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E,1′E)-{[1,4-phenylenebis(methylene)]bis(azanylylidene)}bis(methaneylylidene))bis(2-methoxyphenol)
and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 6,6′-((1aSamsun University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Fundamental Sciences, 55420, Samsun, Turkey, bDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 55139, Samsun, Turkey, cOndokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics, 55139, Samsun, Turkey, dDepartment of Computer and Electronic Engineering Technology, Sanaa Community, College, Sanaa, Yemen, eOndokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 55139, Samsun, Turkey, and fOndokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry, 55139, Samsun, Turkey
*Correspondence e-mail: sevgi.kansiz@samsun.edu.tr, eiad.saif@scc.edu.ye
The Schiff base compound, C24H24N2O4, was synthesized by the interaction of 2-hydroxy-3-methoxy benzaldehyde and 1,4-benzene dimethanamine in ethanol, and crystallizes in the monoclinic P21/n with Z′ = 0.5. The molecule is not planar, the 1,4-diethylbenzene and the phenol rings are twisted with respect to each other, making a dihedral angle of 74.27 (5)°. The molecular structure is stabilized by an O—H⋯N hydrogen bond, forming an S(6) ring motif. In the crystal, molecules are linked by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, resulting in the formation of sheets parallel to the bc plane. A Hirshfeld surface analysis was undertaken to investigate the various intermolecular contacts controlling the supramolecular topology, suggesting the H⋯O (18%) contacts to be the most significant interactions, whereas the H⋯H (50.5%) and C⋯H (24.3%) interactions are less significant.
Keywords: crystal structure; tetradentate salen-type; Schiff base; phenol–imine tautomer; Hirshfeld surface analysis.
CCDC reference: 2128953
1. Chemical context
et al., 1996). In azomethine derivatives, the C=N linkage is essential for biological activity and several azomethines have been reported to possess remarkable antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer and diuretic activities (Gaur, 2003). having an azomethine group of general formula C=N– contain various substituted groups (Schiff, 1864). Of particular interest are the two different tautomeric structures for o-hydroxy which are expressed as keto-amine and phenol-imine, with intrinsic N—H⋯O or O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds, (Filarowski et al., 2004). There are many studies in the literature on the synthesis of and investigation of tautomeric structures. Phenol-imine and keto-amine tautomeric structures exhibit features of and thermochromism (Hadjoudis et al., 2004). Tetradentate salen-type ligands have been used in almost all areas of coordination chemistry to prepare complexes that have catalytic and biological activity or which feature interesting structural, electrochemical or magnetic properties (Abd El-Hamid et al., 2019). In this study, a symmetrical tetradentate Schiff base ligand bearing ONNO donor atoms, 6,6′-((1E,1′E)-{[1,4-phenylenebis(methylene)]bis(azanylylidene)}bis(methaneylylidene))bis(2-methoxyphenol) was synthesized by the interaction of 2-hydroxy-3-methoxy benzaldehyde and 1,4-benzene dimethanamine in ethanol and its determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
are used as pigments and dyes, catalysts, intermediates in organic synthesis, and as polymer stabilizers (Supuran2. Structural commentary
The molecular structure of the title Schiff base derivative is illustrated in Fig. 1. The of the title compound contains one-half of the centrosymmetric molecule (Z′ = 0.5). There is an intramolecular O2—H2⋯N1 hydrogen bond (Table 1 and Fig. 1); this is a common feature also observed in related phenol-imine It forms an S(6) ring motif and also induces the phenol ring and the Schiff base to be nearly coplanar, as indicated by the C6—C8—N1—C9 torsion angle of 178.54 (13)°. The molecule is non-planar, the 1,4-diethylbenzene ring being inclined to the phenol ring by 74.27 (5)°. The C7—C6—C8—N1 torsion angle [3.8 (2)°] further supports the co-planarity of the phenol ring and the Schiff base. The C7—O2 distance is 1.3438 (17) Å, which is close to normal values reported for single C—O bonds in and salicylideneamines (Kaştaş & Albayrak Kaştaş, 2019). The N1—C8 bond is short at 1.2717 (17) Å, strongly indicating a C=N double bond, while the long C6—C8 bond [1.451 (2) Å] implies a single bond. All of these data support the existence of the phenol–imine tautomer for the title compound in the crystalline state.
