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IUCrJ
Volume 4| Part 1| January 2017| Pages 65-71
ISSN: 2052-2525
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252516019072

Curved crystal morphology, photoreactivity and photosalient behaviour of mononuclear Zn(II) complexes

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Caroline Evania Mulijanto,a Hong Sheng Quah,a Geok Kheng Tan,a Bruno Donnadieua and Jagadese J. Vittala*

aDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
*Correspondence e-mail: chmjjv@nus.edu.sg

Edited by L. R. MacGillivray, University of Iowa, USA (Received 28 September 2016; accepted 29 November 2016)

A dramatic effect of crystal morphology, photoreactivity and photosalient property is observed in a zinc(II) complex due to solvent effects and fluorine substitution at the backbone of the ligand. Of the two crystal forms with a 3-fluoro derivative, one yielded a curved morphology of single crystals and the second form shows photoreactivity in the solid state, whereas crystals of the 2-fluoro derivative pop during the [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reaction. This is the first report documenting curved single crystals of metal complexes obtained naturally during crystallization, although such bent crystals have been observed in extended solids naturally, or bent by mechanical force or by UV irradiation.

CCDC references: 1474516; 1474517; 1474518; 1474519

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1. Introduction

A single crystal has a continuous crystal lattice of the entire sample with no grain boundaries and usually has straight edges, sharp corners and flat surfaces. On the contrary, the single crystals produced in biomineralization, such as bones, mollusk shells and teeth have unusual shapes with a size of about 100 µm (Addadi et al., 1999[Addadi, L., Aizenberg, J., Beniash, E. & Weiner, S. (1999). Crystal Engineering: From Molecules and Crystals to Materials, NATO Science Series, edited by D. Braga, F. Grepioni & A. G. Orpen, pp. 1-22. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.]). The arrested growth of nanocrystals by surfactants is known to produce unusually shaped crystals such as kinetic products (Camargo et al., 2007[Camargo, H. C., Xiong, Y. J., Ji, L., Zuo, J. M. & Xia, Y. N. (2007). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 15452-15453.]; Han et al., 2008[Han, W., Yi, L., Zhao, N., Tang, A., Gao, M. & Tang, Z. (2008). J. Am. Chem. 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Braga, F. Grepioni & A. G. Orpen, pp. 1-22. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.]), azobenzene derivatives (Bushuyev, Tomberg et al., 2013[Bushuyev, O. S., Tomberg, A., Friščić, T. & Barrett, C. J. (2013). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 12556-12559.]; Bushuyev, Singleton & Barrett, 2013[Bushuyev, O. S., Singleton, T. A. & Barrett, C. J. (2013). Adv. Mater. 25, 1796-1800.]; Koshima & Ojima, 2012[Koshima, H. & Ojima, N. (2012). Dyes Pigments, 92, 798-801.]), olefin-based organic molecules (Sun et al., 2013[Sun, J.-K., Li, W., Chen, C., Ren, C.-X., Pan, D.-M. & Zhang, J. (2013). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 6653-6657.]), salicylideneaniline (Koshima et al., 2011[Koshima, H., Takechi, K., Uchimoto, H., Shiro, M. & Hashizume, D. (2011). Chem. Commun. 47, 11423-11425.]) and other crystals and nanocrystals (Al-Kaysi et al., 2006[Al-Kaysi, R. O., Müller, A. M. & Bardeen, C. J. (2006). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 15938-15939.]; Ghosh, Mishra, Kadambi et al., 2015[Ghosh, S., Mishra, M. K., Kadambi, S. B., Ramamurty, U. & Desiraju, G. R. (2015). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 2674-2678.]; Kim et al., 2012[Kim, T., Zhu, L., Mueller, L. J. & Bardeen, C. J. (2012). CrystEngComm, 14, 7792-7799.]; Zhang & Naumov, 2015[Zhang, L. & Naumov, P. (2015). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 8642-8647.]) have been extensively investigated. Further, Naumov and co-workers (Panda et al., 2014[Panda, M. K., Runčevski, T., Chandra Sahoo, S., Belik, A. A., Nath, N. K., Dinnebier, R. E. & Naumov, P. (2014). Nat. Commun. 5, 4811.]; Zhang et al., 2016[Zhang, L., Desta, I. & Naumov, P. (2016). Chem. Commun. 52, 5920-5923.]) studied thermoresponsive crystals. Single crystals of a number of non-molecular solids and inorganic compounds have been found to be helically twisted during crystallization forgoing their long-range order, with the crystals ranging in size from nanometers to centimeters. This subject has been reviewed in 2014 by Kahr and co-workers (Shtukenberg et al., 2014[Shtukenberg, A. G., Punin, Y. O., Gujral, A. & Kahr, B. (2014). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 672-699.]). However, bent or curved single crystals formed naturally during a slow crystallization process without any external stimuli are rather rare. Recently a macrocyclic π-conjugated organic molecule was found to crystallize to produce curved single crystals due to phase contamination (Chou et al., 2015[Chou, C.-M., Nobusue, S., Saito, S., Inoue, D., Hashizume, D. & Yamaguchi, S. (2015). Chem. Sci. 6, 2354-2359.]). Indeed, single crystals of simple coordination complexes with curved crystal morphology naturally obtained during crystallization, to the best of our knowledge, have never been documented.

Here we report two polymorphs of a mononuclear Zn(II) complex of 3′-fluoro-4-styrylpyridine (3F-4spy), one with a lattice guest solvent, and the second form has no lattice solvent. The single crystals of the solvated crystals (polymorph I) have predominantly curved morphology, if grown from dimethylformamide (DMF) with tetrahydrofuran (thf) or acetonitrile solution. While the second polymorph, grown from DMF solution with normal rod-like crystal morphology, is photoreactive and the olefin groups of the 3F-4spy ligands undergo a solid-state [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction under UV light. Packing of the Zn(II) complex of 2F-4spy is similar to that of the unsolvated polymorph, but the photoreactive single crystals exhibit photosalient properties, popping under UV light while undergoing a [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction. The details of our investigations are described below.

2. Results and discussion

2.1. Crystal structure of [Zn(NCS)2(4spy)2]·2MeOH (1)

The complex [Zn(NCS)2(4spy)2]·2MeOH (1) crystallized in the monoclinic space group Fdd2 with Z = 8. The Zn(II) atom sits on the crystallographic twofold c-axis. The complex is packed along the shortest c-axis with a Zn⋯Zn distance of 5.1092 (5) Å which corresponds to the longest dimension of the crystals. Two NCS anions and two 4spy ligands are bonded to provide the Zn(II) atom a distorted tetrahedral ZnN4 core. The S atoms of the NCS ligands are closer to the neighbouring Zn(II) atoms with Zn⋯S distances of 5.06 Å, which is far greater than the sum of the van der Waals radii of 3.19 Å. As a result, the 4spy ligands are slip-stacked such that the Zn(II) atoms are closer to the centre of the neighbouring pyridyl rings with a distance of 4.03 Å. Further, the centre of the olefin bonds are in close proximity to the neighbouring pyridyl ring on the other side by 3.61 Å, as well as to the phenyl ring by 3.26 Å. The disordered methanol molecules occupy the channel created by the ligands along the c-axis.

2.2. Curved crystal morphology of [Zn(NCS)2(3F-4spy)2]·DMF (2)

In the complex [Zn(NCS)2(3F-4spy)2]·DMF (2) which crystallized in the monoclinic space group P2/n with Z = 2, the asymmetric unit contains half the formula and Zn(II) is on the crystallographic n-glide plane. The packing is otherwise very similar to that of 1 (Fig. 1[link]a). All the one-dimensional aggregates are packed along the b-direction and generate channels subtended by arrays of NCS anions and 3F-4spy ligands, filled with highly disordered DMF guest molecules used for crystallization (Fig. 1[link]b).

[Figure 1]
Figure 1
A view showing the packing of [Zn(NCS)2(3F-4spy)2] in (2) along the b-axis (a) and another view from the b-axis showing the channels occupied by guest solvents (b).

Due to the short b-axis of 4.963 Å compared with a and c lengths, the crystals formed as long needles, predictably. The complexes are aligned as one-dimensional aggregates along the short b-axis. Crystallization from a dilute solution of DMF along with thf or acetonitrile or acetone solution yielded highly curved and bent single crystals, as shown in Fig. 2[link]. They are not dendritic wire-like crystals sometimes observed during crystallization. In the concentrated solutions, only straight rods were formed in the majority with no tendency to form curved crystals. The curved crystals are stable in air for a week and slowly split into pieces as the guest solvents are lost. Although having very similar solid-state packing, no bending or curving was observed in the single crystals of 1 under the different crystallization conditions tried. Probably, the crystallization condition used for 1 did not provide very long and thin single crystals needed for bending.

[Figure 2]
Figure 2
Curved single crystals of 2 in (a) DMF and thf; (b) DMF, acetonitrile and diethylether; (c) DMF, acetonitrile and thf; (d) DMF, acetonitrile and chloroform; (e) DMF, acetonitrile and ethylene glycol; (f) DMF and methanol.

Usually crystal defects like dislocations, epitaxial growth and grain boundaries will give rise to a branched growth of crystals with sharp bending (Benz & Neumann, 2014[Benz, K.-W. & Neumann, W. (2014). Introduction to Crystal Growth and Characterization, 1st ed., Ch. 4, pp. 301-413. Weiheim: Wiley-VCH Verlag.]; Chernov, 1984[Chernov, A. A. (1984). Modern Crystallography, Vol. III. Crystal Growth. Berlin: Springer Verlag.]). Well organized smooth curving at the macroscopic level probably requires distortions at the molecular level. Under dilute solution, thin and long rods are formed due to the arrested growth along the planes parallel to the b-axis. It is likely that the highly coordinating solvents such as DMF, acetonitrile or thf or acetone are able to bind to the surface of the {100} planes where the F atoms are exposed and probably weakly interact with the F atoms. In this process, these coordinating solvents, DMF and thf also bind to Zn(II) causing an increase in the coordination number and change in the coordination geometry which is probably responsible for bending and curving of the packing of the Zn(II) monomers. Hence, the short crystallographic b-axis with the longest dimension of the needle-shaped crystals starts bending and curving during crystallization. Inconsistency in the elemental analysis of the fresh single crystals appear to support this proposed model. The absence of very strong intermolecular interactions between the neighbouring one-dimensional aggregates as well as the presence of free void space close to these strands which are partially filled by disordered guest solvents appear to minimize the stress due to this curving of single crystals. Further, when the lattice solvents were removed by keeping the curved crystals at room temperature for several days, they split into pieces, probably due to the strain induced by the loss of guest solvents.

