organic compounds
4-Hydroxy-1,2,6-trimethylpyridinium bromide monohydrate
aDepartment of Physics, Government Arts College (Autonomous), Karur 639 005, India, bCarbon Nanomaterials Laboratory, Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620 015, India, cSchool of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, India, dFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, England, and eDepartment of Bioinformatics, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur 613 401, India
*Correspondence e-mail: seetha_b2002@yahoo.com
The title salt, C8H12NO+·Br−·H2O, is isomorphous with the chloride analogue [Seethalakshmi et al. (2013). Acta Cryst. E69, o835–o836]. In the solid state, the cations, anions and water molecules are interlinked by a network of O—H⋯O, O—H⋯Br and C—H⋯Br interactions. The water molecule makes two O—H⋯Br hydrogen bonds, generating [010] zigzag chains of alternating water molecules and bromide anions. The cation is involved in two intermolecular C—H⋯Cl interactions in the chloride salt, whereas three intermolecular C—H⋯Br interactions are observed in the title bromide salt. This additional intermolecular C—H⋯Br interaction links the adjacent water and bromide zigzag chains via cationic molecules. In addition, weak π–π stacking interactions are observed between pyridinium rings [centroid–centroid distance = 3.5664 (13) Å].
Related literature
For related structures, see: Seethalakshmi et al. (2006a,b,c, 2007, 2013a,b). For related compounds, see: Dhanuskodi et al. (2006, 2008). For graph-set motifs, see: Bernstein et al. (1995).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 1998); cell DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO; method used to solve structure: isomorphous; program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536813013330/tk5224sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813013330/tk5224Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813013330/tk5224Isup3.cml
The title salt was prepared by dissolving 1-methyl-2,6-dimethyl-4-hydroxypyridine (1.37 g) with hydrobromic acid (2.43 ml) in distilled water (5 ml). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 7 h and the clear solution was kept for evaporation at 60 °C after filtration. Finally crystalline powder was obtained and dissolved in double distilled water. Single crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction were obtained by slow evaporation.
Since the title salt is isomorphous with its chloride counterpart, it was refined with the coordinates of the cation moiety of chloride salt (Seethalakshmi et al., 2013a). The positions of the Br atom and water molecule were determined from a difference Fourier map and refined anisotropically. The positions of hydroxy H atom and H atoms of water molecule were determined from a difference Fourier map and refined freely along with their isotropic displacement parameters. In the final round of
the O—H bond lengths of the water molecule and hydroxy group are restrained to 0.84 (2) Å. The methyl H atoms were constrained to an ideal geometry (C—H = 0.98 Å), with Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(C), but were allowed to rotate freely about the C—C and N—C bonds. The remaining H atoms were placed in geometrically idealized positions (C—H = 0.95 Å), with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C) and were constrained to ride on their parent atoms.Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 1998); cell
DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: isomorphous method; program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).Fig. 1. Perspective view of (I), showing the atomic-numbering scheme. The displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level. | |
Fig. 2. A view of the crystal structure of (I), showing the O—H···O, O—H···Br and C—H···Br interactions indicated as dashed lines. | |
Fig. 3. One dimensional zigzag chains generated from alternate water and bromide anion interconnected by O—H···Br hydrogen bond which run parallel to the b axis. | |
Fig. 4. Stereo view of the arrangement of alternate R23(8) and R24(10) ring motifs. |
C8H12NO+·Br−·H2O | F(000) = 480 |
