Crystal structure of a chloride-bridged copper(II) dimer: piperazine-1,4-dium bis­(di-μ-chlorido-bis[(4-carboxypyridine-2-carboxyl­ato-κ2N,O2)chlorido­cuprate(II)]

Inah, B.E.; Ayi, A.A.; Adhikary, A.

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Crystal structure of a chloride-bridged copper(II) dimer: piperazine-1,4-dium bis(di-μ-chlorido-bis[(4-carboxypyridine-2-carboxylato-κ²N,O²)chloridocuprate(II)]

Bassey Enyi Inah,^a Ayi Anyama Ayi ^a ^* and Amit Adhikary ^b

^aInorganic Materials Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Calabar, P.M.B. 1115-Calabar, Nigeria, and ^bDepartment of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USA
^*Correspondence e-mail: ayiayi72@gmail.com

Edited by M. Weil, Vienna University of Technology, Austria (Received 26 December 2016; accepted 19 January 2017; online 27 January 2017)

Crystals of a new dimeric chloride-bridged cuprate(II) derived from pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid were obtained solvothermally in the presence of piperazine and hydrochloric acid. The crystal structure determination of the title salt, (C₄H₁₂N₂)[Cu₂(C₇H₄NO₄)₂Cl₄], revealed one of the carboxyl groups of the original pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid ligand to be protonated, whereas the other is deprotonated and binds together with the pyridine N atom to the Cu^II atom. The coordination environment of the Cu^II atom is distorted square-pyramidal. One of the chloride ligands bridges two metal cations to form a centrosymmetric dimer with two different Cu—Cl distances of 2.2632 (8) and 2.7853 (8) Å, whereby the longer distance is associated with the apical ligand. The remaining chloride ligand is terminal at one of the basal positions, with a distance of 2.2272 (9) Å. In the crystal, the dimers are linked by intermolecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, together with N—H⋯O and N—H⋯Cl interactions involving the centrosymmetric organic cation, into a three-dimensional supramolecular network. Further but weaker C—H⋯O and C—H⋯Cl interactions consolidate the packing.

Keywords: crystal structure; solvothermal synthesis; coordination polymer; centrosymmetric dimer.

CCDC reference: 1497751

1. Chemical context

In recent times, research on coordination polymers, popularly known as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), have received great attention, not only for their potential applications in the area of gas storage, ion-exchange, non-linear optics, molecular sieves, catalysis, magnetism, and molecular sensing (Yaghi et al., 2003 ; Ockwig et al., 2005 ; Wang et al., 2005 ; Carlucci et al., 2003 ; Hill et al., 2005 ), but also for their rich structural chemistry (Li et al., 2016 ; Eddaoudi et al., 2015 ). In the design of compounds with metal–organic frameworks, versatile carboxylate ligands, derived from 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid, 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid or pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid, have frequently been used owing to their abundant carboxylate groups possessing high affinity to metal cations (Li et al., 2004 ; Shi et al., 2004 ; Gutschke et al., 2001 ; Tao et al., 2000 ). A number of novel metal–organic frameworks have been constructed using di- or multicarboxylate ligands as linkers. Most of the reported MOF materials have been synthesized using solvothermal or hydrothermal synthetic conditions, often by using sealed autoclaves. These techniques have also been found to play an important role in preparing robust and stable inorganic compounds with open frameworks (Rao et al., 2001 ; Eddaoudi et al., 2001 ). The fact that the solubility of the reactants increases under hydrothermal methods makes the reaction more likely to occur at lower temperatures, with the formation of polymeric units through molecular building blocks (Zhao et al., 2007 ). Small changes in one or more of the reaction variables, such as temperature, time, pH or the solvent type, can have a profound influence on the product. In some cases, organic amines or alkylammonium cations are used as templates and/or structure-directing agents in the crystallization process of framework solids (Jiang et al., 1998 ; Cheetham et al., 1999 ). In the course of our investigations, we were interested in using pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid as a source of N- and O-donors, in synthesizing a coordination polymer in an acidic medium under solvothermal conditions and in the presence of piperazine as an organic amine. In this context we report on the synthesis and crystal structure of the title compound (C₄H₁₂N₂)[Cu₂(C₇H₄NO₄)₂Cl₄], (I).

