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Synthesis and of 4,6-diamino-1-cyclohexyl-1,3,5-triazine-2(1H)-thione monohydrate
aDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Capital University, Helwan, Egypt, bDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Faisal University, 31982, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, cSchool of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10, 3AT, United Kingdom, and dChemistry of Natural & Microbial Products Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
*Correspondence e-mail: [email protected]
In the of the title compound, C9H15N5S·H2O, the diaminotriazinethione (DTT) moiety and water molecules are hydrogen bonded to form ribbons. In the ribbon, each water molecule accepts a pair of N—H⋯O bonds from the DTT moieties of two adjacent molecules and donates one O—H⋯N bond to a third DTT moiety. The ribbons are stacked and linked through O—H⋯N interactions. The cyclohexane moieties are pendant to the ribbons forming a layer-like structure.
Keywords: synthesis; crystal structure; triazinethione.
CCDC reference: 2531186
1. Chemical context
Triazines constitute one of the most noteworthy heterocyclic scaffolds for drug discovery as a result of their structural significance and broad-spectrum biological potencies (Kciuk et al., 2023
; Gornowicz et al., 2020
; Mohamed-Ezzat & Elgemeie, 2024a
; Abdallah et al., 2021
). Numerous triazine-containing drugs for treatment of many diseases have been approved by the FDA, including decitabine, cycloguanil, altretamine, bimiralisib, almitrine, lamotrigine and triazavirin (Ali et al., 2025
).
The discovery of sulfur-based therapies has also been an important development of the pharmaceutical industry and sulfur-derived functional groups are present in a wide variety of natural products and pharmaceuticals. Sulfur continues to be the predominant heteroatom in many antimetabolic heterocycles and in a range of FDA-approved drugs (Mohamed-Ezzat et al., 2022
, 2023
; Feng et al., 2016
; Elgemeie et al., 1992
, 1999
).
The results presented here were obtained in continuation of our program in the synthesis of heterocycles utilizing cyanocarboimidodithioate as a key precursor. This highly reactive compound has been utilized effectively in the synthesis of various heterocycles (Elgemeie & Mohamed, 2014a
,b
; Elgemeie et al., 2015
; Mohamed-Ezzat & Elgemeie, 2023
, 2024a
; Mohamed-Ezzat et al., 2024
). We have also recently synthesized numerous triazines via novel approaches (Mohamed-Ezzat et al., 2024b
, 2025
).
The incorporation of sulfur functionalities into molecules containing the triazine ring system combines two privileged scaffolds. Combination of the two important pharmacophores in the framework is a strategy for the development of potentially novel therapeutic agents. Herein, the novel triazinethione was synthesized via reaction of cyclohexylisothiocyanate with cyanamide in the presence of potassium hydroxide at room temperature as depicted in Fig. 1
.
| Figure 1 Reaction scheme showing the synthesis of compound 5. |
2. Structural commentary
The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic, Pbca The contains a molecule of 4,6-diamino-1-cyclohexyl-1,3,5-triazine-2(1H)-thione (5) and a water molecule (Fig. 2
). The molecule of 5 consists of a cyclohexane ring (C1–C6) and a diaminotriazinethione (DTT) moiety (C7–C9, N1–N5, S1). In the molecule, the least-squares plane through the cyclohexane ring is twisted from the plane through the DTT moiety by a dihedral angle of 72.07 (10)°.
| Figure 2 The asymmetric unit of the crystal structure of 5·H2O showing displacement ellipsoids at the 50% probability level. |
The cyclohexane ring is in a chair conformation. The triazine ring of the DTT moiety is slightly curved as indicated by displacement of atoms C9 and N1 to the same side of the ring, away from the plane through atoms C7, C8, N2, N3, by 0.125 (3) and 0.161 (3) Å, respectively.
3. Supramolecular features
In the the DTT moieties and water molecules are hydrogen bonded to form ribbons propagated in the [100] direction (Table 1
, Fig. 3
a). In the ribbon, each water molecule accepts a pair of N—H⋯O bonds from the DTT moieties of two adjacent molecules and donates one O—H⋯N bond to a third DTT moiety. Additional N—H⋯N and N—H⋯S hydrogen bonds also occur in the ribbon. The ribbons are stacked in the [010] direction in the crystal and they are linked through O—H⋯N interactions (Fig. 3
b). Additionally, a weak O-H⋯S hydrogen bond connects ribbons in the b-axis direction. The cyclohexane moieties are pendant to the ribbons and hence the structure is layer-like.
|
| Figure 3 Segments of the crystal structure of 5·H2O showing (a) a ribbon formed through hydrogen bonding and (b) the stacking of ribbons viewed down the a axis. |
4. Database survey
A search of the CSD (version 6.00, November 2025; Groom et al., 2016
) for crystal structures containing the diaminotriazinethione moiety revealed 6-(benzylsulfanyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine (COFPEW; Liu et al., 2024
) and bis(4,6-diamino-2-thiono-1H-(1,3,5)triazinium) aquabis(oxalato-O,O′)dioxouranium(VI) N-cyanoguanidine (QELQAA, QELQAA01); Serezhkina et al., 2007
). COFPEW has three molecules in the asymmetric unit with the methylbenzene moieties linked to the DTT through the S atoms. The planes through the phenyl rings are twisted from the DTT planes by dihedral angles in the range 70–83°, comparable to that observed for the cyclohexane ring in the title compound. QELQAA(01) is a metal complex containing separate DTT units.
