organic compounds
1,4-Bis(3-methylphenyl)piperazine-2,5-dione
aCollege of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, People's Republic of China
*Correspondence e-mail: pubsliu@163.com
The 18H18N2O2, consists of two independent molecules, each of which is located about a center of inversion. The molecules are not planar, showing dihedral angles of 55.84 (9) and 54.10 (8)° between the piperazinedione and the aromatic rings. The piperazine N atoms exhibit a planar configuration. The crystal packing is stabilized by intermolecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
of the title compound, CRelated literature
For background to the applications of piperazinedione and its derivatives, see: Acharya et al. (2001); Fischer (2003); Krchnak et al. (1996); Paradisi et al. (2002). For the syntheses and structures of piperazinediones, see: Wen et al. (2006); Zhang et al. (2007).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2001); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2001); 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.
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812026372/zq2169sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812026372/zq2169Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812026372/zq2169Isup3.cml
The title compound was prepared according to the literature method (Wen et al., 2006). Colourless single crystals of the title compound suitable for X-ray diffraction study were obtained by slow evaporation of an ethanol solution over a period of 20 d.
All H atoms were positioned geometricallyand constrained to ride on their parent atoms, with C—H = 0.93 Å and Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C) for aromatic H atoms, with C—H = 0.97 Å and Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C) for methylene H atoms, and with C—H = 0.96 and Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(C) for methyl H atoms.
Piperazinediones form an important class of biologically active natural products (Fischer et al., 2003), and represent important precursors for the synthesis of
and non-natural amino acids (Paradisi et al., 2002). Recently, piperazinediones have gained importance in drug discovery (Krchnak et al., 1996), and opioid receptor agonists and antagonists (Acharya et al., 2001). Here, we report the of the title compound.The title compound consists of two crystallographically independent C18H18N2O2 molecules in the π-conjugation effects arising from the presence of the two C=O double bonds. In addition, the crystal packing exhibit intermolecular C—H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1, Fig. 2).
of the centrosymmetric P21/n (Fig. 1). Each molecule is located on a center of inversion. All bond lengths and angles of two independent molecules are comparable with those in the related compounds (Wen et al., 2006; Zhang et al., 2007). The molecules are not planar showing dihedral angles of 55.84 (9)° and 54.10 (8)° between the piperazinedione and the aromatic rings, which is different from the ortho-substituted isomer 1,4-bis(2-methylphenyl)piperazine-2,5-dione (Wen et al., 2006). The sum of the bond angles around N1 (360.00°) and N2 (359.98°) indicates the piperazine N atoms have also a planar configuration, different from the normal pyramidal configuration of the N atom. This difference is mainly due to theFor background to the applications of piperazinedione and its derivatives, see: Acharya et al. (2001); Fischer et al. (2003); Krchnak et al. (1996); Paradisi et al. (2002). For the syntheses and structures of piperazinediones, see: Wen et al. (2006); Zhang et al. (2007).
