organic compounds
4,4′-Difluoro-2,2′-[imidazolidine-1,3-diylbis(methylene)]diphenol
aUniversidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Química, Cra 30 No.45-03, Bogotá, Código Postal 111321, Colombia, and bInstitute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i., Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Praha 8, Czech Republic
*Correspondence e-mail: ariverau@unal.edu.co
In the title compound, C17H18F2N2O2, the imidazolidine ring system exists in a twist conformation. The mean plane through this ring system forms dihedral angles of 80.8 (8)° and 66.2 (13)°, with the benzene rings. The dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 52.0 (14)°. Two intramolecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds each generate S(6) ring motifs. In the crystal, weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds form dimers, which are connected by further C—H⋯O interactions.
Related literature
For related structures, see: Rivera et al. (2011, 2012). For the preparation of the title compound, see: Rivera et al. (1993). For standard bond lengths, see: Allen et al. (1987). For ring conformations, see Cremer & Pople (1975). For hydrogen-bond graph-set nomenclature, see: Bernstein et al. (1995). For the involvement of organo halides in hydrogen bonds, see: Rathore et al. (2011); Steiner (2002); Chopra & Guru Row (2005). For the extinction correction used, see: Becker & Coppens (1974).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2010); cell CrysAlis PRO; data reduction: CrysAlis PRO; program(s) used to solve structure: SUPERFLIP (Palatinus & Chapuis, 2007); program(s) used to refine structure: JANA2006 (Petříček et al., 2006); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg & Putz, 2005); software used to prepare material for publication: JANA2006.
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812040329/sj5264sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812040329/sj5264Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812040329/sj5264Isup3.cml
For the originally reported synthesis of the title compound, see: Rivera et al. (1993). Crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction were obtained from chloroform with a few drops of MeOH upon slow evaporation of the solvents over 3 days at room temperature.
All hydrogen atoms were discernible in difference Fourier maps and could be refined to reasonable geometry. According to common practice H atoms bonded C atoms were kept in ideal positions with C—H distance 0.96 Å during the
The hydroxyl H atoms were found in difference Fourier maps and their coordinates were refined freely. All H atoms were refined with displacement displacement coefficients Uiso(H) set to 1.5Ueq(C, O) for methyl and hydroxyl groups and to to 1.2Ueq(C) for the CH— and CH2— groups.Among the various types of intermolecular interactions, the hydrogen bond is, without doubt, the most important one. Organic halide compounds have attracted much attention due to the role of weak intermolecular C—H···X interactions in supramolecular assembly (Rathore et al. 2011, Steiner 2002). In recent literature, the importance of interactions involving fluorine as possible tools in crystal engineering has been explored in greater detail (Chopra & Guru Row, 2005). With the purpose to understand its effects in Mannich bases, we turn our attention to title compound (I) because fluorine is also able to form non-classical intermolecular C–H···F hydrogen bonds. In this study, we describe the
of the title compound, 4,4'-difluoro-2,2'-[imidazolidine-1,3-diylbis(methylene)]diphenol.The molecular structure and atom-numbering scheme for (I) are shown in Fig. 1. The bond lengths (Allen et al., 1987) and angles of (I) are within normal ranges and are comparable to those related structures (Rivera et al., 2011, 2012). As observed in related structures (Rivera et al., 2011, 2012). The imidazoline ring adopts a twist conformation, Q2 = 0.4008 (13) Å and φ2 = 51.81 (18)° (Cremer & Pople, 1975), with a twist about the N2 —C14 bond. In order to reduce steric congestion, the benzene rings have different orientations with respect to the central imidazolidine ring. Thus, one p-fluoro-substituted benzene ring (C1/C2/C5/C10/C6/C17)is approximately orthogonal to the mean plane of the imidazolidine ring defined by N1, C13 and C9, making a dihedral angle of 80.82 (79)°, whereas the other ring (C3/C4/C7/C13/C16/C12) forms a dihedral angle of 66.18 (130)°. The dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 52.04 (136)°. There are two intramolecular hydrogen bonds between the phenolic hydroxyl groups and the nitrogen atoms with graph-set motif S(6) (Bernstein et al., 1995).
The results demonstrate, that not only the packing in (I) is governed by weak C—H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1), resulting in a hydrogen bonded dimer, which is connected by further C—H···O interactions, but also that fluorine does not participate in any intermolecular interactions. Similarly, in ortho-F and ortho-Cl substituted analogs (Rivera et al., 2012, 2011), the halogen fails to participate in any non-bonded interaction.
