organic compounds
Dimethyl 2-[(acridin-9-yl)methylidene]malonate
aLaboratório de Imunopatologia Keizo Asami (LIKA), Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50670-901 Recife, PE, Brazil, bLaboratório de Síntese e Planejamento de Fármacos, Departamento de Antibióticos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50670-910 Recife, PE, Brazil, cLaboratório de Síntese e Vetorização de Moléculas Bioativas, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, 58020-540 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil, and dDepartamento de Física e Informática, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
*Correspondence e-mail: casimone@ifsc.usp.br
In the title compound, C19H15NO4, the acridine system is essentially planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.015 Å). The crystal packing exhibits π–π interactions between pairs of centrosymmetric molecules, one of them between the central heterocyclic rings and others between the outer benzene rings of the acridine systems, with centroid–centroid distances of 3.692 (1) and 3.754 (1) Å, respectively. These pairs are further linked by additional π–π interactions along the a-axis direction through one of the two outer benzene ring of neighboring molecules, with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.642 (2) Å.
Related literature
For background to acridines, see: Kumar et al. (2012). For the biological activity of acridine derivatives, see: Pigatto et al. (2011); Das et al. (2011); Kumar et al. (2012). For the synthesis of acridines, see: Tomar et al. (2010). For related structures, see: Buckleton & Waters (1984).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 1997); cell SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and SCALEPACK; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 2012).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536813000500/lr2094sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813000500/lr2094Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813000500/lr2094Isup3.cml
In a Dean-Stark apparatus, acridine-9-carbaldehyde (0.1 mmol), dimethyl malonate (0.1 mmol) and morpholine (0.01 mmol) were refluxed in toluene (10 ml). The reaction mixture was refluxed at 383 K for 24 h, and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The title compound was purified by flash
on silica gel (230–400 mesh) Merck (Germany), eluting with n-hexane/ethyl acetate (9.5:0.5) to give analytically pure yellow crystals of 2-acridin-9-yl-methylene-malonic acid dimethyl ester; yield 33%, M.p. 405–407 K. Crystals suitable for suitable for single-crystal X-ray diffraction were grown by slow evaporation at 289 K of a solution of the pure title compound in absolute ethanol.FTIR (KBr, cm-1) Umax: 2954, 2924, 1730, 1628, 1435, 1266, 1232, 1076, 785, 749. NMR 1H (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 3.15 (s, 3H), 3.92 (s, 3H), 7.65 (m, 2H), 7.89 (m, 2H), 7.99 (d, 2H,J = 8.6 Hz), 8.20 (d, 2H, J = 8.6 Hz), 8.70 (s, 1H). HRMS calcd for C19H15NO4 = 321.1001, found = 322.0617.