2. Structural commentary

The molecular structure of (I) showing the numbering scheme is presented in Fig. 1. The copper(II) atom is chelated by the O atom (O3) of the deprotonated carboxylic group and the pyridine N atom (N1) of the organic ligand, forming a five-membered chelate ring Cu1–N1–C1–C6–O3. Two bridging and one terminal chlorido ligands complete the distorted square-pyramidal coordination of the metal cation. The arrangement of the chlorido ligands is such that Cl1 is doubly bridging the two metal cations into a centrosymmetric dimer through edge-sharing. The apical Cu—Cl1(−x + 2, −y + 2, −z + 1) bond length of 2.7853 (9) Å is significantly longer than the other bridging Cu—Cl bond with a length of 2.2632 (8) Å. The square plane is formed by N1 and O3, both from the pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylate anion, Cl1 from the bridging chlorido ligand and Cl2 of the terminal chlorido ligand [2.2272 (9) Å]. This type of coordination has been previously described as a transition state between 4- and 5-coordinate (Qi et al., 2009 ). The distortion index (τ) assuming a square-pyramidal environment was calculated as 0.08 using the formula, τ = (β − α)/60 (α, β are the largest valence angles) proposed by Addison et al. (1984 ), which indicates only slight distortions from the ideal value where τ = 0. The Cu⋯Cu distance in the dimer is 3.5946 (9) Å, with an Cu—Cl—Cu bond angle of 90.19 (3)° and a Cl⋯Cl separation of 3.5831 (14) Å. The Cu—N and Cu—O bond lengths are 2.013 (2) and 1.963 (2) Å, respectively, and are in good agreement with similar compounds reported in the literature (Goddard et al., 1990 ; Tynan et al., 2005 ; Han et al., 2008 ; Liu et al., 2009 ; Qi et al., 2009). The chelate angle O3—Cu—N1 of 81.34 (9)° is, as expected, smaller than the N1—Cu—Cl1 and O3—Cu—Cl2 bond angles of 170.22 (7) and 165.23 (8)°, respectively. The inorganic anion has a charge of −2 that is compensated by the incorporation of a fully protonated piperazine molecule in the structure. The latter is located about an inversion centre.

Figure 1
The molecular structures of the cationic and anionic components of (I)

. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level. The non-labelled atoms are related to the labelled atoms by −x + 2, −y + 2, −z + 1;.

3. Supramolecular features

The centrosymmetric dimers are linked by pairs of (carboxyl)O1—H3⋯O4(carboxylate) hydrogen bonds to form sheets parallel (100). The protonated centrosymmetric amine cations are situated between the sheets and are connected through N2—H⋯O2 interactions to one of the carbonyl oxygen atoms and various N—H⋯Cl interactions into a three-dimensional network (Table 1, Fig. 2). The carbonyl oxygen atom O2 also acts as a hydrogen-bond acceptor from pyridyl C—H groups (C2—H2⋯O2 and C4—H12⋯O2). These interactions, together with C—H⋯Cl interactions, further stabilize the three-dimensional supramolecular network structure.

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D—H⋯A	D—H	H⋯A	D⋯A	D—H⋯A
O1—H3⋯O4ⁱ	0.82	1.79	2.603 (3)	171
N2—H2A⋯Cl1ⁱⁱ	0.89	2.78	3.562 (3)	147
N2—H2A⋯O3ⁱⁱ	0.89	2.22	2.861 (3)	129
N2—H2B⋯Cl1ⁱⁱⁱ	0.89	2.69	3.414 (3)	139
N2—H2B⋯Cl2ⁱⁱⁱ	0.89	2.69	3.360 (3)	133
C2—H2⋯O2^iv	0.93	2.49	3.402 (4)	169
C4—H12⋯O2^v	0.93	2.56	3.362 (4)	145
C5—H13⋯Cl2	0.93	2.71	3.269 (3)	119
C8—H27A⋯Cl1^vi	0.97	2.72	3.561 (3)	146
C8—H27B⋯Cl2^vii	0.97	2.81	3.599 (3)	139
C9—H26A⋯O2^viii	0.97	2.56	3.509 (4)	165
C9—H26B⋯Cl1^vi	0.97	2.93	3.713 (3)	139
C9—H26B⋯Cl2ⁱⁱⁱ	0.97	2.93	3.491 (4)	118
Symmetry codes: (i) $[-x+1, y-{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{3\over 2}}]$ ; (ii) $[x, -y+{\script{3\over 2}}, z-{\script{1\over 2}}]$ ; (iii) x, y-1, z; (iv) $[-x+1, y+{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{3\over 2}}]$ ; (v) -x+1, -y+1, -z+1; (vi) $[-x+2, y-{\script{3\over 2}}, -z+{\script{1\over 2}}]$ ; (vii) $[-x+2, y-{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{1\over 2}}]$ ; (viii) $[-x+1, y-{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{1\over 2}}]$ .