For related structures, see: Rivera et al. (2011, 2012). For the preparation of the title compound, see: Rivera et al. (1993). For standard bond lengths, see: Allen et al. (1987). For ring conformations, see Cremer & Pople (1975). For hydrogen-bond graph-set nomenclature, see: Bernstein et al. (1995). For the involvement of organo halides in hydrogen bonds, see: Rathore et al. (2011); Steiner (2002); Chopra & Guru Row (2005). For the extinction correction used, see: Becker & Coppens (1974).
Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2010); cell
CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2010); data reduction: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2010); program(s) used to solve structure: SUPERFLIP (Palatinus & Chapuis, 2007); program(s) used to refine structure: JANA2006 (Petříček et al., 2006); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg & Putz, 2005); software used to prepare material for publication: JANA2006 (Petříček et al., 2006).C17H18F2N2O2 | F(000) = 672 |
Mr = 320.3 | Dx = 1.429 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.5418 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2yabc | Cell parameters from 21321 reflections |
a = 9.5952 (2) Å | θ = 4.6–67.0° |
b = 9.7018 (2) Å | µ = 0.94 mm−1 |
c = 16.2065 (3) Å | T = 120 K |
β = 99.4807 (17)° | Polygon shape, white |
V = 1488.07 (5) Å3 | 0.35 × 0.22 × 0.21 mm |
Z = 4 |
Agilent Xcalibur (Atlas, Gemini ultra) diffractometer | 2669 independent reflections |
Radiation source: Enhance Ultra (Cu) X-ray Source | 2452 reflections with I > 3σ(I) |
Mirror monochromator | Rint = 0.025 |
Detector resolution: 10.3784 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 67.1°, θmin = 5.0° |
ω scans | h = −11→11 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Agilent, 2010) | k = −11→11 |
Tmin = 0.123, Tmax = 1 | l = −19→19 |
35554 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
R[F > 3σ(F)] = 0.031 | Weighting scheme based on measured s.u.'s w = 1/(σ2(I) + 0.0016I2) |
wR(F) = 0.108 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.009 |
S = 2.21 | Δρmax = 0.19 e Å−3 |
2669 reflections | Δρmin = −0.17 e Å−3 |
215 parameters | Extinction correction: B-C type 1 Gaussian isotropic (Becker & Coppens, 1974) |
0 restraints | Extinction coefficient: 900 (400) |
66 constraints |
C17H18F2N2O2 | V = 1488.07 (5) Å3 |
Mr = 320.3 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Cu Kα radiation |
a = 9.5952 (2) Å | µ = 0.94 mm−1 |
b = 9.7018 (2) Å | T = 120 K |
c = 16.2065 (3) Å | 0.35 × 0.22 × 0.21 mm |
β = 99.4807 (17)° |
Agilent Xcalibur (Atlas, Gemini ultra) diffractometer | 2669 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Agilent, 2010) | 2452 reflections with I > 3σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.123, Tmax = 1 | Rint = 0.025 |
35554 measured reflections |
R[F > 3σ(F)] = 0.031 | 0 restraints |
wR(F) = 0.108 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 2.21 | Δρmax = 0.19 e Å−3 |
2669 reflections | Δρmin = −0.17 e Å−3 |
215 parameters |
Experimental. CrysAlisPro, Agilent, 2010 Empirical absorption correction using spherical harmonics, implemented in SCALE3 ABSPACK scaling algorithm. |
