metal-organic compounds
(12,17-Diethoxycarbonyl-11,18-dimethyl-2,3:6,7-dibutanocorrphycenato)copper(II)–12,17-diethoxycarbonyl-11,18-dimethyl-2:3,6:7-dibutanocorrphycene (3/97)
aDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Ota-ku Tokyo 143-8540, Japan, bDepartment of Physical Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical, Sciences, Chuoh-Inohana, Chiba, Chiba 260-8675, Japan, and cAdvanced Technology Support, Division, RIKEN Advanced Science, Institute, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
*Correspondence e-mail: yohgo@med.toho-u.ac.jp
The corrphycene molecule of the title compound, [Cu(C36H36N4O4)]0.034.0.966C36H38N4O4, has an essentially planar macrocyclic framwork with a slightly distorted trapezoidal N4 core; the r.m.s. deviation of the peripheral 20 C atoms and four N atoms is 0.054 (3) Å. The surface area within the N4-coordinating core (8.358 Å2) is significantly smaller than that (8.503 Å2) of the corresponding free-base porphyrin. Two intramolecular N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds are observed. Detailed structure analysis clarified that the co-crystallization of the free-base corrphycene together with a quite minor component (ca 3%) of corrphycenato–CuII occurred in the recrystallization process.
Related literature
For the first synthesis of free-base corrphycene, see: Sessler et al. (1994). For some related metal corrphycene compounds, see: Sessler et al. (2000). For related porphyrin analogues such as porphycene, N-confused corroles etc. see: Chmielewski et al. (1994); Erben et al. (2000); Furuta et al. (1994); Gross et al. (2000). For structures of five-coordinated halide-ligated iron(III) porphyrin, porphycene and corrphycene complexes, see: Ohgo, Neya, Funasaki et al. (2001); Ohgo, Neya, Ikeue et al. (2001); Ohgo et al. (2002). For the synthesis of the starting materials, see: Neya et al. (1998); Hombrecher & Horter (1992). For the structure of the corresponding porphyrin free-base, see: Lauher & Ibers (1973).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: CrystalClear (Rigaku/MSC, 2005); cell HKL-2000 (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: HKL-2000; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536811052214/is5019sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811052214/is5019Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811052214/is5019Isup4.cdx
Ethyl 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-2H-isoindole-1-carboxylate was prepared from 2-formyl cyclohexanone and ethyl glycine hydrochloride according to the reported method (Hombrecher et al., 1992). The compound was derived into 12,17-diethoxycarbonyl-11,18-dimethyl-2,3:6,7-dibutanocorrphycene according to the reported method (Neya et al., 1998). The α,ω-free tetrapyrrole was accomplished by copper(II) chloride. The chelating copper is readily removed by sulfuric acid. NMR spectra of the obtained title compound showed slight broadening probably because of the contamination of the small amount of its metal complex. Futher purification was carried out, however, no changes were observed in the NMR spectra. The solid thus obtained was recrystallized from chloroform solution.
of theThe contamination of a small amount of the corrphycenato-Cu(II) was observed. The ratio of the free-base corrphycene to corrphycenato-Cu(II) complex are determined to be 0.97/0.03 based on the electron density of the copper atom. Since the occupancy factor for the minor conponent, corrphycenato-Cu(II), was too low, it was impossible to separate atomic coordinates and displacement parameters of free-base and metal complex. Hence, bond lengths and angles involving the copper atom listed in the
