Supporting information
Crystallographic Information File (CIF) https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810028035/im2204sup1.cif | |
Structure factor file (CIF format) https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810028035/im2204Isup2.hkl |
CCDC reference: 788531
Key indicators
- Single-crystal X-ray study
- T = 296 K
- Mean (C-C) = 0.004 Å
- R factor = 0.038
- wR factor = 0.108
- Data-to-parameter ratio = 6.9
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Alert level C PLAT089_ALERT_3_C Poor Data / Parameter Ratio (Zmax .LT. 18) ..... 6.94 PLAT910_ALERT_3_C Missing # of FCF Reflections Below Th(Min) ..... 1 PLAT911_ALERT_3_C Missing # FCF Refl Between THmin & STh/L= 0.597 8 PLAT922_ALERT_1_C wR2 * 100.0 in the CIF and FCF Differ by ....... -0.37 PLAT927_ALERT_1_C Reported and Calculated wR2 * 100.0 Differ by . -0.38
Alert level G REFLT03_ALERT_4_G Please check that the estimate of the number of Friedel pairs is correct. If it is not, please give the correct count in the _publ_section_exptl_refinement section of the submitted CIF. From the CIF: _diffrn_reflns_theta_max 25.09 From the CIF: _reflns_number_total 1541 Count of symmetry unique reflns 1549 Completeness (_total/calc) 99.48% TEST3: Check Friedels for noncentro structure Estimate of Friedel pairs measured 0 Fraction of Friedel pairs measured 0.000 Are heavy atom types Z>Si present no
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1-Chloro-4-nitrobenzene, 4-methoxy-benzaldehyde, 2-(2-hydroxy-ethylamino)-ethanol, ammonium formate, 10% Pd/C catalyst and solvents were purchased from Sinopharm Chemical Reagent and Tianjin Fuyu Chemical companies. 2-[(2-Hydroxy-ethyl)-(4-nitro-phenyl)-amino]-ethanol was prepared as described by Cho & Park (1997) and Ferlin et al. (2004). Reduction of the nitro-group was carried out as described by Lewis et al. (2009). Schiff-base preparation was done by a modification of the procedure reported by von König et al. (1982).
Procedure: 1-chloro-4-nitrobenzene (15.76 g, 0.10 mol) was dissolved in 2-(2-hydroxy-ethylamino)-ethanol (50 ml). The reaction mixture was heated to 393 K for 10 h and then cooled down to room temperature. Precipitating crude 2-[(2-Hydroxy-ethyl)-(4-nitro-phenyl)-amino]-ethanol was filtered off, dried in vacuum and recrystallized from a minimal amount of hot ethanol. Yield 11.54 g (51%). 2-[(2-Hydroxy-ethyl)-(4-nitro-phenyl)-amino]-ethanol (8.15 g, 0.036 mol) was then dissolved in MeOH (50 ml). To this solution, HCOONH4 (0.216 mol) and 10% Pd/C (0.6 g) were added and the slurry was stirred at 293 K for 30 min. On removal of the catalyst by filtration, the filtrate was placed into a N2-flushed flask containing 1 ml of acetic acid and an equimolar (0.036 mol) amount of 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (0.036 mol) was added dropwise at 333 K during 30 min. The reaction mixture was kept at the same temperature for additional 30 min, cooled down to 273 K and ice-cold water (200 ml) was added. The precipitated yellow solid was collected by filtration, washed with water, dried under reduced pressure and, finally, re-crystallized by a slow evaporation of its methanolic solution in air at 293 K. Yield 95%, m.p. 402 K. 1H NMR (I) δ: 8.50 (s, 1 H, CH═N), 6.78–7.83 (m, 8 H, C6H4), 3.31, 3.72 (both t, 4 H and 4 H, 3JHH = 7.2 Hz, CH2), 3.86 (s, 3H, CH3). A ingle crystal of (I) suitable for X-ray diffraction analysis was picked up directly from the obtained material.
All non-H atoms were refined anisotropically. H atoms except of H7 and OH were treated as riding atoms with distances of C—H = 0.96 (CH3), 0.97 (CH2), 0.93 Å (CArH), and Uiso(H) = 1.5 Ueq(C), 1.2 Ueq(C), and 1.2 Ueq(C), respectively. Atoms H7 and OH hydrogen atoms were found from difference Fourier syntheses and refined isotropically. Despite the fact that an achiral compound (I) crystallizes in a chiral space group P21, neither the absolute structure determination nor approval of the inversion twinning was possible due to evident reasons (Mo-Kα radiation with no atoms heavier than oxygen) and the refinement for (I) was preformed with the Friedel opposites merged (MERG 3 instruction).
