Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of bis­(2,6-di­amino­pyridinium) tetra­chlorido­cobaltate(II)

Ben Moussa, O.; Chebbi, H.; Zid, M.F.

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Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of bis(2,6-diaminopyridinium) tetrachloridocobaltate(II)

Oumaima Ben Moussa,^a Hammouda Chebbi ^a,^b and Mohamed Faouzi Zid ^a ^*

^aUniversity of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Laboratory of Materials, Crystal Chemistry and Applied Thermodynamics, 2092 El Manar II, Tunis, Tunisia, and ^bUniversity of Tunis, Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies of Tunis, Street Jawaher Lel Nehru, 1089 Montfleury, Tunis, Tunisia
^*Correspondence e-mail: medfaouzi.zid57@gmail.com

Edited by W. T. A. Harrison, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (Received 30 January 2018; accepted 23 February 2018; online 2 March 2018)

In the title molecular salt, (C₅H₈N₃)₂[CoCl₄], the cations are protonated at their pyridine N atoms and the anion is an almost regular tetrahedron. The crystal structure consists of alternating inorganic layers, built from tetrachloridocobaltate anions, and organic layers formed by protonated cations of 2,6-diaminopyridinium. The crystal packing is governed by C/N—H⋯Cl hydrogen-bonding interactions between the organic and the inorganic ions and Cl⋯Cl interactions. Moreover, the cations show a π–π stacking interaction [intercentroid distance = 3.763 (2) Å]. The prevalence of these interactions is illustrated by an analysis of the three-dimensional Hirshfeld surface and by two-dimensional fingerprint plots.

Keywords: cobalt(II); hybrid organic–inorganic materials; crystal structure; Hirshfeld surface; fingerprint plots.

CCDC reference: 1588020

1. Chemical context

One of the best studied groups of organic–inorganic hybrid materials are the cobalt(II) halide compounds because of their important properties such as fluorescence and magnetism (Decaroli et al., 2015 ; Kurmoo, 2009 ). The coordination sphere of Co^II is variable, leading to different geometries including octahedral, tetrahedral, square pyramidal, trigonal bipyramidal and square planar (Kurmoo, 2009). Pyridine as an organic heterocyclic molecule has various biological activities (Sellin, 1981 ; Davidson et al., 1988 ). As part of our studies in this area, the title compound, (C₅H₈N₃)₂[CoCl₄] (I), has been investigated.

2. Structural commentary

The asymmetric unit of (I) is made up of one tetrachloridocobaltate, [CoCl₄]²⁻, anion and two protonated 2,6-diaminopyridinium, (C₅H₈N₃)⁺, organic cations (Fig. 1). The geometry of the CoCl₄ anion is characterized by a range of Co—Cl bond length from 2.2595 (14) to 2.2795 (13) Å and Cl—Co—Cl angles varying from 106.44 (5) to 112.69 (5)°, building a slightly distorted tetrahedron. These data are in agreement with those found in related compounds (Mghandef & Boughzala, 2015 ). The calculated average values of the distortion indice as described by Baur (1974 ) corresponding to the different lengths and angles in the CoCl₄ tetrahedra [ΔI(Co—Cl) = 0.004 and ΔI(Cl—Co—Cl) = 0.0019] show a slight distortion of the tetrahedra. The interanionic Cl⋯Cl contact distances between the nearest neighbor tetrahedra are 3.986 (2) Å along the a axis and 3.889 (2) Å along the c axis (Fig. 2), compared to a van der Waals contact distance of 3.50 Å. These contacts are sometimes associated with weak antiferromagnetic interactions (Shapiro et al., 2007 ), which decrease rapidly with increasing Cl⋯Cl separation.

Figure 1
The asymmetric unit of (I)

, with displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 30% probability level.

Figure 2
The interanionic Cl⋯Cl contact in the tetrachlorocobaltate anion of (I)

along the a and c axis.

Pyridinium cations always possess an expanded angle of C—N—C in comparison with the parent pyridine (Ben Nasr et al., 2015 ). Thus, the observed angles in (I) of C1—N2—C5 and C6—N5—C10 are 124.2 (3) and 124.1 (3)°, respectively, are wider than that in neutral pyridine (116.6°), indicating that protonation takes place on the pyridine ring N2 and N5 atoms. Accordingly, within the cations, we note that the N—C and C—C distances range from 1.332 (5) to 1.393 (6) Å, while the C—C—C, N—C—N, C—C—N and N—C—C angles vary from 116.00 (4) to 126.50 (4)°. The 2,6-diaminopyridinium units are essentially planar, with an r.m.s. deviation from the mean plane of 0.002 and 0.006 Å for the N2 and N5 species, respectively.