could not be accurate. The highest residual electron density peak is located 1.58 Å from atom C22. The positional parameters for H1 and H3 were refined at the beginning of the and were fixed later to refine the occupancy factors. Other H atoms were refined using a riding model. The positional parameters of H atoms were constrained to have the C—H distances of 0.96 Å for primary, 0.97 Å for secondary, and 0.93 Å for aromatic. Hydrogen U values constrained to 1.2 times the equivalent isotropic U of the atoms to which they are attached (1.5 for methyl groups).Data collection: CrystalClear (Rigaku/MSC, 2005); cell
HKL-2000 (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: HKL-2000 (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).[Cu(C36H36N4O4)]0.034·0.966C36H38N4O4 | Z = 2 |
Mr = 592.80 | F(000) = 630.8 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.344 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 8.8759 (5) Å | Cell parameters from 9696 reflections |
b = 13.2493 (8) Å | θ = 3.0–27.5° |
c = 13.2891 (7) Å | µ = 0.11 mm−1 |
α = 108.496 (2)° | T = 296 K |
β = 90.708 (2)° | Block, purple |
γ = 98.142 (2)° | 0.31 × 0.25 × 0.10 mm |
V = 1464.4 (1) Å3 |
Rigaku RAPID diffractometer | 6677 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 3707 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.044 |
Detector resolution: 10 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 3.0° |
ω–scan | h = −11→11 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (ABSCOR; Higashi, 1995) | k = −17→17 |
Tmin = 0.788, Tmax = 0.923 | l = −17→17 |
14734 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)] = 0.072 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.246 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.15 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.1301P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
6677 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
412 parameters | Δρmax = 1.69 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.58 e Å−3 |
[Cu(C36H36N4O4)]0.034·0.966C36H38N4O4 | γ = 98.142 (2)° |
Mr = 592.80 | V = 1464.4 (1) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 8.8759 (5) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 13.2493 (8) Å | µ = 0.11 mm−1 |
c = 13.2891 (7) Å | T = 296 K |
α = 108.496 (2)° | 0.31 × 0.25 × 0.10 mm |
β = 90.708 (2)° |
Rigaku RAPID diffractometer | 6677 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (ABSCOR; Higashi, 1995) | 3707 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.788, Tmax = 0.923 | Rint = 0.044 |
14734 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.072 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.246 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.15 | Δρmax = 1.69 e Å−3 |
6677 reflections | Δρmin = −0.58 e Å−3 |
412 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 | Occ. (<1) | |
Cu | 0.0199 (11) | −0.0170 (8) | 0.6898 (8) | 0.023 (4)* | 0.0342 (17) |
H1 | −0.0579 | −0.0371 | 0.7551 | 0.066 (14)* | 0.9658 (17) |
H3 | 0.1166 | 0.0014 | 0.6183 | 0.090 (18)* | 0.9658 (17) |
O1 | 0.5049 (3) | 0.24582 (18) | 0.5059 (2) | 0.0473 (6) | |
O2 | 0.5345 (2) | 0.10428 (16) | 0.36605 (17) | 0.0342 (5) | |
O3 | 0.2084 (4) | 0.46877 (19) | 0.9008 (2) | 0.0608 (8) | |
O4 | 0.2074 (3) | 0.45953 (18) | 1.06523 (19) | 0.0498 (7) | |
N1 | −0.1223 (3) | −0.0788 (2) | 0.7810 (2) | 0.0307 (6) | |
N2 | −0.0363 (3) | −0.16368 (19) | 0.5921 (2) | 0.0301 (6) | |
N3 | 0.1672 (3) | 0.00372 (19) | 0.5646 (2) | 0.0285 (5) | |
N4 | 0.0455 (3) | 0.12471 (19) | 0.82171 (19) | 0.0294 (6) | |
C1 | −0.1757 (3) | −0.0399 (2) | 0.8790 (2) | 0.0300 (6) | |
