); data reduction: XSCANS (Siemens, 1996); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008).Fig. 1. The structure of the title compound, with displacement ellipsoids at the 30% probability level. One cation and one anion are displayed. Non-labeled atoms are generated by symmetry code 1 - x, 1 - y, 2 - z. | |
Fig. 2. A part of the crystal structure of the title compound. The cation is displayed in blue, and is encapsulated by eight anions through hydrogen bonds (dashed lines). |
C16H24N42+·2C7H7O3S− | Z = 1 |
Mr = 614.76 | F(000) = 326 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.355 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Melting point: 458 K |
a = 5.753 (2) Å | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
b = 9.512 (3) Å | Cell parameters from 53 reflections |
c = 14.493 (5) Å | θ = 4.8–12.3° |
α = 101.40 (2)° | µ = 0.23 mm−1 |
β = 100.06 (3)° | T = 298 K |
γ = 97.80 (3)° | Needle, colourless |
V = 753.6 (5) Å3 | 0.60 × 0.16 × 0.16 mm |
Siemens P4 diffractometer | 2234 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | Rint = 0.091 |
Graphite monochromator | θmax = 25.1°, θmin = 2.2° |
2θ/ω scans | h = −6→1 |
Absorption correction: ψ scan (XSCANS; Siemens, 1996) | k = −11→11 |
Tmin = 0.512, Tmax = 0.594 | l = −17→17 |
3505 measured reflections | 2 standard reflections every 98 reflections |
2650 independent reflections | intensity decay: 1% |
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)] = 0.056 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.162 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0785P)2 + 0.0881P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.29 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
2650 reflections | Δρmax = 0.39 e Å−3 |
204 parameters | Δρmin = −0.34 e Å−3 |
4 restraints | Extinction correction: SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
0 constraints | Extinction coefficient: 0.098 (15) |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
C16H24N42+·2C7H7O3S− | γ = 97.80 (3)° |
Mr = 614.76 | V = 753.6 (5) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 1 |
a = 5.753 (2) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 9.512 (3) Å | µ = 0.23 mm−1 |
c = 14.493 (5) Å | T = 298 K |
α = 101.40 (2)° | 0.60 × 0.16 × 0.16 mm |
β = 100.06 (3)° |
Siemens P4 diffractometer | 2234 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Absorption correction: ψ scan (XSCANS; Siemens, 1996) | Rint = 0.091 |
Tmin = 0.512, Tmax = 0.594 | 2 standard reflections every 98 reflections |
3505 measured reflections | intensity decay: 1% |
2650 independent reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.056 | 4 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.162 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.29 | Δρmax = 0.39 e Å−3 |
2650 reflections | Δρmin = −0.34 e Å−3 |
204 parameters |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
N1 | 0.3160 (5) | 0.8765 (2) | 0.87317 (17) | 0.0649 (6) | |
H11 | 0.204 (5) | 0.933 (3) | 0.867 (3) | 0.097* | |
H12 | 0.457 (4) | 0.939 (3) | 0.897 (2) | 0.097* | |
C1 | 0.3118 (4) | 0.7634 (3) | 0.79652 (17) | 0.0496 (5) | |