5. Synthesis and crystallization
The title compound was obtained, as depicted in Fig. 1
, starting from the reaction of cyclohexylisothiocyanate (1) with cyanamide (2) in the presence of potassium hydroxide in ethanol at room temperature for 30 min. The reaction mixture was then poured into water and hydrolysed using hydrochloric acid to give the title compound 5 as colorless crystals of various shapes which were then crystallized from water to give needles.
6. Refinement
Crystal data, data collection and structure details are summarized in Table 2
. The cyclohexane H atoms were inserted in idealized positions and refined using a riding model with Uiso(H) = Ueq(C).
|
Supporting information
CCDC reference: 2531186
contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989026002240/jp2026sup1.cif
Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989026002240/jp2026Isup3.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989026002240/jp2026Isup3.cml
| C9H15N5S·H2O | Dx = 1.395 Mg m−3 |
| Mr = 243.33 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
| Orthorhombic, Pbca | Cell parameters from 5364 reflections |
| a = 7.0790 (4) Å | θ = 3.7–28.9° |
| b = 9.9029 (6) Å | µ = 0.27 mm−1 |
| c = 33.0489 (19) Å | T = 293 K |
| V = 2316.8 (2) Å3 | Needle, colourless |
| Z = 8 | 0.48 × 0.18 × 0.07 mm |
| F(000) = 1040 |
| SuperNova, Dual, Cu at home/near, Atlas diffractometer | 2038 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
| Detector resolution: 10.5082 pixels mm-1 | Rint = 0.076 |
| ω scans | θmax = 29.7°, θmin = 3.1° |
| Absorption correction: gaussian (CrysAlisPro; Rigaku, 2024) | h = −9→8 |
| Tmin = 0.545, Tmax = 1.000 | k = −12→13 |
| 20982 measured reflections | l = −43→45 |
| 3038 independent reflections |
| Refinement on F2 | 0 restraints |
| Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: mixed |
| R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.056 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
| wR(F2) = 0.136 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0441P)2 + 1.2175P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
| S = 1.09 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
| 3038 reflections | Δρmax = 0.35 e Å−3 |
| 167 parameters | Δρmin = −0.23 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 | ||
| C1 | 0.3805 (3) | 0.5848 (2) | 0.34849 (6) | 0.0293 (5) | |
| H1 | 0.265632 | 0.575172 | 0.332190 | 0.035* | |
| C2 | 0.4606 (3) | 0.4428 (2) | 0.35160 (7) | 0.0353 (5) | |
| H2A | 0.373765 | 0.385546 | 0.366454 | 0.042* | |
| H2B | 0.579721 | 0.444867 | 0.366096 | 0.042* | |
| C3 | 0.4910 (4) | 0.3861 (3) | 0.30934 (8) | 0.0466 (6) | |
| H3A | 0.552642 | 0.298912 | 0.311366 | 0.056* | |
| H3B | 0.369353 | 0.372666 | 0.296438 | 0.056* | |
| C4 | 0.6104 (4) | 0.4792 (3) | 0.28334 (8) | 0.0537 (7) | |
| H4A | 0.737921 | 0.482095 | 0.294053 | 0.064* | |
