organic compounds
1-[Bis(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]piperazine
aDepartment of Studies in Chemistry, University of Mysore, Mysore 570 006, India, bDepartment of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Grunwaldzka 6, 60-780 Poznań, Poland, and cR. L. Fine Chem., Bengaluru 560 064, India
*Correspondence e-mail: mkubicki@amu.edu.pl
In the title molecule, C17H18F2N2, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 73.40 (3)°. The piperazine ring is close to an ideal chair conformation and the N—H hydrogen is in an equatorial position. In the crystal, molecules are linked via weak C—H⋯F hydrogen bonds.
Related literature
For medical applications of piperazines, see: Bogatcheva et al. (2006); Brockunier et al. (2004). For related structures, see: Betz et al. (2011a,b); Hu et al. (2003); Naveen et al. (2006). For asymmetry parameters, see: Duax & Norton (1975).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2011); cell CrysAlis PRO; data reduction: CrysAlis PRO; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1993); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: XP in SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536812036902/mw2085sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812036902/mw2085Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812036902/mw2085Isup3.cml
The title compound obtained as a gift sample from R. L. Fine Chem., Bengaluru, India. X-ray quality crystals were grown from a 1:1 (v:v) toluene/hexane solution by slow evaporation (m.p: 360–362 K).
Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2011); cell
CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2011); data reduction: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2011); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1993); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: XP in SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).Figure 1. Perspective view of I together with the atom labelling scheme. The ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level and H-atoms are depicted as spheres with arbitrary radii. |
C17H18F2N2 | F(000) = 608 |
Mr = 288.33 | Dx = 1.286 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.5418 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 110 reflections |
a = 12.1574 (5) Å | θ = 2.9–27.8° |
b = 8.8559 (2) Å | µ = 0.77 mm−1 |
c = 13.8604 (4) Å | T = 130 K |
β = 93.355 (3)° | Block, colourless |
V = 1489.72 (8) Å3 | 0.15 × 0.08 × 0.06 mm |
Z = 4 |
Atlas SuperNova (Single source at offset) diffractometer | 3006 independent reflections |
Radiation source: SuperNova (Cu) X-ray Source | 2847 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Mirror monochromator | Rint = 0.010 |
Detector resolution: 10.5357 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 75.3°, θmin = 3.6° |
ω scan | h = −15→15 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Agilent, 2011) | k = −9→10 |
Tmin = 0.828, Tmax = 1.000 | l = −14→17 |
8816 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)] = 0.035 | Hydrogen site location: difference Fourier map |
wR(F2) = 0.096 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.04 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0518P)2 + 0.3446P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3006 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