3. Supramolecular features

Examination of the crystal structure of (I) reveals organic layers parallel to the ab plane made of 2,6-diaminopyridinium cations alternating with inorganic layers formed by tetrachloridocobaltate anions (Fig. 3), which is similar to those of related materials: (C₅H₆Br₂N₃)₂[MBr₄] (M = Cd, Mn) (Al-Far et al., 2009 ) and (C₅H₇N₂)₂[CoBr₄] (Mhadhbi et al., 2016 ).

Figure 3
View of (I)

towards the bc plane. The dotted lines indicate hydrogen bonds.

The construction of the three-dimensional architecture is consolidated by N—H⋯Cl and C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds (Table 1), generating R₂²(4), R₂²(6), R₂¹(6), R₄⁴(8) and R₂²(8) graph-set motifs (Fig. 4).

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D—H⋯A	D—H	H⋯A	D⋯A	D—H⋯A
N1—H2N1⋯Cl2	0.84 (5)	2.69 (5)	3.432 (4)	147 (4)
N4—H2N4⋯Cl2ⁱ	0.84 (5)	2.65 (5)	3.465 (5)	162 (4)
N6—H1N6⋯Cl4	0.85 (5)	2.58 (5)	3.406 (4)	165 (4)
N2—H1N2⋯Cl2	0.82 (4)	2.44 (4)	3.240 (3)	168 (4)
N5—H1N5⋯Cl1	0.82 (5)	2.43 (5)	3.191 (3)	156 (4)
N3—H1N3⋯Cl4ⁱⁱ	0.88 (4)	2.53 (5)	3.390 (5)	166 (4)
N4—H1N4⋯Cl1	0.79 (4)	2.79 (4)	3.481 (5)	147 (4)
N6—H2N6⋯Cl3ⁱⁱⁱ	0.82 (5)	2.75 (5)	3.516 (4)	156 (4)
N3—H2N3⋯Cl3	0.83 (6)	2.61 (6)	3.420 (5)	166 (6)
N1—H1N1⋯Cl1^iv	0.94 (5)	2.69 (5)	3.326 (4)	126 (4)
C7—H7⋯Cl3ⁱⁱⁱ	0.91 (4)	2.89 (4)	3.669 (4)	145 (3)
Symmetry codes: (i) $[-x+{\script{3\over 2}}, y+{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{3\over 2}}]$ ; (ii) $[-x+{\script{1\over 2}}, y+{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{3\over 2}}]$ ; (iii) -x+1, -y+1, -z+2; (iv) -x+1, -y+1, -z+1.

Figure 4
Projection of a part of the crystalline structure of the compound (I)

, showing the formation of the motifs R₂²(4), R₂²(6), R₂¹(6), R₄⁴(8) and R₂²(8).

As can be seen from Fig. 5, the two nearest neighboring anti-parallel organic cations, which are not connected by hydrogen bonding, are stacked in a face-to-face mode. The centroid–centroid distance is 3.762 (5) Å, slightly less than 3.8 Å, which is the maximum value accepted for π–π interactions (Ben Hassen et al., 2017 ; Janiak, 2000 ).

Figure 5
π–π stacking interactions between the neighboring aromatic organic cations in (I)

. The inorganic anions are shown as sticks for clarity.

4. Hirshfeld surface analysis

The Hirshfeld surface (Spackman & Jayatilaka, 2009 ) and the associated two-dimensional fingerprint plots were performed with CrystalExplorer (Wolff et al., 2012 ). The Hirshfeld surface of the title compound mapped over d_norm is illustrated in Fig. 6. The red spots correspond to the H⋯Cl close contacts, which are due to the N—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds. Similarly, the presence of H⋯Cl contacts (due to C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds) are indicated by a light-red color. The white areas correspond to the places where the distance separating neighboring atoms are close to the sum of the van der Waals radius of the considered atoms and indicate H⋯H interactions. The bluish areas illustrate areas where neighboring atoms are too far apart for there to be interactions between them. In the shape-index map (Fig. 7), the adjacent red and blue triangle-like patches show concave regions that indicate π–π stacking interactions (Bitzer et al., 2017 ).