C2 | −0.2824 (3) | −0.1250 (2) | 0.8933 (2) | 0.0309 (7) | |
C3 | −0.2908 (3) | −0.2135 (2) | 0.8016 (2) | 0.0288 (6) | |
C4 | −0.1868 (3) | −0.1822 (2) | 0.7303 (2) | 0.0293 (6) | |
C5 | −0.1381 (3) | −0.2301 (2) | 0.6262 (2) | 0.0278 (6) | |
C6 | −0.1705 (3) | −0.3366 (2) | 0.5470 (2) | 0.0299 (6) | |
C7 | −0.0859 (4) | −0.3315 (2) | 0.4628 (2) | 0.0316 (7) | |
C8 | −0.0022 (3) | −0.2228 (2) | 0.4921 (2) | 0.0295 (6) | |
C9 | 0.0992 (3) | −0.1786 (2) | 0.4340 (2) | 0.0306 (7) | |
H9 | 0.1155 | −0.2226 | 0.3663 | 0.037* | |
C10 | 0.1798 (3) | −0.0737 (2) | 0.4675 (2) | 0.0301 (6) | |
C11 | 0.2930 (3) | −0.0293 (2) | 0.4121 (2) | 0.0295 (6) | |
C12 | 0.3471 (3) | 0.0748 (2) | 0.4781 (2) | 0.0291 (6) | |
C13 | 0.2670 (3) | 0.0956 (2) | 0.5738 (2) | 0.0276 (6) | |
C14 | 0.2903 (3) | 0.1949 (2) | 0.6577 (2) | 0.0311 (7) | |
H14 | 0.3664 | 0.2425 | 0.6418 | 0.037* | |
C15 | 0.2366 (3) | 0.2440 (2) | 0.7553 (2) | 0.0312 (7) | |
H15 | 0.2841 | 0.3151 | 0.7830 | 0.037* | |
C16 | 0.1310 (3) | 0.2192 (2) | 0.8265 (2) | 0.0300 (6) | |
C17 | 0.1087 (3) | 0.3021 (2) | 0.9271 (2) | 0.0310 (7) | |
C18 | 0.0115 (3) | 0.2540 (2) | 0.9838 (2) | 0.0300 (6) | |
C19 | −0.0280 (3) | 0.1427 (2) | 0.9157 (2) | 0.0299 (6) | |
C20 | −0.1292 (3) | 0.0661 (2) | 0.9425 (2) | 0.0301 (6) | |
H20 | −0.1691 | 0.0880 | 1.0090 | 0.036* | |
C21 | −0.3712 (4) | −0.1235 (3) | 0.9887 (3) | 0.0351 (7) | |
H21A | −0.4455 | −0.0750 | 0.9958 | 0.042* | |
H21B | −0.3024 | −0.0962 | 1.0519 | 0.042* | |
C22 | −0.4532 (4) | −0.2350 (3) | 0.9811 (3) | 0.0443 (8) | |
H22A | −0.3830 | −0.2734 | 1.0054 | 0.053* | |
H22B | −0.5367 | −0.2272 | 1.0280 | 0.053* | |
C23 | −0.5151 (4) | −0.3006 (3) | 0.8697 (3) | 0.0419 (8) | |
H23A | −0.5915 | −0.2650 | 0.8478 | 0.050* | |
H23B | −0.5650 | −0.3705 | 0.8701 | 0.050* | |
C24 | −0.3943 (4) | −0.3170 (2) | 0.7888 (3) | 0.0348 (7) | |
H24A | −0.3347 | −0.3699 | 0.7978 | 0.042* | |
H24B | −0.4431 | −0.3445 | 0.7177 | 0.042* | |
C25 | −0.2743 (4) | −0.4357 (2) | 0.5472 (3) | 0.0379 (7) | |
H25A | −0.3795 | −0.4250 | 0.5411 | 0.045* | |
H25B | −0.2580 | −0.4490 | 0.6139 | 0.045* | |
C26 | −0.2449 (4) | −0.5331 (3) | 0.4549 (3) | 0.0474 (9) | |
H26A | −0.1542 | −0.5583 | 0.4730 | 0.057* | |
H26B | −0.3301 | −0.5908 | 0.4444 | 0.057* | |
C27 | −0.2240 (5) | −0.5075 (3) | 0.3518 (3) | 0.0485 (9) | |
H27A | −0.2122 | −0.5727 | 0.2950 | 0.058* | |
H27B | −0.3142 | −0.4817 | 0.3336 | 0.058* | |
C28 | −0.0856 (4) | −0.4230 (2) | 0.3618 (3) | 0.0354 (7) | |
H28A | 0.0065 | −0.4547 | 0.3616 | 0.042* | |
H28B | −0.0869 | −0.3966 | 0.3016 | 0.042* | |
C29 | 0.3370 (4) | −0.0890 (3) | 0.3028 (2) | 0.0345 (7) | |
H29A | 0.3439 | −0.0425 | 0.2600 | 0.052* | |
H29B | 0.2612 | −0.1509 | 0.2707 | 0.052* | |
H29C | 0.4339 | −0.1118 | 0.3080 | 0.052* | |
C30 | 0.4677 (3) | 0.1519 (2) | 0.4546 (2) | 0.0303 (6) | |
C31 | 0.6546 (4) | 0.1722 (2) | 0.3344 (2) | 0.0335 (7) | |
H31A | 0.7376 | 0.1991 | 0.3888 | 0.040* | |
H31B | 0.6159 | 0.2331 | 0.3235 | 0.040* | |
C32 | 0.7086 (4) | 0.1028 (3) | 0.2324 (3) | 0.0411 (8) | |
H32A | 0.7390 | 0.0401 | 0.2431 | 0.062* | |
H32B | 0.7938 | 0.1429 | 0.2111 | 0.062* | |
H32C | 0.6274 | 0.0813 | 0.1780 | 0.062* | |
C33 | 0.1799 (4) | 0.4170 (2) | 0.9603 (3) | 0.0366 (7) | |
C34 | 0.2742 (6) | 0.5728 (3) | 1.1055 (3) | 0.0632 (12) | |
H34A | 0.3510 | 0.5880 | 1.0588 | 0.076* | |
H34B | 0.1958 | 0.6171 | 1.1067 | 0.076* | |
C35 | 0.3420 (6) | 0.5982 (3) | 1.2102 (4) | 0.0796 (16) | |
H35A | 0.2674 | 0.5788 | 1.2552 | 0.119* | |
H35B | 0.3787 | 0.6741 | 1.2381 | 0.119* | |
H35C | 0.4256 | 0.5589 | 1.2079 | 0.119* | |
C36 | −0.0458 (4) | 0.3008 (2) | 1.0907 (3) | 0.0354 (7) | |
H36A | 0.0165 | 0.2874 | 1.1432 | 0.053* | |