All H-atoms were included in the
at calculated positions [C—H = 0.93 Å (aromatic) and 0.96 Å (methyl), with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(aromatic C) or 1.5Ueq(methyl C)],also using a riding-model approximation. The maximum and minimum residual electron density peaks were located 0.16 and 0.77 Å, from the C9 and H14 atoms respectively.Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 1997); cell
SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 2012).Fig. 1. The molecular structure of the title compound. with the ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level. | |
Fig. 2. A partial view of the packing showing the π - π interactions. |
C19H15NO4 | Z = 2 |
Mr = 321.32 | F(000) = 336 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.354 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 8.3022 (2) Å | Cell parameters from 6418 reflections |
b = 9.0208 (3) Å | θ = 2.5–27.5° |
c = 12.0334 (4) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
α = 96.468 (2)° | T = 295 K |
β = 93.652 (2)° | Prism, yellow |
γ = 117.422 (2)° | 0.32 × 0.28 × 0.22 mm |
V = 787.98 (4) Å3 |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 2805 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: Enraf Nonius FR590 | Rint = 0.050 |
Horizonally mounted graphite crystal monochromator | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 2.6° |
Detector resolution: 9 pixels mm-1 | h = −10→10 |
CCD rotation images,thick slices scans | k = −11→10 |
10674 measured reflections | l = −15→15 |
3626 independent reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.052 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.148 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0817P)2 + 0.1056P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.05 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
3626 reflections | Δρmax = 0.26 e Å−3 |
218 parameters | Δρmin = −0.24 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Extinction correction: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Extinction coefficient: 0.168 (19) |
C19H15NO4 | γ = 117.422 (2)° |
Mr = 321.32 | V = 787.98 (4) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 8.3022 (2) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 9.0208 (3) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
c = 12.0334 (4) Å | T = 295 K |
α = 96.468 (2)° | 0.32 × 0.28 × 0.22 mm |
β = 93.652 (2)° |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 2805 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
10674 measured reflections | Rint = 0.050 |
3626 independent reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.052 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.148 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.05 | Δρmax = 0.26 e Å−3 |
3626 reflections | Δρmin = −0.24 e Å−3 |
218 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 | ||
C2 | 0.18856 (17) | −0.04107 (16) | 0.05238 (10) | 0.0416 (3) | |
C8 | 0.27051 (18) | 0.29435 (17) | 0.10755 (11) | 0.0439 (3) | |