C2 | 0.1190 (5) | 0.7221 (3) | 0.71864 (19) | 0.0593 (6) | |
H2A | −0.0057 | 0.7749 | 0.7166 | 0.071* | |
C3 | 0.1086 (6) | 0.6054 (3) | 0.6448 (2) | 0.0688 (7) | |
H3A | −0.0235 | 0.5793 | 0.5939 | 0.083* | |
C4 | 0.2906 (6) | 0.5270 (3) | 0.6453 (2) | 0.0716 (8) | |
H4A | 0.2850 | 0.4487 | 0.5945 | 0.086* | |
C5 | 0.4818 (5) | 0.5656 (3) | 0.72205 (19) | 0.0618 (7) | |
H5A | 0.6057 | 0.5121 | 0.7227 | 0.074* | |
C6 | 0.4955 (4) | 0.6815 (2) | 0.79821 (17) | 0.0500 (6) | |
C7 | 0.6967 (4) | 0.7159 (3) | 0.88352 (18) | 0.0569 (6) | |
H7A | 0.7604 | 0.8195 | 0.8990 | 0.068* | |
H7B | 0.8240 | 0.6642 | 0.8679 | 0.068* | |
N8 | 0.6196 (3) | 0.6745 (2) | 0.96988 (14) | 0.0498 (5) | |
H81 | 0.524 (5) | 0.733 (3) | 0.995 (2) | 0.075* | |
H82 | 0.749 (3) | 0.700 (3) | 1.0198 (15) | 0.075* | |
C9 | 0.5193 (5) | 0.5189 (3) | 0.95362 (18) | 0.0566 (6) | |
H9A | 0.6282 | 0.4608 | 0.9270 | 0.068* | |
H9B | 0.3678 | 0.4963 | 0.9075 | 0.068* | |
S1 | 0.81511 (10) | 0.18163 (7) | 0.85656 (4) | 0.0543 (3) | |
O1 | 0.9816 (4) | 0.3162 (3) | 0.89311 (16) | 0.0927 (8) | |
O2 | 0.9253 (5) | 0.0558 (3) | 0.85049 (17) | 0.0967 (8) | |
O3 | 0.6275 (4) | 0.1732 (3) | 0.90879 (14) | 0.0786 (6) | |
C10 | 0.6800 (4) | 0.1845 (2) | 0.73869 (17) | 0.0488 (6) | |
C11 | 0.8130 (5) | 0.2400 (3) | 0.67923 (18) | 0.0572 (6) | |
H11A | 0.9744 | 0.2800 | 0.7023 | 0.069* | |
C12 | 0.7067 (5) | 0.2359 (3) | 0.5859 (2) | 0.0647 (7) | |
H12A | 0.7988 | 0.2732 | 0.5467 | 0.078* | |
C13 | 0.4679 (5) | 0.1784 (3) | 0.54872 (19) | 0.0587 (6) | |
C14 | 0.3383 (5) | 0.1247 (3) | 0.6094 (2) | 0.0640 (7) | |
H14A | 0.1766 | 0.0852 | 0.5863 | 0.077* | |
C15 | 0.4404 (4) | 0.1275 (3) | 0.70353 (19) | 0.0580 (6) | |
H15A | 0.3478 | 0.0911 | 0.7430 | 0.070* | |
C16 | 0.3535 (6) | 0.1760 (4) | 0.4471 (2) | 0.0793 (9) | |
H16A | 0.3956 | 0.2703 | 0.4341 | 0.119* | |
H16B | 0.1824 | 0.1518 | 0.4384 | 0.119* | |
H16C | 0.4092 | 0.1045 | 0.4037 | 0.119* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
N1 | 0.0860 (16) | 0.0610 (14) | 0.0559 (13) | 0.0284 (12) | 0.0228 (12) | 0.0149 (11) |
C1 | 0.0595 (13) | 0.0503 (12) | 0.0476 (13) | 0.0149 (10) | 0.0192 (10) | 0.0202 (10) |
C2 | 0.0606 (14) | 0.0688 (16) | 0.0572 (15) | 0.0215 (12) | 0.0131 (11) | 0.0270 (13) |
C3 | 0.0760 (17) | 0.0695 (17) | 0.0579 (16) | 0.0132 (14) | 0.0021 (13) | 0.0175 (13) |
C4 | 0.098 (2) | 0.0614 (16) | 0.0552 (16) | 0.0206 (15) | 0.0156 (15) | 0.0083 (13) |
C5 | 0.0751 (16) | 0.0615 (15) | 0.0611 (16) | 0.0279 (13) | 0.0250 (13) | 0.0220 (12) |
C6 | 0.0559 (13) | 0.0521 (13) | 0.0514 (13) | 0.0148 (10) | 0.0186 (10) | 0.0236 (10) |
C7 | 0.0516 (13) | 0.0674 (15) | 0.0587 (15) | 0.0095 (11) | 0.0165 (11) | 0.0266 (12) |
N8 | 0.0484 (10) | 0.0550 (11) | 0.0495 (12) | 0.0109 (8) | 0.0114 (8) | 0.0177 (9) |
C9 | 0.0661 (14) | 0.0558 (14) | 0.0510 (14) | 0.0082 (11) | 0.0143 (11) | 0.0189 (11) |
S1 | 0.0529 (4) | 0.0600 (4) | 0.0533 (4) | 0.0159 (3) | 0.0100 (3) | 0.0175 (3) |
O1 | 0.0863 (14) | 0.0916 (16) | 0.0797 (15) | −0.0221 (12) | −0.0219 (11) | 0.0317 (12) |
O2 | 0.1200 (19) | 0.1028 (18) | 0.0909 (16) | 0.0728 (16) | 0.0241 (14) | 0.0392 (14) |
O3 | 0.0748 (12) | 0.1109 (17) | 0.0519 (11) | 0.0177 (12) | 0.0235 (9) | 0.0130 (10) |