Mr = 236.11 | Dx = 1.577 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2yn | Cell parameters from 2311 reflections |
a = 8.4796 (4) Å | θ = 1–27.5° |
b = 8.5874 (6) Å | µ = 4.10 mm−1 |
c = 13.8479 (9) Å | T = 120 K |
β = 99.504 (4)° | Block, colourless |
V = 994.53 (11) Å3 | 0.30 × 0.30 × 0.25 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker–Nonius 95mm CCD camera on κ-goniostat diffractometer | 2277 independent reflections |
Radiation source: Bruker–Nonius FR591 rotating anode | 1888 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.037 |
Detector resolution: 9.091 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 2.8° |
ϕ and ω scans | h = −9→10 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2003) | k = −11→11 |
Tmin = 0.373, Tmax = 0.427 | l = −17→17 |
11830 measured 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)] = 0.026 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.056 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0179P)2 + 0.9223P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.06 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
2277 reflections | Δρmax = 0.59 e Å−3 |
125 parameters | Δρmin = −0.34 e Å−3 |
3 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: 0.0025 (5) |
C8H12NO+·Br−·H2O | V = 994.53 (11) Å3 |
Mr = 236.11 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 8.4796 (4) Å | µ = 4.10 mm−1 |
b = 8.5874 (6) Å | T = 120 K |
c = 13.8479 (9) Å | 0.30 × 0.30 × 0.25 mm |
β = 99.504 (4)° |
Bruker–Nonius 95mm CCD camera on κ-goniostat diffractometer | 2277 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2003) | 1888 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.373, Tmax = 0.427 | Rint = 0.037 |
11830 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.026 | 3 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.056 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.06 | Δρmax = 0.59 e Å−3 |
2277 reflections | Δρmin = −0.34 e Å−3 |
125 parameters |
Experimental. The minimum and maximum absorption values stated above are those calculated in SHELXL97 from the given crystal dimensions. The ratio of minimum to maximum apparent transmission was determined experimentally as 0.696421. |
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 | ||
Br1 | 0.46272 (3) | 0.08691 (3) | 0.252474 (16) | 0.02160 (9) | |
O1 | 0.8002 (2) | −0.29194 (18) | 0.48421 (13) | 0.0265 (4) | |
O1W | 0.3258 (2) | 0.3759 (2) | 0.36438 (13) | 0.0270 (4) | |
N1 | 0.7983 (2) | 0.1745 (2) | 0.42283 (14) | 0.0185 (4) | |
C2 | 0.7227 (2) | 0.1241 (2) | 0.49673 (16) | 0.0175 (4) | |
C3 | 0.7211 (3) | −0.0319 (3) | 0.51871 (16) | 0.0185 (5) | |
H3 | 0.6689 | −0.0670 | 0.5703 | 0.022* | |
C4 | 0.7960 (3) | −0.1390 (3) | 0.46562 (17) | 0.0196 (5) | |
C5 | 0.8699 (3) | −0.0850 (3) | 0.38918 (16) | 0.0199 (5) | |
H5 | 0.9208 | −0.1565 | 0.3519 | 0.024* | |
C6 | 0.8691 (2) | 0.0712 (3) | 0.36768 (16) | 0.0190 (5) | |
C7 | 0.9436 (3) | 0.1302 (3) | 0.28400 (18) | 0.0278 (5) | |
H7A | 0.8608 | 0.1764 | 0.2346 | 0.042* | |
H7B | 0.9945 | 0.0436 | 0.2548 | 0.042* | |
H7C | 1.0241 | 0.2091 | 0.3078 | 0.042* | |
C8 | 0.7984 (3) | 0.3436 (3) | 0.4015 (2) | 0.0284 (6) | |
H8A | 0.6880 | 0.3802 | 0.3832 | 0.043* | |
H8B | 0.8572 | 0.3627 | 0.3474 | 0.043* | |
H8C | 0.8501 | 0.3999 | 0.4598 | 0.043* | |
C9 | 0.6442 (3) | 0.2398 (3) | 0.55408 (17) | 0.0236 (5) | |
H9A | 0.7252 | 0.3102 | 0.5889 | 0.035* | |
H9B | 0.5904 | 0.1849 | 0.6015 | 0.035* | |
H9C | 0.5654 | 0.3002 | 0.5094 | 0.035* | |
H1 | 0.756 (3) | −0.313 (3) | 0.5317 (17) | 0.038 (9)* | |
H1W | 0.355 (3) | 0.309 (3) | 0.330 (2) | 0.044 (9)* | |
H2W | 0.261 (4) | 0.432 (3) | 0.328 (2) | 0.062 (11)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Br1 | 0.02104 (13) | 0.01973 (12) | 0.02404 (14) | −0.00007 (9) | 0.00380 (8) | 0.00019 (10) |
O1 | 0.0352 (10) | 0.0132 (8) | 0.0329 (10) | 0.0028 (7) | 0.0108 (8) | 0.0001 (7) |
O1W | 0.0316 (10) | 0.0181 (9) | 0.0307 (10) | 0.0045 (7) | 0.0037 (8) | 0.0019 (8) |
N1 | 0.0166 (9) | 0.0138 (9) | 0.0242 (11) | −0.0018 (7) | 0.0010 (7) | −0.0019 (7) |
C2 | 0.0132 (10) | 0.0179 (11) | 0.0201 (12) | −0.0013 (8) | −0.0015 (8) | −0.0028 (9) |
C3 | 0.0174 (11) | 0.0195 (11) | 0.0181 (12) | −0.0001 (8) | 0.0014 (9) | −0.0010 (9) |