262 parameters | Δρmax = 0.18 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.23 e Å−3 |
C17H18F2N2 | V = 1489.72 (8) Å3 |
Mr = 288.33 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Cu Kα radiation |
a = 12.1574 (5) Å | µ = 0.77 mm−1 |
b = 8.8559 (2) Å | T = 130 K |
c = 13.8604 (4) Å | 0.15 × 0.08 × 0.06 mm |
β = 93.355 (3)° |
Atlas SuperNova (Single source at offset) diffractometer | 3006 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Agilent, 2011) | 2847 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.828, Tmax = 1.000 | Rint = 0.010 |
8816 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.035 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.096 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.04 | Δρmax = 0.18 e Å−3 |
3006 reflections | Δρmin = −0.23 e Å−3 |
262 parameters |
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 | ||
C1 | 0.71855 (8) | 0.26307 (12) | 0.64093 (7) | 0.0297 (2) | |
H1 | 0.6808 (10) | 0.1909 (14) | 0.5950 (9) | 0.031 (3)* | |
N11 | 0.82339 (7) | 0.19519 (10) | 0.67957 (6) | 0.0296 (2) | |
C12 | 0.89231 (9) | 0.15265 (14) | 0.59996 (9) | 0.0377 (3) | |
H12B | 0.9123 (11) | 0.2450 (16) | 0.5634 (10) | 0.040 (3)* | |
H12A | 0.8512 (12) | 0.0821 (16) | 0.5550 (10) | 0.044 (4)* | |
C13 | 0.99715 (9) | 0.07353 (14) | 0.63834 (9) | 0.0388 (3) | |
H13B | 1.0416 (12) | 0.0469 (16) | 0.5818 (11) | 0.048 (4)* | |
H13A | 1.0429 (11) | 0.1472 (16) | 0.6811 (10) | 0.041 (3)* | |
N14 | 0.96894 (8) | −0.06217 (11) | 0.69096 (8) | 0.0400 (2) | |
H14 | 1.0301 (12) | −0.1145 (17) | 0.7121 (10) | 0.047 (4)* | |
C15 | 0.90455 (10) | −0.01932 (14) | 0.77224 (10) | 0.0428 (3) | |
H15B | 0.9468 (12) | 0.0538 (18) | 0.8199 (10) | 0.050 (4)* | |
H15A | 0.8848 (12) | −0.1141 (18) | 0.8085 (11) | 0.054 (4)* | |
C16 | 0.79931 (9) | 0.05778 (13) | 0.73443 (10) | 0.0388 (3) | |
H16B | 0.7563 (12) | −0.0116 (17) | 0.6926 (10) | 0.046 (4)* | |
H16A | 0.7553 (11) | 0.0865 (16) | 0.7897 (10) | 0.043 (4)* | |
C21 | 0.64243 (8) | 0.29345 (11) | 0.72207 (7) | 0.0282 (2) | |
C22 | 0.53738 (9) | 0.23052 (12) | 0.71842 (9) | 0.0343 (2) | |
H22 | 0.5114 (11) | 0.1663 (16) | 0.6633 (10) | 0.040 (3)* | |
C23 | 0.46608 (9) | 0.25595 (13) | 0.79170 (9) | 0.0379 (3) | |
H23 | 0.3926 (13) | 0.2108 (17) | 0.7896 (11) | 0.051 (4)* | |
C24 | 0.50228 (9) | 0.34553 (12) | 0.86750 (8) | 0.0344 (2) | |
F24 | 0.43371 (6) | 0.37247 (9) | 0.93966 (5) | 0.0496 (2) | |
C25 | 0.60588 (9) | 0.41045 (12) | 0.87452 (8) | 0.0324 (2) | |
H25 | 0.6270 (11) | 0.4725 (16) | 0.9295 (10) | 0.038 (3)* | |
C26 | 0.67547 (8) | 0.38383 (12) | 0.80075 (8) | 0.0299 (2) | |
H26 | 0.7491 (12) | 0.4266 (15) | 0.8047 (10) | 0.042 (3)* | |
C31 | 0.73448 (8) | 0.40781 (12) | 0.58434 (7) | 0.0301 (2) | |
C32 | 0.81328 (9) | 0.51586 (13) | 0.61203 (8) | 0.0369 (3) | |
H32 | 0.8644 (12) | 0.4954 (16) | 0.6675 (10) | 0.045 (4)* | |
C33 | 0.82205 (10) | 0.65060 (14) | 0.56149 (9) | 0.0418 (3) | |
H33 | 0.8754 (13) | 0.7275 (19) | 0.5793 (11) | 0.056 (4)* | |
C34 | 0.75027 (10) | 0.67407 (13) | 0.48296 (9) | 0.0401 (3) | |
F34 | 0.75839 (7) | 0.80528 (9) | 0.43211 (6) | 0.0570 (2) | |
C35 | 0.66997 (10) | 0.57242 (15) | 0.45345 (8) | 0.0426 (3) | |