3. Supramolecular features
In the crystal, molecules are connected into sheets extending in the bc plane by C8—H8⋯O2i hydrogen bonds (Table 1; Fig. 2).
4. Database survey
A search of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD Version 5.42, update of May 2021; Groom et al., 2016) for the (1,4-phenylene)bis(N-ethylidenemethanamine) moiety revealed some related structures. The most similar structures are 1,4-bis(2-pyridylmethyleneaminomethyl)benzene (GOLJUN; Li et al., 2009), 1,4-bis(3-pyridylmethyleneaminomethyl)benzene (GOLJOH; He et al., 2009) and 1,4-bis(3,5-di-t-butyl-2-hydroxybenzylideneaminomethyl)benzene (OCAPAK; Tooke et al., 2004). In GOLJUN and GOLJOH, the molecules have similar shapes to the title compound. The C—N bond lengths [1.253 (2) Å in GOLJOH and 1.256 (2) Å in GOLJUN] are typical for an azomethine C=N bond and shorter than in the title compound [1.2717 (19) Å]. The torsion angles involving the C—C=N—C units are −177.26 (11)° and 115.21 (13)° in GOLJUN. These values are similar to those observed in the title compound. In OCAPAK, a t-butyl group is present, different from the title compound. In addition, there is an intramolecular O—H⋯N contact in the title compound. Similarly, in OCAPAK, the hydroxyl H atom is involved in an intramolecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bond, forming an S(6) ring motif as in the title compound. The length of intramolecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bond in OCAPAK is especially short [1.65 (2) Å] compared to that in the title compound [1.789 (15) Å].
5. Hirshfeld surface analysis
Hirshfeld surface analysis was used to analyse the various intermolecular interactions in the title compound, through mapping of the normalized contact distance (dnorm) using CrystalExplorer17 (Turner et al., 2017; Spackman & Jayatilaka, 2009). Hirshfeld surface analysis is a valuable tool for assessing the strength of intermolecular interactions, predicting the properties of a crystal and its potential applications (Al-Resayes et al., 2020). The Hirshfeld surface was generated using a standard (high) surface resolution with the three-dimensional dnorm surface mapped over a fixed color scale of −0.175 (red) to 1.404 a.u. (blue). The packing of molecules is mainly dependent on H⋯H (50.5%) and C⋯H (24.3%) interactions and the significant C—H⋯O interactions (18%). Blue regions in the dnorm map indicate intermolecular interactions with distances longer than van der Waals radius sum of the interacting elements (Fig. 3). The C—H⋯O interactions, which appear as red spots in the dnorm map, have contact distances shorter than the sum of the van der Waals radii of the oxygen and hydrogen atoms
6. Synthesis and crystallization
0.0225 g (0.148 mmol) of 2-hydroxy-3-methoxy benzaldehyde was dissolved in 20 mL of ethanol and mixed with 0.0100 g (0.074 mmol) of 1,4-benzene dimethanamine dissolved in 20 mL of ethanol (Fig. 4). The reaction mixture was refluxed for 6 h and at the end of the reaction, the solution was allowed to cool. The yellow product obtained was washed with ether and crystallized in ethanol at room temperature (m.p. = 431–434 K, yield 85%).