Figure 6
View of the Hirshfeld surface of (I)

mapped over d_norm.

Figure 7
Hirshfeld surface mapped over shape-index, highlighting the regions involved in π–π stacking interactions.

The fingerprint plots of (I) (Fig. 8a) (Parkin et al., 2007 ; Rohl et al., 2008 ), reveal that the main intermolecular interactions with the highest percentage contributions are: H⋯Cl/Cl⋯H (41.6%, Fig. 8b), H⋯H (30.8%, Fig. 8c) and C⋯H/H⋯C (11.3%, Fig. 8d).

Figure 8
The two-dimensional fingerprint plots of (I)

, (a) showing all interactions and delineated into H⋯Cl/Cl⋯H (b), H⋯H (c) and C⋯H/H⋯C (d) interactions.

Fig. 9 shows the voids (Wolff et al., 2012) in the crystal structure of (I). These are based on the sum of spherical atomic electron densities at the appropriate nuclear positions (procrystal electron density). The crystal voids calculation (results under 0.002 a.u. isovalue) shows the void volume of title compound to be of the order of 172 Å³ and surface area in the order of 648 Å². With the porosity, the calculated void volume of (I) is 10%. There are no large cavities. We note that the electron-density isosurfaces are not completely closed around the components, but are open at those locations where interspecies approaches are found, e.g. N—H⋯Cl and C—H⋯Cl.

Figure 9
Void plot for (I)

5. Synthesis and crystallization

2,6-diaminopyridine and CoCl₂·6H₂O (molar ratio 1:1) were dissolved in 10 ml of methanol; 3 ml of hydrochloric acid (37%) was added dropwise to the mixture and the resulting blue solution was put aside for crystallization at room temperature. After two weeks, blue crystals of (I) were recovered.

6. Refinement

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 2. All hydrogen atoms were found in a difference-Fourier map and refined isotropically.

Table 2
Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula	(C₅H₈N₃)₂[CoCl₄]
M_r	421.02
Crystal system, space group	Monoclinic, P2₁/n
Temperature (K)	293
a, b, c (Å)	7.390 (4), 15.373 (4), 15.387 (4)
β (°)	98.203 (4)
V (Å³)	1730.1 (11)
Z	4
Radiation type	Mo Kα
μ (mm⁻¹)	1.61
Crystal size (mm)	0.4 × 0.3 × 0.1

Data collection
Diffractometer	Enraf–Nonius CAD-4
Absorption correction	ψ scan (North et al., 1968 )
T_min, T_max	0.777, 0.998
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections	4367, 3770, 2396
R_int	0.038
(sin θ/λ)_max (Å⁻¹)	0.638

Refinement
R[F² > 2σ(F²)], wR(F²), S	0.044, 0.110, 1.01
No. of reflections	3770
No. of parameters	255
H-atom treatment	All H-atom parameters refined
Δρ_max, Δρ_min (e Å⁻³)	0.37, −0.42
Computer programs: CAD-4 EXPRESS (Duisenberg, 1992 ; Macíček & Yordanov, 1992 ), XCAD4 (Harms & Wocadlo, 1995 ), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008 ), SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2015 ), DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2006 ), WinGX (Farrugia, 2012 ) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010 ).

Supporting information

CCDC reference: 1588020

Crystal structure: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989018003171/hb7732sup1.cif

Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989018003171/hb7732Isup2.hkl

checkCIF report

Computing details top

Data collection: CAD-4 EXPRESS (Duisenberg, 1992; Macíček & Yordanov, 1992); cell refinement: CAD-4 EXPRESS (Duisenberg, 1992; Macíček & Yordanov, 1992); data reduction: XCAD4 (Harms & Wocadlo, 1995); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2015); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 2012) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).

