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Synthesis, and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 2-(2,5-dioxo-4,4-diphenylimidazolidin-1-yl)-N-(4-fluorophenyl)acetamide (phenytoin analog)
aLaboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, bDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy, cLife and Health Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier, Morocco, dLaboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Clinical Pharmacy, 21 September University, Yemen, and eDepartment of Chemistry, Tulane University New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
The title phenytoin analog 2-(2,5-dioxo-4,4-diphenylimidazolidin-1-yl)-N-(4-fluorophenyl)acetamide, C23H18FN3O3, was synthesized by alkylation of phenytoin with 2-chloro-N-(4-fluorophenyl)acetamide under phase-transfer catalysis conditions and crystallized as colorless blocks in the monoclinic space group P21/c. In the molecular structure, the imidazolidine ring shows a slight departure from planarity, adopting a twist conformation, while the two phenyl substituents are markedly inclined to the mean plane of the heterocyclic ring. The N-substituted 4-fluorophenylacetamide fragment projects away from the imidazolidine core, with its conformation partly consolidated by an intramolecular C—H⋯O contact. In the crystal packing, pairs of inversion-related molecules are linked through N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds to form dimers, which are further connected by additional N—H⋯O interactions into layers extending parallel to the bc plane. These layers stack along the a-axis direction through normal van der Waals contacts. Hirshfeld surface analysis was used to quantify the intermolecular interactions, showing that H⋯H contacts give the largest contribution to the crystal packing, followed by C⋯H/H⋯C and O⋯H/H⋯O contacts, the latter being associated with the classical N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. F⋯H/H⋯F interactions also contribute to the packing, mainly through contacts between adjacent molecular layers.
Keywords: crystal structure; imidazolidine; acetamide; phenytoin analog; Hirshfeld surface.
CCDC reference: 2562255
1. Chemical context
Imidazolidine is a five-membered, saturated, nonplanar, nonaromatic heterocycle with two nitrogen atoms at the 1,3-positions. Imidazolidinone derivatives have attracted considerable attention due to their pharmacological and biological activities (Wadghane et al., 2023
). Imidazolidinones, including hydantoins, have been used as drugs such as phenytoin which is used in the treatment of epilepsy, antibiotic nitrofurantoin and anticancer drugs (apalutamide, nilutamide and enzalutamide), which are used to treat prostate cancer. Moreover, imidazolidinone derivatives exhibit various pharmacological activities such as antitumor (Elbadawi et al., 2022
), antidepressant (Wessels et al., 1980
), anticonvulsant (Murasawa et al., 2012
), antiviral (Khodair, 2002
), antimicrobial (Kania et al., 2022
) and anti-inflammatory (El-Araby et al., 2012
). Similarly, a wide variety of compounds, including N-arylacetamides, have been reported to act as potential antidiabetic agents (Moghimi et al., 2020
) and as antioxidant agents (Missioui et al., 2021
). In a continuation of our research on imidazolidinone derivatives (Guerrab et al., 2025
; El Moutaouakil Ala Allah et al., 2025
), we report herein the synthesis and crystal structure of the title compound C23H18FN3O3 (3) (Fig. 1
) via an alkylation of phenytoin with 2-chloro-N-(4-fluorophenyl)acetamide under phase-transfer catalysis conditions. Hirshfeld surface analysis was performed to analyze the intermolecular interactions.
| Figure 1 Perspective view of the title molecule with the atom-labeling scheme and 50% probability ellipsoids. The intramolecular hydrogen bond is depicted by a dashed line. |
2. Structural commentary
In the title molecule (3), the imidazolidine ring deviates modestly from planarity (r.m.s. deviation = 0.038 Å) and a puckering analysis (Cremer & Pople, 1975
) gave the parameters Q(2) = 0.0852 (12) Å and φ(2) = 347.6 (8)°. The conformation of the ring is best described as a twist on C3—N1. The dihedral angles between the mean plane of the imidazolidine ring and those of the C4–C9 and the C10–C15 phenyl rings are 71.84 (7) and 54.44 (7)°, respectively. The substituent on N2 extends out from the mean plane of the imidazolidine ring. More precisely, the dihedral angle between the mean plane of the ring and that defined by N2, C16, C17 and O3 is 72.64 (8)° while the angle between the latter plane and that defined by O3, C17, N3 and C18 is 10.42 (8)°. Finally, the dihedral angle between the plane defined by O3, C17, N3 and C18 and the mean plane of the C18–C23 ring is 17.74 (8)°. The orientation of the C18–C23 ring with respect to the acetamide moiety is due, in part, to the intramolecular C19—H19⋯O3 hydrogen bond (Table 1
and Fig. 1
). The N1—C2 and N1—C3 bond distances are 1.338 (2) and 1.459 (1) Å, respectively, while the N2—C1 and N2—C2 distances are 1.372 (2) and 1.402 (2) Å, respectively, indicating involvement of the lone pairs of both nitrogen atoms in N→C π-bonding. Clearly, this is clearly more observed for N1 than it is for N2.