7. Refinement
Crystal data, data collection and structure . The O–bound H atom was located in a difference-Fourier map and refined with with Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(O) and a distance restraint. The C-bound H atoms were positioned geometrically (C—H = 0.93, 0.96 and 0.97 Å) and refined using a riding model, with Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(C) for methyl H atoms and 1.2Ueq(C) for other H atoms.
details are summarized in Table 2Supporting information
CCDC reference: 2128953
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989021013347/jq2011sup1.cif
contains datablock I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989021013347/jq2011Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989021013347/jq2011Isup3.cml
Data collection: X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2002); cell
X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2002); data reduction: X-RED (Stoe & Cie, 2002); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXT2014/5 (Sheldrick, 2015a); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2018/3 (Sheldrick, 2015b); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2020).C24H24N2O4 | F(000) = 428 |
Mr = 404.45 | Dx = 1.312 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 4.7339 (10) Å | Cell parameters from 7423 reflections |
b = 18.406 (4) Å | θ = 1.7–31.5° |
c = 11.880 (2) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
β = 98.47 (3)° | T = 296 K |
V = 1023.8 (4) Å3 | Plate, yellow |
Z = 2 | 0.61 × 0.45 × 0.23 mm |
Stoe IPDS 2 diffractometer | 1863 independent reflections |
Radiation source: sealed X-ray tube, 12 x 0.4 mm long-fine focus | 1315 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Detector resolution: 6.67 pixels mm-1 | Rint = 0.034 |
rotation method scans | θmax = 25.3°, θmin = 2.1° |
Absorption correction: integration (X-RED32; Stoe & Cie, 2002) | h = −5→5 |
Tmin = 0.963, Tmax = 0.992 | k = −22→22 |
6766 measured reflections | l = −13→14 |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.037 | Hydrogen site location: mixed |
wR(F2) = 0.092 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.01 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.049P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
1863 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
140 parameters | Δρmax = 0.11 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Δρmin = −0.09 e Å−3 |
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. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O2 | 0.6966 (3) | 0.21666 (6) | 0.38262 (9) | 0.0633 (3) | |
H2 | 0.817 (4) | 0.2501 (10) | 0.4060 (16) | 0.095* | |
O1 | 0.3093 (3) | 0.11352 (6) | 0.35977 (10) | 0.0722 (4) | |
N1 | 1.0411 (3) | 0.30049 (6) | 0.51303 (11) | 0.0550 (3) | |
C7 | 0.6181 (3) | 0.18967 (7) | 0.47846 (12) | 0.0499 (4) | |