The defects at the molecular level have also been realised very recently in coordination polymers and metal–organic framework compounds (Al-Janabi et al., 2016[Al-Janabi, N., Fan, X. & Siperstein, F. R. (2016). J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 7, 1490-1494.]; Choi et al., 2011[Choi, K. M., Jeon, H. J., Kang, J. K. & Yaghi, O. M. (2011). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 11920-11923.]; Fang et al., 2015[Fang, Z., Bueken, B., De Vos, D. E. & Fischer, R. A. (2015). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 7234-7254.]; Furukawa et al., 2015[Furukawa, H., Müller, U. & Yaghi, O. M. (2015). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 3417-3430.]; Sholl & Lively, 2015[Sholl, D. S. & Lively, T. P. (2015). J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6, 3437-3444.]; Taylor et al., 2015[Taylor, J. M., Komatsu, T., Dekura, S., Otsubo, K., Takata, M. & Kitagawa, H. (2015). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 11498-11506.]; Trickett et al., 2015[Trickett, C. A., Gagnon, K. J., Lee, S., Gándara, F., Bürgi, H.-B. & Yaghi, O. M. (2015). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 11162-11167.]). Although identification and characterization of these defects arising from the substitution and vacancy of the spacer ligands are challenging, they are known to alter the gas sorption and catalytic properties. The usual single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction techniques are very insensitive to these defects and are not useful to gain insights into the details. On a similar note, the curving of single crystals probably occurs due to molecular defects caused by the coordination environment at Zn(II) as discussed before, which influence the packing of one-dimensional aggregates of the Zn(II) complex monomers. More direct influences of the molecular defects on the other properties of the metal complexes may be waiting to be exploited.

2.3. Photoreactivity of the polymorph [Zn(NCS)2(3F-4spy)2]·DMF (3)

The second polymorph was obtained without any guest solvent in the lattice. Single crystals of [Zn(NCS)2(3F-4spy)2] (3) obtained as blocky crystals from DMF and methanol solution crystallized in the monoclinic space group P21/c with Z = 4, and the asymmetric unit has one formula unit. The neighbouring 3F-4spy ligands in the Zn(II) monomers are aligned in a head-to-tail manner as shown in Fig. 3[link] approximately along the [[10\bar 1]] direction. The close non-bonding distances between the centres of the pyridyl rings to the 3F-phenyl groups are 3.77 and 3.73 Å, indicating the existence of π–π interactions. This enforces the olefin pairs to align closer with a distance of 3.79 Å but in an antiparallel manner (Schmidt, 1971[Schmidt, G. M. J. (1971). Pure Appl. Chem. 27, 647-678.]). A quantitative [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction takes place in the solid state under UV light in 3 as monitored by time-dependent 1H NMR spectroscopy. Based on the packing in Fig. 3[link], the final photoproduct can be predicted to be a one-dimensional coordination polymer (one-dimensional CP) with the spacer ligand rctt-1,3-bis­(4-pyridyl)-2,4-bis­(3′-fluorophenyl)cyclobutane) (rctt-3F-ppcb) after the pedal motion of the olefin groups (Medishetty et al., 2013[Medishetty, R., Yap, T. T. S., Koh, L. L. & Vittal, J. J. (2013). Chem. Commun. 49, 9567-9569.]; Medishetty, Bai et al., 2015[Medishetty, R., Bai, Z., Yang, H., Wong, M. W. & Vittal, J. J. (2015). Cryst. Growth Des. 15, 4055-4061.]). Unfortunately, this is not a single-crystal-to-single-crystal reaction. The pseudopolymorphs 2 and 3 exhibit two different solid-state properties, namely, curved single crystals and photoreactivity, respectively.

[Figure 3]
Figure 3
Packing of [Zn(NCS)2(3F-4spy)2] in 3 which promotes the formation of a one-dimensional coordination polymer upon [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction under UV light.

2.4. Photosalient property of [Zn(NCS)2(2F-4spy)2] (4)

Photoinduced mechanical motions of single crystals including crawling, rotating, curling, leaping, jumping, hopping, popping, splitting and exploding are interesting phenomena and recently attracted attention due to their potential conversion of light energy to mechanical energy (Hayashi & Koizumi, 2016[Hayashi, S. & Koizumi, T. (2016). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 2701-2704.]; Hoshima et al., 2011[Addadi, L., Aizenberg, J., Beniash, E. & Weiner, S. (1999). Crystal Engineering: From Molecules and Crystals to Materials, NATO Science Series, edited by D. Braga, F. Grepioni & A. G. Orpen, pp. 1-22. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.]; Koshima et al., 2009[Koshima, H., Ojima, N. & Uchimoto, H. (2009). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 6890-6891.]; Kim et al., 2012[Kim, T., Zhu, L., Mueller, L. J. & Bardeen, C. J. (2012). CrystEngComm, 14, 7792-7799.], 2013[Kim, T., Al-Muhanna, M. K., Al-Suwaidan, S. D., Al-Kaysi, R. O. & Bardeen, C. J. (2013). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 6889-6893.]; Kitagawa et al., 2013[Kitagawa, D., Nishi, H. & Kobatake, S. (2013). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 9320-9322.]; Kobatake et al., 2007[Kobatake, S., Takami, S., Muto, H., Ishikawa, T. & Irie, M. (2007). Nature, 446, 778-781.]; Morimoto & Irie, 2010[Morimoto, M. & Irie, M. (2010). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 14172-14178.]; Naumov et al., 2010[Naumov, P., Kowalik, J., Solntsev, K. M., Baldridge, A., Moon, J., Kranz, C. & Tolbert, L. M. (2010). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 5845-5857.], 2013[Naumov, P., Sahoo, S. C., Zakharov, B. & Boldyreva, E. V. (2013). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 9990-9995.], 2015[Naumov, P., Chizhik, S., Panda, M. K., Nath, N. K. & Boldyreva, E. (2015). Chem. Rev. 115, 12440-12490.]; Terao et al., 2012[Terao, F., Morimoto, M. & Irie, M. (2012). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51, 901-904.]; Uchida et al., 2008[Addadi, L., Aizenberg, J., Beniash, E. & Weiner, S. (1999). Crystal Engineering: From Molecules and Crystals to Materials, NATO Science Series, edited by D. Braga, F. Grepioni & A. G. Orpen, pp. 1-22. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.]; Zhu et al., 2011[Zhu, L., Al-Kaysi, R. O. & Bardeen, C. J. (2011). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 12569-12575.]). Such a property has also been observed in metal complexes while undergoing [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions under UV light (Medishetty et al., 2014[Medishetty, R., Husain, A., Bai, Z., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R. E., Naumov, P. & Vittal, J. J. (2014). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 5907-5911.]; Medishetty, Bai et al., 2015[Medishetty, R., Bai, Z., Yang, H., Wong, M. W. & Vittal, J. J. (2015). Cryst. Growth Des. 15, 4055-4061.]). The metal complex of 4spy ligands and their fluoro derivatives have been found to be useful for this purpose. Here we found that the crystals of [Zn(NCS)2(2F-4spy)2] (4) pop under UV light during a [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction. The details are described below.

In 4, which crystallized in the orthorhombic space group Pnma with Z = 4, the monomer has a crystallographic mirror plane containing the Zn(NCS)2 fragment. Two 2F-4spy ligands are bonded to provide an ideal tetrahedral geometry at Zn(II). In the 2F-4spy ligand, the two rings are twisted away by 10.8° from planarity. The neighbouring 2F-4spy ligands are aligned in a head-to-tail fashion as shown in Fig. 4[link]. The distance of 3.80 Å between the two rings in the 2F-4spy ligand pairs indicates the presence of π–π interactions. Further, the centre-to-centre distance between the olefin pairs is 3.83 Å. Based on Schmidt's topochemical criteria, 4 is expected to be photoreactive (Schmidt, 1971[Schmidt, G. M. J. (1971). Pure Appl. Chem. 27, 647-678.]). Indeed, UV irradiation of powdered 4 undergoes quantitative photoreaction leading to the formation of rctt-2F-ppcb as monitored by the 1H NMR spectral data from the appearance of a cyclobutane peak at 4.60 p.p.m. and new pyridyl peak at 8.30 p.p.m. for the rctt-2F-ppcb ligand. Overall its photoreactivity is very similar to that of 3.

[Figure 4]
Figure 4
One-dimensional packing of photosalient [Zn(NCS)2(2F-4spy)2], 4.

Interestingly, the single crystals of 4 pop violently when they were exposed to UV light. The photomechanical behaviour is very similar to those reported before and the single crystals were broken into pieces while flying apart (Medishetty et al., 2014[Medishetty, R., Husain, A., Bai, Z., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R. E., Naumov, P. & Vittal, J. J. (2014). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 5907-5911.]; Medishetty, Sahoo et al., 2015[Medishetty, R., Sahoo, S. K., Mulijanto, C. E., Naumov, P. & Vittal, J. J. (2015). Chem. Mater. 27, 1821-1829.]). The percentage of change in density, 17.6%, during this dimerization process is on the higher side of the range observed before. Further, the first-order rate constant (0.1786 min−1) for the dimerization process is higher than the other Zn(II) complexes (Medishetty et al., 2014[Medishetty, R., Husain, A., Bai, Z., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R. E., Naumov, P. & Vittal, J. J. (2014). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 5907-5911.]). Close examination of the crystal packing shown in Fig. 4[link] reveals that the olefin pairs run approximately parallel to the [110] and [1ī0] axes and hence the formation of cyclobutane rings and the associated conformational changes are expected to create strain along the direction of the a-axis, the longest dimension of the crystal. A rapid phase transition of 4 into photoproducts facilitates the conversion of the accumulated strain energy into kinetic energy. A comparison of the packing between 3 and 4 revealed that a sudden anisotropic volume increase cannot occur in 3 and hence 3 is not popping under UV light. This is also supported by the fact that the change in the percentage of change in density during the formation of one-dimensional CP from 3 is only 11.4%.