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2001); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2001); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2001); 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).C18H18N2O2 | F(000) = 624 |
Mr = 294.34 | Dx = 1.311 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2yn | Cell parameters from 1825 reflections |
a = 12.6608 (15) Å | θ = 3.2–23.9° |
b = 6.1508 (7) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
c = 19.223 (2) Å | T = 153 K |
β = 95.142 (2)° | Block, colourless |
V = 1490.9 (3) Å3 | 0.38 × 0.12 × 0.10 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer | 2836 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2078 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.029 |
phi and ω scans | θmax = 25.7°, θmin = 1.9° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | h = −15→15 |
Tmin = 0.968, Tmax = 0.991 | k = −7→7 |
7835 measured reflections | l = −23→12 |
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)] = 0.052 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.137 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.02 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0664P)2 + 0.2932P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2836 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
199 parameters | Δρmax = 0.19 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3 |
C18H18N2O2 | V = 1490.9 (3) Å3 |
Mr = 294.34 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 12.6608 (15) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
b = 6.1508 (7) Å | T = 153 K |
c = 19.223 (2) Å | 0.38 × 0.12 × 0.10 mm |
β = 95.142 (2)° |
Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer | 2836 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | 2078 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.968, Tmax = 0.991 | Rint = 0.029 |
7835 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.052 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.137 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.02 | Δρmax = 0.19 e Å−3 |
2836 reflections | Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3 |
199 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 | ||
O2 | 0.14816 (10) | 0.1901 (2) | 0.50117 (7) | 0.0517 (4) | |
N2 | 0.09833 (10) | 0.5171 (2) | 0.54147 (8) | 0.0372 (4) | |
O1 | 0.53271 (11) | 1.1732 (2) | 0.59161 (8) | 0.0571 (4) | |
N1 | 0.58560 (11) | 1.5000 (2) | 0.55280 (8) | 0.0423 (4) | |
C15 | 0.19661 (13) | 0.5530 (3) | 0.58423 (9) | 0.0369 (4) | |
C16 | 0.08291 (13) | 0.3358 (3) | 0.50265 (9) | 0.0383 (4) | |
C14 | 0.25272 (14) | 0.7430 (3) | 0.57627 (10) | 0.0432 (5) | |
H14A | 0.2275 | 0.8470 | 0.5438 | 0.052* | |
C6 | 0.67677 (14) | 1.5123 (3) | 0.60368 (10) | 0.0434 (5) | |
C7 | 0.52080 (14) | 1.3255 (3) | 0.55088 (11) | 0.0431 (5) | |
C1 | 0.75220 (14) | 1.3485 (3) | 0.60645 (10) | 0.0442 (5) | |
H1A | 0.7416 | 1.2280 | 0.5774 | 0.053* | |
C10 | 0.23305 (13) | 0.4011 (3) | 0.63376 (9) | 0.0410 (5) | |
H10A | 0.1942 | 0.2748 | 0.6391 | 0.049* | |
C13 | 0.34654 (15) | 0.7763 (3) | 0.61707 (11) | 0.0499 (5) | |
H13A | 0.3853 | 0.9026 | 0.6116 | 0.060* | |
C8 | 0.56977 (15) | 1.6836 (3) | 0.50490 (11) | 0.0487 (5) | |