C6 | 0.7362 (3) | 0.21470 (8) | 0.58611 (12) | 0.0528 (4) | |
C10 | 1.1273 (3) | 0.43140 (8) | 0.51623 (13) | 0.0533 (4) | |
C8 | 0.9571 (3) | 0.26998 (8) | 0.59825 (13) | 0.0561 (4) | |
H8 | 1.040345 | 0.283593 | 0.671014 | 0.067* | |
C2 | 0.4103 (3) | 0.13480 (8) | 0.46848 (13) | 0.0560 (4) | |
C12 | 1.1668 (4) | 0.47353 (9) | 0.42431 (14) | 0.0620 (4) | |
H12 | 1.279589 | 0.456251 | 0.372334 | 0.074* | |
C9 | 1.2603 (4) | 0.35690 (8) | 0.53440 (15) | 0.0629 (4) | |
H9A | 1.400552 | 0.350226 | 0.483419 | 0.075* | |
H9B | 1.357488 | 0.352833 | 0.611939 | 0.075* | |
C11 | 0.9593 (4) | 0.45861 (9) | 0.59194 (14) | 0.0634 (4) | |
H11 | 0.930241 | 0.431002 | 0.654796 | 0.076* | |
C5 | 0.6416 (4) | 0.18568 (10) | 0.68255 (14) | 0.0697 (5) | |
H5 | 0.719087 | 0.202247 | 0.754451 | 0.084* | |
C3 | 0.3230 (4) | 0.10710 (9) | 0.56514 (17) | 0.0702 (5) | |
H3 | 0.186333 | 0.070445 | 0.558980 | 0.084* | |
C4 | 0.4365 (4) | 0.13326 (11) | 0.67187 (16) | 0.0786 (5) | |
H4 | 0.372061 | 0.114863 | 0.736433 | 0.094* | |
C1 | 0.0961 (4) | 0.05885 (10) | 0.34579 (18) | 0.0816 (6) | |
H1A | 0.044148 | 0.048311 | 0.266297 | 0.122* | |
H1B | −0.068976 | 0.075560 | 0.376457 | 0.122* | |
H1C | 0.168648 | 0.015654 | 0.385164 | 0.122* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O2 | 0.0715 (8) | 0.0674 (7) | 0.0513 (6) | −0.0180 (6) | 0.0096 (5) | 0.0000 (5) |
O1 | 0.0729 (8) | 0.0703 (7) | 0.0742 (8) | −0.0230 (6) | 0.0139 (6) | −0.0124 (6) |
N1 | 0.0550 (8) | 0.0453 (7) | 0.0626 (8) | 0.0025 (6) | 0.0021 (6) | −0.0016 (6) |
C7 | 0.0525 (8) | 0.0459 (7) | 0.0519 (8) | 0.0048 (7) | 0.0102 (7) | 0.0047 (6) |
C6 | 0.0519 (9) | 0.0532 (8) | 0.0523 (8) | 0.0089 (7) | 0.0044 (7) | 0.0069 (6) |
C10 | 0.0448 (9) | 0.0483 (8) | 0.0641 (9) | −0.0039 (6) | −0.0012 (7) | −0.0083 (7) |
C8 | 0.0562 (9) | 0.0560 (9) | 0.0532 (9) | 0.0104 (7) | −0.0019 (7) | −0.0021 (7) |
C2 | 0.0540 (9) | 0.0503 (8) | 0.0644 (10) | 0.0024 (7) | 0.0110 (8) | 0.0020 (7) |
C12 | 0.0607 (10) | 0.0598 (9) | 0.0670 (10) | 0.0024 (8) | 0.0146 (8) | −0.0071 (8) |
C9 | 0.0535 (9) | 0.0523 (9) | 0.0805 (11) | 0.0008 (7) | 0.0022 (8) | −0.0051 (8) |
C11 | 0.0675 (11) | 0.0570 (9) | 0.0665 (10) | 0.0020 (8) | 0.0128 (9) | 0.0029 (7) |
C5 | 0.0690 (11) | 0.0868 (12) | 0.0527 (9) | 0.0083 (10) | 0.0066 (8) | 0.0126 (8) |
C3 | 0.0629 (11) | 0.0631 (10) | 0.0865 (13) | −0.0018 (8) | 0.0170 (10) | 0.0180 (9) |
C4 | 0.0742 (12) | 0.0940 (14) | 0.0699 (12) | 0.0043 (11) | 0.0188 (10) | 0.0333 (10) |
C1 | 0.0695 (12) | 0.0710 (12) | 0.1064 (15) | −0.0183 (9) | 0.0202 (11) | −0.0169 (10) |
O2—C7 | 1.3438 (17) | C2—C3 | 1.375 (2) |
O2—H2 | 0.858 (13) | C12—C11i | 1.386 (2) |
O1—C2 | 1.3668 (19) | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
O1—C1 | 1.418 (2) | C9—H9A | 0.9700 |
N1—C8 | 1.2717 (19) | C9—H9B | 0.9700 |