Refinement. The refinement was carried out against all reflections. The conventional R-factor is always based on F. The goodness of fit as well as the weighted R-factor are based on F and F2 for refinement carried out on F and F2, respectively. The threshold expression is used only for calculating R-factors etc. and it is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. The program used for refinement, Jana2006, uses the weighting scheme based on the experimental expectations, see _refine_ls_weighting_details, that does not force S to be one. Therefore the values of S are usually larger than the ones from the SHELX program. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
F1 | 0.58488 (7) | 0.98624 (8) | 0.11639 (4) | 0.0290 (2) | |
F2 | 0.02275 (8) | 0.97367 (8) | 0.76918 (5) | 0.0339 (3) | |
O1 | 0.37960 (8) | 0.95183 (9) | 0.53830 (5) | 0.0225 (3) | |
O2 | 0.14871 (8) | 1.28848 (8) | 0.20259 (5) | 0.0238 (3) | |
N1 | 0.25088 (9) | 1.23815 (10) | 0.36231 (6) | 0.0205 (3) | |
N2 | 0.32537 (9) | 1.21463 (10) | 0.50457 (5) | 0.0193 (3) | |
C1 | 0.30030 (12) | 1.22156 (12) | 0.59151 (7) | 0.0211 (3) | |
C2 | 0.25940 (11) | 1.21368 (11) | 0.18359 (7) | 0.0203 (3) | |
C3 | 0.45165 (11) | 1.05403 (12) | 0.21953 (7) | 0.0210 (3) | |
C4 | 0.39919 (12) | 1.14642 (12) | 0.07918 (7) | 0.0245 (3) | |
C5 | 0.33984 (11) | 1.12752 (12) | 0.24310 (6) | 0.0195 (3) | |
C6 | 0.28663 (11) | 0.96039 (12) | 0.59366 (7) | 0.0196 (3) | |
C7 | 0.24230 (11) | 1.08848 (12) | 0.62013 (6) | 0.0189 (3) | |
C8 | 0.15072 (11) | 1.09088 (12) | 0.67872 (7) | 0.0217 (3) | |
C9 | 0.40565 (12) | 1.33344 (13) | 0.48144 (7) | 0.0248 (3) | |
C10 | 0.14906 (12) | 0.84193 (13) | 0.68378 (7) | 0.0239 (3) | |
C11 | 0.29049 (12) | 1.22389 (12) | 0.10290 (7) | 0.0236 (3) | |
C12 | 0.23894 (11) | 0.83887 (12) | 0.62461 (7) | 0.0222 (3) | |
C13 | 0.36823 (12) | 1.33886 (12) | 0.38570 (7) | 0.0240 (4) | |
C14 | 0.19724 (11) | 1.21598 (12) | 0.44037 (6) | 0.0206 (3) | |
C15 | 0.47692 (11) | 1.06297 (12) | 0.13855 (7) | 0.0223 (3) | |
C16 | 0.10847 (12) | 0.96840 (13) | 0.70989 (7) | 0.0241 (4) | |
C17 | 0.30169 (11) | 1.10785 (12) | 0.32918 (7) | 0.0211 (3) | |
H1c1 | 0.235801 | 1.295343 | 0.597024 | 0.0253* | |
H2c1 | 0.386945 | 1.24408 | 0.627648 | 0.0253* | |
H1c3 | 0.510721 | 0.997491 | 0.25954 | 0.0251* | |
H1c4 | 0.419502 | 1.150888 | 0.023184 | 0.0294* | |
H1c8 | 0.11748 | 1.177084 | 0.697131 | 0.026* | |
H1c9 | 0.504952 | 1.316125 | 0.497307 | 0.0297* | |
H2c9 | 0.372858 | 1.415883 | 0.504826 | 0.0297* | |
H1c10 | 0.116351 | 0.758191 | 0.705713 | 0.0286* | |
H1c11 | 0.236448 | 1.284933 | 0.063317 | 0.0283* | |
H1c12 | 0.26825 | 0.751886 | 0.605019 | 0.0266* | |
H1c13 | 0.335867 | 1.429715 | 0.368634 | 0.0288* | |
H2c13 | 0.448556 | 1.310747 | 0.361506 | 0.0288* | |
H1c14 | 0.151711 | 1.127692 | 0.438843 | 0.0247* | |
H2c14 | 0.138427 | 1.292231 | 0.450322 | 0.0247* | |
H1c17 | 0.229709 | 1.038565 | 0.326799 | 0.0253* | |
H2c17 | 0.382737 | 1.074935 | 0.36675 | 0.0253* | |
H2 | 0.1570 (14) | 1.2826 (15) | 0.2588 (10) | 0.0286* | |