Figure 2
The crystal structure of (I)

, showing O—H⋯O, N—H⋯O and N—H⋯Cl hydrogen-bonding interactions as dashed lines (see Table 1

for numerical details).

4. Database survey

There are several copper(II) dimeric compounds in which the copper atoms are bridged by chlorido ligands (Marsh et al., 1983 ; Puschmann et al., 2001 ; Li et al., 2006 ; Lee, et al., 2008 ; Han et al., 2008; Øien et al., 2013 ; Choubey et al., 2015 ; Golchoubian & Nateghi 2016 ; Liu et al., 2009). A search of the Cambridge Structural Database (Version 5.38, November 2016; Groom et al., 2016 ), revealed numerous di-μ-chlorido bridged copper(II) compounds constructed with ligands having -N,O- donor atoms (Kapoor et al., 2002 , 2004 ; Damous et al., 2013 ; Lumb et al., 2013 ; Smolentsev et al., 2014 ; Qureshi et al., 2016 ). However, the search did not reveal related complexes derived from pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid and piperazine.

5. Synthesis and crystallization

The syntheses were carried out in Ace pressure tubes (15 cm³) and heated in programmable ovens. The reagents used for syntheses were obtained from Aldrich (Analar grade) and used without further purification. In a typical synthesis of (I), Cu(CH₃COO)₂·2H₂O (0.1996 g, 1.0 mmol) was stirred together with pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid (0.1671 g, 1.0 mmol) in 3.3 cm³ of n-butanol. This was followed by the addition of piperazine (0.940 g, 1.0 mmol) and the pH of the solution was adjusted to 2 by dropwise addition of 0.16 cm³ of conc. HCl. The resultant mixture was homogenized for 15 min before transferring into the reaction vessel and heated in an oven at 393 K for 48 h. The product, a crop of bluish crystalline material, was washed with distilled water and air-dried.

6. Refinement

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 2. C-bound H atoms were treated as riding atoms, with C—H distances of 0.93 Å (aromatic) and 0.97 Å (aliphatic), and with U_iso(H) = 1.2U_eq(C). N- and O-bound H atoms were located in difference maps and were refined with N—H distances of 0.89 Å and O—H distances of 0.82 Å, and with U_iso(H) = 1.2U_eq(N) and U_iso(H) = 1.5U_eq(O), respectively.

Table 2
Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula	(C₄H₁₂N₂)[Cu₂(C₇H₄NO₄)₂Cl₄]
M_r	689.26
Crystal system, space group	Monoclinic, P2₁/c
Temperature (K)	298
a, b, c (Å)	11.639 (3), 9.224 (2), 11.423 (3)
β (°)	105.211 (3)
V (Å³)	1183.4 (5)
Z	2
Radiation type	Mo Kα
μ (mm⁻¹)	2.30
Crystal size (mm)	0.05 × 0.02 × 0.02

Data collection
Diffractometer	Bruker SMART APEX CCD area detector
Absorption correction	Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2008 )
T_min, T_max	0.946, 0.955
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections	14235, 2923, 2392
R_int	0.050
(sin θ/λ)_max (Å⁻¹)	0.666

Refinement
R[F² > 2σ(F²)], wR(F²), S	0.039, 0.127, 0.86
No. of reflections	2923
No. of parameters	164
H-atom treatment	H-atom parameters constrained
Δρ_max, Δρ_min (e Å⁻³)	0.55, −0.31
Computer programs: SMART and SAINT (Bruker, 2008), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008 ), SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2015 ), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006 ).