C10 | 0.0497 (12) | 0.0487 (12) | 0.0517 (13) | 0.0177 (10) | 0.0141 (10) | 0.0112 (10) |
C11 | 0.0548 (13) | 0.0621 (15) | 0.0584 (15) | 0.0122 (11) | 0.0178 (11) | 0.0156 (11) |
C12 | 0.0761 (17) | 0.0680 (16) | 0.0573 (16) | 0.0164 (13) | 0.0224 (13) | 0.0215 (13) |
C13 | 0.0716 (16) | 0.0553 (14) | 0.0526 (14) | 0.0250 (12) | 0.0104 (12) | 0.0130 (11) |
C14 | 0.0554 (14) | 0.0754 (17) | 0.0600 (16) | 0.0168 (12) | 0.0056 (11) | 0.0148 (13) |
C15 | 0.0511 (13) | 0.0703 (16) | 0.0576 (15) | 0.0143 (11) | 0.0152 (11) | 0.0201 (12) |
C16 | 0.105 (2) | 0.0776 (19) | 0.0568 (17) | 0.0340 (18) | 0.0050 (16) | 0.0165 (14) |
N1—C1 | 1.380 (3) | C9—H9A | 0.9700 |
N1—H11 | 0.896 (10) | C9—H9B | 0.9700 |
N1—H12 | 0.907 (10) | S1—O2 | 1.423 (2) |
C1—C2 | 1.388 (4) | S1—O3 | 1.425 (2) |
C1—C6 | 1.395 (3) | S1—O1 | 1.435 (2) |
C2—C3 | 1.367 (4) | S1—C10 | 1.756 (3) |
C2—H2A | 0.9300 | C10—C15 | 1.377 (4) |
C3—C4 | 1.365 (4) | C10—C11 | 1.381 (3) |
C3—H3A | 0.9300 | C11—C12 | 1.374 (4) |
C4—C5 | 1.373 (4) | C11—H11A | 0.9300 |
C4—H4A | 0.9300 | C12—C13 | 1.378 (4) |
C5—C6 | 1.380 (4) | C12—H12A | 0.9300 |
C5—H5A | 0.9300 | C13—C14 | 1.376 (4) |
C6—C7 | 1.487 (4) | C13—C16 | 1.500 (4) |
C7—N8 | 1.503 (3) | C14—C15 | 1.381 (4) |
C7—H7A | 0.9700 | C14—H14A | 0.9300 |
C7—H7B | 0.9700 | C15—H15A | 0.9300 |
N8—C9 | 1.471 (3) | C16—H16A | 0.9600 |
N8—H81 | 0.905 (10) | C16—H16B | 0.9600 |
N8—H82 | 0.912 (10) | C16—H16C | 0.9600 |
C9—C9i | 1.503 (5) | ||
C1—N1—H11 | 118 (2) | C9i—C9—H9A | 109.6 |
C1—N1—H12 | 117 (2) | N8—C9—H9B | 109.6 |
H11—N1—H12 | 105 (3) | C9i—C9—H9B | 109.6 |
N1—C1—C2 | 121.3 (2) | H9A—C9—H9B | 108.1 |
N1—C1—C6 | 120.5 (2) | O2—S1—O3 | 111.59 (15) |
C2—C1—C6 | 118.1 (2) | O2—S1—O1 | 113.75 (17) |
C3—C2—C1 | 121.5 (2) | O3—S1—O1 | 111.44 (16) |
C3—C2—H2A | 119.3 | O2—S1—C10 | 107.00 (13) |
C1—C2—H2A | 119.3 | O3—S1—C10 | 106.50 (12) |
C4—C3—C2 | 120.5 (3) | O1—S1—C10 | 106.03 (12) |
C4—C3—H3A | 119.7 | C15—C10—C11 | 119.1 (2) |
C2—C3—H3A | 119.7 | C15—C10—S1 | 120.15 (19) |
C3—C4—C5 | 118.8 (3) | C11—C10—S1 | 120.71 (19) |
C3—C4—H4A | 120.6 | C12—C11—C10 | 120.0 (3) |
C5—C4—H4A | 120.6 | C12—C11—H11A | 120.0 |
C4—C5—C6 | 121.9 (2) | C10—C11—H11A | 120.0 |
C4—C5—H5A | 119.1 | C11—C12—C13 | 122.1 (3) |
C6—C5—H5A | 119.1 | C11—C12—H12A | 119.0 |
C5—C6—C1 | 119.1 (2) | C13—C12—H12A | 119.0 |
C5—C6—C7 | 121.1 (2) | C12—C13—C14 | 117.0 (3) |
C1—C6—C7 | 119.7 (2) | C12—C13—C16 | 121.5 (3) |
C6—C7—N8 | 112.20 (19) | C14—C13—C16 | 121.4 (3) |
C6—C7—H7A | 109.2 | C13—C14—C15 | 122.1 (3) |
N8—C7—H7A | 109.2 | C13—C14—H14A | 118.9 |
C6—C7—H7B | 109.2 | C15—C14—H14A | 118.9 |
N8—C7—H7B | 109.2 | C10—C15—C14 | 119.7 (2) |
H7A—C7—H7B | 107.9 | C10—C15—H15A | 120.2 |
C9—N8—C7 | 113.4 (2) | C14—C15—H15A | 120.2 |
C9—N8—H81 | 113 (2) | C13—C16—H16A | 109.5 |
C7—N8—H81 | 112.8 (19) | C13—C16—H16B | 109.5 |
C9—N8—H82 | 110.1 (19) | H16A—C16—H16B | 109.5 |
C7—N8—H82 | 108.0 (19) | C13—C16—H16C | 109.5 |
H81—N8—H82 | 99 (3) | H16A—C16—H16C | 109.5 |
N8—C9—C9i | 110.5 (3) | H16B—C16—H16C | 109.5 |
N8—C9—H9A | 109.6 | ||