H1 | 0.3808 (15) | 1.0424 (16) | 0.5183 (9) | 0.027* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
F1 | 0.0325 (4) | 0.0281 (4) | 0.0293 (4) | 0.0037 (3) | 0.0133 (3) | −0.0034 (3) |
F2 | 0.0408 (4) | 0.0331 (5) | 0.0338 (4) | 0.0006 (3) | 0.0235 (3) | 0.0031 (3) |
O1 | 0.0263 (4) | 0.0211 (5) | 0.0221 (4) | 0.0031 (3) | 0.0096 (3) | −0.0006 (3) |
O2 | 0.0268 (4) | 0.0238 (5) | 0.0209 (4) | 0.0045 (3) | 0.0038 (3) | 0.0029 (3) |
N1 | 0.0247 (5) | 0.0200 (5) | 0.0177 (4) | 0.0002 (4) | 0.0061 (4) | 0.0010 (4) |
N2 | 0.0211 (4) | 0.0196 (5) | 0.0177 (5) | −0.0005 (4) | 0.0045 (3) | 0.0005 (3) |
C1 | 0.0263 (5) | 0.0200 (6) | 0.0173 (5) | −0.0004 (4) | 0.0045 (4) | −0.0016 (4) |
C2 | 0.0231 (5) | 0.0168 (6) | 0.0207 (5) | −0.0026 (4) | 0.0027 (4) | −0.0006 (4) |
C3 | 0.0240 (5) | 0.0170 (6) | 0.0214 (6) | −0.0024 (4) | 0.0025 (4) | −0.0008 (4) |
C4 | 0.0313 (6) | 0.0247 (6) | 0.0183 (5) | −0.0058 (5) | 0.0067 (4) | −0.0015 (4) |
C5 | 0.0234 (5) | 0.0172 (6) | 0.0175 (5) | −0.0027 (4) | 0.0028 (4) | −0.0008 (4) |
C6 | 0.0191 (5) | 0.0235 (6) | 0.0155 (5) | 0.0010 (4) | 0.0011 (4) | −0.0003 (4) |
C7 | 0.0210 (5) | 0.0207 (6) | 0.0143 (5) | 0.0003 (4) | 0.0011 (4) | −0.0007 (4) |
C8 | 0.0250 (5) | 0.0221 (6) | 0.0183 (5) | 0.0029 (5) | 0.0046 (4) | −0.0010 (4) |
C9 | 0.0281 (6) | 0.0228 (6) | 0.0242 (6) | −0.0056 (5) | 0.0063 (4) | 0.0009 (4) |
C10 | 0.0266 (6) | 0.0227 (6) | 0.0222 (6) | −0.0022 (5) | 0.0038 (4) | 0.0035 (4) |
C11 | 0.0292 (6) | 0.0215 (6) | 0.0193 (5) | −0.0027 (5) | 0.0015 (4) | 0.0028 (4) |
C12 | 0.0261 (6) | 0.0199 (6) | 0.0201 (5) | 0.0020 (4) | 0.0022 (4) | −0.0014 (4) |
C13 | 0.0290 (6) | 0.0206 (6) | 0.0236 (6) | −0.0023 (5) | 0.0081 (4) | 0.0017 (4) |
C14 | 0.0212 (5) | 0.0221 (6) | 0.0189 (5) | 0.0012 (4) | 0.0044 (4) | 0.0013 (4) |
C15 | 0.0248 (5) | 0.0190 (6) | 0.0244 (6) | −0.0028 (4) | 0.0075 (4) | −0.0042 (4) |
C16 | 0.0245 (5) | 0.0295 (7) | 0.0199 (5) | −0.0006 (5) | 0.0081 (4) | 0.0005 (5) |
C17 | 0.0261 (5) | 0.0198 (6) | 0.0177 (5) | 0.0020 (4) | 0.0047 (4) | 0.0025 (4) |
F1—C15 | 1.3706 (14) | C4—H1c4 | 0.96 |
F2—C16 | 1.3648 (15) | C5—C17 | 1.5116 (16) |
O1—C6 | 1.3680 (14) | C6—C7 | 1.4034 (16) |
O1—H1 | 0.937 (16) | C6—C12 | 1.3879 (16) |
O2—C2 | 1.3628 (14) | C7—C8 | 1.3962 (16) |
O2—H2 | 0.903 (16) | C8—C16 | 1.3780 (17) |
N1—C13 | 1.4919 (14) | C8—H1c8 | 0.96 |
N1—C14 | 1.4581 (15) | C9—C13 | 1.5348 (15) |
N1—C17 | 1.4867 (15) | C9—H1c9 | 0.96 |
N2—C1 | 1.4694 (14) | C9—H2c9 | 0.96 |
N2—C9 | 1.4689 (15) | C10—C12 | 1.3916 (17) |
N2—C14 | 1.4741 (13) | C10—C16 | 1.3750 (17) |
C1—C7 | 1.5089 (16) | C10—H1c10 | 0.96 |
C1—H1c1 | 0.96 | C11—H1c11 | 0.96 |
C1—H2c1 | 0.96 | C12—H1c12 | 0.96 |
C2—C5 | 1.4070 (14) | C13—H1c13 | 0.96 |
C2—C11 | 1.3918 (16) | C13—H2c13 | 0.96 |
C3—C5 | 1.3928 (16) | C14—H1c14 | 0.96 |
C3—C15 | 1.3761 (16) | C14—H2c14 | 0.96 |
C3—H1c3 | 0.96 | C17—H1c17 | 0.96 |
C4—C11 | 1.3902 (17) | C17—H2c17 | 0.96 |
C4—C15 | 1.3789 (15) | ||
C6—O1—H1 | 102.5 (10) | N2—C9—H2c9 | 109.47 |
C2—O2—H2 | 104.6 (9) | C13—C9—H1c9 | 109.47 |
C13—N1—C14 | 103.64 (8) | C13—C9—H2c9 | 109.47 |
C13—N1—C17 | 111.71 (9) | H1c9—C9—H2c9 | 114.55 |
C14—N1—C17 | 111.82 (9) | C12—C10—C16 | 118.04 (11) |
