organic compounds
2,3,9,10,15,16-Hexaazatetracyclo[6.6.2.04,16.011,15]hexadecane dihydrate
aDepartment of Biotechnology, Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia, bDepartment of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and cChemistry Department, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80203 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
*Correspondence e-mail: nadiahhalim@@um.edu.my
The four six-membered fused rings in the title compound, C10H20N6·2H2O, adopt chair conformations; the H atoms of the four secondary N atoms occupy axial positions. Hydrogen bonds of the types N—H⋯N, N—H⋯O and O—H⋯N link the organic and water molecules into a three-dimensional network.
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For background to the reaction of glutaraldehyde and monosubstituted ).
see: Katritzky & Fan (1990Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection
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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: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: X-SEED (Barbour, 2001); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812030735/bt5969sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812030735/bt5969Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812030735/bt5969Isup3.cml
Hydrazine hydrate (0.08 mol, 2.7 ml) was added to glutaraldehyde (0.08 g, 8.1 ml) to give a white solid. and stirred at room temperature to yield a white solid. This was recrystallized from ethanol; several drops of DMSO was added to aid crystallization.
Carbon-bound H-atoms were placed in calculated positions (C—H 0.99 to 1.00 Å) and were included in the
in the riding model approximation, with U(H) set to 1.2 U(C).The amino and water H-atoms were located in a difference Fourier map, and were freely refined.
Glutaraldehyde, CH═O(CH2)3CH═O, condenses with mono-substituted to yield N-substituted piperidines; for example, it reacts with phenylhydrazine to yield N-phenylpiperidin-1-amine (Katritzky & Fan, 1990). The direct reaction of the di-aldehyde with hydrazine itself does not lead to the formation of a polymeric Schiff-base product; the compound is, in fact, 2,3,9,10,15,16-hexaazatetracyclo[6,2,04,16.011,15]hexadecane, which crystallizes as a dihydrate (Scheme I). The four six-membered fused rings adopt chair conformations (Fig. 1). Hydrogen bonds of the type N–H···N, N–H···O and O–H···N link the organic and water molecules into a three dimensional network (Table 1).
There is no precedent for the fused-ring system in the crystallographic literature.
For background to the reaction of glutaraldehyde and monosubstituted
see: Katritzky & Fan (1990).Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: X-SEED (Barbour, 2001); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).Fig. 1. Anisotropic displacement ellipsoid plot (Barbour, 2001) of C10H20N6.2H2O at the 70% probability level; hydrogen atoms are drawn as spheres of arbitrary radius. |
C10H20N6·2H2O | F(000) = 568 |
Mr = 260.35 | Dx = 1.369 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 2285 reflections |
a = 9.5154 (10) Å | θ = 2.3–30.0° |