3. Conclusions

In summary, fluorine substitution at different positions of the phenyl ring of the ligand in the mononuclear Zn(II) complex has a great effect on their solid-state properties. The results are summarized in Scheme 1[link]. Such influence of fluoro substitution on the isomerization as well as photoreactivity has been noted before (see, for example, Bléger et al., 2012[Bléger, D., Schwarz, J., Brouwer, A. M. & Hecht, S. (2012). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 20597-20600.]; Bushuyev, Tomberg et al., 2013[Bushuyev, O. S., Tomberg, A., Friščić, T. & Barrett, C. J. (2013). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 12556-12559.]). The formation of curved single crystals of 2 could be attributed to this effect. Although both 3 and 4 exhibit photoreactivity, only 4 has the photosalient property due to packing which promotes sudden anisotropic volume expansion to relieve the stress during the photoreaction. It is quite surprising that a small variation in the crystallization conditions and substitution at the backbone of the 4spy ligand made huge changes in the morphology of single crystals, interesting influence on photoreactivity and dramatic impact on photosalient properties in a series of structurally closely related monomeric Zn(II) complexes. Understanding these changes at the molecular level on the new physical properties and chemical reactivity will certainly lead to the development of advanced functional and smart materials with exciting new properties. More systematic study and analysis of how fluoro substitution affects the photosalient behaviour are in progress.

[Scheme 1]

4. Experimental

4.1. Materials and general methods

All the chemicals and solvents were of reagent or better grade purchased from different commercial resources and used without further purification unless mentioned. Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data were recorded on a D5005 Siemens X-ray diffractometer with graphite monochromated Cu Kα radiation (λ = 1.54056 Å) at room temperature (298 K). NMR spectra were recorded on a 300 MHz Bruker Avance 300 FT-NMR spectrometer by calibrating the residual solvent as the reference in DMSO-d6 solution. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was performed under a nitrogen atmosphere with a heating rate of 5°C min−1 on a TA instruments SDT-2960. The C, H, N analysis was carried using an Elementar Vario Micro Cube instrument at the Elemental Analysis Lab, CMMAC, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore. The UV irradiation experiments were conducted in a LUZCHEM UV reactor. In the case of the percentage of photo-products formed versus time plots, the ground single crystals were packed between the Pyrex glasses and placed in the UV reactor. These glass slides were flipped back at regular intervals of time to maintain uniform exposure of UV light. The samples were taken out at regular intervals of time and dissolved in DMSO-d6 to record 1H NMR spectra to follow the course of the reaction.

4.2. Synthesis of [Zn(NCS)2(4spy)2]·2MeOH (1)

Colourless block-like single crystals were obtained from slow evaporation of 2 ml of a methanolic solution of Zn(NO3)2·6H20 (7.5 mg, 0.025 mmol), KSCN (5 mg, 0.05 mmol) and 4spy (9 mg, 0.05 mmol) and dried at room temperature. Yield: 62%. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz, 298 K): δ = 8.54 (d, 4H, pyridyl proton of 4spy), 7.23–7.68 (m, 18H, aromatic protons of 4spy). Elemental analysis: calculated for the desolvated 1: C28H22N4S2Zn (544.01): C 61.82, H 4.08, N 10.30; found: C 61.57, H 4.23, N 10.21%.

All the solvent combinations and conditions used to obtain the curved crystals of 2 have been tried for 1. However, all these conditions only yielded long rods. No curved crystals were observed in the bulk. The details are given in the supporting information (Fig. S1).

4.3. Synthesis of [Zn(NCS)2(3F-4spy)2]·DMF (2)

Bent crystals were obtained from slow evaporation of acetonitrile (2 ml) or thf (2 ml) or acetone (2 ml) and a DMF (1 ml) solution of Zn(NO3)·6H2O (7.5 mg, 0.025 mmol), KSCN (5.0 mg, 0.05 mmol) and 3F-4spy (10 mg, 0.05 mmol) and dried at room temperature. Yield: 68%. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz, 298 K): δ 8.55 (d, 4H, pyridyl proton of 4spy), 7.12–7.57 (m, 16H, aromatic protons of 3F-4spy). Elemental analysis for the desolvated 2: C28H20F2N4S2Zn (579.97): C 57.98, H 3.48, N 9.66; found: C 57.31, H 4.12, N 9.60%. More details and photographs are shown in the supporting information (Fig. S2).

4.4. Synthesis of straight [Zn(NCS)2(3F-4spy)2] (3)

Colorless block single crystals were obtained from slow evaporation of MeOH (2 ml) or ethanol (2 ml) and DMF (1 ml) solution of Zn(NO3)·6H2O (7.5 mg, 0.025 mmol), KSCN (5.0 mg, 0.05 mmol) and 3F-4spy (10 mg, 0.05 mmol) and dried at room temperature. Alternatively, it can be synthesized with (2 ml) DMF only. Yield: 51%. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz, 298 K): δ 8.55 (d, 4H, pyridyl proton of 4spy), 7.12–7.57 (m, 16H, aromatic protons of 3F-4spy). Elemental analysis for C28H20F2N4S2Zn (579.97): C 57.98, H 3.48, N 9.66; found: C 57.98, H 3.40, N 9.68%.

Our attempts to obtain single crystals of the photoproduct from 3 were unsuccessful.

4.5. Synthesis of [Zn(NCS)2(2F-4spy)2] (4)

Yellow block single crystals were obtained from slow evaporation of DMF (1 ml) solution of Zn(NO3)2·6H20 (7.5 mg, 0.025 mmol), KSCN (5 mg, 0.05 mmol) and 2F-4spy (10 mg, 0.05 mmol) and dried at room temperature. Yield: 57%. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz, 298 K): δ 8.59 (d, 4H, pyridyl proton of 4spy), 7.00–7.86 (m, 16H, aromatic protons of 4spy). Elemental analysis: calc. for C28H20F2N4S2Zn (579.97): C 57.98, H 3.48, N 9.66; found: C 57.84, H 3.56, N 9.62%.

Our attempts to obtain single crystals of the photoproduct from 4 were unsuccessful.

4.6. X-ray crystallography

Crystal data of all these crystals were collected on a Bruker AXS D8 Venture equipped with a Photon 100 CMOS active pixel sensor detector using graphite-monochromated Mo Kα radiation (λ = 0.71073 Å) using a sealed tube. Absorption corrections were made with the program SADABS (Sheldrick, 1996[Sheldrick, G. M. (1996). SADABS. University of Göttingen, Germany.]), and the crystallographic package SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]; Müller et al., 2006[Müller, P., Herbst-Irmer, R., Spek, L. A., Schneider, R. T. & Sawaya, R. M. (2006). Crystal Structure Refinement: A Crystallographer's Guide to SHELXL. Oxford University Press.]) was used for all calculations. CCDC 1474516–1474519 contains the supplementary crystallographic data for this paper, which can be obtained free of charge from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre via www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/data_request/cif.

4.6.1. Crystal data for 1 at 100 (2) K

C30H30N4O2S2Zn, FW = 608.07, orthorhombic, Fdd2; a = 36.663 (3), b = 37.055 (4), c = 5.1092 (5) Å, V = 6940.8 (11) Å3, Z = 8, ρcalc = 1.164 g cm−3, μ = 0.857 mm−1, GOF = 1.186, final R1 = 0.0887, wR2 = 0.2644 [for 3071 data I > 2σ(I)]. Flack parameter = 0.024 (13). One methanol guest solvent in the asymmetric unit was found to be disordered. Two disorder models were refined and the occupancy was refined to 0.47 (3).

4.6.2. Crystal data for 2 at 100 (2) K

C31H27F2N5OS2Zn, FW = 653.10, monoclinic, P2/n; a = 14.871 (2), b = 4.9627 (9), c = 20.315 (3) Å, β = 93.183 (4)°, V = 1496.9 (4) Å3, Z = 2, rcalc = 1.287 g cm−3, μ = 0.994 mm−1, GOF = 0.998, final R1 = 0.0610, wR2 = 0.1114 [for 2098 data I > 2σ(I)]. PLATON indicates the Total Potential Solvent Accessible Void Volume, 235.9 Å3 (15.8%) for the total cell volume 1496.9 Å3. First we tried to model the highly disordered solvent region. The scattered electron densities were assigned to 9 C atoms with occupancies of 0.5, of which one was sitting at the origin. The individual isotropic displacement parameters were refined. The model refined to R1 = 0.0648 for 2059 reflections Fo > 4σ(Fo) and 0.1455 for all 3550 data and 201 parameters with 0 restraints. But from the connectivity we were not able to recognize any guest DMF molecule. The electron densities in this disordered and unrecognizable solvent region were squeezed out of the hkl data using PLATON for further refinements. The model was refined satisfactorily with the squeezed data.

4.6.3. Crystal data for 3 at 100 (2) K

C28H20F2N4S2Zn, FW = 579.97, monoclinic, P21/c; a = 10.3095 (4), b = 12.2083 (4) Å, c = 20.7566 (7) Å, β = 96.680 (1)°, V = 2594.72 (16) Å3, Z = 4, rcalc = 1.485 g cm−3, μ = 1.147 mm−1, GOF = 1.027, final R1 = 0.0361, wR2 = 0.0851 [for 5403 data I > 2σ(I)]. It appears that this ligand N1—C13 could be disordered. We tried to find a disorder model of this ligand and refine it with less than 8% occupancy. Since the overall quality is not improved, we kept the `no disorder' structure.