C1 | 0.12960 (17) | 0.00751 (16) | 0.15015 (10) | 0.0409 (3) | |
C16 | 0.25132 (19) | −0.00447 (18) | 0.38809 (12) | 0.0475 (3) | |
N1 | 0.32779 (16) | 0.24918 (14) | 0.01345 (9) | 0.0477 (3) | |
C14 | 0.02296 (18) | −0.12607 (17) | 0.21649 (11) | 0.0455 (3) | |
H14 | −0.0906 | −0.2111 | 0.1815 | 0.055* | |
O4 | −0.19557 (15) | −0.38893 (13) | 0.31911 (9) | 0.0630 (3) | |
C13 | 0.16978 (17) | 0.17719 (16) | 0.17992 (10) | 0.0412 (3) | |
C12 | 0.11370 (19) | 0.24024 (18) | 0.27615 (11) | 0.0484 (3) | |
H12 | 0.0464 | 0.1665 | 0.3236 | 0.058* | |
C11 | 0.1572 (2) | 0.4058 (2) | 0.29913 (12) | 0.0544 (4) | |
H11 | 0.1202 | 0.4443 | 0.3625 | 0.065* | |
C6 | 0.3548 (2) | 0.0411 (2) | −0.11100 (12) | 0.0549 (4) | |
H6 | 0.4194 | 0.1228 | −0.1546 | 0.066* | |
C9 | 0.3139 (2) | 0.46746 (18) | 0.13512 (13) | 0.0538 (4) | |
H9 | 0.3808 | 0.5443 | 0.0892 | 0.065* | |
O2 | 0.22592 (15) | 0.05138 (14) | 0.48843 (9) | 0.0593 (3) | |
O1 | 0.39648 (15) | 0.04600 (18) | 0.35414 (10) | 0.0745 (4) | |
O3 | 0.02856 (18) | −0.31220 (15) | 0.46082 (10) | 0.0716 (4) | |
C7 | 0.28933 (18) | 0.08723 (17) | −0.01311 (11) | 0.0445 (3) | |
C18 | −0.0314 (2) | −0.28576 (17) | 0.37642 (11) | 0.0488 (3) | |
C5 | 0.3247 (2) | −0.1193 (2) | −0.14145 (14) | 0.0618 (4) | |
H5 | 0.3696 | −0.1466 | −0.2051 | 0.074* | |
C3 | 0.1592 (2) | −0.20857 (18) | 0.01646 (12) | 0.0508 (3) | |
H3 | 0.0939 | −0.2935 | 0.0577 | 0.061* | |
C15 | 0.07425 (18) | −0.13590 (17) | 0.32134 (11) | 0.0452 (3) | |
C10 | 0.2585 (2) | 0.52130 (19) | 0.22792 (13) | 0.0578 (4) | |
H10 | 0.2871 | 0.6345 | 0.2449 | 0.069* | |
C4 | 0.2252 (2) | −0.2462 (2) | −0.07701 (14) | 0.0588 (4) | |
H4 | 0.2048 | −0.3563 | −0.0989 | 0.071* | |
C19 | −0.3052 (3) | −0.5404 (2) | 0.36533 (18) | 0.0765 (5) | |
H19A | −0.4202 | −0.6062 | 0.3179 | 0.115* | |
H19B | −0.3267 | −0.5095 | 0.4398 | 0.115* | |
H19C | −0.2415 | −0.6059 | 0.3690 | 0.115* | |
C17 | 0.3884 (3) | 0.1685 (3) | 0.56385 (16) | 0.0767 (5) | |
H17A | 0.3545 | 0.2006 | 0.6338 | 0.115* | |
H17B | 0.4557 | 0.2672 | 0.5302 | 0.115* | |
H17C | 0.4634 | 0.1156 | 0.5779 | 0.115* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C2 | 0.0385 (6) | 0.0446 (7) | 0.0367 (6) | 0.0149 (5) | 0.0014 (5) | 0.0111 (5) |
C8 | 0.0422 (7) | 0.0438 (7) | 0.0379 (6) | 0.0126 (5) | 0.0030 (5) | 0.0124 (5) |
C1 | 0.0387 (6) | 0.0446 (7) | 0.0350 (6) | 0.0143 (5) | 0.0027 (5) | 0.0143 (5) |
C16 | 0.0493 (7) | 0.0517 (7) | 0.0466 (7) | 0.0249 (6) | 0.0081 (6) | 0.0219 (6) |
N1 | 0.0484 (6) | 0.0451 (6) | 0.0397 (6) | 0.0120 (5) | 0.0080 (5) | 0.0136 (5) |
C14 | 0.0465 (7) | 0.0429 (7) | 0.0428 (7) | 0.0157 (5) | 0.0075 (5) | 0.0136 (5) |
O4 | 0.0636 (7) | 0.0495 (6) | 0.0614 (7) | 0.0110 (5) | 0.0127 (5) | 0.0236 (5) |
C13 | 0.0395 (6) | 0.0448 (7) | 0.0348 (6) | 0.0153 (5) | 0.0023 (5) | 0.0117 (5) |
C12 | 0.0506 (7) | 0.0535 (8) | 0.0411 (7) | 0.0230 (6) | 0.0081 (6) | 0.0134 (6) |
C11 | 0.0619 (9) | 0.0575 (9) | 0.0440 (7) | 0.0291 (7) | 0.0051 (6) | 0.0058 (6) |
C6 | 0.0510 (8) | 0.0602 (9) | 0.0419 (7) | 0.0153 (6) | 0.0115 (6) | 0.0105 (6) |