H8A | 0.6345 | 1.7026 | 0.4821 | 0.058* | |
H8B | 0.5608 | 1.8130 | 0.5326 | 0.058* | |
C17 | 0.02008 (14) | 0.6913 (3) | 0.54148 (11) | 0.0480 (5) | |
H17A | 0.0532 | 0.8236 | 0.5267 | 0.058* | |
H17B | 0.0038 | 0.7134 | 0.5893 | 0.058* | |
C12 | 0.38306 (15) | 0.6248 (3) | 0.66558 (11) | 0.0505 (5) | |
H12A | 0.4468 | 0.6493 | 0.6924 | 0.061* | |
C11 | 0.32667 (14) | 0.4345 (3) | 0.67562 (10) | 0.0443 (5) | |
C5 | 0.69087 (17) | 1.6911 (3) | 0.64691 (11) | 0.0563 (6) | |
H5A | 0.6405 | 1.8015 | 0.6450 | 0.068* | |
C9 | 0.92602 (17) | 1.1862 (4) | 0.65370 (13) | 0.0715 (7) | |
H9A | 0.9037 | 1.0751 | 0.6205 | 0.107* | |
H9B | 0.9353 | 1.1243 | 0.6997 | 0.107* | |
H9C | 0.9920 | 1.2472 | 0.6420 | 0.107* | |
C4 | 0.78057 (19) | 1.7042 (4) | 0.69301 (12) | 0.0656 (7) | |
H4A | 0.7901 | 1.8230 | 0.7229 | 0.079* | |
C2 | 0.84310 (15) | 1.3621 (4) | 0.65189 (10) | 0.0507 (5) | |
C18 | 0.36529 (18) | 0.2729 (4) | 0.73046 (12) | 0.0676 (7) | |
H18A | 0.3167 | 0.1528 | 0.7298 | 0.101* | |
H18B | 0.3697 | 0.3412 | 0.7755 | 0.101* | |
H18C | 0.4341 | 0.2210 | 0.7211 | 0.101* | |
C3 | 0.85602 (18) | 1.5430 (4) | 0.69520 (12) | 0.0637 (6) | |
H3A | 0.9166 | 1.5552 | 0.7261 | 0.076* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O2 | 0.0451 (8) | 0.0387 (7) | 0.0687 (9) | 0.0118 (6) | −0.0098 (7) | −0.0062 (7) |
N2 | 0.0339 (8) | 0.0303 (8) | 0.0456 (9) | 0.0019 (6) | −0.0069 (7) | 0.0003 (7) |
O1 | 0.0545 (8) | 0.0430 (8) | 0.0724 (10) | −0.0054 (6) | −0.0018 (7) | 0.0148 (7) |
N1 | 0.0392 (8) | 0.0338 (8) | 0.0535 (10) | −0.0026 (6) | 0.0027 (7) | 0.0021 (7) |
C15 | 0.0342 (9) | 0.0362 (9) | 0.0392 (10) | 0.0025 (7) | −0.0029 (8) | −0.0016 (8) |
C16 | 0.0383 (9) | 0.0311 (9) | 0.0445 (11) | 0.0019 (7) | −0.0019 (8) | 0.0034 (8) |
C14 | 0.0472 (11) | 0.0374 (10) | 0.0439 (10) | −0.0030 (8) | −0.0015 (9) | 0.0029 (9) |
C6 | 0.0432 (10) | 0.0423 (10) | 0.0455 (11) | −0.0072 (8) | 0.0087 (9) | 0.0010 (9) |
C7 | 0.0400 (10) | 0.0313 (9) | 0.0592 (12) | 0.0005 (8) | 0.0102 (9) | 0.0007 (9) |
C1 | 0.0455 (11) | 0.0457 (11) | 0.0413 (11) | −0.0040 (9) | 0.0031 (9) | −0.0003 (9) |
C10 | 0.0378 (10) | 0.0401 (10) | 0.0441 (10) | −0.0011 (8) | −0.0018 (9) | 0.0047 (9) |
C13 | 0.0447 (11) | 0.0495 (11) | 0.0544 (12) | −0.0134 (9) | −0.0009 (10) | −0.0011 (10) |
C8 | 0.0428 (10) | 0.0357 (10) | 0.0672 (14) | −0.0047 (8) | 0.0027 (10) | 0.0067 (10) |
C17 | 0.0431 (10) | 0.0355 (10) | 0.0621 (13) | 0.0075 (8) | −0.0134 (10) | −0.0099 (9) |
C12 | 0.0364 (10) | 0.0625 (13) | 0.0506 (12) | −0.0052 (9) | −0.0078 (9) | −0.0038 (10) |
C11 | 0.0387 (10) | 0.0530 (12) | 0.0401 (10) | 0.0060 (9) | −0.0025 (8) | 0.0015 (9) |
C5 | 0.0569 (13) | 0.0472 (12) | 0.0662 (14) | −0.0086 (10) | 0.0129 (11) | −0.0103 (11) |
C9 | 0.0516 (13) | 0.0829 (17) | 0.0775 (17) | 0.0030 (12) | −0.0078 (12) | 0.0164 (14) |
C4 | 0.0691 (15) | 0.0647 (15) | 0.0635 (15) | −0.0252 (12) | 0.0093 (13) | −0.0206 (12) |
C2 | 0.0451 (11) | 0.0616 (13) | 0.0454 (11) | −0.0088 (10) | 0.0037 (9) | 0.0078 (10) |
C18 | 0.0633 (14) | 0.0744 (15) | 0.0606 (14) | 0.0066 (12) | −0.0191 (12) | 0.0146 (13) |
C3 | 0.0527 (13) | 0.0801 (17) | 0.0565 (13) | −0.0237 (12) | −0.0040 (11) | −0.0001 (13) |
O2—C16 | 1.221 (2) | C8—C7ii | 1.499 (3) |
N2—C16 | 1.346 (2) | C8—H8A | 0.9700 |
N2—C15 | 1.445 (2) | C8—H8B | 0.9700 |
N2—C17 | 1.459 (2) | C17—C16i | 1.500 (2) |
O1—C7 | 1.221 (2) | C17—H17A | 0.9700 |