b = 16.0667 (17) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
c = 9.1097 (10) Å | T = 100 K |
β = 114.916 (1)° | Prism, colorless |
V = 1263.1 (2) Å3 | 0.20 × 0.20 × 0.05 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker SMART APEX diffractometer | 2138 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | Rint = 0.048 |
Graphite monochromator | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 2.5° |
ω scans | h = −12→12 |
14226 measured reflections | k = −20→20 |
2896 independent reflections | l = −11→11 |
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)] = 0.043 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.116 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.02 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0493P)2 + 0.6276P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2896 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
195 parameters | Δρmax = 0.31 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.23 e Å−3 |
C10H20N6·2H2O | V = 1263.1 (2) Å3 |
Mr = 260.35 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 9.5154 (10) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
b = 16.0667 (17) Å | T = 100 K |
c = 9.1097 (10) Å | 0.20 × 0.20 × 0.05 mm |
β = 114.916 (1)° |
Bruker SMART APEX diffractometer | 2138 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
14226 measured reflections | Rint = 0.048 |
2896 independent reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.043 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.116 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.02 | Δρmax = 0.31 e Å−3 |
2896 reflections | Δρmin = −0.23 e Å−3 |
195 parameters |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1W | 0.34037 (14) | 0.59785 (8) | 0.67888 (15) | 0.0195 (3) | |
O2W | 0.75367 (14) | 0.67859 (7) | 0.93500 (16) | 0.0182 (3) | |
N1 | 0.47258 (15) | 0.70228 (8) | 0.49990 (16) | 0.0129 (3) | |
N2 | 0.63553 (16) | 0.68083 (8) | 0.58207 (16) | 0.0134 (3) | |
N3 | 0.60274 (15) | 0.57645 (8) | 0.36983 (15) | 0.0115 (3) | |
N4 | 0.61057 (16) | 0.59177 (9) | 0.11065 (16) | 0.0138 (3) | |
N5 | 0.44386 (15) | 0.60328 (8) | 0.03409 (16) | 0.0136 (3) | |
N6 | 0.43683 (15) | 0.59445 (8) | 0.30232 (15) | 0.0111 (3) | |
C1 | 0.66679 (19) | 0.59553 (9) | 0.54388 (18) | 0.0132 (3) | |
H1A | 0.6175 | 0.5564 | 0.5937 | 0.016* | |
C2 | 0.84013 (19) | 0.57828 (10) | 0.6218 (2) | 0.0170 (4) | |
H2A | 0.8576 | 0.5176 | 0.6203 | 0.020* | |
H2B | 0.8837 | 0.5965 | 0.7362 | 0.020* | |
C3 | 0.92503 (19) | 0.62308 (10) | 0.5346 (2) | 0.0177 (4) | |
H3A | 0.9182 | 0.6840 | 0.5462 | 0.021* | |
H3B | 1.0358 | 0.6071 | 0.5839 | 0.021* | |
C4 | 0.85215 (18) | 0.59957 (10) | 0.3555 (2) | 0.0166 (3) | |
H4A | 0.9039 | 0.6307 | 0.2984 | 0.020* | |
H4B | 0.8673 | 0.5394 | 0.3439 | 0.020* | |
C5 | 0.68021 (18) | 0.61943 (9) | 0.27960 (18) | 0.0128 (3) | |
H5A | 0.6657 | 0.6809 | 0.2837 | 0.015* | |
C6 | 0.36997 (18) | 0.56712 (10) | 0.13338 (19) | 0.0130 (3) | |
H6 | 0.3851 | 0.5055 | 0.1344 | 0.016* | |
C7 | 0.19610 (19) | 0.58261 (10) | 0.0546 (2) | 0.0168 (4) | |
H7A | 0.1451 | 0.5442 | 0.1021 | 0.020* | |
H7B | 0.1556 | 0.5703 | −0.0626 | 0.020* | |
C8 | 0.15525 (19) | 0.67222 (10) | 0.0773 (2) | 0.0170 (4) | |