4.6.4. Crystal data for 4 at 100 (2) K

C28H20F2N4S2Zn, FW = 579.97, orthorhombic, Pnma; a = 8.276 (5), b = 24.824 (15), c = 12.523 (8) Å, V = 2573 (3) Å3, Z = 4, ρcalc = 1.497 g cm−3, μ = 1.157 mm−1, GOF = 1.079, final R1 = 0.0431, wR2 = 0.1070 [for 2712 data I > 2σ(I)]. The ortho F atom is disordered. The occupancy was refined to 0.913 (3).

Supporting information

CCDC references: 1474516; 1474517; 1474518; 1474519

Crystal structure: contains datablocks d739, f076, f245, e286. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252516019072/lq5002sup1.cif

Structure factors: contains datablock d739. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252516019072/lq5002d739sup2.hkl

Structure factors: contains datablock f076. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252516019072/lq5002f076sup3.hkl

Structure factors: contains datablock f245. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252516019072/lq5002f245sup4.hkl

Structure factors: contains datablock e286. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252516019072/lq5002e286sup5.hkl

Supporting figures and tables. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252516019072/lq5002sup6.pdf


Computing details top

Data collection: Bruker APEX2 for d739, f245, e286. Cell refinement: Bruker SAINT for d739, f245, e286. Data reduction: Bruker SAINT for d739, f245, e286. Program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick 2008) for d739, f245, e286. Program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2014) for d739, f245, e286; SHELXL2014/7 (Sheldrick, 2014) for f076. Molecular graphics: Bruker SHELXTL for d739, f245, e286. Software used to prepare material for publication: Bruker SHELXTL for d739, f245, e286.