Bis(2,6-diaminopyridinium) tetrachloridocobaltate(II) top

Crystal data top

(C₅H₈N₃)₂[CoCl₄]	F(000) = 852
M_r = 421.02	D_x = 1.616 Mg m⁻³ D_m = 1.616 Mg m⁻³ D_m measured by ?
Monoclinic, P2₁/n	Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
a = 7.390 (4) Å	Cell parameters from 25 reflections
b = 15.373 (4) Å	θ = 10.1–14.9°
c = 15.387 (4) Å	µ = 1.61 mm⁻¹
β = 98.203 (4)°	T = 293 K
V = 1730.1 (11) Å³	Parallelepiped, blue
Z = 4	0.4 × 0.3 × 0.1 mm

Data collection top

Enraf–Nonius CAD-4 diffractometer	2396 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube	R_int = 0.038
Graphite monochromator	θ_max = 27.0°, θ_min = 2.7°
ω/2θ scans	h = −9→1
Absorption correction: ψ scan (North et al., 1968)	k = −1→19
T_min = 0.777, T_max = 0.998	l = −19→19
4367 measured reflections	2 standard reflections every 120 reflections
3770 independent reflections	intensity decay: 1%

Refinement top

Refinement on F²	Hydrogen site location: difference Fourier map
Least-squares matrix: full	All H-atom parameters refined
R[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 0.044	w = 1/[σ²(F_o²) + (0.0522P)²] where P = (F_o² + 2F_c²)/3
wR(F²) = 0.110	(Δ/σ)_max = 0.001
S = 1.01	Δρ_max = 0.37 e Å⁻³
3770 reflections	Δρ_min = −0.42 e Å⁻³
255 parameters	Extinction correction: SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2015), Fc^*=kFc[1+0.001xFc²λ³/sin(2θ)]^-1/4
0 restraints	Extinction coefficient: 0.0049 (8)

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
Co1	0.44824 (7)	0.51081 (3)	0.73764 (3)	0.03878 (16)
Cl1	0.66787 (14)	0.61509 (6)	0.73884 (6)	0.0497 (2)
Cl2	0.36703 (14)	0.46854 (6)	0.59572 (6)	0.0500 (3)
Cl3	0.20113 (14)	0.56398 (7)	0.79102 (6)	0.0547 (3)
Cl4	0.58007 (17)	0.39816 (6)	0.81784 (7)	0.0627 (3)
N2	0.1002 (5)	0.6175 (2)	0.4994 (2)	0.0451 (7)
N5	0.8682 (4)	0.6428 (2)	0.9347 (2)	0.0425 (7)
N4	0.9624 (6)	0.7606 (3)	0.8611 (3)	0.0623 (10)
N1	0.1431 (6)	0.5199 (3)	0.3912 (3)	0.0646 (10)
N6	0.7523 (6)	0.5209 (2)	0.9947 (3)	0.0678 (12)
N3	0.0650 (7)	0.7017 (3)	0.6196 (3)	0.0759 (13)
C6	0.8422 (5)	0.5964 (2)	1.0067 (2)	0.0444 (8)
C10	0.9484 (5)	0.7226 (2)	0.9377 (2)	0.0434 (8)
C1	0.0856 (5)	0.5995 (3)	0.4122 (2)	0.0483 (9)
C7	0.9051 (6)	0.6309 (3)	1.0881 (2)	0.0571 (11)
C5	0.0425 (6)	0.6919 (2)	0.5325 (3)	0.0489 (9)
C9	1.0121 (6)	0.7571 (3)	1.0189 (3)	0.0532 (10)
C8	0.9889 (6)	0.7105 (3)	1.0922 (3)	0.0581 (11)
C2	0.0069 (6)	0.6621 (4)	0.3543 (3)	0.0630 (12)
C3	−0.0514 (6)	0.7378 (3)	0.3851 (3)	0.0651 (13)
C4	−0.0359 (6)	0.7541 (3)	0.4729 (4)	0.0606 (12)
H7	0.874 (6)	0.603 (3)	1.136 (3)	0.066 (13)*
H2	0.000 (6)	0.648 (3)	0.298 (3)	0.074 (14)*
H4	−0.066 (5)	0.803 (3)	0.498 (2)	0.047 (11)*
H9	1.071 (6)	0.802 (3)	1.022 (3)	0.075 (15)*
H8	1.035 (6)	0.735 (3)	1.146 (3)	0.062 (12)*
H3	−0.108 (7)	0.784 (3)	0.345 (3)	0.094 (16)*
H2N1	0.222 (6)	0.493 (3)	0.427 (3)	0.061 (14)*
H2N4	1.020 (6)	0.808 (3)	0.863 (3)	0.067 (14)*
H1N6	0.720 (7)	0.498 (3)	0.945 (3)	0.074 (15)*
H1N2	0.157 (6)	0.581 (3)	0.530 (3)	0.058 (13)*
H1N5	0.839 (6)	0.623 (3)	0.886 (3)	0.079 (16)*
H1N3	0.026 (6)	0.748 (3)	0.645 (3)	0.062 (13)*
H1N4	0.913 (6)	0.740 (3)	0.817 (3)	0.047 (13)*
H2N6	0.747 (7)	0.488 (3)	1.036 (3)	0.082 (17)*
H2N3	0.095 (9)	0.661 (4)	0.654 (4)	0.12 (2)*
H1N1	0.139 (7)	0.508 (3)	0.331 (3)	0.089 (17)*