N1—C9 | 1.463 (2) | C11—H11 | 0.9300 |
C7—C6 | 1.396 (2) | C5—C4 | 1.361 (3) |
C7—C2 | 1.403 (2) | C5—H5 | 0.9300 |
C6—C5 | 1.396 (2) | C3—C4 | 1.388 (3) |
C6—C8 | 1.451 (2) | C3—H3 | 0.9300 |
C10—C12 | 1.374 (2) | C4—H4 | 0.9300 |
C10—C11 | 1.379 (2) | C1—H1A | 0.9600 |
C10—C9 | 1.511 (2) | C1—H1B | 0.9600 |
C8—H8 | 0.9300 | C1—H1C | 0.9600 |
C7—O2—H2 | 104.1 (13) | C10—C9—H9A | 109.6 |
C2—O1—C1 | 117.26 (13) | N1—C9—H9B | 109.6 |
C8—N1—C9 | 118.17 (14) | C10—C9—H9B | 109.6 |
O2—C7—C6 | 122.05 (13) | H9A—C9—H9B | 108.1 |
O2—C7—C2 | 118.20 (14) | C10—C11—C12i | 120.95 (15) |
C6—C7—C2 | 119.75 (13) | C10—C11—H11 | 119.5 |
C7—C6—C5 | 119.45 (15) | C12i—C11—H11 | 119.5 |
C7—C6—C8 | 120.53 (13) | C4—C5—C6 | 120.35 (17) |
C5—C6—C8 | 120.02 (15) | C4—C5—H5 | 119.8 |
C12—C10—C11 | 118.18 (14) | C6—C5—H5 | 119.8 |
C12—C10—C9 | 121.52 (14) | C2—C3—C4 | 120.71 (17) |
C11—C10—C9 | 120.30 (15) | C2—C3—H3 | 119.6 |
N1—C8—C6 | 122.40 (14) | C4—C3—H3 | 119.6 |
N1—C8—H8 | 118.8 | C5—C4—C3 | 120.38 (16) |
C6—C8—H8 | 118.8 | C5—C4—H4 | 119.8 |
O1—C2—C3 | 125.21 (15) | C3—C4—H4 | 119.8 |
O1—C2—C7 | 115.45 (13) | O1—C1—H1A | 109.5 |
C3—C2—C7 | 119.34 (16) | O1—C1—H1B | 109.5 |
C10—C12—C11i | 120.88 (14) | H1A—C1—H1B | 109.5 |
C10—C12—H12 | 119.6 | O1—C1—H1C | 109.5 |
C11i—C12—H12 | 119.6 | H1A—C1—H1C | 109.5 |
N1—C9—C10 | 110.42 (13) | H1B—C1—H1C | 109.5 |
N1—C9—H9A | 109.6 | ||
O2—C7—C6—C5 | 178.60 (14) | C11—C10—C12—C11i | −0.1 (3) |
C2—C7—C6—C5 | −1.3 (2) | C9—C10—C12—C11i | 179.25 (15) |
O2—C7—C6—C8 | −1.9 (2) | C8—N1—C9—C10 | −102.38 (16) |
C2—C7—C6—C8 | 178.27 (13) | C12—C10—C9—N1 | −108.69 (17) |
C9—N1—C8—C6 | 178.54 (13) | C11—C10—C9—N1 | 70.69 (19) |
C7—C6—C8—N1 | 3.8 (2) | C12—C10—C11—C12i | 0.1 (3) |
C5—C6—C8—N1 | −176.65 (14) | C9—C10—C11—C12i | −179.26 (15) |
C1—O1—C2—C3 | 0.4 (2) | C7—C6—C5—C4 | 0.2 (2) |
C1—O1—C2—C7 | −179.17 (14) | C8—C6—C5—C4 | −179.33 (15) |
O2—C7—C2—O1 | 0.7 (2) | O1—C2—C3—C4 | −179.08 (16) |
C6—C7—C2—O1 | −179.47 (13) | C7—C2—C3—C4 | 0.5 (2) |
O2—C7—C2—C3 | −178.96 (14) | C6—C5—C4—C3 | 1.2 (3) |
C6—C7—C2—C3 | 0.9 (2) | C2—C3—C4—C5 | −1.6 (3) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+2, −y+1, −z+1. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O2—H2···N1 | 0.86 (1) | 1.79 (2) | 2.5877 (18) | 154 (2) |
C8—H8···O2ii | 0.93 | 2.51 | 3.410 (2) | 162 |
Symmetry code: (ii) x+1/2, −y+1/2, z+1/2. |
Acknowledgements
Author contributions are as follows. Conceptualization, SK, EA and ES; synthesis, SY and EA; writing (review and editing of the manuscript) SK and SY; formal analysis, SY, EA, ND and SK; crystal-structure determination, SY, SK and ND; validation, SY, EA and ES; project administration, EA, SY and SK.
Funding information
Funding for this research was provided by Samsun University under Project No. BAP·MÜF.5501.2020.004.
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