C9 | 0.0574 (8) | 0.0425 (7) | 0.0497 (8) | 0.0127 (6) | 0.0043 (6) | 0.0139 (6) |
O2 | 0.0593 (6) | 0.0619 (7) | 0.0536 (6) | 0.0279 (5) | 0.0027 (5) | 0.0030 (5) |
O1 | 0.0492 (6) | 0.1023 (10) | 0.0627 (7) | 0.0255 (6) | 0.0115 (5) | 0.0222 (6) |
O3 | 0.0931 (9) | 0.0618 (7) | 0.0579 (7) | 0.0302 (6) | 0.0085 (6) | 0.0315 (5) |
C7 | 0.0399 (6) | 0.0491 (7) | 0.0366 (6) | 0.0137 (5) | 0.0038 (5) | 0.0109 (5) |
C18 | 0.0622 (8) | 0.0441 (7) | 0.0440 (7) | 0.0252 (6) | 0.0168 (6) | 0.0155 (6) |
C5 | 0.0587 (9) | 0.0693 (10) | 0.0482 (8) | 0.0241 (8) | 0.0113 (7) | −0.0008 (7) |
C3 | 0.0500 (8) | 0.0477 (7) | 0.0493 (8) | 0.0180 (6) | 0.0048 (6) | 0.0107 (6) |
C15 | 0.0502 (7) | 0.0455 (7) | 0.0425 (7) | 0.0220 (6) | 0.0119 (6) | 0.0165 (5) |
C10 | 0.0661 (9) | 0.0442 (8) | 0.0545 (8) | 0.0204 (7) | 0.0005 (7) | 0.0048 (6) |
C4 | 0.0603 (9) | 0.0542 (8) | 0.0561 (9) | 0.0246 (7) | 0.0041 (7) | 0.0001 (7) |
C19 | 0.0826 (12) | 0.0459 (9) | 0.0854 (13) | 0.0120 (8) | 0.0267 (10) | 0.0254 (8) |
C17 | 0.0776 (12) | 0.0741 (11) | 0.0667 (11) | 0.0323 (9) | −0.0107 (9) | −0.0063 (9) |
C2—C1 | 1.4037 (18) | C6—C5 | 1.351 (2) |
C2—C3 | 1.425 (2) | C6—C7 | 1.427 (2) |
C2—C7 | 1.4345 (17) | C6—H6 | 0.9300 |
C8—N1 | 1.3482 (18) | C9—C10 | 1.358 (2) |
C8—C9 | 1.424 (2) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
C8—C13 | 1.4356 (17) | O2—C17 | 1.441 (2) |
C1—C13 | 1.4049 (19) | O3—C18 | 1.1981 (17) |
C1—C14 | 1.4823 (16) | C18—C15 | 1.4899 (18) |
C16—O1 | 1.1940 (17) | C5—C4 | 1.415 (2) |
C16—O2 | 1.3226 (18) | C5—H5 | 0.9300 |
C16—C15 | 1.497 (2) | C3—C4 | 1.358 (2) |
N1—C7 | 1.3381 (18) | C3—H3 | 0.9300 |
C14—C15 | 1.3315 (18) | C10—H10 | 0.9300 |
C14—H14 | 0.9300 | C4—H4 | 0.9300 |
O4—C18 | 1.3293 (19) | C19—H19A | 0.9600 |
O4—C19 | 1.4474 (18) | C19—H19B | 0.9600 |
C13—C12 | 1.4301 (19) | C19—H19C | 0.9600 |
C12—C11 | 1.355 (2) | C17—H17A | 0.9600 |
C12—H12 | 0.9300 | C17—H17B | 0.9600 |
C11—C10 | 1.419 (2) | C17—H17C | 0.9600 |
C11—H11 | 0.9300 | ||
C1—C2—C3 | 123.94 (12) | N1—C7—C6 | 117.91 (12) |
C1—C2—C7 | 117.80 (12) | N1—C7—C2 | 123.52 (12) |
C3—C2—C7 | 118.24 (12) | C6—C7—C2 | 118.55 (13) |
N1—C8—C9 | 117.44 (12) | O3—C18—O4 | 124.20 (13) |
N1—C8—C13 | 123.21 (12) | O3—C18—C15 | 123.33 (14) |
C9—C8—C13 | 119.35 (12) | O4—C18—C15 | 112.42 (12) |
C2—C1—C13 | 119.54 (11) | C6—C5—C4 | 120.40 (14) |
C2—C1—C14 | 117.57 (12) | C6—C5—H5 | 119.8 |
C13—C1—C14 | 122.87 (12) | C4—C5—H5 | 119.8 |
O1—C16—O2 | 124.32 (15) | C4—C3—C2 | 121.06 (14) |
O1—C16—C15 | 124.28 (14) | C4—C3—H3 | 119.5 |
O2—C16—C15 | 111.38 (11) | C2—C3—H3 | 119.5 |
C7—N1—C8 | 118.15 (11) | C14—C15—C18 | 122.41 (13) |
C15—C14—C1 | 126.22 (12) | C14—C15—C16 | 122.17 (11) |
C15—C14—H14 | 116.9 | C18—C15—C16 | 115.18 (11) |
C1—C14—H14 | 116.9 | C9—C10—C11 | 120.38 (14) |
C18—O4—C19 | 115.93 (13) | C9—C10—H10 | 119.8 |
C1—C13—C12 | 124.38 (12) | C11—C10—H10 | 119.8 |
C1—C13—C8 | 117.77 (12) | C3—C4—C5 | 120.61 (15) |
C12—C13—C8 | 117.83 (12) | C3—C4—H4 | 119.7 |
C11—C12—C13 | 120.94 (13) | C5—C4—H4 | 119.7 |