C1—N2—C9 | 112.60 (8) | C12—C10—H1c10 | 120.98 |
C1—N2—C14 | 115.28 (9) | C16—C10—H1c10 | 120.98 |
C9—N2—C14 | 102.96 (8) | C2—C11—C4 | 120.53 (10) |
N2—C1—C7 | 112.49 (9) | C2—C11—H1c11 | 119.73 |
N2—C1—H1c1 | 109.47 | C4—C11—H1c11 | 119.73 |
N2—C1—H2c1 | 109.47 | C6—C12—C10 | 120.64 (11) |
C7—C1—H1c1 | 109.47 | C6—C12—H1c12 | 119.68 |
C7—C1—H2c1 | 109.47 | C10—C12—H1c12 | 119.68 |
H1c1—C1—H2c1 | 106.28 | N1—C13—C9 | 105.99 (9) |
O2—C2—C5 | 121.43 (10) | N1—C13—H1c13 | 109.47 |
O2—C2—C11 | 118.03 (9) | N1—C13—H2c13 | 109.47 |
C5—C2—C11 | 120.53 (10) | C9—C13—H1c13 | 109.47 |
C5—C3—C15 | 119.60 (10) | C9—C13—H2c13 | 109.47 |
C5—C3—H1c3 | 120.2 | H1c13—C13—H2c13 | 112.74 |
C15—C3—H1c3 | 120.2 | N1—C14—N2 | 103.95 (8) |
C11—C4—C15 | 117.95 (11) | N1—C14—H1c14 | 109.47 |
C11—C4—H1c4 | 121.03 | N1—C14—H2c14 | 109.47 |
C15—C4—H1c4 | 121.03 | N2—C14—H1c14 | 109.47 |
C2—C5—C3 | 118.46 (10) | N2—C14—H2c14 | 109.47 |
C2—C5—C17 | 121.24 (10) | H1c14—C14—H2c14 | 114.48 |
C3—C5—C17 | 120.20 (9) | F1—C15—C3 | 118.37 (9) |
O1—C6—C7 | 121.16 (10) | F1—C15—C4 | 118.77 (10) |
O1—C6—C12 | 118.35 (10) | C3—C15—C4 | 122.85 (11) |
C7—C6—C12 | 120.48 (10) | F2—C16—C8 | 118.27 (11) |
C1—C7—C6 | 121.21 (10) | F2—C16—C10 | 118.96 (11) |
C1—C7—C8 | 120.01 (10) | C8—C16—C10 | 122.77 (11) |
C6—C7—C8 | 118.62 (10) | N1—C17—C5 | 111.70 (9) |
C7—C8—C16 | 119.41 (11) | N1—C17—H1c17 | 109.47 |
C7—C8—H1c8 | 120.29 | N1—C17—H2c17 | 109.47 |
C16—C8—H1c8 | 120.29 | C5—C17—H1c17 | 109.47 |
N2—C9—C13 | 103.87 (9) | C5—C17—H2c17 | 109.47 |
N2—C9—H1c9 | 109.47 | H1c17—C17—H2c17 | 107.14 |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···N2 | 0.937 (16) | 1.756 (16) | 2.6413 (12) | 156.2 (14) |
O2—H2···N1 | 0.903 (16) | 1.821 (15) | 2.6579 (12) | 153.2 (13) |
C11—H1c11···O1i | 0.96 | 2.44 | 3.4001 (13) | 174.43 |
C17—H2c17···O1ii | 0.96 | 2.55 | 3.4837 (13) | 166 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1/2, y+1/2, −z+1/2; (ii) −x+1, −y+2, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C17H18F2N2O2 |
Mr | 320.3 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/n |
Temperature (K) | 120 |
a, b, c (Å) | 9.5952 (2), 9.7018 (2), 16.2065 (3) |
β (°) | 99.4807 (17) |
V (Å3) | 1488.07 (5) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Cu Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.94 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.35 × 0.22 × 0.21 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Agilent Xcalibur (Atlas, Gemini ultra) |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Agilent, 2010) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.123, 1 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 3σ(I)] reflections | 35554, 2669, 2452 |
Rint | 0.025 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.598 |
Refinement | |
R[F > 3σ(F)], wR(F), S | 0.031, 0.108, 2.21 |
No. of reflections | 2669 |
No. of parameters | 215 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.19, −0.17 |
Computer programs: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2010), SUPERFLIP (Palatinus & Chapuis, 2007), JANA2006 (Petříček et al., 2006), DIAMOND (Brandenburg & Putz, 2005).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···N2 | 0.937 (16) | 1.756 (16) | 2.6413 (12) | 156.2 (14) |