Shiff bases of the general type p-R'–C6H4–CH=N–C6H4–R"-p are well-known compounds that find practical application in various areas [photography (for instance, see von König et al., 1982), medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry (for instance, see Haldavanekar et al., 2009; Ferlin et al., 2004; Lewis et al., 2009)]. Recently, we were interested in preparation of a series of 2-((2-hydroxy-ethyl)-{4-[(benzylidene)-amino]-phenyl}-amino)-ethanols as intermediates for their further conversion into paracyclophanes. This way, 2-((2-hydroxy-ethyl)-{4-[((1E)4-methoxy-benzylidene)-amino]-phenyl}-amino)-ethanol , C18H22N2O3, (I), and 4-({(E)-4-[bis-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)-amino]-phenylimino}-methyl)-phenol , C17H20N2O3, [II; Liu et al. (2010)] were prepared by a condensation reaction between 2-[(4-Amino-phenyl)-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)-amino]-ethanol and 4-methoxy- or 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, respectively.
Despite of the fact that structurally characterized Shiff bases of general type p-R'–C6H4–CH=N–C6H4–R"-p are well presented in the Cambridge Structural Database [CSD; Version 5.27, release February 2009; Allen, 2002; 128 entries, 173 fragments], among them there are only two compounds with R" = N(alkyl)2 [namely: R' = H, R'' = NEt2 (Nagao et al., 2002) and R' = NO2, R" = NMe2 (Nakai et al., 1976)]. From this viewpoint, X-ray single crystal study of (I) presents a certain descriptive interest.
The asymmetric unit of (I) is shown in Fig. 1. Except of dihedral angle C7–N1–C8–C9, asymmetric units of (I) and its sister compound [II; Liu et al. (2010)] show almost identical geometries (see Supplementary material). Bond lengths and angles as well as the C4–C7–N1–C8 torsion angle match well with the reported average values for p-R'–C6H4–CH=N–C6H4–R"-p [analysis of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD); Version 5.27, release February 2009; Allen, 2002; 128 entries, 173 fragments]. Fragments O1/C1—C7/N1/C18 and C8—C13/N2/C14/C16 are almost planar [within 0.09 and 0.06 Å]. The amino N2 atom is also in a planar environment [sum of the valent angles 359.9 (3)°] which most frequenty the case for aryldialkylamines (range from 317.6 to 360.0°, average value 359.0°).
In (I), both hydroxy H-atoms are involved into hydrogen bonding [for the H-bonds lengths and angles values, see the Table]. In (I), molecules along with their equivalents generated by a 21 screw axis form a one-dimensional infinite chain stretched along the b-axis. Organic moieties are oriented outwards the corresponding screw axis (see Fig. 2). These one-dimensional assemblies do not interact with their equivalent neighbours by any hydrogen bonds and are just stacked one by another. This results in an evident flattening of the entire CH3O—C6H4C(H)=NC6H4 moieties for the inter-chain repulsion diminishing. Crystal lattice packing of (I) differs markedly from that of (II) (Liu et al., 2010)).
For practical interest in Shiff bases of general type p-R'–C6H4–CH=N–C6H4–R"-p in various areas, see: von König et al. (1982); Haldavanekar et al. (2009); Ferlin et al. (2004); Lewis et al. (2009). For the only two structurally characterized compounds of this type with R" = N(alkyl)2, see: Nagao et al. (2002); Nakai et al. (1976). For 4-[(E)-({4-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]phenyl}imino)methyl]phenol, C17H20N2O3, see: Liu et al. (2010). For a description of preparation routines, see: Cho & Park (1997); Ferlin et al. (2004); von König et al. (1982). For a description of the Cambridge Structural Database, see: Allen (2002).
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2007); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2007); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2007); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009).
C18H22N2O3 | F(000) = 336 |
Mr = 314.38 | Dx = 1.300 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2yb | Cell parameters from 2324 reflections |
a = 5.3795 (9) Å | θ = 2.0–28.2° |
b = 8.0585 (14) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
c = 18.531 (3) Å | T = 296 K |
β = 91.168 (2)° | Block, yellow |
V = 803.2 (2) Å3 | 0.24 × 0.13 × 0.07 mm |
Z = 2 |
Bruker SMART APEXII diffractometer | 1541 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1225 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.037 |