(d739) top
Crystal data top
C30H30N4O2S2ZnDx = 1.164 Mg m−3
Mr = 608.07Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
Orthorhombic, Fdd2Cell parameters from 2524 reflections
a = 36.662 (3) Åθ = 2.2–20.3°
b = 37.055 (4) ŵ = 0.86 mm−1
c = 5.1092 (5) ÅT = 100 K
V = 6940.8 (11) Å3Block, colourless
Z = 80.50 × 0.14 × 0.14 mm
F(000) = 2528
Data collection top
Bruker APEX-II CCD
diffractometer		3071 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
φ and ω scansRint = 0.043
Absorption correction: multi-scan
SADABS (Sheldrick, 2010)		θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 1.6°
Tmin = 0.609, Tmax = 0.746h = −47→44
12316 measured reflectionsk = −48→42
3951 independent reflectionsl = −6→6
Refinement top
Refinement on F2H-atom parameters constrained
Least-squares matrix: full w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.171P)2 + 2.2922P]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.089(Δ/σ)max < 0.001
wR(F2) = 0.283Δρmax = 1.23 e Å−3
S = 1.19Δρmin = −0.38 e Å−3
3951 reflectionsExtinction correction: SHELXL, Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4
177 parametersExtinction coefficient: 0.0007 (3)
1 restraintAbsolute structure: Flack x determined using 1069 quotients [(I+)-(I-)]/[(I+)+(I-)] (Parsons, Flack and Wagner, Acta Cryst. B69 (2013) 249-259).
Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sitesAbsolute structure parameter: 0.024 (13)
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
xyzUiso*/UeqOcc. (<1)
Zn10.50000.50000.5606 (3)0.0531 (5)
S10.52234 (18)0.60900 (13)0.9857 (13)0.149 (2)
N10.45629 (17)0.51067 (19)0.3295 (15)0.0480 (14)
C10.4367 (2)0.4853 (2)0.221 (2)0.057 (2)
H10.44120.46110.27320.069*
C20.4100 (2)0.4914 (2)0.037 (2)0.059 (2)
H20.39710.4717−0.03810.070*
C30.4018 (2)0.5264 (2)−0.0397 (18)0.0512 (18)
C40.4221 (3)0.5539 (3)0.081 (2)0.068 (2)
H40.41790.57850.03850.082*
C50.4484 (2)0.5442 (2)0.264 (2)0.064 (2)
H50.46170.56300.34670.076*
C60.3752 (2)0.5354 (2)−0.2414 (19)0.054 (2)
H60.37140.5604−0.27190.065*
C70.3567 (2)0.5143 (3)−0.3800 (18)0.059 (2)
H70.36100.4892−0.35480.071*
C80.3286 (2)0.5240 (3)−0.5800 (18)0.055 (2)
C90.3136 (3)0.4959 (3)−0.730 (2)0.068 (3)
H90.32100.4717−0.69960.082*
C100.2883 (3)0.5033 (3)−0.921 (4)0.081 (3)
H100.27860.4846−1.02710.098*
C110.2767 (3)0.5406 (3)−0.956 (2)0.079 (3)
H110.25890.5467−1.08420.095*
C120.2915 (4)0.5659 (4)−0.807 (3)0.096 (4)
H120.28470.5904−0.83230.115*
C130.3161 (3)0.5575 (3)−0.617 (3)0.081 (3)
H130.32480.5762−0.50610.097*
N20.5099 (3)0.5442 (3)0.741 (2)0.071 (2)
C140.5147 (3)0.5718 (3)0.837 (2)0.073 (3)
O1S0.4232 (11)0.6488 (11)0.394 (10)0.184 (18)*0.47 (3)
C1S0.3867 (13)0.6485 (13)0.259 (11)0.137 (16)*0.47 (3)
O2S0.4142 (11)0.6490 (12)−0.274 (10)0.206 (18)*0.53 (3)
C2S0.3862 (10)0.6483 (10)−0.049 (9)0.127 (12)*0.53 (3)
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
Zn10.0472 (7)0.0701 (8)0.0420 (7)0.0097 (6)0.0000.000
S10.202 (5)0.095 (3)0.148 (5)−0.041 (3)−0.015 (5)−0.031 (3)
N10.046 (3)0.054 (3)0.044 (4)0.007 (3)−0.002 (3)−0.002 (3)
C10.058 (5)0.051 (4)0.062 (5)0.006 (4)−0.005 (4)0.002 (4)
C20.061 (5)0.045 (4)0.070 (6)−0.001 (3)−0.020 (5)−0.006 (5)
C30.050 (4)0.054 (4)0.050 (4)0.001 (3)−0.001 (4)0.003 (4)
C40.065 (5)0.064 (5)0.076 (7)−0.001 (4)−0.016 (5)0.004 (5)
C50.058 (4)0.063 (5)0.070 (6)0.000 (4)−0.014 (5)0.006 (4)
C60.052 (4)0.050 (4)0.061 (5)0.004 (3)−0.006 (4)0.008 (4)
C70.058 (5)0.070 (5)0.049 (5)0.010 (4)−0.002 (4)0.003 (4)
C80.051 (4)0.070 (5)0.045 (4)0.002 (4)0.003 (4)0.006 (4)
C90.061 (6)0.087 (7)0.057 (6)−0.008 (4)−0.002 (5)0.004 (5)
C100.063 (5)0.128 (10)0.054 (7)−0.010 (6)0.003 (7)−0.007 (6)
C110.067 (5)0.107 (8)0.062 (6)0.000 (5)−0.016 (6)0.013 (6)
C120.094 (8)0.101 (9)0.092 (9)0.010 (7)−0.024 (8)0.030 (8)
C130.081 (6)0.089 (7)0.074 (7)0.005 (6)−0.023 (6)0.005 (6)
N20.065 (4)0.076 (5)0.071 (6)−0.001 (4)−0.009 (4)−0.017 (5)
C140.069 (6)0.091 (7)0.059 (6)0.000 (5)−0.007 (5)0.001 (6)
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
Zn1—N2i1.916 (9)C6—C71.255 (13)
Zn1—N21.916 (9)C7—C81.494 (13)
Zn1—N12.030 (7)C8—C131.337 (15)
Zn1—N1i2.030 (7)C8—C91.404 (15)
S1—C141.598 (13)C9—C101.37 (2)
N1—C11.305 (12)C10—C111.459 (17)
N1—C51.318 (11)C11—C121.324 (18)
C1—C21.380 (14)C12—C131.362 (17)
C2—C31.386 (13)N2—C141.147 (14)
C3—C41.402 (13)O1S—C1S1.50 (6)
C3—C61.458 (12)O2S—C2S1.54 (6)
C4—C51.392 (13)
N2i—Zn1—N2122.4 (7)C5—C4—C3118.3 (9)
N2i—Zn1—N1107.3 (4)N1—C5—C4124.5 (9)
N2—Zn1—N1105.3 (4)C7—C6—C3128.2 (8)
N2i—Zn1—N1i105.3 (4)C6—C7—C8127.6 (10)
N2—Zn1—N1i107.3 (4)C13—C8—C9118.5 (10)
N1—Zn1—N1i108.8 (4)C13—C8—C7123.7 (10)
C1—N1—C5116.8 (8)C9—C8—C7117.7 (9)
C1—N1—Zn1122.7 (6)C10—C9—C8120.2 (11)
C5—N1—Zn1120.3 (6)C9—C10—C11118.4 (13)
N1—C1—C2124.2 (8)C12—C11—C10118.6 (11)
C1—C2—C3120.0 (8)C11—C12—C13121.5 (13)
C2—C3—C4116.2 (9)C8—C13—C12122.6 (13)
C2—C3—C6123.8 (8)C14—N2—Zn1175.6 (10)
C4—C3—C6119.9 (8)N2—C14—S1176.4 (12)
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y+1, z.
(f076) top
Crystal data top
C28H26F2N4O6S2ZnZ = 2
Mr = 682.02F(000) = 700
Monoclinic, P2/nDx = 1.513 Mg m−3
a = 14.871 (2) ÅMo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
b = 4.9627 (9) ŵ = 1.02 mm−1
c = 20.315 (3) ÅT = 100 K
β = 93.183 (4)°0.13 × 0.09 × 0.05 mm
V = 1496.9 (4) Å3
Data collection top
10941 measured reflectionsθmax = 28.3°, θmin = 2.7°
3550 independent reflectionsh = −17→19
2059 reflections with I > 2σ(I)k = −6→5
Rint = 0.097l = −26→27
Refinement top
Refinement on F20 restraints
Least-squares matrix: fullHydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.065H-atom parameters constrained
wR(F2) = 0.180 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0911P)2 + 2.3072P]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
S = 0.94(Δ/σ)max = 0.607
3550 reflectionsΔρmax = 0.72 e Å−3
197 parametersΔρmin = −0.54 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
xyzUiso*/UeqOcc. (<1)
Zn10.25000.82679 (16)0.25000.0245 (3)
S10.53550 (9)1.2287 (4)0.27200 (8)0.0591 (5)
F10.47278 (18)−0.7888 (6)−0.10355 (14)0.0441 (8)
N10.2727 (2)0.5878 (8)0.17132 (15)0.0237 (8)
C10.2065 (3)0.4810 (10)0.1327 (2)0.0277 (11)
H10.14670.54060.13810.033*
C20.2202 (3)0.2895 (10)0.0853 (2)0.0295 (11)
H20.17050.22070.05910.035*
C30.3064 (3)0.1970 (9)0.07581 (19)0.0238 (10)
C40.3756 (3)0.3125 (10)0.11506 (19)0.0284 (10)
H40.43610.25920.11000.034*
C50.3566 (3)0.5039 (10)0.1613 (2)0.0283 (11)
H50.40520.58020.18730.034*
C60.3284 (3)−0.0124 (10)0.02840 (19)0.0252 (10)
H60.3890−0.07360.02980.030*
C70.2717 (3)−0.1241 (10)−0.0161 (2)0.0292 (11)
H70.2112−0.0625−0.01770.035*
C80.2941 (3)−0.3351 (10)−0.06323 (19)0.0261 (10)
C90.2302 (3)−0.4151 (12)−0.1110 (2)0.0463 (15)
H90.1728−0.3304−0.11290.056*
C100.2471 (4)−0.6163 (13)−0.1564 (2)0.0523 (17)
H100.2013−0.6665−0.18860.063*
C110.3290 (3)−0.7424 (10)−0.1552 (2)0.0321 (12)
H110.3413−0.8808−0.18570.038*
C120.3925 (3)−0.6597 (10)−0.10782 (19)0.0252 (10)
C130.3774 (3)−0.4618 (10)−0.06214 (19)0.0260 (10)
H130.4235−0.4125−0.03020.031*
N20.3641 (3)1.0049 (8)0.26998 (17)0.0329 (10)