N1—C7 | 1.349 (2) | C17—H17B | 0.9700 |
N1—C6 | 1.446 (2) | C12—C11 | 1.393 (3) |
N1—C8 | 1.460 (2) | C12—H12A | 0.9300 |
C15—C10 | 1.383 (2) | C11—C18 | 1.499 (3) |
C15—C14 | 1.383 (2) | C5—C4 | 1.379 (3) |
C16—C17i | 1.500 (2) | C5—H5A | 0.9300 |
C14—C13 | 1.379 (3) | C9—C2 | 1.505 (3) |
C14—H14A | 0.9300 | C9—H9A | 0.9600 |
C6—C5 | 1.380 (3) | C9—H9B | 0.9600 |
C6—C1 | 1.386 (3) | C9—H9C | 0.9600 |
C7—C8ii | 1.499 (3) | C4—C3 | 1.375 (3) |
C1—C2 | 1.384 (3) | C4—H4A | 0.9300 |
C1—H1A | 0.9300 | C2—C3 | 1.391 (3) |
C10—C11 | 1.387 (2) | C18—H18A | 0.9600 |
C10—H10A | 0.9300 | C18—H18B | 0.9600 |
C13—C12 | 1.369 (3) | C18—H18C | 0.9600 |
C13—H13A | 0.9300 | C3—H3A | 0.9300 |
C16—N2—C15 | 121.08 (14) | N2—C17—C16i | 118.32 (15) |
C16—N2—C17 | 122.92 (14) | N2—C17—H17A | 107.7 |
C15—N2—C17 | 115.97 (14) | C16i—C17—H17A | 107.7 |
C7—N1—C6 | 120.45 (16) | N2—C17—H17B | 107.7 |
C7—N1—C8 | 123.32 (15) | C16i—C17—H17B | 107.7 |
C6—N1—C8 | 116.22 (14) | H17A—C17—H17B | 107.1 |
C10—C15—C14 | 120.26 (16) | C13—C12—C11 | 121.34 (17) |
C10—C15—N2 | 120.36 (15) | C13—C12—H12A | 119.3 |
C14—C15—N2 | 119.37 (15) | C11—C12—H12A | 119.3 |
O2—C16—N2 | 123.79 (16) | C10—C11—C12 | 117.77 (17) |
O2—C16—C17i | 117.46 (16) | C10—C11—C18 | 121.18 (18) |
N2—C16—C17i | 118.75 (15) | C12—C11—C18 | 121.04 (17) |
C13—C14—C15 | 119.16 (17) | C4—C5—C6 | 119.2 (2) |
C13—C14—H14A | 120.4 | C4—C5—H5A | 120.4 |
C15—C14—H14A | 120.4 | C6—C5—H5A | 120.4 |
C5—C6—C1 | 120.31 (18) | C2—C9—H9A | 109.5 |
C5—C6—N1 | 120.09 (18) | C2—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
C1—C6—N1 | 119.54 (16) | H9A—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
O1—C7—N1 | 123.53 (18) | C2—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
O1—C7—C8ii | 118.20 (16) | H9A—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
N1—C7—C8ii | 118.26 (17) | H9B—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
C2—C1—C6 | 120.76 (18) | C3—C4—C5 | 120.5 (2) |
C2—C1—H1A | 119.6 | C3—C4—H4A | 119.7 |
C6—C1—H1A | 119.6 | C5—C4—H4A | 119.7 |
C15—C10—C11 | 120.95 (17) | C1—C2—C3 | 118.2 (2) |
C15—C10—H10A | 119.5 | C1—C2—C9 | 120.7 (2) |
C11—C10—H10A | 119.5 | C3—C2—C9 | 121.12 (19) |
C12—C13—C14 | 120.50 (18) | C11—C18—H18A | 109.5 |
C12—C13—H13A | 119.8 | C11—C18—H18B | 109.5 |
C14—C13—H13A | 119.8 | H18A—C18—H18B | 109.5 |
N1—C8—C7ii | 118.38 (15) | C11—C18—H18C | 109.5 |
N1—C8—H8A | 107.7 | H18A—C18—H18C | 109.5 |
C7ii—C8—H8A | 107.7 | H18B—C18—H18C | 109.5 |
N1—C8—H8B | 107.7 | C4—C3—C2 | 121.0 (2) |
C7ii—C8—H8B | 107.7 | C4—C3—H3A | 119.5 |
H8A—C8—H8B | 107.1 | C2—C3—H3A | 119.5 |
C16—N2—C15—C10 | −55.7 (2) | C14—C15—C10—C11 | −0.8 (3) |
C17—N2—C15—C10 | 126.27 (19) | N2—C15—C10—C11 | −179.35 (17) |
C16—N2—C15—C14 | 125.74 (19) | C15—C14—C13—C12 | −0.9 (3) |
C17—N2—C15—C14 | −52.3 (2) | C7—N1—C8—C7ii | −2.2 (3) |
C15—N2—C16—O2 | 1.0 (3) | C6—N1—C8—C7ii | 177.36 (16) |
C17—N2—C16—O2 | 178.81 (19) | C16—N2—C17—C16i | 1.3 (3) |
C15—N2—C16—C17i | −179.17 (17) | C15—N2—C17—C16i | 179.26 (16) |
C17—N2—C16—C17i | −1.3 (3) | C14—C13—C12—C11 | −0.5 (3) |
C10—C15—C14—C13 | 1.6 (3) | C15—C10—C11—C12 | −0.6 (3) |
N2—C15—C14—C13 | −179.86 (17) | C15—C10—C11—C18 | 178.63 (19) |
C7—N1—C6—C5 | −126.3 (2) | C13—C12—C11—C10 | 1.3 (3) |
C8—N1—C6—C5 | 54.1 (2) | C13—C12—C11—C18 | −177.93 (19) |
C7—N1—C6—C1 | 56.7 (2) | C1—C6—C5—C4 | −0.3 (3) |
C8—N1—C6—C1 | −122.93 (19) | N1—C6—C5—C4 | −177.27 (19) |
C6—N1—C7—O1 | 1.7 (3) | C6—C5—C4—C3 | 1.1 (3) |