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3. Supramolecular features
In the crystal, inversion dimers are formed by pair-wise N1—H1N⋯O2ii hydrogen bonds (Table 1
) and these are connected into layers of molecules parallel to the bc plane by N3—H3N⋯O3i hydrogen bonds (Table 1
and Fig. 2
). The layers pack along the a-axis direction with normal van der Waals contacts between layers.
| Figure 2 A portion of one layer viewed along the a-axis direction with N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds depicted by dashed lines. Hydrogen atoms not involved in these interactions are omitted for clarity. |
4. Database survey
A search of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD, updated to April 2026; Groom et al., 2016
) with the search fragment shown in Fig. 3
a (R = any atom or group) yielded eighteen hits, which are listed in Table 2
, together with the most salient geometrical parameters. These are the dihedral angles between the imidazolidine ring and the attached phenyl groups and the torsion angle associated with the substituent on the ring N atom. In most instances, the imidazolidine ring is planar within experimental error but in CSD refcode JALGEL (Ramli et al., 2017
) and in one of the two independent molecules in GITSOT (Mague et al., 2014
), GITSOT01 (Alanazi et al., 2013
) and QENBOD (Guerrab et al., 2018c
), these rings are sufficiently non-planar that Cremer–Pople puckering parameters can be obtained. These are Q(2) = 0.0712 (16) Å and φ(2) = 279.3 (13)° in JALGEL, Q(2) = 0.0837 (3) Å and φ(2) = 156 (3)° in GITSOT, Q(2) = 0.080 (2) Å and φ(2) = 331.1 (11)° in GITSOT01 and Q(2) = 0.0829 (19) Å and φ(2) = 76.6 (13)° in QENBOD. The extent of puckering as measured by Q(2) is about the same for 3 as it is for the others cited above. The dihedral angles between the mean plane of the imidazolidine ring and those of the attached phenyl rings (Table 2
) vary widely and are likely determined by a combination of intramolecular interactions and packing considerations. The torsion angle associated with the `root' of the –CH2R substituent (Fig. 3
b and Table 2
), while having a fairly large range because of the different sizes of the R group, is, nevertheless, much closer to 90° than to 0°, indicating that the group is well out of the plane of the imidazolidine ring and thus is syn to one of the phenyl groups (C in Fig. 3
a) attached to that ring.
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| | Figure 3 The search fragment (R = anything) used for the Database survey (A) and the key to Table 2 |
5. Hirshfeld surface analysis
The Hirshfeld surface analysis was carried out with CrystalExplorer (Spackman et al., 2021
); descriptions and interpretations of the plots obtained have been published previously (Tan et al., 2019
). Fig. 4
presents the dnorm surface for 3 together with several neighboring molecules viewed along the a-axis direction, thus giving a rendition comparable to that in Fig. 2
. The several N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds forming the layer penetrate the surface at the red spots. The two-dimensional fingerprint plots are shown in Fig. 5
with all intermolecular interactions shown in Fig. 5
a, while delineations into specific types of contacts appear in Fig. 5
b–e. As is frequently the case, the H⋯H contacts comprise the largest fraction of the intermolecular interactions (39.7%) since the periphery of the molecule consists of hydrogen atoms. However, it is a smaller fraction than in many other cases, since the molecule is not globular in shape. It is somewhat surprising that the C⋯H/H⋯C interactions show a quite high contribution (23.2%), as there are no significant C—H⋯π(ring) interactions; however, perusal of the intermolecular C⋯H distances shows that there are eleven which are less than, or only slightly larger than, the sum of their van der Waals radii. The O⋯H/H⋯O contacts appear as a pair of sharp spikes at de + di ≃ 1.9 Å and can be attributed to the N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The only other significant contribution comes from the F⋯H/H⋯F contacts (Fig. 5
e), which appear as two pairs of very broad peaks indicating a moderate range of F⋯H distances. These result from interactions between layers of molecules, since the F atoms extend outward from the top and bottom of the layers. All other atom⋯atom contacts contribute less than 4% each.