H8A | 0.1920 | 0.7104 | 0.0157 | 0.020* | |
H8B | 0.0414 | 0.6781 | 0.0353 | 0.020* | |
C9 | 0.23099 (19) | 0.69524 (10) | 0.25679 (19) | 0.0156 (3) | |
H9A | 0.2083 | 0.7542 | 0.2700 | 0.019* | |
H9B | 0.1867 | 0.6604 | 0.3165 | 0.019* | |
C10 | 0.40528 (18) | 0.68252 (9) | 0.32748 (18) | 0.0125 (3) | |
H10A | 0.4508 | 0.7199 | 0.2711 | 0.015* | |
H1 | 0.427 (2) | 0.6716 (12) | 0.548 (2) | 0.018 (5)* | |
H2 | 0.687 (2) | 0.7182 (13) | 0.547 (2) | 0.023 (5)* | |
H4 | 0.629 (2) | 0.5389 (14) | 0.108 (2) | 0.027 (5)* | |
H5 | 0.427 (2) | 0.6621 (13) | 0.024 (2) | 0.024 (5)* | |
H11 | 0.364 (3) | 0.5434 (17) | 0.661 (3) | 0.053 (7)* | |
H12 | 0.371 (3) | 0.5987 (15) | 0.789 (3) | 0.051 (7)* | |
H21 | 0.711 (3) | 0.6761 (14) | 0.829 (3) | 0.039 (7)* | |
H22 | 0.704 (3) | 0.6475 (15) | 0.974 (3) | 0.045 (7)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1W | 0.0256 (7) | 0.0162 (6) | 0.0178 (6) | 0.0021 (5) | 0.0100 (5) | 0.0008 (5) |
O2W | 0.0192 (7) | 0.0204 (6) | 0.0158 (6) | −0.0034 (5) | 0.0083 (5) | −0.0005 (5) |
N1 | 0.0130 (7) | 0.0144 (7) | 0.0120 (6) | 0.0006 (5) | 0.0060 (6) | −0.0009 (5) |
N2 | 0.0135 (7) | 0.0115 (6) | 0.0147 (7) | −0.0002 (5) | 0.0054 (6) | −0.0009 (5) |
N3 | 0.0114 (7) | 0.0122 (6) | 0.0118 (6) | 0.0001 (5) | 0.0057 (5) | 0.0003 (5) |
N4 | 0.0162 (7) | 0.0121 (7) | 0.0137 (7) | 0.0023 (5) | 0.0070 (6) | −0.0006 (5) |
N5 | 0.0149 (7) | 0.0134 (7) | 0.0128 (7) | 0.0014 (5) | 0.0060 (6) | 0.0006 (5) |
N6 | 0.0106 (6) | 0.0101 (6) | 0.0117 (6) | 0.0007 (5) | 0.0040 (5) | −0.0005 (5) |
C1 | 0.0166 (8) | 0.0111 (7) | 0.0119 (7) | −0.0001 (6) | 0.0060 (6) | −0.0002 (6) |
C2 | 0.0162 (8) | 0.0156 (8) | 0.0163 (8) | 0.0016 (6) | 0.0041 (7) | −0.0002 (6) |
C3 | 0.0121 (8) | 0.0171 (8) | 0.0220 (9) | 0.0017 (6) | 0.0055 (7) | 0.0011 (6) |
C4 | 0.0142 (8) | 0.0171 (8) | 0.0199 (8) | 0.0012 (6) | 0.0084 (7) | 0.0005 (6) |
C5 | 0.0137 (8) | 0.0121 (7) | 0.0145 (8) | 0.0007 (6) | 0.0076 (6) | 0.0004 (6) |
C6 | 0.0159 (8) | 0.0112 (7) | 0.0122 (7) | −0.0010 (6) | 0.0061 (6) | −0.0006 (6) |
C7 | 0.0147 (8) | 0.0191 (8) | 0.0147 (8) | −0.0030 (6) | 0.0044 (7) | −0.0020 (6) |
C8 | 0.0120 (8) | 0.0194 (8) | 0.0177 (8) | 0.0020 (6) | 0.0043 (7) | −0.0005 (6) |
C9 | 0.0153 (8) | 0.0161 (8) | 0.0160 (8) | 0.0023 (6) | 0.0073 (7) | 0.0003 (6) |
C10 | 0.0149 (8) | 0.0108 (7) | 0.0127 (8) | 0.0005 (6) | 0.0066 (6) | −0.0003 (6) |
O1W—H11 | 0.93 (3) | C2—H2A | 0.9900 |
O1W—H12 | 0.92 (3) | C2—H2B | 0.9900 |
O2W—H21 | 0.88 (3) | C3—C4 | 1.528 (2) |
O2W—H22 | 0.86 (3) | C3—H3A | 0.9900 |
N1—N2 | 1.4509 (19) | C3—H3B | 0.9900 |
N1—C10 | 1.460 (2) | C4—C5 | 1.518 (2) |
N1—H1 | 0.88 (2) | C4—H4A | 0.9900 |
N2—C1 | 1.4748 (19) | C4—H4B | 0.9900 |
N2—H2 | 0.91 (2) | C5—H5A | 1.0000 |
N3—N6 | 1.4615 (17) | C6—C7 | 1.521 (2) |
N3—C1 | 1.4715 (19) | C6—H6 | 1.0000 |
N3—C5 | 1.4853 (19) | C7—C8 | 1.528 (2) |
N4—N5 | 1.4508 (19) | C7—H7A | 0.9900 |
N4—C5 | 1.465 (2) | C7—H7B | 0.9900 |
N4—H4 | 0.87 (2) | C8—C9 | 1.528 (2) |
N5—C6 | 1.479 (2) | C8—H8A | 0.9900 |
N5—H5 | 0.96 (2) | C8—H8B | 0.9900 |
N6—C6 | 1.4633 (19) | C9—C10 | 1.519 (2) |
N6—C10 | 1.4843 (19) | C9—H9A | 0.9900 |
C1—C2 | 1.521 (2) | C9—H9B | 0.9900 |