H36B | −0.1493 | 0.2683 | 1.0917 | 0.053* | |
H36C | −0.0416 | 0.3771 | 1.1063 | 0.053* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0499 (14) | 0.0317 (12) | 0.0501 (15) | −0.0069 (11) | 0.0205 (12) | 0.0036 (11) |
O2 | 0.0380 (12) | 0.0289 (11) | 0.0339 (12) | −0.0020 (9) | 0.0101 (9) | 0.0104 (9) |
O3 | 0.109 (2) | 0.0311 (13) | 0.0394 (15) | −0.0042 (14) | 0.0083 (15) | 0.0134 (11) |
O4 | 0.0808 (19) | 0.0276 (11) | 0.0339 (14) | −0.0099 (12) | −0.0029 (12) | 0.0081 (10) |
N1 | 0.0306 (13) | 0.0276 (12) | 0.0311 (14) | −0.0015 (11) | 0.0012 (11) | 0.0081 (11) |
N2 | 0.0295 (13) | 0.0264 (12) | 0.0327 (14) | −0.0010 (11) | 0.0008 (10) | 0.0095 (10) |
N3 | 0.0313 (13) | 0.0253 (12) | 0.0275 (13) | 0.0016 (11) | 0.0036 (10) | 0.0077 (10) |
N4 | 0.0296 (13) | 0.0288 (13) | 0.0291 (14) | 0.0026 (11) | 0.0027 (10) | 0.0090 (10) |
C1 | 0.0307 (15) | 0.0285 (15) | 0.0310 (16) | 0.0009 (13) | 0.0029 (12) | 0.0116 (12) |
C2 | 0.0319 (15) | 0.0304 (15) | 0.0301 (16) | 0.0045 (13) | 0.0031 (12) | 0.0095 (12) |
C3 | 0.0258 (14) | 0.0254 (14) | 0.0360 (17) | 0.0005 (12) | 0.0016 (12) | 0.0124 (12) |
C4 | 0.0266 (15) | 0.0275 (14) | 0.0330 (17) | 0.0009 (12) | −0.0020 (12) | 0.0102 (12) |
C5 | 0.0246 (14) | 0.0239 (14) | 0.0353 (17) | 0.0008 (12) | 0.0015 (12) | 0.0113 (12) |
C6 | 0.0279 (15) | 0.0263 (14) | 0.0347 (17) | 0.0023 (12) | 0.0003 (12) | 0.0096 (12) |
C7 | 0.0349 (16) | 0.0278 (15) | 0.0306 (17) | 0.0028 (13) | 0.0001 (12) | 0.0081 (12) |
C8 | 0.0264 (14) | 0.0288 (14) | 0.0318 (16) | −0.0001 (12) | 0.0027 (12) | 0.0096 (12) |
C9 | 0.0327 (16) | 0.0288 (15) | 0.0273 (16) | 0.0013 (13) | −0.0007 (12) | 0.0066 (12) |
C10 | 0.0285 (15) | 0.0299 (15) | 0.0321 (16) | 0.0036 (13) | 0.0011 (12) | 0.0105 (12) |
C11 | 0.0306 (15) | 0.0273 (14) | 0.0304 (16) | 0.0006 (13) | 0.0010 (12) | 0.0109 (12) |
C12 | 0.0281 (15) | 0.0285 (15) | 0.0318 (16) | 0.0035 (13) | 0.0015 (12) | 0.0117 (12) |
C13 | 0.0256 (14) | 0.0291 (15) | 0.0303 (16) | 0.0015 (12) | 0.0046 (11) | 0.0136 (12) |
C14 | 0.0316 (15) | 0.0288 (15) | 0.0328 (17) | −0.0016 (13) | 0.0022 (12) | 0.0124 (13) |
C15 | 0.0321 (16) | 0.0270 (14) | 0.0321 (17) | −0.0025 (13) | 0.0002 (12) | 0.0090 (12) |
C16 | 0.0321 (16) | 0.0253 (14) | 0.0319 (16) | −0.0007 (13) | 0.0020 (12) | 0.0103 (12) |
C17 | 0.0333 (16) | 0.0235 (14) | 0.0344 (17) | −0.0013 (13) | −0.0011 (13) | 0.0094 (12) |
C18 | 0.0304 (15) | 0.0304 (15) | 0.0287 (16) | 0.0003 (13) | 0.0015 (12) | 0.0106 (12) |
C19 | 0.0299 (15) | 0.0308 (15) | 0.0288 (16) | 0.0032 (13) | 0.0016 (12) | 0.0098 (12) |
C20 | 0.0307 (15) | 0.0278 (15) | 0.0301 (16) | 0.0003 (13) | 0.0025 (12) | 0.0087 (12) |
C21 | 0.0390 (17) | 0.0330 (16) | 0.0344 (17) | 0.0068 (14) | 0.0044 (13) | 0.0119 (13) |
C22 | 0.0430 (19) | 0.0433 (19) | 0.045 (2) | −0.0026 (16) | 0.0066 (16) | 0.0165 (16) |
C23 | 0.046 (2) | 0.0388 (18) | 0.042 (2) | 0.0018 (16) | 0.0080 (15) | 0.0163 (15) |
C24 | 0.0376 (17) | 0.0303 (16) | 0.0367 (18) | 0.0006 (14) | 0.0011 (13) | 0.0132 (13) |
C25 | 0.0377 (17) | 0.0311 (16) | 0.0420 (19) | −0.0014 (14) | 0.0079 (14) | 0.0103 (14) |
C26 | 0.050 (2) | 0.0319 (17) | 0.050 (2) | −0.0057 (16) | 0.0081 (17) | 0.0044 (15) |
C27 | 0.056 (2) | 0.0370 (18) | 0.042 (2) | −0.0061 (17) | 0.0051 (17) | 0.0036 (15) |
C28 | 0.0391 (17) | 0.0273 (15) | 0.0368 (18) | 0.0016 (13) | 0.0012 (13) | 0.0078 (13) |
C29 | 0.0354 (16) | 0.0348 (16) | 0.0324 (17) | 0.0022 (14) | 0.0048 (13) | 0.0109 (13) |
C30 | 0.0288 (15) | 0.0292 (15) | 0.0323 (17) | −0.0022 (13) | 0.0024 (12) | 0.0117 (13) |
C31 | 0.0320 (16) | 0.0337 (16) | 0.0344 (17) | −0.0034 (14) | 0.0035 (13) | 0.0142 (13) |