C4 | 0.0177 (11) | 0.0157 (10) | 0.0240 (12) | 0.0007 (8) | −0.0007 (9) | −0.0013 (9) |
C5 | 0.0177 (11) | 0.0185 (10) | 0.0229 (12) | 0.0004 (9) | 0.0013 (9) | −0.0044 (9) |
C6 | 0.0143 (10) | 0.0216 (11) | 0.0203 (11) | −0.0026 (9) | 0.0002 (8) | −0.0021 (9) |
C7 | 0.0273 (13) | 0.0305 (13) | 0.0268 (13) | −0.0025 (10) | 0.0079 (10) | 0.0022 (10) |
C8 | 0.0300 (13) | 0.0153 (11) | 0.0407 (16) | 0.0003 (10) | 0.0081 (11) | 0.0041 (10) |
C9 | 0.0254 (12) | 0.0179 (11) | 0.0268 (13) | 0.0035 (9) | 0.0024 (9) | −0.0033 (10) |
O1—C4 | 1.338 (3) | C5—C6 | 1.374 (3) |
O1—H1 | 0.828 (17) | C5—H5 | 0.9500 |
O1W—H1W | 0.813 (17) | C6—C7 | 1.496 (3) |
O1W—H2W | 0.833 (18) | C7—H7A | 0.9800 |
N1—C2 | 1.365 (3) | C7—H7B | 0.9800 |
N1—C6 | 1.372 (3) | C7—H7C | 0.9800 |
N1—C8 | 1.482 (3) | C8—H8A | 0.9800 |
C2—C3 | 1.374 (3) | C8—H8B | 0.9800 |
C2—C9 | 1.496 (3) | C8—H8C | 0.9800 |
C3—C4 | 1.394 (3) | C9—H9A | 0.9800 |
C3—H3 | 0.9500 | C9—H9B | 0.9800 |
C4—C5 | 1.395 (3) | C9—H9C | 0.9800 |
C4—O1—H1 | 111 (2) | C5—C6—C7 | 120.7 (2) |
H1W—O1W—H2W | 107 (3) | C6—C7—H7A | 109.5 |
C2—N1—C6 | 121.01 (18) | C6—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
C2—N1—C8 | 118.45 (19) | H7A—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
C6—N1—C8 | 120.52 (19) | C6—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
N1—C2—C3 | 119.9 (2) | H7A—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
N1—C2—C9 | 119.51 (19) | H7B—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
C3—C2—C9 | 120.6 (2) | N1—C8—H8A | 109.5 |
C2—C3—C4 | 120.3 (2) | N1—C8—H8B | 109.5 |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.9 | H8A—C8—H8B | 109.5 |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.9 | N1—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
O1—C4—C3 | 123.1 (2) | H8A—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
O1—C4—C5 | 118.1 (2) | H8B—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
C3—C4—C5 | 118.8 (2) | C2—C9—H9A | 109.5 |
C6—C5—C4 | 120.1 (2) | C2—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.9 | H9A—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.9 | C2—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
N1—C6—C5 | 119.8 (2) | H9A—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
N1—C6—C7 | 119.5 (2) | H9B—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
C6—N1—C2—C3 | 2.1 (3) | O1—C4—C5—C6 | −179.7 (2) |
C8—N1—C2—C3 | −179.6 (2) | C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.4 (3) |
C6—N1—C2—C9 | −178.86 (19) | C2—N1—C6—C5 | −2.6 (3) |
C8—N1—C2—C9 | −0.6 (3) | C8—N1—C6—C5 | 179.2 (2) |
N1—C2—C3—C4 | −0.3 (3) | C2—N1—C6—C7 | 176.9 (2) |
C9—C2—C3—C4 | −179.33 (19) | C8—N1—C6—C7 | −1.4 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—O1 | 179.2 (2) | C4—C5—C6—N1 | 1.3 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −1.0 (3) | C4—C5—C6—C7 | −178.1 (2) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···O1Wi | 0.83 (2) | 1.78 (2) | 2.607 (2) | 174 (3) |
O1W—H1W···Br1 | 0.81 (2) | 2.44 (2) | 3.2407 (18) | 170 (3) |
O1W—H2W···Br1ii | 0.83 (2) | 2.43 (2) | 3.2527 (18) | 168 (3) |
C3—H3···Br1i | 0.95 | 2.86 | 3.785 (2) | 164 |
C5—H5···Br1iii | 0.95 | 2.90 | 3.837 (2) | 170 |
C9—H9A···Br1iv | 0.98 | 2.91 | 3.822 (2) | 155 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y, −z+1; (ii) −x+1/2, y+1/2, −z+1/2; (iii) −x+3/2, y−1/2, −z+1/2; (iv) x+1/2, −y+1/2, z+1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C8H12NO+·Br−·H2O |
Mr | 236.11 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/n |
Temperature (K) | 120 |
a, b, c (Å) | 8.4796 (4), 8.5874 (6), 13.8479 (9) |
β (°) | 99.504 (4) |
V (Å3) | 994.53 (11) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 4.10 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.30 × 0.30 × 0.25 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker–Nonius 95mm CCD camera on κ-goniostat diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2003) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.373, 0.427 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 11830, 2277, 1888 |
Rint | 0.037 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.650 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.026, 0.056, 1.06 |