C140.4366 (3)1.0934 (11)0.2714 (2)0.0339 (12)
C1S0.00000.00000.00000.067 (5)*0.5
C2S0.0020 (10)0.411 (4)−0.0148 (7)0.068 (4)*0.5
C3S−0.0216 (15)−0.157 (7)0.0821 (11)0.124 (7)*0.5
C4S0.0015 (10)0.194 (4)−0.0160 (8)0.076 (4)*0.5
C5S0.0138 (12)−0.012 (6)−0.0535 (10)0.090 (5)*0.5
C7S0.0119 (11)−0.433 (6)−0.0497 (8)0.084 (5)*0.5
C8S0.0170 (11)−0.628 (5)−0.0705 (9)0.089 (5)*0.5
C9S0.0105 (13)−0.212 (6)−0.0504 (10)0.100 (6)*0.5
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
Zn10.0320 (4)0.0253 (5)0.0168 (3)0.0000.0066 (3)0.000
S10.0304 (7)0.0863 (14)0.0596 (9)−0.0129 (7)−0.0067 (7)−0.0164 (8)
F10.0291 (15)0.047 (2)0.0556 (17)0.0104 (14)−0.0025 (13)−0.0140 (15)
N10.031 (2)0.026 (2)0.0149 (16)−0.0025 (17)0.0072 (15)0.0015 (14)
C10.024 (2)0.032 (3)0.027 (2)−0.002 (2)0.0048 (18)0.001 (2)
C20.027 (2)0.035 (3)0.027 (2)−0.006 (2)−0.0014 (19)−0.004 (2)
C30.034 (2)0.020 (3)0.0167 (18)0.000 (2)0.0047 (18)0.0029 (18)
C40.032 (2)0.031 (3)0.022 (2)0.004 (2)0.0041 (18)0.000 (2)
C50.031 (3)0.029 (3)0.025 (2)−0.001 (2)0.0030 (19)0.001 (2)
C60.024 (2)0.028 (3)0.024 (2)0.003 (2)0.0003 (18)0.0018 (19)
C70.027 (2)0.033 (3)0.027 (2)0.003 (2)0.0003 (19)0.001 (2)
C80.031 (2)0.028 (3)0.0192 (19)−0.001 (2)0.0016 (17)−0.004 (2)
C90.034 (3)0.063 (4)0.041 (3)0.016 (3)−0.003 (2)−0.022 (3)
C100.043 (3)0.075 (5)0.037 (3)0.018 (3)−0.017 (2)−0.027 (3)
C110.035 (3)0.041 (3)0.020 (2)0.005 (2)−0.0008 (19)−0.0099 (19)
C120.022 (2)0.029 (3)0.025 (2)0.002 (2)0.0037 (17)0.000 (2)
C130.024 (2)0.033 (3)0.021 (2)−0.005 (2)−0.0043 (17)0.0018 (19)
N20.044 (2)0.031 (3)0.0236 (19)−0.002 (2)0.0043 (18)−0.0039 (17)
C140.036 (3)0.040 (3)0.024 (2)0.007 (2)−0.004 (2)−0.007 (2)
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
Zn1—N21.936 (4)C2S—C7Sii1.34 (2)
Zn1—N2i1.936 (4)C2S—C3Sii1.89 (3)
Zn1—N1i2.034 (3)C2S—C9Sii1.67 (3)
Zn1—N12.034 (3)C2S—C8Sii2.07 (3)
S1—C141.616 (5)C3S—C8Sv1.09 (3)
F1—C121.353 (5)C3S—C5Sii1.03 (3)
N1—C11.335 (5)C3S—C4Sii1.40 (3)
N1—C51.341 (5)C3S—C2Sii1.89 (3)
C1—C21.375 (6)C3S—C9Sii1.95 (3)
C2—C31.386 (6)C4S—C5S1.30 (2)
C3—C41.390 (6)C4S—C9Sii1.37 (2)
C3—C61.466 (6)C4S—C3Sii1.40 (3)
C4—C51.376 (6)C4S—C8Siv1.44 (2)
C6—C71.322 (6)C4S—C7Sii1.81 (3)
C7—C81.470 (6)C4S—C5Sii1.70 (3)
C8—C91.379 (6)C4S—C9S2.14 (3)
C8—C131.387 (6)C4S—C4Sii2.04 (4)
C9—C101.392 (7)C5S—C9S0.99 (3)
C10—C111.368 (7)C5S—C3Sii1.03 (3)
C11—C121.374 (6)C5S—C4Sii1.70 (3)
C12—C131.378 (6)C5S—C8Siv1.94 (3)
N2—C141.163 (6)C7S—C8S1.06 (2)
C1S—C4S1.018 (19)C7S—C9S1.10 (3)
C1S—C4Sii1.018 (19)C7S—C2Svi1.06 (2)
C1S—C5S1.118 (19)C7S—C2Sii1.34 (2)
C1S—C5Sii1.118 (19)C7S—C4Sii1.81 (3)
C1S—C9S1.48 (3)C8S—C3Sv1.09 (3)
C1S—C9Sii1.48 (3)C8S—C2Svi1.18 (2)
C1S—C3Sii1.88 (3)C8S—C4Svi1.44 (2)
C1S—C3S1.88 (3)C8S—C2Sii2.07 (3)
C2S—C2Siii1.07 (3)C8S—C5Svi1.94 (3)
C2S—C4S1.08 (2)C9S—C4Sii1.37 (2)
C2S—C8Siv1.18 (2)C9S—C2Sii1.67 (3)
C2S—C7Siv1.06 (2)C9S—C3Sii1.95 (3)
N2—Zn1—N2i125.7 (2)C1S—C4S—C9Sii75.0 (16)
N2—Zn1—N1i106.47 (15)C2S—C4S—C9Sii85 (2)
N2i—Zn1—N1i104.42 (14)C5S—C4S—C9Sii131 (2)
N2—Zn1—N1104.42 (14)C1S—C4S—C3Sii101 (2)
N2i—Zn1—N1106.47 (15)C2S—C4S—C3Sii99 (2)
N1i—Zn1—N1108.6 (2)C5S—C4S—C3Sii44.7 (13)
C1—N1—C5116.7 (4)C9Sii—C4S—C3Sii174 (2)
C1—N1—Zn1123.0 (3)C1S—C4S—C8Siv146.0 (19)
C5—N1—Zn1119.8 (3)C2S—C4S—C8Siv53.6 (15)
N1—C1—C2123.6 (4)C5S—C4S—C8Siv89.9 (15)
C1—C2—C3120.0 (4)C9Sii—C4S—C8Siv139 (2)
C2—C3—C4116.4 (4)C3Sii—C4S—C8Siv45.1 (13)
C2—C3—C6124.6 (4)C1S—C4S—C7Sii112.4 (13)
C4—C3—C6119.0 (4)C2S—C4S—C7Sii47.8 (16)
C5—C4—C3120.2 (4)C5S—C4S—C7Sii168.3 (19)
N1—C5—C4123.1 (4)C9Sii—C4S—C7Sii37.4 (12)
C7—C6—C3126.1 (4)C3Sii—C4S—C7Sii146 (2)
C6—C7—C8125.8 (4)C8Siv—C4S—C7Sii101.3 (16)
C9—C8—C13117.4 (4)C1S—C4S—C5Sii39.3 (9)
C9—C8—C7119.4 (4)C2S—C4S—C5Sii121 (2)
C13—C8—C7123.1 (4)C5S—C4S—C5Sii95.6 (17)
C8—C9—C10122.0 (5)C9Sii—C4S—C5Sii35.8 (12)
C11—C10—C9120.6 (5)C3Sii—C4S—C5Sii140 (2)
C10—C11—C12117.0 (4)C8Siv—C4S—C5Sii174.1 (19)
F1—C12—C11118.3 (4)C7Sii—C4S—C5Sii73.2 (12)
F1—C12—C13118.1 (4)C1S—C4S—C9S38.2 (8)
C11—C12—C13123.6 (4)C2S—C4S—C9S161.5 (18)
C12—C13—C8119.4 (4)C5S—C4S—C9S18.1 (13)
C14—N2—Zn1167.9 (4)C9Sii—C4S—C9S113.3 (17)
N2—C14—S1177.4 (5)C3Sii—C4S—C9S62.8 (16)
C4S—C1S—C4Sii180.0C8Siv—C4S—C9S107.9 (15)
C4S—C1S—C5S74.6 (15)C7Sii—C4S—C9S150.7 (14)
C4Sii—C1S—C5S105.4 (15)C5Sii—C4S—C9S77.5 (12)
C4S—C1S—C5Sii105.4 (15)C1S—C4S—C4Sii0.002 (1)
C4Sii—C1S—C5Sii74.6 (15)C2S—C4S—C4Sii160 (2)
C5S—C1S—C5Sii180 (3)C5S—C4S—C4Sii56.2 (15)
C4S—C1S—C9S116.6 (12)C9Sii—C4S—C4Sii75.0 (16)
C4Sii—C1S—C9S63.4 (12)C3Sii—C4S—C4Sii101 (2)
C5S—C1S—C9S42.1 (12)C8Siv—C4S—C4Sii146.0 (19)
C5Sii—C1S—C9S137.9 (12)C7Sii—C4S—C4Sii112.4 (13)
C4S—C1S—C9Sii63.4 (12)C5Sii—C4S—C4Sii39.3 (9)
C4Sii—C1S—C9Sii116.6 (12)C9S—C4S—C4Sii38.2 (8)
C5S—C1S—C9Sii137.9 (12)C9S—C5S—C3Sii149 (3)
C5Sii—C1S—C9Sii42.1 (12)C9S—C5S—C1S89 (2)
C9S—C1S—C9Sii180.0 (11)C3Sii—C5S—C1S122 (3)
C4S—C1S—C3Sii47.0 (13)C9S—C5S—C4S138 (3)
C4Sii—C1S—C3Sii133.0 (13)C3Sii—C5S—C4S73 (2)
C5S—C1S—C3Sii27.6 (14)C1S—C5S—C4S49.2 (12)
C5Sii—C1S—C3Sii152.4 (14)C9S—C5S—C4Sii53.8 (18)
C9S—C1S—C3Sii69.7 (11)C3Sii—C5S—C4Sii157 (3)
C9Sii—C1S—C3Sii110.3 (11)C1S—C5S—C4Sii35.3 (10)
C4S—C1S—C3S133.0 (13)C4S—C5S—C4Sii84.4 (17)
C4Sii—C1S—C3S47.0 (13)C9S—C5S—C8Siv173 (2)
C5S—C1S—C3S152.4 (14)C3Sii—C5S—C8Siv25.0 (17)
C5Sii—C1S—C3S27.6 (14)C1S—C5S—C8Siv97.3 (15)
C9S—C1S—C3S110.3 (11)C4S—C5S—C8Siv48.1 (12)
C9Sii—C1S—C3S69.7 (11)C4Sii—C5S—C8Siv132.5 (16)
C3Sii—C1S—C3S180.0C8S—C7S—C9S155 (3)
C2Siii—C2S—C4S146 (3)C8S—C7S—C2Svi68 (2)
C2Siii—C2S—C8Siv134 (3)C9S—C7S—C2Svi137 (3)
C4S—C2S—C8Siv79.3 (18)C8S—C7S—C2Sii119 (3)
C2Siii—C2S—C7Siv78 (2)C9S—C7S—C2Sii86 (2)
C4S—C2S—C7Siv135 (2)C2Svi—C7S—C2Sii51.2 (17)
C8Siv—C2S—C7Siv56.1 (15)C8S—C7S—C4Sii155 (2)
C2Siii—C2S—C7Sii50.7 (15)C9S—C7S—C4Sii49.4 (15)
C4S—C2S—C7Sii96 (2)C2Svi—C7S—C4Sii87.6 (17)
C8Siv—C2S—C7Sii175 (2)C2Sii—C7S—C4Sii36.4 (10)
C7Siv—C2S—C7Sii128.8 (17)C3Sv—C8S—C7S169 (3)
C2Siii—C2S—C3Sii166 (3)C3Sv—C8S—C2Svi113 (2)
C4S—C2S—C3Sii47.1 (14)C7S—C8S—C2Svi56.3 (17)
C8Siv—C2S—C3Sii32.2 (13)C3Sv—C8S—C4Svi65.5 (19)
C7Siv—C2S—C3Sii88.2 (17)C7S—C8S—C4Svi103 (2)
C7Sii—C2S—C3Sii143 (2)C2Svi—C8S—C4Svi47.2 (11)
C2Siii—C2S—C9Sii91.6 (19)C3Sv—C8S—C2Sii134 (2)
C4S—C2S—C9Sii54.9 (17)C7S—C8S—C2Sii34.6 (16)
C8Siv—C2S—C9Sii134 (2)C2Svi—C8S—C2Sii21.7 (16)
C7Siv—C2S—C9Sii169.5 (18)C4Svi—C8S—C2Sii68.9 (14)
C7Sii—C2S—C9Sii40.9 (12)C3Sv—C8S—C5Svi23.5 (16)
C3Sii—C2S—C9Sii101.9 (15)C7S—C8S—C5Svi145 (2)
C2Siii—C2S—C8Sii24.2 (15)C2Svi—C8S—C5Svi89.2 (15)
C4S—C2S—C8Sii122.4 (17)C4Svi—C8S—C5Svi42.0 (10)
C8Siv—C2S—C8Sii158.3 (16)C2Sii—C8S—C5Svi110.8 (12)
C7Siv—C2S—C8Sii102.2 (15)C5S—C9S—C7S175 (3)
C7Sii—C2S—C8Sii26.6 (12)C5S—C9S—C4Sii90 (3)
C3Sii—C2S—C8Sii169.3 (15)C7S—C9S—C4Sii93 (2)
C9Sii—C2S—C8Sii67.6 (11)C5S—C9S—C1S48.9 (18)
C8Sv—C3S—C5Sii131 (3)C7S—C9S—C1S135 (2)
C8Sv—C3S—C4Sii69.3 (19)C4Sii—C9S—C1S41.6 (11)
C5Sii—C3S—C4Sii62.1 (19)C5S—C9S—C2Sii130 (2)
C8Sv—C3S—C2Sii35.1 (14)C7S—C9S—C2Sii53.3 (16)
C5Sii—C3S—C2Sii96 (2)C4Sii—C9S—C2Sii40.0 (11)
C4Sii—C3S—C2Sii34.2 (11)C1S—C9S—C2Sii81.5 (11)
C8Sv—C3S—C1S101.4 (19)C5S—C9S—C4S23.9 (16)
C5Sii—C3S—C1S30.1 (15)C7S—C9S—C4S160 (2)