| Figure 4 The dnorm surface for 3 with several neighboring molecules of one layer in the crystal packing. The N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds are depicted by dashed lines. |
| Figure 5 Selected two-dimensional fingerprint plots for 3 showing (a) all intermolecular interactions and those delineated into (b) H⋯H, (c) C⋯H/H⋯C, (d) O⋯H/H⋯O and (e) F⋯H/H⋯F interactions. |
6. Synthesis and crystallization
The reaction scheme is shown in Fig. 6
. Phenytoin (0.5 g, 1.98 mmol) and potassium carbonate (0.27 g, 1.95 mmol) were dissolved in dimethylformamide (10 mL), to which was added 2-chloro-N-(4-fluorophenyl)acetamide (1.98 mmol) along with a catalytic amount of TBAB (tributyl ammonium bromide). Under reflux, the reaction was stirred for 2 h at 355 K. When the starting reagents had reacted completely, distilled water (100 ml) was added. The product precipitated in solid form, was filtered, dried and recrystallized from ethanol solution to afford colorless blocks.
| | Figure 6 Reaction scheme for the synthesis of 2-(2,5-dioxo-4,4-diphenylimidazolidin-1-yl)-N-(4-fluorophenyl)acetamide (3). |
Yield = 91.25%; color: white; m.p. = 510–512 K. FT–IR (ATR, cm−1): 3214 (N—Hamide), 2937 (C–Haliphatic), 1692 (C=O). 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d6) ppm: 4.33 (s, 2H, CH2), 7.16–7.64 (m, 14H, H—Ar), 9.75 (s, 1H, NHlactam), 10.47 (s, 1H, NHamide). 13C NMR (125 MHz, DMSO-d6) ppm: 40.10 (CH2), 115.41–128.46 (CHAr), 134.89 (Cq), 134–139 (Cq Ar), 155.73 (C=O),164.50 (C=Oester). HRMS (ESI): calculated for C23H18FN3O3 [M + H]+: 404.400; found 404.140.
7. Refinement
Crystal data, data collection and structure details are summarized in Table 3
. The carbon-bound H atoms were placed in calculated positions and refined isotropically using the riding model, with C—H distances ranging from 0.95 to 0.99 Å and Uiso(H) set to 1.2 Ueq(C). The N-bound hydrogen atoms H1N and H3N were located in difference-Fourier maps and refined freely.
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Supporting information
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Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989026006201/vm2332Isup3.cml
| C23H18FN3O3 | F(000) = 840 |
| Mr = 403.40 | Dx = 1.389 Mg m−3 |
| Monoclinic, P21/c | Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.54178 Å |
| a = 9.583 (3) Å | Cell parameters from 745 reflections |
| b = 21.151 (5) Å | θ = 4.2–68.5° |
| c = 9.825 (2) Å | µ = 0.83 mm−1 |
| β = 104.355 (9)° | T = 200 K |
| V = 1929.2 (9) Å3 | Prismatic, colourless |
| Z = 4 | 0.14 × 0.12 × 0.09 mm |
| Bruker D8 Venture PhotonII diffractometer | 3527 independent reflections |
| Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 3340 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
| Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.043 |
| phi & ω scan | θmax = 68.5°, θmin = 4.2° |
| Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Krause et al., 2015) | h = −11→11 |
| Tmin = 0.610, Tmax = 0.753 | k = −25→25 |
| 16290 measured reflections | l = −10→11 |
| Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
| Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: mixed |
| R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.038 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
| wR(F2) = 0.102 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0521P)2 + 0.494P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
| S = 1.04 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
| 3527 reflections | Δρmax = 0.22 e Å−3 |
| 280 parameters | Δρmin = −0.20 e Å−3 |
| 2 restraints | Extinction correction: SHELXL-2019/3 (Lübben et al., 2015b), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
| Primary atom site location: dual | Extinction coefficient: 0.0059 (5) |
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. |
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 > 2sigma(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for 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. H-atoms attached to carbon were placed in calculated positions (C—H = 0.95 - 0.99 Å) and were included as riding contributions with isotropic displacement parameters 1.2 - 1.5 times those of the attached atoms. Those attached to nitrogen were placed in locations derived from a difference map and refined with DFIX 0.91 0.01 instructions |
| x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
| N1 | 0.59592 (11) | 0.56102 (5) | 0.93246 (10) | 0.0294 (2) | |
| N2 | 0.55093 (11) | 0.65769 (4) | 0.99651 (10) | 0.0293 (2) | |
| N3 | 0.26313 (11) | 0.76434 (5) | 1.02613 (10) | 0.0329 (2) | |
| O1 | 0.66903 (11) | 0.71876 (4) | 0.86682 (10) | 0.0399 (2) | |
| O2 | 0.45097 (10) | 0.57242 (4) | 1.08624 (9) | 0.0343 (2) | |
| O3 | 0.32384 (10) | 0.72223 (4) | 0.83500 (8) | 0.0389 (2) | |
| F1 | −0.22620 (11) | 0.90330 (7) | 0.79317 (13) | 0.0827 (4) | |
| C1 | 0.63048 (13) | 0.66793 (5) | 0.90015 (12) | 0.0294 (3) | |
| C2 | 0.52504 (12) | 0.59313 (5) | 1.01160 (11) | 0.0273 (3) | |
| C3 | 0.65601 (13) | 0.60209 (5) | 0.84200 (12) | 0.0281 (3) | |
| C4 | 0.56788 (13) | 0.59940 (5) | 0.68856 (12) | 0.0290 (3) | |
| C5 | 0.61639 (14) | 0.63309 (6) | 0.58776 (13) | 0.0351 (3) | |
| H5 | 0.703801 | 0.656307 | 0.614259 | 0.042* | |
| C6 | 0.53795 (16) | 0.63295 (6) | 0.44892 (14) | 0.0417 (3) | |
| H6 | 0.570978 | 0.656650 | 0.380929 | 0.050* | |
| C7 | 0.41212 (16) | 0.59860 (7) | 0.40885 (14) | 0.0443 (3) | |
| H7 | 0.358480 | 0.598570 | 0.313532 | 0.053* | |
| C8 | 0.36454 (16) | 0.56424 (7) | 0.50807 (15) | 0.0469 (3) | |
| H8 | 0.278588 | 0.540073 | 0.480525 | 0.056* | |
| C9 | 0.44159 (15) | 0.56479 (7) | 0.64792 (14) | 0.0392 (3) | |
| H9 | 0.407649 | 0.541407 | 0.715790 | 0.047* | |
| C10 | 0.81371 (13) | 0.58587 (6) | 0.85289 (12) | 0.0302 (3) | |
| C11 | 0.84269 (15) | 0.52560 (7) | 0.81017 (14) | 0.0408 (3) | |
| H11 | 0.765407 | 0.496999 | 0.776413 | 0.049* | |
| C12 | 0.98215 (17) | 0.50666 (8) | 0.81608 (16) | 0.0501 (4) | |
| H12 | 1.000474 | 0.465387 | 0.786526 | 0.060* | |
| C13 | 1.09465 (16) | 0.54816 (9) | 0.86523 (17) | 0.0532 (4) | |