C32 | 0.048 (2) | 0.0457 (19) | 0.0343 (18) | 0.0087 (17) | 0.0110 (15) | 0.0183 (15) |
C33 | 0.0456 (19) | 0.0280 (15) | 0.0357 (18) | 0.0050 (14) | 0.0023 (14) | 0.0101 (13) |
C34 | 0.111 (4) | 0.0269 (17) | 0.044 (2) | −0.013 (2) | −0.007 (2) | 0.0112 (16) |
C35 | 0.086 (3) | 0.034 (2) | 0.103 (4) | −0.006 (2) | −0.032 (3) | 0.007 (2) |
C36 | 0.0399 (17) | 0.0287 (15) | 0.0365 (18) | 0.0033 (14) | 0.0080 (14) | 0.0099 (13) |
Cu—N2 | 1.954 (10) | C17—C18 | 1.373 (4) |
Cu—N1 | 2.026 (10) | C17—C33 | 1.485 (4) |
Cu—N4 | 2.105 (10) | C18—C19 | 1.453 (4) |
Cu—N3 | 2.189 (10) | C18—C36 | 1.487 (4) |
O1—C30 | 1.209 (4) | C19—C20 | 1.394 (4) |
O2—C30 | 1.337 (4) | C20—H20 | 0.9300 |
O2—C31 | 1.450 (4) | C21—C22 | 1.523 (5) |
O3—C33 | 1.208 (4) | C21—H21A | 0.9700 |
O4—C33 | 1.332 (4) | C21—H21B | 0.9700 |
O4—C34 | 1.456 (4) | C22—C23 | 1.510 (5) |
N1—C4 | 1.357 (4) | C22—H22A | 0.9700 |
N1—C1 | 1.358 (4) | C22—H22B | 0.9700 |
N1—H1 | 0.886 | C23—C24 | 1.516 (5) |
N2—C5 | 1.355 (4) | C23—H23A | 0.9700 |
N2—C8 | 1.374 (4) | C23—H23B | 0.9700 |
N3—C13 | 1.371 (4) | C24—H24A | 0.9700 |
N3—C10 | 1.388 (4) | C24—H24B | 0.9700 |
N3—H3 | 0.854 | C25—C26 | 1.528 (4) |
N4—C16 | 1.351 (4) | C25—H25A | 0.9700 |
N4—C19 | 1.385 (4) | C25—H25B | 0.9700 |
C1—C20 | 1.390 (4) | C26—C27 | 1.519 (5) |
C1—C2 | 1.429 (4) | C26—H26A | 0.9700 |
C2—C3 | 1.390 (4) | C26—H26B | 0.9700 |
C2—C21 | 1.497 (4) | C27—C28 | 1.515 (5) |
C3—C4 | 1.444 (4) | C27—H27A | 0.9700 |
C3—C24 | 1.498 (4) | C27—H27B | 0.9700 |
C4—C5 | 1.427 (4) | C28—H28A | 0.9700 |
C5—C6 | 1.456 (4) | C28—H28B | 0.9700 |
C6—C7 | 1.369 (4) | C29—H29A | 0.9600 |
C6—C25 | 1.494 (4) | C29—H29B | 0.9600 |
C7—C8 | 1.453 (4) | C29—H29C | 0.9600 |
C7—C28 | 1.497 (4) | C31—C32 | 1.504 (4) |
C8—C9 | 1.379 (4) | C31—H31A | 0.9700 |
C9—C10 | 1.400 (4) | C31—H31B | 0.9700 |
C9—H9 | 0.9300 | C32—H32A | 0.9600 |
C10—C11 | 1.423 (4) | C32—H32B | 0.9600 |
C11—C12 | 1.392 (4) | C32—H32C | 0.9600 |
C11—C29 | 1.503 (4) | C34—C35 | 1.427 (6) |
C12—C13 | 1.433 (4) | C34—H34A | 0.9700 |
C12—C30 | 1.479 (4) | C34—H34B | 0.9700 |
C13—C14 | 1.416 (4) | C35—H35A | 0.9600 |
C14—C15 | 1.379 (4) | C35—H35B | 0.9600 |
C14—H14 | 0.9300 | C35—H35C | 0.9600 |
C15—C16 | 1.419 (4) | C36—H36A | 0.9600 |
C15—H15 | 0.9300 | C36—H36B | 0.9600 |
C16—C17 | 1.473 (4) | C36—H36C | 0.9600 |
N2—Cu—N1 | 80.7 (4) | C22—C21—H21B | 109.2 |
N2—Cu—N4 | 165.0 (6) | H21A—C21—H21B | 107.9 |
N1—Cu—N4 | 84.3 (4) | C23—C22—C21 | 112.9 (3) |
N2—Cu—N3 | 83.9 (4) | C23—C22—H22A | 109.0 |
N1—Cu—N3 | 164.4 (5) | C21—C22—H22A | 109.0 |
N4—Cu—N3 | 110.9 (4) | C23—C22—H22B | 109.0 |
C30—O2—C31 | 116.0 (2) | C21—C22—H22B | 109.0 |
C33—O4—C34 | 116.5 (3) | H22A—C22—H22B | 107.8 |
C4—N1—C1 | 111.7 (3) | C22—C23—C24 | 113.7 (3) |
C4—N1—Cu | 112.8 (3) | C22—C23—H23A | 108.8 |
C1—N1—Cu | 135.4 (3) | C24—C23—H23A | 108.8 |
C4—N1—H1 | 127.1 | C22—C23—H23B | 108.8 |
C5—N2—C8 | 106.3 (2) | C24—C23—H23B | 108.8 |
C5—N2—Cu | 116.1 (3) | H23A—C23—H23B | 107.7 |
C8—N2—Cu | 137.5 (4) | C3—C24—C23 | 111.0 (3) |
C13—N3—C10 | 109.8 (2) | C3—C24—H24A | 109.4 |
C13—N3—Cu | 124.0 (3) | C23—C24—H24A | 109.4 |
C10—N3—Cu | 126.1 (3) | C3—C24—H24B | 109.4 |
C13—N3—H3 | 117.9 | C23—C24—H24B | 109.4 |
C10—N3—H3 | 132.0 | H24A—C24—H24B | 108.0 |
C16—N4—C19 | 106.7 (2) | C6—C25—C26 | 110.7 (3) |
C16—N4—Cu | 125.3 (3) | C6—C25—H25A | 109.5 |
C19—N4—Cu | 127.9 (3) | C26—C25—H25A | 109.5 |
N1—C1—C20 | 121.0 (3) | C6—C25—H25B | 109.5 |
N1—C1—C2 | 106.8 (3) | C26—C25—H25B | 109.5 |
C20—C1—C2 | 132.2 (3) | H25A—C25—H25B | 108.1 |
C3—C2—C1 | 107.9 (3) | C27—C26—C25 | 112.6 (3) |
C3—C2—C21 | 124.3 (3) | C27—C26—H26A | 109.1 |
C1—C2—C21 | 127.8 (3) | C25—C26—H26A | 109.1 |
C2—C3—C4 | 106.8 (3) | C27—C26—H26B | 109.1 |