Atomic displacement parameters (Å²) top

	U¹¹	U²²	U³³	U¹²	U¹³	U²³
Co1	0.0442 (3)	0.0358 (3)	0.0350 (2)	0.0012 (2)	0.00079 (19)	0.00112 (19)
Cl1	0.0558 (6)	0.0446 (5)	0.0472 (5)	−0.0080 (4)	0.0022 (4)	−0.0022 (4)
Cl2	0.0553 (6)	0.0531 (5)	0.0382 (5)	0.0072 (4)	−0.0049 (4)	−0.0042 (4)
Cl3	0.0573 (6)	0.0547 (6)	0.0547 (5)	0.0058 (5)	0.0170 (5)	0.0013 (5)
Cl4	0.0892 (8)	0.0407 (5)	0.0511 (6)	0.0053 (5)	−0.0141 (5)	0.0073 (4)
N2	0.0487 (19)	0.0386 (16)	0.0468 (17)	0.0056 (15)	0.0027 (15)	0.0068 (14)
N5	0.0458 (18)	0.0446 (17)	0.0360 (16)	−0.0034 (14)	0.0023 (13)	−0.0017 (14)
N4	0.068 (3)	0.059 (2)	0.059 (2)	−0.015 (2)	0.006 (2)	0.010 (2)
N1	0.061 (2)	0.077 (3)	0.054 (2)	0.011 (2)	0.0023 (19)	−0.011 (2)
N6	0.103 (3)	0.053 (2)	0.045 (2)	−0.028 (2)	0.001 (2)	−0.0006 (18)
N3	0.122 (4)	0.047 (2)	0.063 (3)	0.011 (2)	0.030 (3)	−0.001 (2)
C6	0.051 (2)	0.0416 (19)	0.0397 (19)	−0.0056 (17)	0.0037 (16)	−0.0002 (15)
C10	0.040 (2)	0.041 (2)	0.049 (2)	0.0030 (16)	0.0073 (16)	0.0048 (16)
C1	0.039 (2)	0.057 (2)	0.048 (2)	−0.0024 (18)	0.0032 (16)	0.0011 (18)
C7	0.078 (3)	0.057 (3)	0.035 (2)	−0.015 (2)	0.004 (2)	−0.0021 (18)
C5	0.054 (2)	0.041 (2)	0.053 (2)	0.0032 (18)	0.0151 (18)	0.0070 (18)
C9	0.050 (2)	0.046 (2)	0.062 (3)	−0.013 (2)	0.002 (2)	−0.0082 (19)
C8	0.070 (3)	0.058 (3)	0.044 (2)	−0.014 (2)	−0.002 (2)	−0.0083 (19)
C2	0.054 (3)	0.085 (3)	0.047 (2)	−0.006 (2)	0.000 (2)	0.016 (2)
C3	0.060 (3)	0.061 (3)	0.073 (3)	0.001 (2)	0.005 (2)	0.029 (2)
C4	0.059 (3)	0.040 (2)	0.085 (3)	0.009 (2)	0.019 (2)	0.015 (2)

Geometric parameters (Å, º) top

Co1—Cl3	2.2595 (14)	N6—H2N6	0.82 (5)
Co1—Cl4	2.2645 (11)	N3—C5	1.335 (6)
Co1—Cl2	2.2754 (11)	N3—H1N3	0.88 (4)
Co1—Cl1	2.2795 (13)	N3—H2N3	0.83 (6)
N2—C5	1.346 (5)	C6—C7	1.379 (5)
N2—C1	1.359 (5)	C10—C9	1.378 (5)
N2—H1N2	0.82 (4)	C1—C2	1.382 (6)
N5—C6	1.355 (4)	C7—C8	1.369 (6)
N5—C10	1.360 (5)	C7—H7	0.91 (4)
N5—H1N5	0.82 (5)	C5—C4	1.393 (6)
N4—C10	1.332 (5)	C9—C8	1.367 (6)
N4—H2N4	0.84 (5)	C9—H9	0.82 (5)
N4—H1N4	0.79 (4)	C8—H8	0.93 (4)
N1—C1	1.349 (5)	C2—C3	1.350 (7)
N1—H2N1	0.84 (5)	C2—H2	0.89 (4)
N1—H1N1	0.94 (5)	C3—C4	1.362 (7)
N6—C6	1.337 (5)	C3—H3	0.99 (5)
N6—H1N6	0.85 (5)	C4—H4	0.89 (4)