O2—H2···N1 | 0.903 (16) | 1.821 (15) | 2.6579 (12) | 153.2 (13) |
C11—H1c11···O1i | 0.96 | 2.44 | 3.4001 (13) | 174.43 |
C17—H2c17···O1ii | 0.96 | 2.55 | 3.4837 (13) | 166 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1/2, y+1/2, −z+1/2; (ii) −x+1, −y+2, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the Dirección de Investigaciones, Sede Bogotá (DIB) de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, for financial support of this work as well as the Praemium Academiae project of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. LSN thanks COLCIENCIAS for a fellowship.
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Among the various types of intermolecular interactions, the hydrogen bond is, without doubt, the most important one. Organic halide compounds have attracted much attention due to the role of weak intermolecular C—H···X interactions in supramolecular assembly (Rathore et al. 2011, Steiner 2002). In recent literature, the importance of interactions involving fluorine as possible tools in crystal engineering has been explored in greater detail (Chopra & Guru Row, 2005). With the purpose to understand its effects in Mannich bases, we turn our attention to title compound (I) because fluorine is also able to form non-classical intermolecular C–H···F hydrogen bonds. In this study, we describe the crystal structure of the title compound, 4,4'-difluoro-2,2'-[imidazolidine-1,3-diylbis(methylene)]diphenol.
The molecular structure and atom-numbering scheme for (I) are shown in Fig. 1. The bond lengths (Allen et al., 1987) and angles of (I) are within normal ranges and are comparable to those related structures (Rivera et al., 2011, 2012). As observed in related structures (Rivera et al., 2011, 2012). The imidazoline ring adopts a twist conformation, Q2 = 0.4008 (13) Å and φ2 = 51.81 (18)° (Cremer & Pople, 1975), with a twist about the N2 —C14 bond. In order to reduce steric congestion, the benzene rings have different orientations with respect to the central imidazolidine ring. Thus, one p-fluoro-substituted benzene ring (C1/C2/C5/C10/C6/C17)is approximately orthogonal to the mean plane of the imidazolidine ring defined by N1, C13 and C9, making a dihedral angle of 80.82 (79)°, whereas the other ring (C3/C4/C7/C13/C16/C12) forms a dihedral angle of 66.18 (130)°. The dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 52.04 (136)°. There are two intramolecular hydrogen bonds between the phenolic hydroxyl groups and the nitrogen atoms with graph-set motif S(6) (Bernstein et al., 1995).
The results demonstrate, that not only the packing in (I) is governed by weak C—H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1), resulting in a hydrogen bonded dimer, which is connected by further C—H···O interactions, but also that fluorine does not participate in any intermolecular interactions. Similarly, in ortho-F and ortho-Cl substituted analogs (Rivera et al., 2012, 2011), the halogen fails to participate in any non-bonded interaction.