H35 | 0.6225 (13) | 0.5946 (19) | 0.3972 (12) | 0.057 (4)* | |
C36 | 0.66273 (9) | 0.43910 (14) | 0.50508 (8) | 0.0370 (3) | |
H36 | 0.6086 (12) | 0.3684 (17) | 0.4860 (10) | 0.045 (4)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.0265 (5) | 0.0272 (5) | 0.0352 (5) | −0.0020 (4) | −0.0011 (4) | −0.0051 (4) |
N11 | 0.0259 (4) | 0.0261 (4) | 0.0369 (5) | 0.0014 (3) | 0.0034 (3) | −0.0010 (3) |
C12 | 0.0340 (5) | 0.0403 (6) | 0.0393 (6) | 0.0027 (5) | 0.0062 (4) | −0.0066 (5) |
C13 | 0.0296 (5) | 0.0384 (6) | 0.0490 (7) | 0.0004 (4) | 0.0071 (5) | −0.0099 (5) |
N14 | 0.0278 (5) | 0.0288 (5) | 0.0634 (6) | 0.0031 (4) | 0.0023 (4) | −0.0078 (4) |
C15 | 0.0353 (6) | 0.0338 (6) | 0.0600 (7) | 0.0080 (5) | 0.0096 (5) | 0.0089 (5) |
C16 | 0.0298 (5) | 0.0283 (5) | 0.0591 (7) | 0.0025 (4) | 0.0092 (5) | 0.0061 (5) |
C21 | 0.0259 (5) | 0.0220 (5) | 0.0363 (5) | 0.0016 (4) | −0.0006 (4) | 0.0011 (4) |
C22 | 0.0284 (5) | 0.0273 (5) | 0.0470 (6) | −0.0023 (4) | −0.0004 (4) | −0.0037 (4) |
C23 | 0.0270 (5) | 0.0311 (6) | 0.0559 (7) | −0.0020 (4) | 0.0051 (5) | 0.0017 (5) |
C24 | 0.0328 (5) | 0.0287 (5) | 0.0426 (6) | 0.0060 (4) | 0.0104 (4) | 0.0056 (4) |
F24 | 0.0458 (4) | 0.0492 (4) | 0.0562 (4) | 0.0006 (3) | 0.0237 (3) | −0.0013 (3) |
C25 | 0.0343 (5) | 0.0272 (5) | 0.0357 (5) | 0.0030 (4) | 0.0007 (4) | 0.0009 (4) |
C26 | 0.0258 (5) | 0.0267 (5) | 0.0370 (5) | −0.0006 (4) | −0.0008 (4) | 0.0010 (4) |
C31 | 0.0291 (5) | 0.0300 (5) | 0.0312 (5) | 0.0015 (4) | 0.0028 (4) | −0.0034 (4) |
C32 | 0.0333 (5) | 0.0375 (6) | 0.0393 (6) | −0.0047 (4) | −0.0035 (4) | 0.0048 (5) |
C33 | 0.0365 (6) | 0.0373 (6) | 0.0518 (7) | −0.0054 (5) | 0.0045 (5) | 0.0058 (5) |
C34 | 0.0426 (6) | 0.0368 (6) | 0.0423 (6) | 0.0095 (5) | 0.0138 (5) | 0.0110 (5) |
F34 | 0.0578 (5) | 0.0500 (5) | 0.0649 (5) | 0.0125 (4) | 0.0191 (4) | 0.0278 (4) |
C35 | 0.0457 (6) | 0.0478 (7) | 0.0339 (6) | 0.0133 (5) | −0.0014 (5) | 0.0017 (5) |
C36 | 0.0370 (6) | 0.0373 (6) | 0.0359 (5) | 0.0028 (5) | −0.0041 (4) | −0.0074 (5) |
C1—N11 | 1.4808 (13) | C22—C23 | 1.3917 (16) |
C1—C31 | 1.5211 (15) | C22—H22 | 0.989 (14) |
C1—C21 | 1.5216 (14) | C23—C24 | 1.3684 (17) |
C1—H1 | 0.996 (12) | C23—H23 | 0.978 (16) |
N11—C12 | 1.4729 (14) | C24—F24 | 1.3601 (12) |
N11—C16 | 1.4734 (14) | C24—C25 | 1.3828 (16) |
C12—C13 | 1.5229 (16) | C25—C26 | 1.3849 (15) |
C12—H12B | 0.999 (14) | C25—H25 | 0.962 (14) |
C12—H12A | 0.996 (15) | C26—H26 | 0.970 (14) |
C13—N14 | 1.4571 (16) | C31—C36 | 1.3901 (15) |
C13—H13B | 1.006 (15) | C31—C32 | 1.3920 (15) |
C13—H13A | 1.023 (14) | C32—C33 | 1.3909 (16) |
N14—C15 | 1.4592 (16) | C32—H32 | 0.976 (14) |
N14—H14 | 0.909 (15) | C33—C34 | 1.3706 (17) |
C15—C16 | 1.5164 (16) | C33—H33 | 0.962 (17) |
C15—H15B | 1.039 (15) | C34—F34 | 1.3656 (13) |
C15—H15A | 1.015 (16) | C34—C35 | 1.3725 (19) |
C16—H16B | 0.976 (15) | C35—C36 | 1.3861 (18) |
C16—H16A | 0.993 (14) | C35—H35 | 0.963 (16) |
C21—C22 | 1.3917 (14) | C36—H36 | 0.935 (15) |
C21—C26 | 1.3928 (15) | ||
N11—C1—C31 | 113.31 (8) | C22—C21—C26 | 118.72 (10) |
N11—C1—C21 | 110.63 (8) | C22—C21—C1 | 119.93 (9) |
C31—C1—C21 | 109.48 (8) | C26—C21—C1 | 121.35 (9) |
N11—C1—H1 | 109.0 (7) | C21—C22—C23 | 121.21 (10) |
C31—C1—H1 | 106.2 (7) | C21—C22—H22 | 120.6 (8) |
C21—C1—H1 | 108.0 (7) | C23—C22—H22 | 118.2 (8) |