C4Sii—C3S—C1S32.0 (11)C4Sii—C9S—C4S66.7 (17)
C2Sii—C3S—C1S66.2 (9)C1S—C9S—C4S25.2 (7)
C8Sv—C3S—C9Sii147 (2)C2Sii—C9S—C4S106.7 (13)
C5Sii—C3S—C9Sii15.3 (17)C5S—C9S—C3Sii15.9 (16)
C4Sii—C3S—C9Sii77.4 (18)C7S—C9S—C3Sii160 (2)
C2Sii—C3S—C9Sii111.6 (15)C4Sii—C9S—C3Sii106 (2)
C1S—C3S—C9Sii45.4 (10)C1S—C9S—C3Sii64.8 (14)
C1S—C4S—C2S160 (2)C2Sii—C9S—C3Sii146.3 (18)
C1S—C4S—C5S56.2 (15)C4S—C9S—C3Sii39.8 (10)
C2S—C4S—C5S143 (2)
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1/2, y, −z+1/2; (ii) −x, −y, −z; (iii) −x, −y+1, −z; (iv) x, y+1, z; (v) −x, −y−1, −z; (vi) x, y−1, z.
(f245) top
Crystal data top
C28H20F2N4S2ZnF(000) = 1184
Mr = 579.97Dx = 1.485 Mg m−3
Monoclinic, P21/cMo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
a = 10.3095 (4) ÅCell parameters from 9928 reflections
b = 12.2083 (4) Åθ = 2.6–30.4°
c = 20.7566 (7) ŵ = 1.15 mm−1
β = 96.680 (1)°T = 100 K
V = 2594.72 (16) Å3Block, light_brown
Z = 40.67 × 0.34 × 0.25 mm
Data collection top
Bruker D8 Venture
diffractometer		5403 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
φ and ω scansRint = 0.026
Absorption correction: multi-scan
SADABS (Sheldrick, 2011)		θmax = 28.3°, θmin = 2.6°
Tmin = 0.644, Tmax = 0.746h = −13→13
21311 measured reflectionsk = −16→15
6434 independent reflectionsl = −27→24
Refinement top
Refinement on F20 restraints
Least-squares matrix: fullHydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.036H-atom parameters constrained
wR(F2) = 0.091 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0426P)2 + 2.3403P]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
S = 1.03(Δ/σ)max = 0.002
6434 reflectionsΔρmax = 1.05 e Å−3
334 parametersΔρmin = −0.32 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
xyzUiso*/Ueq
Zn10.31381 (2)0.41764 (2)0.65435 (2)0.01663 (7)
S10.40136 (5)0.67439 (4)0.49504 (3)0.02470 (12)
S20.13283 (6)0.54159 (5)0.83817 (3)0.03325 (14)
N10.48874 (16)0.36684 (13)0.69656 (8)0.0185 (3)
C10.5983 (2)0.3899 (2)0.67008 (10)0.0292 (5)
H10.59100.42820.63000.035*
C20.7208 (2)0.3603 (2)0.69850 (11)0.0348 (5)
H20.79570.37940.67830.042*
C30.7351 (2)0.30303 (17)0.75629 (10)0.0253 (4)
C40.6208 (2)0.28071 (17)0.78419 (11)0.0275 (5)
H40.62540.24240.82420.033*
C50.5008 (2)0.31427 (16)0.75358 (10)0.0228 (4)
H50.42450.29950.77370.027*
C60.8670 (2)0.27071 (19)0.78475 (11)0.0277 (5)
H60.93980.29910.76600.033*
C70.8894 (2)0.20426 (17)0.83504 (10)0.0249 (4)
H70.81560.17960.85450.030*
C81.0188 (2)0.16482 (17)0.86373 (10)0.0246 (4)
C91.0217 (2)0.08207 (17)0.90928 (11)0.0264 (5)
H90.94190.05290.92050.032*
C101.1390 (2)0.04095 (18)0.93882 (11)0.0260 (4)
H101.1390−0.01690.96940.031*
C111.2567 (2)0.08382 (17)0.92396 (10)0.0223 (4)
H111.33770.05720.94460.027*
C121.2526 (2)0.16543 (19)0.87866 (10)0.0267 (4)
C131.1365 (2)0.20736 (18)0.84770 (10)0.0283 (5)
H131.13720.26380.81620.034*
F11.36570 (13)0.20876 (15)0.86453 (7)0.0476 (4)
N20.20363 (15)0.30741 (13)0.59940 (8)0.0175 (3)
N30.34992 (16)0.53533 (14)0.59518 (8)0.0211 (3)
C140.24672 (18)0.25145 (16)0.55031 (9)0.0185 (4)
H140.33690.25530.54500.022*
C150.16578 (19)0.18863 (16)0.50726 (9)0.0194 (4)
H150.20110.14960.47370.023*
C160.03264 (19)0.18238 (15)0.51282 (9)0.0183 (4)
C17−0.01170 (19)0.24023 (17)0.56442 (10)0.0216 (4)
H17−0.10150.23850.57060.026*
C180.07528 (19)0.29947 (17)0.60606 (10)0.0206 (4)
H180.04340.33660.64120.025*
C19−0.05365 (19)0.11918 (16)0.46516 (10)0.0200 (4)
H19−0.01610.08650.43020.024*
C20−0.1816 (2)0.10470 (16)0.46782 (10)0.0221 (4)
H20−0.21700.13650.50370.027*
C21−0.2724 (2)0.04472 (16)0.42100 (10)0.0229 (4)
C22−0.4041 (2)0.04210 (19)0.43115 (13)0.0326 (5)
H22−0.43130.07850.46770.039*
C23−0.4955 (2)−0.0127 (2)0.38877 (13)0.0370 (6)
H23−0.5845−0.01330.39650.044*
C24−0.4582 (2)−0.06635 (18)0.33553 (12)0.0321 (5)
H24−0.5204−0.10380.30610.039*
C25−0.3277 (2)−0.06398 (17)0.32628 (11)0.0267 (5)
C26−0.2342 (2)−0.00960 (16)0.36695 (10)0.0230 (4)
H26−0.1456−0.00890.35850.028*
N40.21402 (17)0.45733 (15)0.72497 (9)0.0240 (4)
F2−0.28943 (15)−0.11771 (13)0.27458 (7)0.0419 (4)
C270.37240 (18)0.59343 (15)0.55339 (9)0.0168 (4)
C280.18053 (19)0.49264 (16)0.77244 (10)0.0210 (4)
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
Zn10.01547 (11)0.01876 (12)0.01500 (12)0.00077 (8)−0.00097 (8)−0.00033 (8)
S10.0246 (3)0.0238 (3)0.0258 (3)−0.00131 (19)0.0034 (2)0.0049 (2)
S20.0358 (3)0.0398 (3)0.0267 (3)−0.0002 (3)0.0145 (2)−0.0059 (2)
N10.0201 (8)0.0178 (8)0.0166 (8)0.0007 (6)−0.0026 (6)−0.0018 (6)
C10.0219 (10)0.0468 (13)0.0188 (10)0.0053 (9)0.0016 (8)0.0037 (9)
C20.0226 (11)0.0557 (16)0.0262 (12)0.0079 (10)0.0034 (9)0.0016 (11)
C30.0254 (10)0.0234 (10)0.0253 (11)0.0050 (8)−0.0045 (8)−0.0065 (8)
C40.0364 (12)0.0195 (10)0.0238 (11)−0.0021 (9)−0.0090 (9)0.0042 (8)
C50.0243 (10)0.0209 (10)0.0221 (10)−0.0051 (8)−0.0020 (8)0.0037 (8)
C60.0234 (10)0.0326 (12)0.0267 (11)0.0009 (9)0.0013 (8)−0.0003 (9)
C70.0251 (10)0.0228 (10)0.0259 (11)−0.0005 (8)−0.0008 (8)−0.0030 (8)
C80.0240 (10)0.0228 (10)0.0250 (10)0.0042 (8)−0.0055 (8)−0.0095 (8)
C90.0198 (10)0.0248 (11)0.0333 (12)−0.0013 (8)−0.0021 (8)−0.0047 (9)
C100.0270 (11)0.0226 (10)0.0272 (11)0.0005 (8)−0.0017 (9)−0.0013 (9)
C110.0207 (9)0.0248 (10)0.0205 (10)0.0062 (8)−0.0013 (8)−0.0002 (8)
C120.0246 (10)0.0339 (12)0.0214 (10)0.0009 (9)0.0024 (8)0.0033 (9)
C130.0369 (12)0.0258 (11)0.0204 (10)0.0036 (9)−0.0040 (9)0.0048 (8)
F10.0264 (7)0.0744 (11)0.0417 (9)−0.0042 (7)0.0023 (6)0.0267 (8)
N20.0179 (8)0.0171 (8)0.0167 (8)−0.0010 (6)−0.0008 (6)0.0024 (6)
N30.0195 (8)0.0231 (9)0.0206 (8)−0.0001 (7)0.0012 (6)0.0001 (7)
C140.0172 (9)0.0200 (9)0.0185 (9)−0.0002 (7)0.0023 (7)0.0028 (7)
C150.0229 (9)0.0177 (9)0.0176 (9)−0.0001 (7)0.0023 (7)0.0007 (7)
C160.0211 (9)0.0136 (9)0.0193 (9)−0.0007 (7)−0.0005 (7)0.0041 (7)
C170.0153 (9)0.0241 (10)0.0253 (10)−0.0015 (7)0.0019 (8)0.0020 (8)
C180.0194 (9)0.0226 (10)0.0201 (10)−0.0016 (7)0.0035 (7)−0.0012 (8)
C190.0243 (10)0.0174 (9)0.0180 (9)0.0001 (7)0.0015 (8)0.0012 (7)
C200.0231 (10)0.0198 (10)0.0225 (10)0.0001 (8)−0.0013 (8)−0.0017 (8)
C210.0242 (10)0.0172 (9)0.0254 (10)−0.0006 (8)−0.0048 (8)0.0002 (8)
C220.0259 (11)0.0302 (12)0.0410 (13)−0.0013 (9)0.0017 (10)−0.0106 (10)
C230.0224 (11)0.0354 (13)0.0514 (16)−0.0030 (9)−0.0030 (10)−0.0107 (11)
C240.0322 (12)0.0249 (11)0.0352 (13)−0.0049 (9)−0.0130 (10)−0.0031 (9)
C250.0361 (12)0.0199 (10)0.0226 (10)−0.0029 (8)−0.0035 (9)0.0002 (8)
C260.0251 (10)0.0180 (9)0.0249 (10)−0.0027 (8)−0.0019 (8)0.0037 (8)
N40.0239 (9)0.0271 (9)0.0212 (9)0.0042 (7)0.0033 (7)−0.0013 (7)
F20.0517 (9)0.0441 (8)0.0294 (7)−0.0103 (7)0.0026 (6)−0.0129 (6)
C270.0140 (8)0.0159 (9)0.0196 (9)0.0018 (7)−0.0014 (7)−0.0057 (7)
C280.0191 (9)0.0212 (10)0.0227 (10)0.0001 (7)0.0023 (8)0.0021 (8)
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
Zn1—N41.9475 (18)C12—F11.344 (3)
Zn1—N31.9539 (17)C12—C131.389 (3)
Zn1—N12.0093 (16)N2—C141.344 (3)
Zn1—N22.0250 (16)N2—C181.350 (2)
S1—C271.618 (2)N3—C271.165 (3)
S2—C281.618 (2)C14—C151.382 (3)
N1—C51.339 (3)C15—C161.393 (3)
N1—C11.342 (3)C16—C171.403 (3)