Cl3—Co1—Cl4	112.69 (5)	N4—C10—N5	117.1 (4)
Cl3—Co1—Cl2	109.64 (5)	N4—C10—C9	125.0 (4)
Cl4—Co1—Cl2	109.80 (4)	N5—C10—C9	117.9 (3)
Cl3—Co1—Cl1	110.73 (5)	N1—C1—N2	116.0 (4)
Cl4—Co1—Cl1	106.44 (5)	N1—C1—C2	126.5 (4)
Cl2—Co1—Cl1	107.37 (4)	N2—C1—C2	117.4 (4)
C5—N2—C1	124.2 (3)	C8—C7—C6	118.5 (4)
C5—N2—H1N2	123 (3)	C8—C7—H7	123 (3)
C1—N2—H1N2	113 (3)	C6—C7—H7	118 (3)
C6—N5—C10	124.1 (3)	N3—C5—N2	118.3 (4)
C6—N5—H1N5	120 (3)	N3—C5—C4	124.4 (4)
C10—N5—H1N5	116 (3)	N2—C5—C4	117.3 (4)
C10—N4—H2N4	117 (3)	C8—C9—C10	118.7 (4)
C10—N4—H1N4	120 (3)	C8—C9—H9	121 (3)
H2N4—N4—H1N4	123 (4)	C10—C9—H9	120 (3)
C1—N1—H2N1	119 (3)	C9—C8—C7	122.7 (4)
C1—N1—H1N1	117 (3)	C9—C8—H8	117 (3)
H2N1—N1—H1N1	118 (4)	C7—C8—H8	121 (3)
C6—N6—H1N6	124 (3)	C3—C2—C1	120.0 (4)
C6—N6—H2N6	121 (4)	C3—C2—H2	125 (3)
H1N6—N6—H2N6	114 (4)	C1—C2—H2	115 (3)
C5—N3—H1N3	122 (3)	C2—C3—C4	121.4 (4)
C5—N3—H2N3	123 (4)	C2—C3—H3	122 (3)
H1N3—N3—H2N3	114 (5)	C4—C3—H3	117 (3)
N6—C6—N5	118.1 (3)	C3—C4—C5	119.7 (4)
N6—C6—C7	123.7 (4)	C3—C4—H4	127 (2)
N5—C6—C7	118.1 (3)	C5—C4—H4	114 (3)

Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) top

D—H···A	D—H	H···A	D···A	D—H···A
N1—H2N1···Cl2	0.84 (5)	2.69 (5)	3.432 (4)	147 (4)
N4—H2N4···Cl2ⁱ	0.84 (5)	2.65 (5)	3.465 (5)	162 (4)
N6—H1N6···Cl4	0.85 (5)	2.58 (5)	3.406 (4)	165 (4)
N2—H1N2···Cl2	0.82 (4)	2.44 (4)	3.240 (3)	168 (4)
N5—H1N5···Cl1	0.82 (5)	2.43 (5)	3.191 (3)	156 (4)
N3—H1N3···Cl4ⁱⁱ	0.88 (4)	2.53 (5)	3.390 (5)	166 (4)
N4—H1N4···Cl1	0.79 (4)	2.79 (4)	3.481 (5)	147 (4)
N6—H2N6···Cl3ⁱⁱⁱ	0.82 (5)	2.75 (5)	3.516 (4)	156 (4)
N3—H2N3···Cl3	0.83 (6)	2.61 (6)	3.420 (5)	166 (6)
N1—H1N1···Cl1^iv	0.94 (5)	2.69 (5)	3.326 (4)	126 (4)
C7—H7···Cl3ⁱⁱⁱ	0.91 (4)	2.89 (4)	3.669 (4)	145 (3)

Symmetry codes: (i) −x+3/2, y+1/2, −z+3/2; (ii) −x+1/2, y+1/2, −z+3/2; (iii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+2; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1.

Funding information

The authors acknowledge financial support from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Tunisia.

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