C12—N11—C16 | 108.32 (9) | C24—C23—C22 | 117.91 (10) |
C12—N11—C1 | 110.38 (8) | C24—C23—H23 | 120.8 (9) |
C16—N11—C1 | 109.22 (8) | C22—C23—H23 | 121.3 (9) |
N11—C12—C13 | 110.93 (9) | F24—C24—C23 | 118.87 (10) |
N11—C12—H12B | 109.7 (8) | F24—C24—C25 | 118.05 (10) |
C13—C12—H12B | 109.3 (8) | C23—C24—C25 | 123.08 (10) |
N11—C12—H12A | 110.1 (8) | C24—C25—C26 | 118.07 (10) |
C13—C12—H12A | 108.0 (8) | C24—C25—H25 | 119.6 (8) |
H12B—C12—H12A | 108.9 (11) | C26—C25—H25 | 122.4 (8) |
N14—C13—C12 | 109.73 (9) | C25—C26—C21 | 121.01 (9) |
N14—C13—H13B | 110.5 (8) | C25—C26—H26 | 119.6 (8) |
C12—C13—H13B | 108.2 (8) | C21—C26—H26 | 119.4 (8) |
N14—C13—H13A | 111.8 (8) | C36—C31—C32 | 118.08 (10) |
C12—C13—H13A | 108.9 (8) | C36—C31—C1 | 118.86 (9) |
H13B—C13—H13A | 107.6 (11) | C32—C31—C1 | 122.92 (9) |
C13—N14—C15 | 108.94 (9) | C33—C32—C31 | 121.51 (10) |
C13—N14—H14 | 111.7 (9) | C33—C32—H32 | 119.5 (9) |
C15—N14—H14 | 110.4 (9) | C31—C32—H32 | 119.0 (9) |
N14—C15—C16 | 109.28 (11) | C34—C33—C32 | 117.78 (11) |
N14—C15—H15B | 112.6 (8) | C34—C33—H33 | 119.0 (9) |
C16—C15—H15B | 108.4 (8) | C32—C33—H33 | 123.2 (9) |
N14—C15—H15A | 108.7 (9) | F34—C34—C33 | 118.49 (11) |
C16—C15—H15A | 108.9 (9) | F34—C34—C35 | 118.42 (11) |
H15B—C15—H15A | 108.8 (12) | C33—C34—C35 | 123.09 (11) |
N11—C16—C15 | 111.17 (9) | C34—C35—C36 | 118.06 (11) |
N11—C16—H16B | 109.2 (9) | C34—C35—H35 | 119.3 (10) |
C15—C16—H16B | 109.5 (9) | C36—C35—H35 | 122.6 (10) |
N11—C16—H16A | 108.6 (8) | C35—C36—C31 | 121.46 (11) |
C15—C16—H16A | 109.3 (8) | C35—C36—H36 | 119.3 (9) |
H16B—C16—H16A | 109.0 (11) | C31—C36—H36 | 119.3 (9) |
C31—C1—N11—C12 | −62.03 (11) | C22—C23—C24—C25 | −0.37 (17) |
C21—C1—N11—C12 | 174.59 (8) | F24—C24—C25—C26 | −179.60 (9) |
C31—C1—N11—C16 | 178.99 (9) | C23—C24—C25—C26 | 0.45 (16) |
C21—C1—N11—C16 | 55.61 (11) | C24—C25—C26—C21 | −0.44 (15) |
C16—N11—C12—C13 | −56.84 (12) | C22—C21—C26—C25 | 0.36 (15) |
C1—N11—C12—C13 | −176.37 (9) | C1—C21—C26—C25 | −179.73 (9) |
N11—C12—C13—N14 | 59.56 (12) | N11—C1—C31—C36 | 145.48 (10) |
C12—C13—N14—C15 | −60.72 (12) | C21—C1—C31—C36 | −90.50 (11) |
C13—N14—C15—C16 | 60.98 (12) | N11—C1—C31—C32 | −38.94 (14) |
C12—N11—C16—C15 | 57.53 (13) | C21—C1—C31—C32 | 85.07 (12) |
C1—N11—C16—C15 | 177.79 (10) | C36—C31—C32—C33 | −1.06 (17) |
N14—C15—C16—N11 | −60.40 (13) | C1—C31—C32—C33 | −176.67 (10) |
N11—C1—C21—C22 | −123.14 (10) | C31—C32—C33—C34 | −0.02 (18) |
C31—C1—C21—C22 | 111.29 (10) | C32—C33—C34—F34 | −179.48 (10) |
N11—C1—C21—C26 | 56.95 (12) | C32—C33—C34—C35 | 1.07 (19) |
C31—C1—C21—C26 | −68.62 (12) | F34—C34—C35—C36 | 179.60 (10) |
C26—C21—C22—C23 | −0.28 (16) | C33—C34—C35—C36 | −0.95 (18) |
C1—C21—C22—C23 | 179.81 (10) | C34—C35—C36—C31 | −0.22 (17) |
C21—C22—C23—C24 | 0.28 (17) | C32—C31—C36—C35 | 1.19 (17) |
C22—C23—C24—F24 | 179.68 (10) | C1—C31—C36—C35 | 176.98 (10) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C25—H25···F24i | 0.962 (14) | 2.424 (14) | 3.2720 (13) | 146.8 (10) |
C25—H25···F34ii | 0.962 (14) | 2.533 (14) | 3.1998 (13) | 126.5 (10) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+2; (ii) x, −y+3/2, z+1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C17H18F2N2 |
Mr | 288.33 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 130 |