C8—N1—C7—O1 | −178.69 (18) | C6—C1—C2—C3 | 0.8 (3) |
C6—N1—C7—C8ii | −177.35 (17) | C6—C1—C2—C9 | −178.7 (2) |
C8—N1—C7—C8ii | 2.2 (3) | C5—C4—C3—C2 | −0.9 (4) |
C5—C6—C1—C2 | −0.7 (3) | C1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.0 (3) |
N1—C6—C1—C2 | 176.35 (17) | C9—C2—C3—C4 | 179.4 (2) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x, −y+1, −z+1; (ii) −x+1, −y+3, −z+1. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C8—H8B···O1iii | 0.97 | 2.53 | 3.494 (2) | 173 |
C14—H14A···O2iii | 0.93 | 2.45 | 3.325 (3) | 158 |
Symmetry code: (iii) x, y+1, z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C18H18N2O2 |
Mr | 294.34 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/n |
Temperature (K) | 153 |
a, b, c (Å) | 12.6608 (15), 6.1508 (7), 19.223 (2) |
β (°) | 95.142 (2) |
V (Å3) | 1490.9 (3) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.09 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.38 × 0.12 × 0.10 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART CCD area-detector |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.968, 0.991 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 7835, 2836, 2078 |
Rint | 0.029 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.610 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.052, 0.137, 1.02 |
No. of reflections | 2836 |
No. of parameters | 199 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.19, −0.22 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 2001), SAINT (Bruker, 2001), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C8—H8B···O1i | 0.9700 | 2.5300 | 3.494 (2) | 173.00 |
C14—H14A···O2i | 0.9300 | 2.4500 | 3.325 (3) | 158.00 |
Symmetry code: (i) x, y+1, z. |
Acknowledgements
The project was supported by the Promotive Research Fund for Excellent Young and Middle-Aged Scientists of Shandong Province (BS2011CL019).
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Piperazinediones form an important class of biologically active natural products (Fischer et al., 2003), and represent important precursors for the synthesis of peptides and non-natural amino acids (Paradisi et al., 2002). Recently, piperazinediones have gained importance in drug discovery (Krchnak et al., 1996), and opioid receptor agonists and antagonists (Acharya et al., 2001). Here, we report the crystal structure of the title compound.
The title compound consists of two crystallographically independent C18H18N2O2 molecules in the asymmetric unit of the centrosymmetric space group P21/n (Fig. 1). Each molecule is located on a center of inversion. All bond lengths and angles of two independent molecules are comparable with those in the related compounds (Wen et al., 2006; Zhang et al., 2007). The molecules are not planar showing dihedral angles of 55.84 (9)° and 54.10 (8)° between the piperazinedione and the aromatic rings, which is different from the ortho-substituted isomer 1,4-bis(2-methylphenyl)piperazine-2,5-dione (Wen et al., 2006). The sum of the bond angles around N1 (360.00°) and N2 (359.98°) indicates the piperazine N atoms have also a planar configuration, different from the normal pyramidal configuration of the N atom. This difference is mainly due to the π-conjugation effects arising from the presence of the two C=O double bonds. In addition, the crystal packing exhibit intermolecular C—H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1, Fig. 2).