Supporting information

CCDC reference: 1497751

Crystal structure: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989017001013/wm5354sup1.cif

Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989017001013/wm5354Isup2.hkl

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Computing details top

Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2008); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2008); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2008); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2015); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).

Piperazine-1,4-dium bis(di-µ-chlorido-bis[(4-carboxypyridine-2-carboxylato-κ²N,O²)chloridocuprate(II)] top

Crystal data top

(C₄H₁₂N₂)[Cu₂(C₇H₄NO₄)₂Cl₄]	F(000) = 692
M_r = 689.26	D_x = 1.934 Mg m⁻³
Monoclinic, P2₁/c	Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
a = 11.639 (3) Å	Cell parameters from 1016 reflections
b = 9.224 (2) Å	θ = 2.9–26.8°
c = 11.423 (3) Å	µ = 2.30 mm⁻¹
β = 105.211 (3)°	T = 298 K
V = 1183.4 (5) Å³	Rod, blue
Z = 2	0.05 × 0.02 × 0.02 mm

Data collection top

Bruker SMART APEX CCD area detector diffractometer	2392 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
ω scans	R_int = 0.050
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2008)	θ_max = 28.3°, θ_min = 2.9°
T_min = 0.946, T_max = 0.955	h = −15→15
14235 measured reflections	k = −12→12
2923 independent reflections	l = −15→15

Refinement top

Refinement on F²	0 restraints
Least-squares matrix: full	Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
R[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 0.039	H-atom parameters constrained
wR(F²) = 0.127	w = 1/[σ²(F_o²) + (0.1P)²] where P = (F_o² + 2F_c²)/3
S = 0.86	(Δ/σ)_max = 0.001
2923 reflections	Δρ_max = 0.55 e Å⁻³
164 parameters	Δρ_min = −0.31 e Å⁻³

Special details top

Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds involving l.s. planes.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å²) top

	x	y	z	U_iso*/U_eq
Cu1	0.84456 (3)	1.01123 (4)	0.42216 (3)	0.02632 (15)
Cl1	0.99944 (6)	1.14015 (7)	0.39127 (7)	0.02963 (19)
Cl2	0.82884 (8)	0.86943 (9)	0.26090 (7)	0.0431 (2)
O3	0.82154 (19)	1.1592 (2)	0.5374 (2)	0.0326 (5)
O4	0.7301 (2)	1.2063 (2)	0.6797 (2)	0.0411 (6)
N1	0.7122 (2)	0.9149 (2)	0.4767 (2)	0.0244 (5)
O1	0.4230 (2)	0.8203 (3)	0.7170 (2)	0.0412 (6)
H3	0.379334	0.776566	0.750692	0.062*
C6	0.7489 (2)	1.1293 (3)	0.5993 (3)	0.0259 (6)
N2	0.9556 (2)	0.0777 (3)	0.0881 (2)	0.0358 (6)
H2A	0.959588	0.169430	0.065288	0.043*
H2B	0.926778	0.077335	0.152968	0.043*
C1	0.6847 (3)	0.9859 (3)	0.5683 (3)	0.0246 (6)
O2	0.4234 (2)	0.6091 (3)	0.6208 (2)	0.0468 (6)
C2	0.6029 (2)	0.9326 (3)	0.6261 (3)	0.0261 (6)
H2	0.584506	0.983758	0.688974	0.031*
C8	1.0765 (3)	0.0148 (3)	0.1210 (3)	0.0323 (7)
H27A	1.073784	−0.081047	0.155093	0.039*
H27B	1.128410	0.074758	0.182456	0.039*
C7	0.4583 (3)	0.7319 (3)	0.6429 (3)	0.0310 (6)
C4	0.5776 (3)	0.7273 (3)	0.4928 (3)	0.0308 (6)
H12	0.542510	0.638592	0.465717	0.037*
C5	0.6597 (3)	0.7892 (3)	0.4394 (3)	0.0294 (6)
H13	0.678695	0.741211	0.375346	0.035*
C3	0.5487 (3)	0.7998 (3)	0.5872 (3)	0.0268 (6)
C9	0.8733 (3)	−0.0041 (3)	−0.0119 (3)	0.0367 (7)
H26A	0.796776	0.044487	−0.034859	0.044*
H26B	0.861083	−0.100761	0.016075	0.044*