| H4B | 0.616642 | 0.443384 | 0.256053 | 0.064* | |
| C5 | 0.5306 (4) | 0.6210 (3) | 0.28206 (7) | 0.0470 (6) | |
| H5A | 0.409229 | 0.619649 | 0.268428 | 0.056* | |
| H5B | 0.614785 | 0.678590 | 0.266612 | 0.056* | |
| C6 | 0.5059 (3) | 0.6795 (2) | 0.32441 (7) | 0.0378 (5) | |
| H6A | 0.627880 | 0.688390 | 0.337523 | 0.045* | |
| H6B | 0.448385 | 0.768242 | 0.322833 | 0.045* | |
| C7 | 0.1215 (3) | 0.6284 (2) | 0.39842 (6) | 0.0314 (5) | |
| C8 | 0.4316 (3) | 0.6997 (2) | 0.41602 (6) | 0.0320 (5) | |
| C9 | 0.1762 (3) | 0.7788 (2) | 0.44935 (6) | 0.0355 (5) | |
| N1 | 0.3141 (2) | 0.63940 (18) | 0.38824 (5) | 0.0297 (4) | |
| N2 | 0.3644 (3) | 0.7730 (2) | 0.44638 (5) | 0.0371 (5) | |
| N3 | 0.0539 (3) | 0.6996 (2) | 0.42924 (6) | 0.0364 (5) | |
| N4 | 0.6155 (3) | 0.6863 (2) | 0.41318 (7) | 0.0416 (5) | |
| N5 | 0.1052 (4) | 0.8655 (3) | 0.47590 (7) | 0.0531 (6) | |
| S1 | −0.02187 (9) | 0.52678 (7) | 0.37155 (2) | 0.0437 (2) | |
| H4C | 0.687 (4) | 0.731 (3) | 0.4295 (7) | 0.045 (7)* | |
| H4D | 0.678 (4) | 0.637 (3) | 0.3961 (8) | 0.052 (8)* | |
| H5C | 0.185 (5) | 0.915 (3) | 0.4903 (10) | 0.076 (10)* | |
| H5D | −0.011 (4) | 0.874 (3) | 0.4776 (8) | 0.046 (8)* | |
| O1 | 0.6834 (3) | 0.9457 (2) | 0.47110 (6) | 0.0525 (5) | |
| H1O | 0.582 (5) | 0.905 (3) | 0.4719 (9) | 0.063* | |
| H2O | 0.654 (5) | 0.993 (3) | 0.4505 (9) | 0.063* |
| U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
| C1 | 0.0252 (12) | 0.0335 (11) | 0.0292 (10) | 0.0015 (9) | 0.0002 (9) | −0.0035 (8) |
| C2 | 0.0342 (13) | 0.0314 (11) | 0.0401 (13) | 0.0003 (9) | 0.0014 (10) | 0.0002 (9) |
| C3 | 0.0475 (16) | 0.0380 (13) | 0.0544 (15) | 0.0028 (12) | 0.0037 (12) | −0.0124 (11) |
| C4 | 0.0534 (18) | 0.0636 (18) | 0.0442 (14) | 0.0065 (14) | 0.0130 (13) | −0.0130 (13) |
| C5 | 0.0467 (16) | 0.0609 (17) | 0.0334 (12) | −0.0022 (13) | 0.0064 (11) | 0.0032 (11) |
| C6 | 0.0360 (14) | 0.0351 (12) | 0.0423 (13) | 0.0000 (10) | 0.0045 (10) | 0.0012 (10) |
| C7 | 0.0254 (12) | 0.0305 (11) | 0.0382 (12) | 0.0011 (9) | 0.0004 (9) | 0.0015 (9) |
| C8 | 0.0290 (12) | 0.0343 (12) | 0.0327 (11) | −0.0013 (9) | −0.0012 (9) | 0.0003 (9) |
| C9 | 0.0302 (13) | 0.0441 (13) | 0.0321 (11) | 0.0000 (10) | 0.0042 (9) | −0.0020 (10) |
| N1 | 0.0207 (9) | 0.0341 (10) | 0.0341 (9) | −0.0015 (8) | −0.0004 (7) | −0.0044 (7) |
| N2 | 0.0288 (11) | 0.0491 (12) | 0.0332 (10) | −0.0004 (9) | −0.0001 (8) | −0.0080 (9) |
| N3 | 0.0257 (10) | 0.0453 (11) | 0.0382 (10) | −0.0032 (8) | 0.0042 (8) | −0.0079 (9) |
| N4 | 0.0243 (11) | 0.0550 (14) | 0.0455 (12) | 0.0014 (10) | −0.0041 (9) | −0.0145 (10) |
| N5 | 0.0295 (14) | 0.0732 (17) | 0.0567 (14) | −0.0022 (12) | 0.0078 (11) | −0.0297 (12) |
| S1 | 0.0250 (3) | 0.0452 (4) | 0.0609 (4) | −0.0053 (3) | 0.0014 (3) | −0.0173 (3) |
| O1 | 0.0395 (12) | 0.0657 (14) | 0.0522 (11) | −0.0120 (9) | −0.0087 (9) | 0.0006 (9) |