C2—C3—C24 | 122.2 (3) | C25—C26—H26B | 109.1 |
C4—C3—C24 | 131.0 (3) | H26A—C26—H26B | 107.8 |
N1—C4—C5 | 115.8 (3) | C28—C27—C26 | 111.2 (3) |
N1—C4—C3 | 106.8 (3) | C28—C27—H27A | 109.4 |
C5—C4—C3 | 137.4 (3) | C26—C27—H27A | 109.4 |
N2—C5—C4 | 114.4 (3) | C28—C27—H27B | 109.4 |
N2—C5—C6 | 111.0 (3) | C26—C27—H27B | 109.4 |
C4—C5—C6 | 134.5 (3) | H27A—C27—H27B | 108.0 |
C7—C6—C5 | 105.9 (3) | C7—C28—C27 | 109.9 (3) |
C7—C6—C25 | 123.0 (3) | C7—C28—H28A | 109.7 |
C5—C6—C25 | 131.1 (3) | C27—C28—H28A | 109.7 |
C6—C7—C8 | 106.6 (3) | C7—C28—H28B | 109.7 |
C6—C7—C28 | 124.5 (3) | C27—C28—H28B | 109.7 |
C8—C7—C28 | 128.8 (3) | H28A—C28—H28B | 108.2 |
N2—C8—C9 | 121.3 (3) | C11—C29—H29A | 109.5 |
N2—C8—C7 | 110.1 (3) | C11—C29—H29B | 109.5 |
C9—C8—C7 | 128.6 (3) | H29A—C29—H29B | 109.5 |
C8—C9—C10 | 126.1 (3) | C11—C29—H29C | 109.5 |
C8—C9—H9 | 117.0 | H29A—C29—H29C | 109.5 |
C10—C9—H9 | 117.0 | H29B—C29—H29C | 109.5 |
N3—C10—C9 | 125.0 (3) | O1—C30—O2 | 122.4 (3) |
N3—C10—C11 | 108.1 (3) | O1—C30—C12 | 126.7 (3) |
C9—C10—C11 | 126.9 (3) | O2—C30—C12 | 110.9 (2) |
C12—C11—C10 | 106.5 (3) | O2—C31—C32 | 106.4 (3) |
C12—C11—C29 | 129.9 (3) | O2—C31—H31A | 110.4 |
C10—C11—C29 | 123.6 (3) | C32—C31—H31A | 110.4 |
C11—C12—C13 | 108.8 (3) | O2—C31—H31B | 110.4 |
C11—C12—C30 | 126.1 (3) | C32—C31—H31B | 110.4 |
C13—C12—C30 | 125.1 (3) | H31A—C31—H31B | 108.6 |
N3—C13—C14 | 129.2 (3) | C31—C32—H32A | 109.5 |
N3—C13—C12 | 106.8 (2) | C31—C32—H32B | 109.5 |
C14—C13—C12 | 124.0 (3) | H32A—C32—H32B | 109.5 |
C15—C14—C13 | 140.4 (3) | C31—C32—H32C | 109.5 |
C15—C14—H14 | 109.8 | H32A—C32—H32C | 109.5 |
C13—C14—H14 | 109.8 | H32B—C32—H32C | 109.5 |
C14—C15—C16 | 139.4 (3) | O3—C33—O4 | 122.4 (3) |
C14—C15—H15 | 110.3 | O3—C33—C17 | 125.0 (3) |
C16—C15—H15 | 110.3 | O4—C33—C17 | 112.6 (3) |
N4—C16—C15 | 130.2 (3) | C35—C34—O4 | 110.2 (3) |
N4—C16—C17 | 109.5 (3) | C35—C34—H34A | 109.6 |
C15—C16—C17 | 120.2 (3) | O4—C34—H34A | 109.6 |
C18—C17—C16 | 107.7 (3) | C35—C34—H34B | 109.6 |
C18—C17—C33 | 126.6 (3) | O4—C34—H34B | 109.6 |
C16—C17—C33 | 125.6 (3) | H34A—C34—H34B | 108.1 |
C17—C18—C19 | 104.9 (3) | C34—C35—H35A | 109.5 |
C17—C18—C36 | 129.6 (3) | C34—C35—H35B | 109.5 |
C19—C18—C36 | 125.5 (3) | H35A—C35—H35B | 109.5 |
N4—C19—C20 | 125.4 (3) | C34—C35—H35C | 109.5 |
N4—C19—C18 | 111.2 (3) | H35A—C35—H35C | 109.5 |
C20—C19—C18 | 123.5 (3) | H35B—C35—H35C | 109.5 |
C1—C20—C19 | 125.9 (3) | C18—C36—H36A | 109.5 |
C1—C20—H20 | 117.0 | C18—C36—H36B | 109.5 |
C19—C20—H20 | 117.0 | H36A—C36—H36B | 109.5 |
C2—C21—C22 | 112.1 (3) | C18—C36—H36C | 109.5 |
C2—C21—H21A | 109.2 | H36A—C36—H36C | 109.5 |
C22—C21—H21A | 109.2 | H36B—C36—H36C | 109.5 |
C2—C21—H21B | 109.2 | ||
N2—Cu—N1—C4 | −2.9 (4) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | 175.0 (3) |
N4—Cu—N1—C4 | 178.1 (2) | N3—C10—C11—C12 | 0.4 (3) |
N3—Cu—N1—C4 | −13.5 (19) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −176.7 (3) |
N2—Cu—N1—C1 | −178.4 (3) | N3—C10—C11—C29 | −179.1 (3) |
N4—Cu—N1—C1 | 2.6 (5) | C9—C10—C11—C29 | 3.8 (5) |
N3—Cu—N1—C1 | 171.0 (16) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | −0.6 (3) |
N1—Cu—N2—C5 | 2.1 (4) | C29—C11—C12—C13 | 178.8 (3) |
N4—Cu—N2—C5 | 6 (2) | C10—C11—C12—C30 | 179.2 (3) |
N3—Cu—N2—C5 | 179.3 (2) | C29—C11—C12—C30 | −1.4 (5) |
N1—Cu—N2—C8 | −178.9 (3) | C10—N3—C13—C14 | 178.4 (3) |
N4—Cu—N2—C8 | −175.1 (17) | Cu—N3—C13—C14 | −4.3 (5) |
N3—Cu—N2—C8 | −1.8 (6) | C10—N3—C13—C12 | −0.4 (3) |
N2—Cu—N3—C13 | −175.6 (2) | Cu—N3—C13—C12 | 176.9 (3) |
N1—Cu—N3—C13 | −165.1 (17) | C11—C12—C13—N3 | 0.7 (3) |
N4—Cu—N3—C13 | 2.6 (5) | C30—C12—C13—N3 | −179.2 (2) |
N2—Cu—N3—C10 | 1.2 (5) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | −178.3 (3) |