| H13 | 1.190757 | 0.535595 | 0.869216 | 0.064* | |
| C14 | 1.06728 (16) | 0.60748 (8) | 0.90821 (19) | 0.0563 (4) | |
| H14 | 1.145121 | 0.635690 | 0.942874 | 0.068* | |
| C15 | 0.92694 (15) | 0.62706 (7) | 0.90184 (16) | 0.0437 (3) | |
| H15 | 0.909242 | 0.668487 | 0.930978 | 0.052* | |
| C16 | 0.48547 (13) | 0.70686 (5) | 1.06182 (12) | 0.0311 (3) | |
| H16A | 0.554874 | 0.741958 | 1.090658 | 0.037* | |
| H16B | 0.461651 | 0.689884 | 1.147225 | 0.037* | |
| C17 | 0.34876 (13) | 0.73197 (5) | 0.96152 (12) | 0.0288 (3) | |
| C18 | 0.13455 (13) | 0.79778 (6) | 0.96256 (13) | 0.0343 (3) | |
| C19 | 0.05425 (16) | 0.78569 (8) | 0.82658 (15) | 0.0493 (4) | |
| H19 | 0.083336 | 0.753542 | 0.771945 | 0.059* | |
| C20 | −0.06887 (17) | 0.82104 (10) | 0.77136 (17) | 0.0598 (4) | |
| H20 | −0.124894 | 0.813180 | 0.678686 | 0.072* | |
| C21 | −0.10874 (16) | 0.86712 (9) | 0.85115 (18) | 0.0556 (4) | |
| C22 | −0.03462 (17) | 0.87877 (8) | 0.98676 (18) | 0.0542 (4) | |
| H22 | −0.066397 | 0.910180 | 1.041330 | 0.065* | |
| C23 | 0.08855 (15) | 0.84336 (7) | 1.04252 (15) | 0.0427 (3) | |
| H23 | 0.141664 | 0.850554 | 1.136552 | 0.051* | |
| H3N | 0.2951 (15) | 0.7691 (7) | 1.1191 (10) | 0.037 (4)* | |
| H1N | 0.5852 (16) | 0.5190 (4) | 0.9197 (15) | 0.040 (4)* |
| U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
| N1 | 0.0402 (6) | 0.0224 (5) | 0.0288 (5) | −0.0026 (4) | 0.0147 (4) | 0.0005 (4) |
| N2 | 0.0386 (5) | 0.0247 (5) | 0.0259 (5) | −0.0008 (4) | 0.0108 (4) | −0.0011 (4) |
| N3 | 0.0385 (6) | 0.0382 (6) | 0.0206 (5) | 0.0041 (4) | 0.0051 (4) | −0.0012 (4) |
| O1 | 0.0535 (6) | 0.0260 (4) | 0.0447 (5) | −0.0050 (4) | 0.0208 (4) | 0.0012 (4) |
| O2 | 0.0436 (5) | 0.0319 (4) | 0.0317 (4) | −0.0037 (4) | 0.0178 (4) | −0.0001 (3) |
| O3 | 0.0448 (5) | 0.0499 (5) | 0.0212 (4) | 0.0000 (4) | 0.0069 (4) | −0.0045 (4) |
| F1 | 0.0465 (6) | 0.1175 (10) | 0.0852 (8) | 0.0338 (6) | 0.0184 (5) | 0.0446 (7) |
| C1 | 0.0353 (6) | 0.0269 (6) | 0.0259 (5) | −0.0017 (4) | 0.0076 (5) | 0.0003 (4) |
| C2 | 0.0317 (6) | 0.0270 (6) | 0.0223 (5) | −0.0017 (4) | 0.0047 (4) | 0.0004 (4) |
| C3 | 0.0350 (6) | 0.0245 (6) | 0.0269 (6) | −0.0026 (4) | 0.0114 (5) | 0.0011 (4) |
| C4 | 0.0336 (6) | 0.0272 (6) | 0.0276 (6) | 0.0038 (4) | 0.0103 (5) | −0.0017 (4) |
| C5 | 0.0400 (7) | 0.0338 (6) | 0.0330 (6) | 0.0023 (5) | 0.0123 (5) | 0.0039 (5) |
| C6 | 0.0551 (8) | 0.0413 (7) | 0.0303 (6) | 0.0084 (6) | 0.0136 (6) | 0.0059 (5) |
| C7 | 0.0534 (8) | 0.0481 (8) | 0.0280 (6) | 0.0085 (6) | 0.0036 (6) | −0.0055 (5) |
| C8 | 0.0442 (8) | 0.0553 (9) | 0.0384 (7) | −0.0066 (6) | 0.0050 (6) | −0.0104 (6) |
| C9 | 0.0420 (7) | 0.0440 (7) | 0.0329 (6) | −0.0069 (5) | 0.0120 (5) | −0.0032 (5) |
| C10 | 0.0339 (6) | 0.0331 (6) | 0.0242 (5) | 0.0001 (5) | 0.0085 (5) | 0.0042 (4) |
| C11 | 0.0393 (7) | 0.0404 (7) | 0.0417 (7) | 0.0036 (5) | 0.0085 (6) | −0.0046 (6) |
| C12 | 0.0489 (8) | 0.0540 (9) | 0.0486 (8) | 0.0167 (7) | 0.0143 (7) | 0.0020 (7) |
| C13 | 0.0370 (7) | 0.0713 (11) | 0.0535 (9) | 0.0098 (7) | 0.0154 (6) | 0.0191 (8) |