C1—H1A | 1.0000 | C10—H10A | 1.0000 |
C2—C3 | 1.530 (2) | ||
H11—O1W—H12 | 103 (2) | C3—C4—H4A | 109.5 |
H21—O2W—H22 | 110 (2) | C5—C4—H4B | 109.5 |
N2—N1—C10 | 113.12 (12) | C3—C4—H4B | 109.5 |
N2—N1—H1 | 104.6 (12) | H4A—C4—H4B | 108.1 |
C10—N1—H1 | 109.1 (13) | N4—C5—N3 | 109.28 (12) |
N1—N2—C1 | 112.14 (12) | N4—C5—C4 | 109.79 (13) |
N1—N2—H2 | 106.1 (12) | N3—C5—C4 | 109.95 (13) |
C1—N2—H2 | 109.9 (13) | N4—C5—H5A | 109.3 |
N6—N3—C1 | 107.21 (11) | N3—C5—H5A | 109.3 |
N6—N3—C5 | 112.03 (11) | C4—C5—H5A | 109.3 |
C1—N3—C5 | 115.01 (12) | N6—C6—N5 | 114.67 (12) |
N5—N4—C5 | 112.67 (12) | N6—C6—C7 | 110.60 (13) |
N5—N4—H4 | 107.5 (13) | N5—C6—C7 | 110.49 (13) |
C5—N4—H4 | 108.6 (13) | N6—C6—H6 | 106.9 |
N4—N5—C6 | 111.18 (12) | N5—C6—H6 | 106.9 |
N4—N5—H5 | 106.0 (12) | C7—C6—H6 | 106.9 |
C6—N5—H5 | 110.3 (12) | C6—C7—C8 | 112.24 (13) |
N3—N6—C6 | 107.29 (11) | C6—C7—H7A | 109.2 |
N3—N6—C10 | 112.12 (11) | C8—C7—H7A | 109.2 |
C6—N6—C10 | 114.95 (12) | C6—C7—H7B | 109.2 |
N3—C1—N2 | 114.49 (12) | C8—C7—H7B | 109.2 |
N3—C1—C2 | 109.88 (13) | H7A—C7—H7B | 107.9 |
N2—C1—C2 | 110.24 (13) | C9—C8—C7 | 109.92 (13) |
N3—C1—H1A | 107.3 | C9—C8—H8A | 109.7 |
N2—C1—H1A | 107.3 | C7—C8—H8A | 109.7 |
C2—C1—H1A | 107.3 | C9—C8—H8B | 109.7 |
C1—C2—C3 | 112.22 (13) | C7—C8—H8B | 109.7 |
C1—C2—H2A | 109.2 | H8A—C8—H8B | 108.2 |
C3—C2—H2A | 109.2 | C10—C9—C8 | 111.07 (13) |
C1—C2—H2B | 109.2 | C10—C9—H9A | 109.4 |
C3—C2—H2B | 109.2 | C8—C9—H9A | 109.4 |
H2A—C2—H2B | 107.9 | C10—C9—H9B | 109.4 |
C4—C3—C2 | 109.67 (14) | C8—C9—H9B | 109.4 |
C4—C3—H3A | 109.7 | H9A—C9—H9B | 108.0 |
C2—C3—H3A | 109.7 | N1—C10—N6 | 110.36 (12) |
C4—C3—H3B | 109.7 | N1—C10—C9 | 109.43 (13) |
C2—C3—H3B | 109.7 | N6—C10—C9 | 108.58 (12) |
H3A—C3—H3B | 108.2 | N1—C10—H10A | 109.5 |
C5—C4—C3 | 110.60 (13) | N6—C10—H10A | 109.5 |
C5—C4—H4A | 109.5 | C9—C10—H10A | 109.5 |
C10—N1—N2—C1 | −48.61 (17) | C1—N3—C5—C4 | 56.60 (16) |
C5—N4—N5—C6 | −50.99 (16) | C3—C4—C5—N4 | −176.52 (13) |
C1—N3—N6—C6 | −174.01 (11) | C3—C4—C5—N3 | −56.27 (17) |
C5—N3—N6—C6 | 58.93 (14) | N3—N6—C6—N5 | −55.08 (16) |
C1—N3—N6—C10 | 58.87 (15) | C10—N6—C6—N5 | 70.36 (17) |
C5—N3—N6—C10 | −68.19 (15) | N3—N6—C6—C7 | 179.18 (12) |
N6—N3—C1—N2 | −55.16 (16) | C10—N6—C6—C7 | −55.38 (17) |
C5—N3—C1—N2 | 70.13 (17) | N4—N5—C6—N6 | 52.05 (17) |
N6—N3—C1—C2 | −179.84 (12) | N4—N5—C6—C7 | 177.85 (12) |
C5—N3—C1—C2 | −54.55 (16) | N6—C6—C7—C8 | 51.81 (18) |
N1—N2—C1—N3 | 51.03 (17) | N5—C6—C7—C8 | −76.24 (17) |
N1—N2—C1—C2 | 175.52 (12) | C6—C7—C8—C9 | −53.06 (18) |
N3—C1—C2—C3 | 53.32 (17) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | 56.33 (18) |
N2—C1—C2—C3 | −73.78 (17) | N2—N1—C10—N6 | 52.49 (17) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −55.36 (17) | N2—N1—C10—C9 | 171.91 (12) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 56.48 (17) | N3—N6—C10—N1 | −59.00 (16) |
N5—N4—C5—N3 | 55.05 (16) | C6—N6—C10—N1 | 178.11 (12) |
N5—N4—C5—C4 | 175.72 (12) | N3—N6—C10—C9 | −178.95 (11) |
N6—N3—C5—N4 | −60.10 (15) | C6—N6—C10—C9 | 58.17 (16) |
C1—N3—C5—N4 | 177.16 (12) | C8—C9—C10—N1 | −178.00 (13) |
N6—N3—C5—C4 | 179.34 (12) | C8—C9—C10—N6 | −57.48 (17) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1W—H11···N3i | 0.93 (3) | 1.99 (3) | 2.922 (2) | 174 (2) |