Atomic displacement parameters (Å²) top

	U¹¹	U²²	U³³	U¹²	U¹³	U²³
Cu1	0.0282 (2)	0.0222 (2)	0.0335 (2)	−0.00475 (12)	0.01701 (17)	−0.00548 (13)
Cl1	0.0306 (4)	0.0252 (3)	0.0368 (4)	−0.0053 (3)	0.0155 (3)	0.0021 (3)
Cl2	0.0595 (5)	0.0385 (4)	0.0410 (5)	−0.0166 (4)	0.0305 (4)	−0.0152 (3)
O3	0.0350 (11)	0.0255 (10)	0.0437 (12)	−0.0075 (9)	0.0215 (10)	−0.0092 (9)
O4	0.0424 (13)	0.0372 (12)	0.0520 (14)	−0.0066 (10)	0.0272 (11)	−0.0194 (10)
N1	0.0249 (11)	0.0239 (12)	0.0270 (11)	−0.0007 (9)	0.0112 (9)	−0.0022 (9)
O1	0.0441 (14)	0.0401 (13)	0.0497 (14)	−0.0112 (11)	0.0306 (12)	−0.0032 (11)
C6	0.0219 (13)	0.0217 (13)	0.0348 (15)	−0.0001 (10)	0.0086 (11)	−0.0051 (11)
N2	0.0454 (15)	0.0311 (14)	0.0334 (13)	0.0120 (12)	0.0150 (12)	0.0001 (11)
C1	0.0209 (12)	0.0247 (14)	0.0281 (14)	0.0024 (10)	0.0064 (11)	−0.0005 (10)
O2	0.0573 (16)	0.0355 (12)	0.0581 (16)	−0.0167 (11)	0.0337 (13)	−0.0040 (11)
C2	0.0238 (13)	0.0291 (14)	0.0264 (13)	−0.0003 (11)	0.0085 (11)	−0.0007 (11)
C8	0.0422 (18)	0.0228 (14)	0.0280 (15)	0.0016 (12)	0.0027 (14)	−0.0002 (11)
C7	0.0290 (14)	0.0344 (16)	0.0291 (14)	−0.0046 (12)	0.0068 (12)	0.0058 (12)
C4	0.0309 (15)	0.0276 (14)	0.0350 (15)	−0.0075 (12)	0.0106 (13)	−0.0022 (12)
C5	0.0320 (15)	0.0288 (15)	0.0300 (14)	−0.0037 (12)	0.0130 (12)	−0.0053 (11)
C3	0.0240 (13)	0.0276 (14)	0.0291 (14)	0.0002 (11)	0.0076 (11)	0.0037 (11)
C9	0.0313 (17)	0.0374 (18)	0.0416 (19)	0.0024 (12)	0.0099 (15)	0.0037 (13)

Geometric parameters (Å, º) top

Cu1—O3	1.963 (2)	N2—H2B	0.8900
Cu1—N1	2.013 (2)	C1—C2	1.384 (4)
Cu1—Cl2	2.2272 (9)	O2—C7	1.207 (4)
Cu1—Cl1	2.2632 (8)	C2—C3	1.396 (4)
Cu1—Cl1ⁱ	2.7853 (9)	C2—H2	0.9300
O3—C6	1.267 (3)	C8—C9ⁱⁱ	1.512 (5)
O4—C6	1.225 (3)	C8—H27A	0.9700
N1—C5	1.327 (4)	C8—H27B	0.9700
N1—C1	1.343 (4)	C7—C3	1.502 (4)
O1—C7	1.316 (4)	C4—C3	1.383 (4)
O1—H3	0.8200	C4—C5	1.385 (4)
C6—C1	1.515 (4)	C4—H12	0.9300
N2—C8	1.476 (4)	C5—H13	0.9300
N2—C9	1.490 (4)	C9—H26A	0.9700
N2—H2A	0.8900	C9—H26B	0.9700