| C14 | 0.0370 (8) | 0.0626 (10) | 0.0686 (10) | −0.0095 (7) | 0.0115 (7) | 0.0096 (8) |
| C15 | 0.0404 (7) | 0.0402 (7) | 0.0512 (8) | −0.0073 (6) | 0.0126 (6) | 0.0010 (6) |
| C16 | 0.0402 (7) | 0.0292 (6) | 0.0234 (5) | 0.0018 (5) | 0.0068 (5) | −0.0039 (4) |
| C17 | 0.0373 (6) | 0.0270 (6) | 0.0227 (6) | −0.0046 (5) | 0.0084 (5) | −0.0011 (4) |
| C18 | 0.0343 (6) | 0.0398 (7) | 0.0295 (6) | 0.0002 (5) | 0.0091 (5) | 0.0054 (5) |
| C19 | 0.0445 (8) | 0.0668 (10) | 0.0337 (7) | 0.0048 (7) | 0.0041 (6) | 0.0004 (6) |
| C20 | 0.0420 (8) | 0.0949 (13) | 0.0386 (8) | 0.0055 (8) | 0.0024 (6) | 0.0153 (8) |
| C21 | 0.0348 (7) | 0.0773 (11) | 0.0569 (9) | 0.0136 (7) | 0.0152 (7) | 0.0293 (8) |
| C22 | 0.0470 (8) | 0.0601 (9) | 0.0605 (10) | 0.0145 (7) | 0.0229 (7) | 0.0091 (7) |
| C23 | 0.0408 (7) | 0.0502 (8) | 0.0383 (7) | 0.0063 (6) | 0.0122 (6) | 0.0020 (6) |
| N1—C2 | 1.3375 (15) | C9—H9 | 0.9500 |
| N1—C3 | 1.4594 (14) | C10—C15 | 1.3817 (19) |
| N1—H1N | 0.899 (9) | C10—C11 | 1.3915 (18) |
| N2—C1 | 1.3719 (15) | C11—C12 | 1.383 (2) |
| N2—C2 | 1.4023 (15) | C11—H11 | 0.9500 |
| N2—C16 | 1.4445 (15) | C12—C13 | 1.381 (2) |
| N3—C17 | 1.3428 (16) | C12—H12 | 0.9500 |
| N3—C18 | 1.4238 (16) | C13—C14 | 1.370 (3) |
| N3—H3N | 0.895 (9) | C13—H13 | 0.9500 |
| O1—C1 | 1.2081 (15) | C14—C15 | 1.394 (2) |
| O2—C2 | 1.2213 (14) | C14—H14 | 0.9500 |
| O3—C17 | 1.2237 (14) | C15—H15 | 0.9500 |
| F1—C21 | 1.3635 (18) | C16—C17 | 1.5263 (17) |
| C1—C3 | 1.5477 (16) | C16—H16A | 0.9900 |
| C3—C10 | 1.5273 (17) | C16—H16B | 0.9900 |
| C3—C4 | 1.5355 (16) | C18—C23 | 1.3829 (19) |
| C4—C9 | 1.3859 (18) | C18—C19 | 1.3902 (19) |
| C4—C5 | 1.3903 (17) | C19—C20 | 1.388 (2) |
| C5—C6 | 1.3846 (19) | C19—H19 | 0.9500 |
| C5—H5 | 0.9500 | C20—C21 | 1.363 (3) |
| C6—C7 | 1.379 (2) | C20—H20 | 0.9500 |
| C6—H6 | 0.9500 | C21—C22 | 1.368 (3) |
| C7—C8 | 1.381 (2) | C22—C23 | 1.391 (2) |
| C7—H7 | 0.9500 | C22—H22 | 0.9500 |
| C8—C9 | 1.389 (2) | C23—H23 | 0.9500 |
| C8—H8 | 0.9500 | ||
| C2—N1—C3 | 112.69 (9) | C12—C11—C10 | 121.05 (13) |
| C2—N1—H1N | 121.7 (10) | C12—C11—H11 | 119.5 |
| C3—N1—H1N | 123.5 (10) | C10—C11—H11 | 119.5 |
| C1—N2—C2 | 111.71 (9) | C13—C12—C11 | 119.55 (14) |
| C1—N2—C16 | 124.72 (10) | C13—C12—H12 | 120.2 |
| C2—N2—C16 | 123.13 (10) | C11—C12—H12 | 120.2 |
| C17—N3—C18 | 127.57 (10) | C14—C13—C12 | 119.83 (14) |
| C17—N3—H3N | 116.5 (10) | C14—C13—H13 | 120.1 |
| C18—N3—H3N | 115.6 (10) | C12—C13—H13 | 120.1 |
| O1—C1—N2 | 125.96 (11) | C13—C14—C15 | 120.98 (15) |
| O1—C1—C3 | 127.86 (10) | C13—C14—H14 | 119.5 |
| N2—C1—C3 | 106.16 (9) | C15—C14—H14 | 119.5 |
| O2—C2—N1 | 128.42 (11) | C10—C15—C14 | 119.61 (14) |
| O2—C2—N2 | 123.86 (10) | C10—C15—H15 | 120.2 |
| N1—C2—N2 | 107.72 (9) | C14—C15—H15 | 120.2 |
| N1—C3—C10 | 110.89 (9) | N2—C16—C17 | 111.19 (9) |
| N1—C3—C4 | 111.83 (9) | N2—C16—H16A | 109.4 |
| C10—C3—C4 | 110.75 (9) | C17—C16—H16A | 109.4 |
| N1—C3—C1 | 100.86 (9) | N2—C16—H16B | 109.4 |
| C10—C3—C1 | 114.87 (10) | C17—C16—H16B | 109.4 |
| C4—C3—C1 | 107.27 (9) | H16A—C16—H16B | 108.0 |
| C9—C4—C5 | 119.20 (11) | O3—C17—N3 | 125.30 (11) |