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −176.7 (2) | O3—S1—C10—C15 | −23.7 (2) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | −0.6 (4) | O1—S1—C10—C15 | −142.5 (2) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −0.8 (4) | O2—S1—C10—C11 | −82.4 (2) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 1.2 (4) | O3—S1—C10—C11 | 158.2 (2) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | −0.3 (4) | O1—S1—C10—C11 | 39.4 (2) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | −1.1 (4) | C15—C10—C11—C12 | −0.9 (4) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | 176.1 (2) | S1—C10—C11—C12 | 177.31 (19) |
N1—C1—C6—C5 | 177.6 (2) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 0.3 (4) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | 1.5 (3) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | 0.1 (4) |
N1—C1—C6—C7 | 0.3 (3) | C11—C12—C13—C16 | 179.3 (2) |
C2—C1—C6—C7 | −175.8 (2) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | 0.0 (4) |
C5—C6—C7—N8 | −106.2 (3) | C16—C13—C14—C15 | −179.3 (2) |
C1—C6—C7—N8 | 71.0 (3) | C11—C10—C15—C14 | 1.0 (4) |
C6—C7—N8—C9 | 58.7 (3) | S1—C10—C15—C14 | −177.23 (19) |
C7—N8—C9—C9i | 171.5 (2) | C13—C14—C15—C10 | −0.5 (4) |
O2—S1—C10—C15 | 95.8 (2) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+2. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H11···O2ii | 0.90 (1) | 2.12 (1) | 3.012 (3) | 177 (3) |
N1—H12···O3iii | 0.91 (1) | 2.27 (3) | 3.028 (4) | 141 (3) |
N8—H81···O3i | 0.91 (1) | 1.91 (2) | 2.763 (3) | 157 (3) |
N8—H82···O1iv | 0.91 (1) | 1.86 (1) | 2.739 (3) | 160 (3) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+2; (ii) x−1, y+1, z; (iii) x, y+1, z; (iv) −x+2, −y+1, −z+2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C16H24N42+·2C7H7O3S− |
Mr | 614.76 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 298 |
a, b, c (Å) | 5.753 (2), 9.512 (3), 14.493 (5) |
α, β, γ (°) | 101.40 (2), 100.06 (3), 97.80 (3) |
V (Å3) | 753.6 (5) |
Z | 1 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.23 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.60 × 0.16 × 0.16 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Siemens P4 |
Absorption correction | ψ scan (XSCANS; Siemens, 1996) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.512, 0.594 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 3505, 2650, 2234 |
Rint | 0.091 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.596 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.056, 0.162, 1.29 |
No. of reflections | 2650 |
No. of parameters | 204 |
No. of restraints | 4 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.39, −0.34 |
Computer programs: XSCANS (Siemens, 1996), SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H11···O2i | 0.896 (10) | 2.117 (11) | 3.012 (3) | 177 (3) |
N1—H12···O3ii | 0.907 (10) | 2.27 (3) | 3.028 (4) | 141 (3) |
N8—H81···O3iii | 0.905 (10) | 1.907 (15) | 2.763 (3) | 157 (3) |
N8—H82···O1iv | 0.912 (10) | 1.863 (14) | 2.739 (3) | 160 (3) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y+1, z; (ii) x, y+1, z; (iii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+2; (iv) −x+2, −y+1, −z+2. |
Footnotes
‡Current affiliation: Universidad Regiomontana, Monterrey, NL, Mexico.