C11—C12—H12 | 119.5 | O4—C19—H19A | 109.5 |
C13—C12—H12 | 119.5 | O4—C19—H19B | 109.5 |
C12—C11—C10 | 120.94 (14) | H19A—C19—H19B | 109.5 |
C12—C11—H11 | 119.5 | O4—C19—H19C | 109.5 |
C10—C11—H11 | 119.5 | H19A—C19—H19C | 109.5 |
C5—C6—C7 | 121.14 (14) | H19B—C19—H19C | 109.5 |
C5—C6—H6 | 119.4 | O2—C17—H17A | 109.5 |
C7—C6—H6 | 119.4 | O2—C17—H17B | 109.5 |
C10—C9—C8 | 120.55 (13) | H17A—C17—H17B | 109.5 |
C10—C9—H9 | 119.7 | O2—C17—H17C | 109.5 |
C8—C9—H9 | 119.7 | H17A—C17—H17C | 109.5 |
C16—O2—C17 | 116.36 (13) | H17B—C17—H17C | 109.5 |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C19H15NO4 |
Mr | 321.32 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 295 |
a, b, c (Å) | 8.3022 (2), 9.0208 (3), 12.0334 (4) |
α, β, γ (°) | 96.468 (2), 93.652 (2), 117.422 (2) |
V (Å3) | 787.98 (4) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.10 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.32 × 0.28 × 0.22 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | – |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 10674, 3626, 2805 |
Rint | 0.050 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.650 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.052, 0.148, 1.05 |
No. of reflections | 3626 |
No. of parameters | 218 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.26, −0.24 |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Nonius, 1997), DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012), WinGX (Farrugia, 2012).
Acknowledgements
This work received partial support from CNPq and PROPESQ/UEPB. The authors thank the Instituto de Física de São Carlos – USP for allowing the use of the KappaCCD diffractometer.
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The pharmacological uses of acridine derivatives have been well documented (Kumar et al. 2012). Amongst these applications can be highlighted: Proflavin an antibacterial agent against many Gram positive bacteria; Bucricaine which is used topically for surface anesthesia (Kumar et al. 2012); Quinacrine and 9-aminoacridine that act as antimalarial and disinfectant agents respectively (Das et al. 2011); and several antitumor agents as nitracrina, amsacrine and 9-arylacridines which are potent topoisomerase inhibitors (Pigatto et al. 2011).
In this work, we report the structure of the title compound synthesized by the reaction between acridine-9-carbaldehyde and dimethyl malonate. The mean plane analysis of molecule shows that the acridine ring is essentially planar. The deviation observed is maximum for the C5 [(0.0311 (2) Å].The crystal packing exhibits π- π interactions between pairs of centrosymmetric molecules, one of them between the central heterocyclic rings and others between the side benzene rings of the acridine moieties, with centroid-centroid distances of 3.692 (1) and 3.754 (1) Årespectively. These pairs are further linked by additional π- π interactions along the a axis through one of the two side benzene ring of neighboring molecules, with centroid-centroid distance of 3.642 (2) Å.