O1W—H12···N5ii | 0.92 (3) | 2.05 (3) | 2.960 (2) | 178 (2) |
O2W—H21···N2 | 0.88 (3) | 2.05 (3) | 2.925 (2) | 172 (2) |
O2W—H22···N4ii | 0.86 (3) | 2.02 (3) | 2.863 (2) | 167 (2) |
N1—H1···O1W | 0.88 (2) | 2.08 (2) | 2.964 (2) | 175 (2) |
N2—H2···O2Wiii | 0.91 (2) | 2.18 (2) | 3.071 (2) | 166 (2) |
N4—H4···N5iv | 0.87 (2) | 2.57 (2) | 3.354 (2) | 150.1 (15) |
N5—H5···N1iii | 0.96 (2) | 2.25 (2) | 3.163 (2) | 159 (2) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (ii) x, y, z+1; (iii) x, −y+3/2, z−1/2; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C10H20N6·2H2O |
Mr | 260.35 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 100 |
a, b, c (Å) | 9.5154 (10), 16.0667 (17), 9.1097 (10) |
β (°) | 114.916 (1) |
V (Å3) | 1263.1 (2) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.10 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.20 × 0.20 × 0.05 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART APEX |
Absorption correction | – |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 14226, 2896, 2138 |
Rint | 0.048 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.650 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.043, 0.116, 1.02 |
No. of reflections | 2896 |
No. of parameters | 195 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.31, −0.23 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009), SAINT (Bruker, 2009), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), X-SEED (Barbour, 2001), publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1W—H11···N3i | 0.93 (3) | 1.99 (3) | 2.922 (2) | 174 (2) |
O1W—H12···N5ii | 0.92 (3) | 2.05 (3) | 2.960 (2) | 178 (2) |
O2W—H21···N2 | 0.88 (3) | 2.05 (3) | 2.925 (2) | 172 (2) |
O2W—H22···N4ii | 0.86 (3) | 2.02 (3) | 2.863 (2) | 167 (2) |
N1—H1···O1W | 0.88 (2) | 2.08 (2) | 2.964 (2) | 175 (2) |
N2—H2···O2Wiii | 0.91 (2) | 2.18 (2) | 3.071 (2) | 166 (2) |
N4—H4···N5iv | 0.87 (2) | 2.57 (2) | 3.354 (2) | 150.1 (15) |
N5—H5···N1iii | 0.96 (2) | 2.25 (2) | 3.163 (2) | 159 (2) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (ii) x, y, z+1; (iii) x, −y+3/2, z−1/2; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z. |
Acknowledgements
We thank the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia (grant No. UM.C/HIR/MOHE/SC/12) for supporting this study.
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Glutaraldehyde, CH═O(CH2)3CH═O, condenses with mono-substituted hydrazines to yield N-substituted piperidines; for example, it reacts with phenylhydrazine to yield N-phenylpiperidin-1-amine (Katritzky & Fan, 1990). The direct reaction of the di-aldehyde with hydrazine itself does not lead to the formation of a polymeric Schiff-base product; the compound is, in fact, 2,3,9,10,15,16-hexaazatetracyclo[6,2,04,16.011,15]hexadecane, which crystallizes as a dihydrate (Scheme I). The four six-membered fused rings adopt chair conformations (Fig. 1). Hydrogen bonds of the type N–H···N, N–H···O and O–H···N link the organic and water molecules into a three dimensional network (Table 1).
There is no precedent for the fused-ring system in the crystallographic literature.