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the FCQ–UANL (project No. 03–6375-QMT-08–005) and PAICyT (project No. IT164–09) for financial support. LAGR acknowledges a grant from the CONACyT program "Dirección de Tesis entre la UANL y la University of Texas at Austin y/o Instituciones de Educación Superior de la ANUIES" (grant N·L.-2006-C09–32658).
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New routes for the preparation of macrocyclic crown ethers and related systems remains a topic of interest, because of their numerous potential applications, like recognizing and transporting specific metal ions, anions or neutral molecules (Vigato & Tamburini, 2004), modeling more intricate biological macrocyclic systems (hemoglobin, myoglobin, cytochromes, chlorophylls), corrins (vitamin B12) and antibiotics (valinomycin, nonactin), among others (Radecka-Paryzek et al., 2005).
Macrocycles may be obtained through alkylation reactions, Mannich condensation, self condensation of nitriles, and Schiff condensation, the latter being an expeditive and very easy technique. Template and direct synthesis are however the two most popular methods for these synthesis. The template synthesis uses a metal ion to orient the reacting groups (primary amine and carbonyl) in a conformation suitable for ring closure. Direct synthesis may be carried out at high dilution, where the reactants are mixed slowly, keeping a concentration in the range 10-2–10-3 M, or at low dilution, an acid-catalyzed route that uses very low concentrations of acids (10-4 M) to emulate the natural acidity of the hydrolysis of metal ion. Acids commonly used are sulfuric, hydrochloric, hydrobromic, formic and p-toluenesulfonic acids (Ionkin et al., 2008)
The title salt was obtained in a low yield as a by-product during the condensation reaction between 2,6-diacetylpyridine and N,N'-bis(o-aminobenzylidene)-1,2-diaminoethane, in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid (see Experimental). The asymmetric unit contains one-half cation, close to an inversion center, and one p-toluenesulfonate anion, placed in general position (Fig. 1). In the cation, amine groups of the 1,2-diaminoethane core are clearly protonated, while terminal NH2 groups remain unprotonated. The central chain linking benzene rings displays a gauche–trans–trans–trans–gauche conformation, defined by torsion angles C6—C7—N8—C9 [58.7 (3)°], C7—N8—C9—C9i, [171.5 (2)°], and N8—C9—C9i—N8i [180°, imposed by symmetry; symmetry code: (i) 1 - x, 1 - y, 2 - z]. This observed conformation is different from those displayed by the free tetraamine (trans–gauche–trans–gauche–trans; Rodríguez de Barbarín et al., 2007) and by the tetracation [all-trans; Garza Rodríguez et al., 2009, 2011]. The degree of protonation thus seems to influence the conformation stabilized in the solid-state for this system.
In the crystal structure, all N and O atoms are involved in hydrogen bonding, forming a three-dimensional supramolecular network. One cation is connected to eight symmetry-related anions, via N—H···O(sulfonate) hydrogen bonds (Fig. 2). Ammonium groups give hydrogen bonds of higher strength compared to contacts formed by amine NH2 groups. In the former case, O···H separations are short, ca. 1.9 Å, while in the latter they are rather long, ca. 2.2 Å.