N1—Cu—N3—C10 | 12 (2) | C30—C12—C13—C14 | 1.9 (4) |
N4—Cu—N3—C10 | 179.4 (3) | N3—C13—C14—C15 | −0.4 (6) |
N2—Cu—N4—C16 | 178.0 (18) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | 178.2 (3) |
N1—Cu—N4—C16 | −178.2 (2) | C13—C14—C15—C16 | 2.9 (7) |
N3—Cu—N4—C16 | 5.1 (6) | C19—N4—C16—C15 | 175.0 (3) |
N2—Cu—N4—C19 | −7 (2) | Cu—N4—C16—C15 | −9.2 (5) |
N1—Cu—N4—C19 | −3.3 (5) | C19—N4—C16—C17 | −1.4 (3) |
N3—Cu—N4—C19 | −180.0 (3) | Cu—N4—C16—C17 | 174.4 (3) |
C4—N1—C1—C20 | −177.3 (3) | C14—C15—C16—N4 | 4.7 (6) |
Cu—N1—C1—C20 | −1.7 (6) | C14—C15—C16—C17 | −179.2 (3) |
C4—N1—C1—C2 | 0.5 (3) | N4—C16—C17—C18 | 2.0 (3) |
Cu—N1—C1—C2 | 176.0 (4) | C15—C16—C17—C18 | −174.8 (3) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −0.5 (3) | N4—C16—C17—C33 | −178.3 (3) |
C20—C1—C2—C3 | 176.8 (3) | C15—C16—C17—C33 | 4.9 (4) |
N1—C1—C2—C21 | 179.1 (3) | C16—C17—C18—C19 | −1.7 (3) |
C20—C1—C2—C21 | −3.6 (5) | C33—C17—C18—C19 | 178.6 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.4 (3) | C16—C17—C18—C36 | 178.8 (3) |
C21—C2—C3—C4 | −179.2 (3) | C33—C17—C18—C36 | −1.0 (5) |
C1—C2—C3—C24 | −179.1 (2) | C16—N4—C19—C20 | 179.2 (3) |
C21—C2—C3—C24 | 1.3 (4) | Cu—N4—C19—C20 | 3.6 (5) |
C1—N1—C4—C5 | 179.8 (2) | C16—N4—C19—C18 | 0.3 (3) |
Cu—N1—C4—C5 | 3.2 (4) | Cu—N4—C19—C18 | −175.3 (4) |
C1—N1—C4—C3 | −0.2 (3) | C17—C18—C19—N4 | 0.9 (3) |
Cu—N1—C4—C3 | −176.8 (3) | C36—C18—C19—N4 | −179.5 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—N1 | −0.1 (3) | C17—C18—C19—C20 | −178.0 (3) |
C24—C3—C4—N1 | 179.3 (3) | C36—C18—C19—C20 | 1.6 (5) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 179.9 (3) | N1—C1—C20—C19 | 0.4 (4) |
C24—C3—C4—C5 | −0.6 (5) | C2—C1—C20—C19 | −176.7 (3) |
C8—N2—C5—C4 | 179.7 (2) | N4—C19—C20—C1 | −1.5 (5) |
Cu—N2—C5—C4 | −1.1 (4) | C18—C19—C20—C1 | 177.3 (3) |
C8—N2—C5—C6 | 0.9 (3) | C3—C2—C21—C22 | 8.9 (4) |
Cu—N2—C5—C6 | −179.9 (3) | C1—C2—C21—C22 | −170.6 (3) |
N1—C4—C5—N2 | −1.5 (4) | C2—C21—C22—C23 | −37.3 (4) |
C3—C4—C5—N2 | 178.5 (3) | C21—C22—C23—C24 | 58.1 (4) |
N1—C4—C5—C6 | 177.0 (3) | C2—C3—C24—C23 | 16.9 (4) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | −3.0 (6) | C4—C3—C24—C23 | −162.5 (3) |
N2—C5—C6—C7 | −1.0 (3) | C22—C23—C24—C3 | −45.9 (4) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | −179.5 (3) | C7—C6—C25—C26 | 12.8 (4) |
N2—C5—C6—C25 | −179.5 (3) | C5—C6—C25—C26 | −168.9 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—C25 | 2.0 (5) | C6—C25—C26—C27 | −43.0 (4) |
C5—C6—C7—C8 | 0.6 (3) | C25—C26—C27—C28 | 62.6 (4) |
C25—C6—C7—C8 | 179.3 (3) | C6—C7—C28—C27 | 17.6 (4) |
C5—C6—C7—C28 | −179.0 (3) | C8—C7—C28—C27 | −162.0 (3) |
C25—C6—C7—C28 | −0.4 (5) | C26—C27—C28—C7 | −46.9 (4) |
C5—N2—C8—C9 | 179.9 (3) | C31—O2—C30—O1 | −0.2 (4) |
Cu—N2—C8—C9 | 1.0 (6) | C31—O2—C30—C12 | 179.7 (2) |
C5—N2—C8—C7 | −0.5 (3) | C11—C12—C30—O1 | 171.8 (3) |
Cu—N2—C8—C7 | −179.4 (4) | C13—C12—C30—O1 | −8.4 (5) |
C6—C7—C8—N2 | −0.1 (3) | C11—C12—C30—O2 | −8.2 (4) |
C28—C7—C8—N2 | 179.5 (3) | C13—C12—C30—O2 | 171.6 (2) |
C6—C7—C8—C9 | 179.4 (3) | C30—O2—C31—C32 | −178.4 (2) |
C28—C7—C8—C9 | −1.0 (5) | C34—O4—C33—O3 | 0.1 (5) |
N2—C8—C9—C10 | 1.3 (5) | C34—O4—C33—C17 | −178.7 (3) |
C7—C8—C9—C10 | −178.3 (3) | C18—C17—C33—O3 | −146.8 (4) |
C13—N3—C10—C9 | 177.2 (3) | C16—C17—C33—O3 | 33.5 (5) |
Cu—N3—C10—C9 | 0.0 (5) | C18—C17—C33—O4 | 31.9 (4) |
C13—N3—C10—C11 | 0.0 (3) | C16—C17—C33—O4 | −147.8 (3) |
Cu—N3—C10—C11 | −177.2 (3) | C33—O4—C34—C35 | −161.3 (4) |
C8—C9—C10—N3 | −1.6 (5) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N3—H3···N2 | 0.85 | 2.33 | 2.777 (4) | 113 |