| C9—C4—C3 | 122.07 (10) | O3—C17—C16 | 121.16 (11) |
| C5—C4—C3 | 118.73 (11) | N3—C17—C16 | 113.55 (10) |
| C6—C5—C4 | 120.33 (12) | C23—C18—C19 | 119.71 (13) |
| C6—C5—H5 | 119.8 | C23—C18—N3 | 117.41 (11) |
| C4—C5—H5 | 119.8 | C19—C18—N3 | 122.87 (12) |
| C7—C6—C5 | 120.34 (12) | C20—C19—C18 | 119.39 (15) |
| C7—C6—H6 | 119.8 | C20—C19—H19 | 120.3 |
| C5—C6—H6 | 119.8 | C18—C19—H19 | 120.3 |
| C6—C7—C8 | 119.62 (13) | C21—C20—C19 | 119.50 (15) |
| C6—C7—H7 | 120.2 | C21—C20—H20 | 120.3 |
| C8—C7—H7 | 120.2 | C19—C20—H20 | 120.3 |
| C7—C8—C9 | 120.42 (13) | C20—C21—F1 | 118.75 (16) |
| C7—C8—H8 | 119.8 | C20—C21—C22 | 122.47 (14) |
| C9—C8—H8 | 119.8 | F1—C21—C22 | 118.78 (16) |
| C4—C9—C8 | 120.09 (12) | C21—C22—C23 | 118.15 (15) |
| C4—C9—H9 | 120.0 | C21—C22—H22 | 120.9 |
| C8—C9—H9 | 120.0 | C23—C22—H22 | 120.9 |
| C15—C10—C11 | 118.98 (12) | C18—C23—C22 | 120.71 (14) |
| C15—C10—C3 | 124.11 (11) | C18—C23—H23 | 119.6 |
| C11—C10—C3 | 116.91 (11) | C22—C23—H23 | 119.6 |
| C2—N2—C1—O1 | −179.64 (12) | N1—C3—C10—C15 | −117.55 (13) |
| C16—N2—C1—O1 | 7.82 (19) | C4—C3—C10—C15 | 117.68 (13) |
| C2—N2—C1—C3 | 1.79 (13) | C1—C3—C10—C15 | −4.02 (16) |
| C16—N2—C1—C3 | −170.76 (10) | N1—C3—C10—C11 | 62.50 (13) |
| C3—N1—C2—O2 | 171.70 (11) | C4—C3—C10—C11 | −62.27 (13) |
| C3—N1—C2—N2 | −8.92 (13) | C1—C3—C10—C11 | 176.03 (10) |
| C1—N2—C2—O2 | −176.40 (11) | C15—C10—C11—C12 | 0.0 (2) |
| C16—N2—C2—O2 | −3.72 (17) | C3—C10—C11—C12 | 179.94 (12) |
| C1—N2—C2—N1 | 4.19 (13) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 0.0 (2) |
| C16—N2—C2—N1 | 176.87 (10) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | 0.3 (2) |
| C2—N1—C3—C10 | 131.58 (10) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | −0.7 (2) |
| C2—N1—C3—C4 | −104.27 (11) | C11—C10—C15—C14 | −0.3 (2) |
| C2—N1—C3—C1 | 9.47 (12) | C3—C10—C15—C14 | 179.70 (13) |
| O1—C1—C3—N1 | 175.05 (12) | C13—C14—C15—C10 | 0.7 (2) |
| N2—C1—C3—N1 | −6.41 (11) | C1—N2—C16—C17 | 77.06 (14) |
| O1—C1—C3—C10 | 55.76 (16) | C2—N2—C16—C17 | −94.66 (13) |
| N2—C1—C3—C10 | −125.70 (10) | C18—N3—C17—O3 | −5.5 (2) |
| O1—C1—C3—C4 | −67.82 (16) | C18—N3—C17—C16 | 174.72 (11) |
| N2—C1—C3—C4 | 110.72 (10) | N2—C16—C17—O3 | −17.08 (15) |
| N1—C3—C4—C9 | 4.11 (15) | N2—C16—C17—N3 | 162.72 (10) |
| C10—C3—C4—C9 | 128.35 (12) | C17—N3—C18—C23 | −160.05 (12) |
| C1—C3—C4—C9 | −105.58 (12) | C17—N3—C18—C19 | 21.0 (2) |
| N1—C3—C4—C5 | −176.21 (10) | C23—C18—C19—C20 | 2.0 (2) |
| C10—C3—C4—C5 | −51.97 (14) | N3—C18—C19—C20 | −179.05 (14) |
| C1—C3—C4—C5 | 74.09 (13) | C18—C19—C20—C21 | 0.2 (2) |
| C9—C4—C5—C6 | 1.19 (18) | C19—C20—C21—F1 | 177.08 (15) |
| C3—C4—C5—C6 | −178.49 (11) | C19—C20—C21—C22 | −2.4 (3) |
| C4—C5—C6—C7 | −1.04 (19) | C20—C21—C22—C23 | 2.2 (3) |
| C5—C6—C7—C8 | 0.0 (2) | F1—C21—C22—C23 | −177.26 (14) |
| C6—C7—C8—C9 | 0.9 (2) | C19—C18—C23—C22 | −2.2 (2) |
| C5—C4—C9—C8 | −0.33 (19) | N3—C18—C23—C22 | 178.81 (13) |
| C3—C4—C9—C8 | 179.34 (12) | C21—C22—C23—C18 | 0.1 (2) |
| C7—C8—C9—C4 | −0.7 (2) |