No. of reflections | 2277 |
No. of parameters | 125 |
No. of restraints | 3 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.59, −0.34 |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Nonius, 1998), DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), isomorphous method, SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), PLATON (Spek, 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···O1Wi | 0.828 (17) | 1.783 (18) | 2.607 (2) | 174 (3) |
O1W—H1W···Br1 | 0.813 (17) | 2.436 (18) | 3.2407 (18) | 170 (3) |
O1W—H2W···Br1ii | 0.833 (18) | 2.433 (19) | 3.2527 (18) | 168 (3) |
C3—H3···Br1i | 0.95 | 2.86 | 3.785 (2) | 164 |
C5—H5···Br1iii | 0.95 | 2.90 | 3.837 (2) | 170 |
C9—H9A···Br1iv | 0.98 | 2.91 | 3.822 (2) | 155 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y, −z+1; (ii) −x+1/2, y+1/2, −z+1/2; (iii) −x+3/2, y−1/2, −z+1/2; (iv) x+1/2, −y+1/2, z+1/2. |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the EPSRC National Crystallography Service (University of Southampton, UK) for the X-ray data collection. ST thanks the management of SASTRA University for their encouragement.
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In continuation of our studies on pyridinium salts (Seethalakshmi et al., 2006a,b,c; 2007; 2013a,b; Dhanuskodi et al., 2006; 2008), we determined crystal and molecular structure of 4-hydroxy-1,2,6-trimethylpyridinium bromide monohydrate, (I). This structure is isomorphous with 4-hydroxy-1,2,6-trimethylpyridinium chloride monohydrate (Seethalakshmi et al. 2013a).
As shown in Fig. 1, the asymmetric unit contains one 4-hydroxy-1,2,6-trimethylpyridinium cation, a bromide anion and a water molecule. The corresponding bond distances and angles of the cation in (I) are comparable with those of related structures (Seethalakshmi et al., 2006a,b,c; 2007; 2013a,b).
The crystal structure of (I) is stabilized by a network of intermolecular O—H···O, O—H···Br and C—H···Br interactions (Table 1, Fig. 2). In (I), the bromide anions and water molecules are interconnected alternately via intermolecular O—H···Br hydrogen bonds. These hydrogen bonds produce a one dimesional zigzag chain which runs parallel to the b axis (Fig. 3). The hydroxy group of the cation acts as a donor for an intermolecular O—H···O hydrogen bond with the water molecule. The way two cation molecules are interlinked is the same as observed in the chloride salt (Seethalakshmi et al., 2013a). The glide related cations are interconnected by an O—H···O—H···Br···H—O···H—O cooperative hydrogen bonding pattern, whereas cation molecules related by translation are interconnected through another type of O—H···O—H···Br···H—O—H···Br···H—O···H—O cooperative hydrogen bonding mode (Fig. 4).
There are three weak intermolecular C—H···Br (C3—H3···Br, C5—H5···Br and C9—H9A···Br) interactions observed in (I), whereas only two C—H···Cl (C3—H3···Cl and C9—H9A···Cl) interactions are found in the crystal structure of chloride salt (Seethalakshmi et al., 2013a). Atom C3 of the cation is involved in a weak C—H···Br intermolecular interaction with bromide anion. As shown in Fig. 4, this weak interaction combines with O—H···O and O—H···Br hydrogen bonds forming a graph-set motif of R23(8) (Bernstein et al., 1995). One of the methyl atoms C9 (via H9A) participates in a weak intermolecular C—H···Br interaction with the bromide anion. Again, this interaction combines with C3—H3···Br and two O—H···Br interactions forming a ring which has a graph-set motif of R24(10). The R23(8) and R24(10) ring motifs are arranged alternately as a helical ribbon which run parallel to the b axis (Fig. 4). Atom C5 of the cation (via H5) is involved in a weak intermolecular C—H···Br interaction. This additional C—H···Br interaction links the adjacent water and bromide zigzag chains via cationic molecules (Fig. 2). In constrast to chloride salt, bromide anion is pentacoordinated by five hydrogen atoms in the crystal structure of (I). The pentacoordination angles in the range of 55–89°. In (I), a weak aromatic π–π stacking interaction is observed between two pyridinium rings related by center of inversion (2 - x, -y, 1 - z) with a centroid-to-centroid distance of 3.5664 (13) Å.