N1—H1···N4 | 0.89 | 2.11 | 2.774 (4) | 131 |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | [Cu(C36H36N4O4)]0.034·0.966C36H38N4O4 |
Mr | 592.80 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 296 |
a, b, c (Å) | 8.8759 (5), 13.2493 (8), 13.2891 (7) |
α, β, γ (°) | 108.496 (2), 90.708 (2), 98.142 (2) |
V (Å3) | 1464.4 (1) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.11 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.31 × 0.25 × 0.10 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Rigaku RAPID diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (ABSCOR; Higashi, 1995) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.788, 0.923 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 14734, 6677, 3707 |
Rint | 0.044 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.649 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.072, 0.246, 1.15 |
No. of reflections | 6677 |
No. of parameters | 412 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 1.69, −0.58 |
Computer programs: CrystalClear (Rigaku/MSC, 2005), HKL-2000 (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N3—H3···N2 | 0.85 | 2.33 | 2.777 (4) | 113 |
N1—H1···N4 | 0.89 | 2.11 | 2.774 (4) | 131 |
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (No. 23550083 to YO). This work was also supported by the Research Center for Materials with Integrated Properties and Advanced Medical Research Center, Toho University.
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Investigations on the porphyrin isomers such as porphycenes, N-confused porphyrins, corroles, etc. have attracted much attention because their unique core geometry often leads to different physicochemical properties both in artificial model complexes and hemeproteins (Erben et al., 2000; Gross et al., 2000; Ohgo et al., 2002; Sessler et al., 2000). The accumulations of the structure analyses on these unique core geometry should be of great advantage in designing the new artificial materials or artificial proteins. It is also quite important to elucidate the electronic and steric effects of the peripheral substituents of the macrocycles, since the reconstitution experiments of these substituted macrocycles instead of normal hemes frequently represent some unusual functional activities. In this paper, we report structure analysis of free-base corrphycene which possess large cyclohexyl rings at pyrrole β-positions. Figure 1 shows the ORTEP drawing of the title compound with atom numbering. The corrphycene macrocycle shows nearly planar structure where the r.m.s. deviation of the peripheral 20 carbon atoms and 4 nitrogen atoms is only 0.054 (3) Å. The central N4 cavity shows trapezoidal geometry with N1···N2 = 2.578, N2···N3 = 2.774, N3···N4 = 3.538 and N4···N1 = 2.776 Å. Thus, the surface area within the N4 coordinating core is 8.358 Å2, which is significantly smaller than that of the corresponding free-base porphyrin, 8.503 Å2 in OEP (OEP: dianion of 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethylporphyrin; Lauher et al., 1973). Two intramolecular hydrogen bonds are found; N1—H1···N4 and N3—H3···N2. The detailed structure analysis clarified that the co-crystallization of the free-base corrphycene together with corrphycenato-Cu(II), which is an intermediate product in the template synthesis, is occurred in the recrystallization process. It is quite interesting that the free-base and it's metal complex are co-crystallized in this manner. This phenomenon should be ascribed to the structural similarity, such as core geometry and planarity, in both compounds. Figure 2 shows a packing diagram, which exhibits the layered structure of the title compound. The distance between the layers is determined to be 3.174 Å.