| D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
| C19—H19···O3 | 0.95 | 2.33 | 2.894 (2) | 118 |
| N3—H3N···O3i | 0.89 (1) | 2.08 (1) | 2.959 (1) | 168 (1) |
| N1—H1N···O2ii | 0.90 (1) | 1.96 (1) | 2.857 (1) | 172 (1) |
| Symmetry codes: (i) x, −y+3/2, z+1/2; (ii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+2. |
| Compound | R | Dihedral angles (°)a | Torsion angle (°)b | Reference |
| 3 | C(═O)NH(4-FC6H4) | 54.44 (7), 71.84 (7) | 77.06 (14) | This work |
| BUCDEL | CH═CH2 | 64.55 (12), 62.07 (13) | 96.4 (3) | Guerrab et al. (2020a) |
| EKANOT | CH(OH)CH2N[(CH2)2]2NPh | 60.57 (8), 84.91 (8) | 83.75 (14) | Kieć-Kononowicz et al. (2003) |
| FEHPUG | Me | 63.04 (5), 64.03 (5) | 95.91 (12) | Guerrab et al. (2017a) |
| GEMSOJ | n-Bu | 70.38 (12), 63.85 (12) | 83.70 (14) | Guerrab et al. (2017b) |
| GITSOT | C(═O)(4-FC6H4) | 60.56 (16), 82.66 (16); 66.36 (16), 84.94 (16) | -92.3 (3); 88.8 (3) | Mague et al. (2014) |
| GITSOT01 | C(═O)(4-FC6H4) | 61.58 (13), 81.17 (13); 66.36 (16), 84.94 (16) | -90.3 (3); -87.6 (3) | Alanazi et al. (2013) |
| JALGEL | COOEt | 61.80 (9), 86.58 (16) | -70.7 (2) | Ramli et al. (2017) |
| LOKXAO | CH2N[(CH2)2]2O | 76.55 (7), 68.07 (7) | 103.66 (14) | Lamssane et al. (2024) |
| MESSAH | Ph | 72.22 (7), 71.62 (6); 77.25 (7), 70.22 (6) | -95.07 (13); -87.88 (13) | Guerrab et al. (2018a) |
| NIBMOE | CH2Br | 63.60 (16), 76.45 (16) | -113.9 (3) | Guerrab et al. (2023) |
| PAJMAS | n-nonyl | 54.03 (7), 60.67 (7) | 106.90 (14) | Guerrab et al. (2022a) |
| PEPDUM | H | 59.17 (6), 53.21 (6) | – | Guerrab et al. (2017c) |
| QAGPAT | n-octyl | 76.05 (11), 63.46 (11) | 89.55 (18) | Guerrab et al. (2020b) |
| QENBET | n-propyl | 58.08 (6), 66.31 (5) | 79.83 (11) | Guerrab et al. (2018b) |
| QENBOD | n-pentyl | 71.80 (12), 69.71 (12); 67.85 (10), 71.24 (11) | 77.5 (3); -65.2 (3) | Guerrab et al. (2018c) |
| WEMQUD | Et | 64.48 (6), 71.25 (6); 66.09 (6), 67.13 (6) | 76.00 (14); 113.95 (13) | Guerrab et al. (2017d) |
| WEMQUD01 | Et | 64.649 (10), 69.34 (10) | -68.2 (3) | Trišović et al. (2019) |
| YEDYOZ | i-propyl | 73.04 (5), 68.42 (5) | 72.65 (11) | Guerrab et al. (2022b) |
| Notes: (a) Dihedral angles between the mean plane of ring A and those of rings B and C, respectively, as defined in Fig. 3b. Where two pairs of values occur, these refer to independent molecules in the asymmetric unit. (b) The C—N—C—C torsion angle as defined in Fig. 3b. Where two values occur, these refer to independent molecules in the asymmetric unit. |
Acknowledgements
YR is thankful to the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research of Morocco (CNRST) for its continuous support. CM would like to acknowledge the COMP-R Initiatives, funded by the Departments of Excellence program of the Italian Ministry for University and Research (MUR, 2023–2027). Author contributions are as follows. Conceptualization, YR; methodology, AA; investigation, HO and WG; writing (review and editing of the manuscript), YR; formal analysis, JTM and CM; supervision, YR; determination, CM.
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