| C1—N1 | 1.496 (3) | C6—H6B | 0.9700 |
| C1—C6 | 1.517 (3) | C7—N3 | 1.328 (3) |
| C1—C2 | 1.519 (3) | C7—N1 | 1.408 (3) |
| C1—H1 | 0.9800 | C7—S1 | 1.683 (2) |
| C2—C3 | 1.520 (3) | C8—N4 | 1.312 (3) |
| C2—H2A | 0.9700 | C8—N2 | 1.326 (3) |
| C2—H2B | 0.9700 | C8—N1 | 1.375 (3) |
| C3—C4 | 1.517 (4) | C9—N5 | 1.327 (3) |
| C3—H3A | 0.9700 | C9—N2 | 1.337 (3) |
| C3—H3B | 0.9700 | C9—N3 | 1.344 (3) |
| C4—C5 | 1.515 (4) | N4—H4C | 0.86 (3) |
| C4—H4A | 0.9700 | N4—H4D | 0.87 (3) |
| C4—H4B | 0.9700 | N5—H5C | 0.89 (4) |
| C5—C6 | 1.525 (3) | N5—H5D | 0.83 (3) |
| C5—H5A | 0.9700 | O1—H1O | 0.82 (4) |
| C5—H5B | 0.9700 | O1—H2O | 0.85 (3) |
| C6—H6A | 0.9700 | ||
| N1—C1—C6 | 114.88 (17) | H5A—C5—H5B | 107.9 |
| N1—C1—C2 | 113.10 (17) | C1—C6—C5 | 108.28 (19) |
| C6—C1—C2 | 112.89 (18) | C1—C6—H6A | 110.0 |
| N1—C1—H1 | 104.9 | C5—C6—H6A | 110.0 |
| C6—C1—H1 | 104.9 | C1—C6—H6B | 110.0 |
| C2—C1—H1 | 104.9 | C5—C6—H6B | 110.0 |
| C1—C2—C3 | 109.42 (19) | H6A—C6—H6B | 108.4 |
| C1—C2—H2A | 109.8 | N3—C7—N1 | 119.42 (19) |
| C3—C2—H2A | 109.8 | N3—C7—S1 | 120.31 (17) |
| C1—C2—H2B | 109.8 | N1—C7—S1 | 120.28 (16) |
| C3—C2—H2B | 109.8 | N4—C8—N2 | 117.7 (2) |
| H2A—C2—H2B | 108.2 | N4—C8—N1 | 120.5 (2) |
| C4—C3—C2 | 112.0 (2) | N2—C8—N1 | 121.7 (2) |
| C4—C3—H3A | 109.2 | N5—C9—N2 | 117.0 (2) |
| C2—C3—H3A | 109.2 | N5—C9—N3 | 117.4 (2) |
| C4—C3—H3B | 109.2 | N2—C9—N3 | 125.5 (2) |
| C2—C3—H3B | 109.2 | C8—N1—C7 | 117.35 (18) |
| H3A—C3—H3B | 107.9 | C8—N1—C1 | 123.59 (17) |
| C5—C4—C3 | 111.8 (2) | C7—N1—C1 | 119.05 (17) |
| C5—C4—H4A | 109.3 | C8—N2—C9 | 115.88 (19) |
| C3—C4—H4A | 109.3 | C7—N3—C9 | 117.17 (19) |
| C5—C4—H4B | 109.3 | C8—N4—H4C | 119.0 (17) |
| C3—C4—H4B | 109.3 | C8—N4—H4D | 127.5 (19) |
| H4A—C4—H4B | 107.9 | H4C—N4—H4D | 114 (3) |
| C4—C5—C6 | 111.7 (2) | C9—N5—H5C | 118 (2) |
| C4—C5—H5A | 109.3 | C9—N5—H5D | 118.9 (19) |
| C6—C5—H5A | 109.3 | H5C—N5—H5D | 123 (3) |
| C4—C5—H5B | 109.3 | H1O—O1—H2O | 95 (3) |
| C6—C5—H5B | 109.3 |
| D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
| N4—H4C···N3i | 0.86 (3) | 2.62 (3) | 3.151 (3) | 121 (2) |
| N4—H4C···O1 | 0.86 (3) | 2.53 (3) | 3.239 (3) | 140 (2) |
| N4—H4D···S1i | 0.87 (3) | 2.52 (3) | 3.313 (2) | 152 (2) |
| N5—H5C···O1ii | 0.89 (4) | 2.09 (4) | 2.967 (3) | 167 (3) |
| N5—H5D···O1iii | 0.83 (3) | 2.29 (3) | 3.094 (3) | 164 (3) |
| O1—H1O···N2 | 0.82 (4) | 2.19 (3) | 2.949 (3) | 153 (3) |
| O1—H2O···N3iv | 0.85 (3) | 2.61 (3) | 3.325 (3) | 142 (3) |
| O1—H2O···S1iv | 0.85 (3) | 2.79 (3) | 3.574 (2) | 153 (3) |
| Symmetry codes: (i) x+1, y, z; (ii) −x+1, −y+2, −z+1; (iii) x−1, y, z; (iv) −x+1/2, y+1/2, z. |
Acknowledgements
We are grateful for support by National Research Centre, Cairo, (Egypt), Cardiff University (UK) and Capital University Helwan, Cairo, (Egypt).
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