C1—C21.379 (3)C16—C191.470 (3)
C2—C31.381 (3)C17—C181.376 (3)
C3—C41.399 (3)C19—C201.338 (3)
C3—C61.472 (3)C20—C211.465 (3)
C4—C51.385 (3)C21—C221.398 (3)
C6—C71.321 (3)C21—C261.399 (3)
C7—C81.477 (3)C22—C231.384 (3)
C8—C91.382 (3)C23—C241.377 (4)
C8—C131.395 (3)C24—C251.381 (3)
C9—C101.385 (3)C25—F21.355 (3)
C10—C111.389 (3)C25—C261.376 (3)
C11—C121.367 (3)N4—C281.164 (3)
N4—Zn1—N3116.49 (7)C12—C13—C8118.6 (2)
N4—Zn1—N1105.93 (7)C14—N2—C18117.09 (16)
N3—Zn1—N1105.91 (7)C14—N2—Zn1123.46 (13)
N4—Zn1—N2106.17 (7)C18—N2—Zn1118.84 (13)
N3—Zn1—N2105.67 (7)C27—N3—Zn1170.10 (16)
N1—Zn1—N2117.17 (6)N2—C14—C15122.97 (18)
C5—N1—C1117.80 (17)C14—C15—C16120.23 (18)
C5—N1—Zn1121.30 (14)C15—C16—C17116.58 (17)
C1—N1—Zn1120.80 (14)C15—C16—C19119.87 (18)
N1—C1—C2122.9 (2)C17—C16—C19123.54 (18)
C1—C2—C3120.3 (2)C18—C17—C16119.84 (18)
C2—C3—C4116.62 (19)N2—C18—C17123.25 (19)
C2—C3—C6119.0 (2)C20—C19—C16124.32 (19)
C4—C3—C6124.4 (2)C19—C20—C21126.6 (2)
C5—C4—C3120.2 (2)C22—C21—C26118.62 (19)
N1—C5—C4122.2 (2)C22—C21—C20118.0 (2)
C7—C6—C3123.4 (2)C26—C21—C20123.43 (19)
C6—C7—C8125.8 (2)C23—C22—C21121.1 (2)
C9—C8—C13119.04 (19)C24—C23—C22120.5 (2)
C9—C8—C7117.4 (2)C23—C24—C25118.0 (2)
C13—C8—C7123.5 (2)F2—C25—C26118.1 (2)
C8—C9—C10121.1 (2)F2—C25—C24118.56 (19)
C9—C10—C11120.4 (2)C26—C25—C24123.3 (2)
C12—C11—C10117.97 (19)C25—C26—C21118.6 (2)
F1—C12—C11118.58 (19)C28—N4—Zn1164.56 (17)
F1—C12—C13118.5 (2)N3—C27—S1179.17 (18)
C11—C12—C13122.9 (2)N4—C28—S2179.6 (2)
(e286) top
Crystal data top
C28H20F2N4S2ZnDx = 1.497 Mg m−3
Mr = 579.97Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
Orthorhombic, PnmaCell parameters from 822 reflections
a = 8.276 (5) Åθ = 3.1–26.2°
b = 24.824 (15) ŵ = 1.16 mm−1
c = 12.523 (8) ÅT = 100 K
V = 2573 (3) Å3BLOCK, colourless
Z = 40.60 × 0.28 × 0.10 mm
F(000) = 1184
Data collection top
Bruker APEX-II CCD
diffractometer		2712 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
φ and ω scansRint = 0.048
Absorption correction: multi-scan
SADABS (Sheldrick, 2010)		θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 1.6°
Tmin = 0.630, Tmax = 0.746h = −10→9
17002 measured reflectionsk = −32→31
3016 independent reflectionsl = −16→9
Refinement top
Refinement on F26 restraints
Least-squares matrix: fullHydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.043H-atom parameters constrained
wR(F2) = 0.110 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0584P)2 + 2.1568P]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
S = 1.08(Δ/σ)max < 0.001
3016 reflectionsΔρmax = 0.71 e Å−3
182 parametersΔρmin = −0.36 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
xyzUiso*/UeqOcc. (<1)
Zn10.23455 (4)0.25000.47243 (3)0.01822 (13)
S1−0.30821 (10)0.25000.36103 (7)0.0247 (2)
S20.21587 (11)0.25000.84972 (7)0.0241 (2)
N10.3511 (2)0.31962 (8)0.43313 (15)0.0176 (4)
N20.0200 (3)0.25000.4104 (2)0.0252 (6)
N30.2421 (3)0.25000.6280 (3)0.0229 (6)
C10.3353 (3)0.34486 (10)0.33884 (19)0.0222 (5)
H10.26590.32970.28640.027*
C20.4166 (3)0.39213 (10)0.31514 (19)0.0242 (5)
H20.40120.40870.24750.029*
C30.5208 (3)0.41573 (9)0.38940 (18)0.0201 (5)
C40.5350 (3)0.38891 (10)0.48777 (18)0.0208 (5)
H40.60320.40320.54190.025*
C50.4506 (3)0.34213 (10)0.50593 (18)0.0202 (5)
H50.46290.32480.57310.024*
C60.6084 (3)0.46568 (10)0.3632 (2)0.0238 (5)
H60.59390.48020.29370.029*
C70.7070 (3)0.49211 (10)0.4298 (2)0.0213 (5)
H70.71970.47720.49920.026*
C80.7971 (3)0.54147 (9)0.4072 (2)0.0222 (5)
C90.7915 (3)0.56897 (11)0.3095 (2)0.0309 (6)
H90.72610.55510.25350.037*0.913 (3)
C100.8789 (4)0.61573 (11)0.2926 (2)0.0390 (7)
H100.87160.63370.22570.047*
C110.9767 (3)0.63660 (11)0.3721 (3)0.0378 (7)
H111.03780.66840.35960.045*
C120.9850 (3)0.61076 (11)0.4701 (3)0.0323 (6)
H121.05110.62460.52560.039*
C130.8951 (3)0.56434 (10)0.4856 (2)0.0252 (5)
H130.90060.54720.55330.030*0.087 (3)
C14−0.1164 (4)0.25000.3906 (2)0.0179 (6)
C150.2315 (4)0.25000.7199 (3)0.0189 (7)
F10.9040 (2)0.54012 (7)0.58131 (13)0.0308 (4)0.913 (3)
F1A0.746 (2)0.5479 (7)0.2184 (7)0.0308 (4)0.087 (3)
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
Zn10.0132 (2)0.0201 (2)0.0214 (2)0.0000.00122 (14)0.000
S10.0145 (4)0.0379 (5)0.0217 (4)0.0000.0014 (3)0.000
S20.0272 (4)0.0241 (4)0.0209 (4)0.0000.0035 (3)0.000
N10.0134 (9)0.0187 (9)0.0207 (9)0.0024 (7)0.0017 (7)−0.0004 (8)
N20.0168 (14)0.0325 (17)0.0263 (15)0.0000.0011 (12)0.000
N30.0230 (15)0.0230 (15)0.0227 (15)0.0000.0022 (11)0.000
C10.0222 (12)0.0265 (12)0.0179 (11)0.0002 (10)−0.0023 (9)−0.0024 (9)
C20.0281 (13)0.0272 (13)0.0173 (11)−0.0002 (10)−0.0033 (9)0.0043 (9)
C30.0197 (11)0.0199 (11)0.0206 (11)0.0028 (9)0.0013 (9)0.0006 (9)
C40.0209 (12)0.0216 (12)0.0199 (11)0.0003 (9)−0.0037 (9)−0.0001 (9)
C50.0201 (11)0.0214 (12)0.0190 (11)0.0019 (9)−0.0029 (9)0.0028 (9)
C60.0267 (12)0.0233 (12)0.0214 (11)0.0019 (10)0.0025 (10)0.0046 (9)
C70.0212 (11)0.0194 (11)0.0233 (12)0.0043 (9)0.0021 (9)0.0033 (9)
C80.0207 (11)0.0160 (11)0.0299 (13)0.0041 (9)0.0055 (10)−0.0011 (9)
C90.0400 (15)0.0243 (13)0.0286 (14)0.0009 (11)0.0100 (12)−0.0010 (11)
C100.0523 (18)0.0247 (14)0.0400 (16)0.0014 (13)0.0231 (15)0.0029 (12)
C110.0301 (14)0.0201 (13)0.063 (2)0.0001 (11)0.0222 (14)−0.0012 (13)
C120.0230 (13)0.0216 (13)0.0524 (17)0.0027 (10)0.0036 (12)−0.0075 (12)
C130.0222 (12)0.0191 (12)0.0342 (14)0.0081 (10)0.0017 (10)−0.0009 (10)
C140.0188 (16)0.0211 (16)0.0140 (14)0.0000.0050 (12)0.000
C150.0157 (14)0.0148 (15)0.0263 (18)0.0000.0037 (13)0.000
F10.0337 (9)0.0257 (9)0.0328 (9)0.0026 (7)−0.0083 (7)−0.0004 (7)
F1A0.0337 (9)0.0257 (9)0.0328 (9)0.0026 (7)−0.0083 (7)−0.0004 (7)
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
Zn1—N21.938 (3)C3—C61.473 (3)
Zn1—N31.950 (3)C4—C51.374 (3)
Zn1—N1i2.039 (2)C6—C71.338 (4)
Zn1—N12.039 (2)C7—C81.462 (3)
S1—C141.630 (3)C8—C131.394 (4)
S2—C151.631 (4)C8—C91.402 (4)
N1—C11.343 (3)C9—F1A1.311 (8)
N1—C51.350 (3)C9—C101.384 (4)
N2—C141.156 (4)C10—C111.385 (5)
N3—C151.153 (5)C11—C121.386 (4)
C1—C21.385 (4)C12—C131.385 (4)
C2—C31.397 (3)C13—F11.343 (3)
C3—C41.405 (3)
N2—Zn1—N3115.47 (12)N1—C5—C4123.3 (2)
N2—Zn1—N1i109.66 (7)C7—C6—C3125.0 (2)
N3—Zn1—N1i103.07 (7)C6—C7—C8126.9 (2)
N2—Zn1—N1109.66 (7)C13—C8—C9115.8 (2)
N3—Zn1—N1103.07 (7)C13—C8—C7120.1 (2)
N1i—Zn1—N1115.86 (11)C9—C8—C7124.1 (2)
C1—N1—C5117.4 (2)F1A—C9—C10110.6 (8)
C1—N1—Zn1124.17 (16)F1A—C9—C8125.1 (8)
C5—N1—Zn1118.46 (16)C10—C9—C8121.7 (3)
C14—N2—Zn1168.7 (3)C9—C10—C11120.6 (3)
C15—N3—Zn1173.8 (3)C10—C11—C12119.5 (3)
N1—C1—C2122.5 (2)C13—C12—C11118.9 (3)
C1—C2—C3120.8 (2)F1—C13—C12117.9 (2)
C2—C3—C4115.9 (2)F1—C13—C8118.5 (2)
C2—C3—C6120.6 (2)C12—C13—C8123.5 (3)
C4—C3—C6123.6 (2)N2—C14—S1179.2 (3)
C5—C4—C3120.2 (2)N3—C15—S2179.8 (3)
Symmetry code: (i) x, −y+1/2, z.
 

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Singapore, through NUS FRC grant R-143-000-604-112. Dr Raghavender Medishetty is thanked for his interest.

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Volume 4| Part 1| January 2017| Pages 65-71
ISSN: 2052-2525
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