a, b, c (Å) | 12.1574 (5), 8.8559 (2), 13.8604 (4) |
β (°) | 93.355 (3) |
V (Å3) | 1489.72 (8) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Cu Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.77 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.15 × 0.08 × 0.06 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Atlas SuperNova (Single source at offset) diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Agilent, 2011) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.828, 1.000 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 8816, 3006, 2847 |
Rint | 0.010 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.627 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.035, 0.096, 1.04 |
No. of reflections | 3006 |
No. of parameters | 262 |
H-atom treatment | All H-atom parameters refined |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.18, −0.23 |
Computer programs: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2011), SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1993), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), XP in SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C25—H25···F24i | 0.962 (14) | 2.424 (14) | 3.2720 (13) | 146.8 (10) |
C25—H25···F34ii | 0.962 (14) | 2.533 (14) | 3.1998 (13) | 126.5 (10) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+2; (ii) x, −y+3/2, z+1/2. |
Acknowledgements
ASD thanks the University of Mysore for research facilities and HSY thanks R. L. Fine Chem., Bengaluru, for the gift sample.
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Piperazine is currently the most important building block used in drug discovery with a high number of positive hits encountered in biological screens of this heterocycle and its congeners. They are found in biologically active compounds across a number of different therapeutic areas such as antifungal, antibacterial, antimalarial, antipsychotic, antidepressant and antitumour activity against colon, prostate, breast, lung and leukemia tumors (Brockunier et al., 2004; Bogatcheva et al., 2006). 1-[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]piperazine is an intermediate for the preparation of flunarizine which is a calcium channel blocker. Here we report the crystal structure of the title compound (I).
Only two structures of neutral 1-benzhydrylpiperazine derivatives have been reported so far: 1-benzhydrylpiperazine itself (Naveen et al., 2006) and (R)-1-((4-chlorophenyl)phenylmethyl)piperazine (Hu et al., 2003) as well as two structures of salts of I, the trinitrophenolate (Betz et al., 2011a) and the 2-(2-phenylethyl)benzoate (Betz et al., 2011b).
The dihedral angle between the mean planes of the p-fluorophenyl rings is 73.40 (3)°. The piperazine ring is in a chair conformation and the asymmetry parameters (Duax & Norton, 1975) are quite small with the largest value for the mirror plane being 3.7° and for the twofold axis 3.0°. The N—H hydrogen atom is in an equatorial position (the C—C—N—H torsion angles are 177° and -176°). In the crystal there are only very weak C—H···F contacts and, interestingly, the shortest contacts to both F atoms are created by the same carbon atom (C25). Therefore it seems that the three-dimensional structure is mainly governed by van der Waals forces.