O3—Cu1—N1	81.34 (9)	C3—C2—H2	121.0
O3—Cu1—Cl2	165.23 (8)	N2—C8—C9ⁱⁱ	111.4 (3)
N1—Cu1—Cl2	95.35 (7)	N2—C8—H27A	109.4
O3—Cu1—Cl1	89.63 (6)	C9ⁱⁱ—C8—H27A	109.4
N1—Cu1—Cl1	170.22 (7)	N2—C8—H27B	109.4
Cl2—Cu1—Cl1	94.33 (3)	C9ⁱⁱ—C8—H27B	109.4
C6—O3—Cu1	116.83 (18)	H27A—C8—H27B	108.0
C5—N1—C1	119.5 (2)	O2—C7—O1	124.8 (3)
C5—N1—Cu1	127.7 (2)	O2—C7—C3	122.5 (3)
C1—N1—Cu1	112.59 (18)	O1—C7—C3	112.7 (3)
C7—O1—H3	109.5	C3—C4—C5	118.7 (3)
O4—C6—O3	124.7 (3)	C3—C4—H12	120.6
O4—C6—C1	120.5 (3)	C5—C4—H12	120.6
O3—C6—C1	114.8 (2)	N1—C5—C4	122.1 (3)
C8—N2—C9	112.0 (2)	N1—C5—H13	118.9
C8—N2—H2A	109.2	C4—C5—H13	118.9
C9—N2—H2A	109.2	C4—C3—C2	119.4 (3)
C8—N2—H2B	109.2	C4—C3—C7	118.0 (3)
C9—N2—H2B	109.2	C2—C3—C7	122.6 (3)
H2A—N2—H2B	107.9	N2—C9—C8ⁱⁱ	110.8 (3)
N1—C1—C2	122.2 (3)	N2—C9—H26A	109.5
N1—C1—C6	113.9 (3)	C8ⁱⁱ—C9—H26A	109.5
C2—C1—C6	123.9 (3)	N2—C9—H26B	109.5
C1—C2—C3	118.0 (3)	C8ⁱⁱ—C9—H26B	109.5
C1—C2—H2	121.0	H26A—C9—H26B	108.1

Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, −y+2, −z+1; (ii) −x+2, −y, −z.

Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) top

D—H···A	D—H	H···A	D···A	D—H···A
O1—H3···O4ⁱⁱⁱ	0.82	1.79	2.603 (3)	171
N2—H2A···Cl1^iv	0.89	2.78	3.562 (3)	147
N2—H2A···O3^iv	0.89	2.22	2.861 (3)	129
N2—H2B···Cl1^v	0.89	2.69	3.414 (3)	139
N2—H2B···Cl2^v	0.89	2.69	3.360 (3)	133
C2—H2···O2^vi	0.93	2.49	3.402 (4)	169
C4—H12···O2^vii	0.93	2.56	3.362 (4)	145
C5—H13···Cl2	0.93	2.71	3.269 (3)	119
C8—H27A···Cl1^viii	0.97	2.72	3.561 (3)	146
C8—H27B···Cl2^ix	0.97	2.81	3.599 (3)	139
C9—H26A···O2^x	0.97	2.56	3.509 (4)	165
C9—H26B···Cl1^viii	0.97	2.93	3.713 (3)	139
C9—H26B···Cl2^v	0.97	2.93	3.491 (4)	118

Symmetry codes: (iii) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+3/2; (iv) x, −y+3/2, z−1/2; (v) x, y−1, z; (vi) −x+1, y+1/2, −z+3/2; (vii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (viii) −x+2, y−3/2, −z+1/2; (ix) −x+2, y−1/2, −z+1/2; (x) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+1/2.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by The World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in developing countries (TWAS) under Grant 1 2–1 69 RG/CHE/AF/AC-G–UNESCO FR: 3240271 320 for which grateful acknowledgment is made. AAA is also grateful to the Royal Society of Chemistry for a personal research grant. The authors are thankful for the support of Professor Amitava Choudhury of the Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA, for the single-crystal X-ray crystallographic data.

Funding information

Funding for this research was provided by: Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (award No. 1 2-1 69 RG/CHE/AF/AC–G -UNESCO FR: 3240271 320).

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