Detector resolution: 8.333 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 25.1°, θmin = 2.2° |
phi and ω scans | h = −5→6 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (TWINABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | k = −9→9 |
Tmin = 0.979, Tmax = 0.994 | l = −22→20 |
4036 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.038 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.108 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0702P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3' |
S = 1.06 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
1541 reflections | Δρmax = 0.17 e Å−3 |
222 parameters | Δρmin = −0.13 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Extinction correction: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Extinction coefficient: 0.028 (7) |
C18H22N2O3 | V = 803.2 (2) Å3 |
Mr = 314.38 | Z = 2 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 5.3795 (9) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
b = 8.0585 (14) Å | T = 296 K |
c = 18.531 (3) Å | 0.24 × 0.13 × 0.07 mm |
β = 91.168 (2)° |
Bruker SMART APEXII diffractometer | 1541 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (TWINABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | 1225 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.979, Tmax = 0.994 | Rint = 0.037 |
4036 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.038 | 1 restraint |
wR(F2) = 0.108 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.06 | Δρmax = 0.17 e Å−3 |
1541 reflections | Δρmin = −0.13 e Å−3 |
222 parameters |
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 > 2σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F^2^ are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1 | 0.5558 (4) | 0.2396 (3) | −0.24985 (10) | 0.0589 (6) | |
O2 | −0.3959 (5) | −0.0877 (3) | 0.43576 (14) | 0.0712 (8) | |
O3 | −0.4849 (5) | 0.5749 (3) | 0.43870 (13) | 0.0628 (7) | |
N1 | 0.1089 (5) | 0.2496 (3) | 0.06704 (12) | 0.0469 (6) | |
N2 | −0.1774 (5) | 0.2079 (3) | 0.35822 (11) | 0.0515 (7) | |
C1 | 0.5101 (5) | 0.2264 (4) | −0.17743 (13) | 0.0424 (7) | |
C2 | 0.6533 (6) | 0.1361 (4) | −0.12960 (15) | 0.0485 (7) | |
H2A | 0.7947 | 0.0811 | −0.1450 | 0.058* | |
C3 | 0.5840 (6) | 0.1278 (4) | −0.05799 (15) | 0.0476 (7) | |
H3A | 0.6830 | 0.0680 | −0.0255 | 0.057* | |
C4 | 0.3737 (6) | 0.2052 (4) | −0.03335 (14) | 0.0427 (7) | |
C5 | 0.2341 (5) | 0.3012 (4) | −0.08283 (14) | 0.0466 (7) | |
H5 | 0.0939 | 0.3577 | −0.0675 | 0.056* | |
C6 | 0.3029 (6) | 0.3123 (4) | −0.15342 (15) | 0.0487 (8) | |
H6 | 0.2106 | 0.3776 | −0.1855 | 0.058* | |
C7 | 0.3019 (6) | 0.1862 (4) | 0.04166 (16) | 0.0494 (8) | |
C8 | 0.0474 (5) | 0.2305 (4) | 0.14073 (14) | 0.0416 (7) | |
C9 | 0.1730 (6) | 0.1309 (4) | 0.19122 (15) | 0.0471 (7) | |
H9 | 0.3095 | 0.0692 | 0.1769 | 0.057* | |
C10 | 0.0986 (5) | 0.1223 (4) | 0.26191 (15) | 0.0434 (7) | |
H10 | 0.1849 | 0.0537 | 0.2940 | 0.052* | |
C11 | −0.1033 (5) | 0.2140 (3) | 0.28648 (14) | 0.0405 (7) | |
C12 | −0.2278 (5) | 0.3138 (4) | 0.23556 (14) | 0.0474 (7) | |
H12 | −0.3625 | 0.3774 | 0.2498 | 0.057* | |
C13 | −0.1543 (5) | 0.3197 (4) | 0.16480 (14) | 0.0478 (7) | |
H13 | −0.2432 | 0.3857 | 0.1322 | 0.057* | |
C14 | −0.0579 (6) | 0.0964 (4) | 0.40875 (15) | 0.0508 (8) | |
H14B | −0.0800 | 0.1388 | 0.4572 | 0.061* | |
H14A | 0.1190 | 0.0952 | 0.3997 | 0.061* | |
C15 | −0.1541 (6) | −0.0790 (4) | 0.40534 (16) | 0.0562 (8) | |
H15A | −0.1624 | −0.1158 | 0.3555 | 0.067* | |
H15B | −0.0413 | −0.1519 | 0.4318 | 0.067* | |
C16 | −0.3805 (6) | 0.3088 (4) | 0.38402 (15) | 0.0488 (8) | |
H16B | −0.4516 | 0.2560 | 0.4259 | 0.059* | |
H16A | −0.5092 | 0.3158 | 0.3467 | 0.059* | |
C17 | −0.2951 (6) | 0.4822 (4) | 0.40415 (17) | 0.0547 (8) | |
H17B | −0.1508 | 0.4747 | 0.4362 | 0.066* | |
H17A | −0.2457 | 0.5403 | 0.3609 | 0.066* | |
C18 | 0.7676 (6) | 0.1549 (5) | −0.27577 (17) | 0.0647 (10) | |
H18C | 0.7739 | 0.1667 | −0.3273 | 0.097* | |
H18A | 0.7567 | 0.0394 | −0.2636 | 0.097* | |
H18B | 0.9154 | 0.2013 | −0.2540 | 0.097* | |
H2 | −0.428 (9) | −0.200 (7) | 0.438 (2) | 0.116 (18)* | |
H3 | −0.542 (8) | 0.522 (6) | 0.473 (2) | 0.094 (16)* | |
H7 | 0.417 (7) | 0.122 (5) | 0.072 (2) | 0.070 (10)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0670 (15) | 0.0725 (15) | 0.0376 (10) | 0.0002 (13) | 0.0076 (10) | 0.0024 (11) |
O2 | 0.0969 (19) | 0.0440 (14) | 0.0745 (16) | −0.0085 (13) | 0.0465 (14) | −0.0068 (12) |
O3 | 0.1009 (19) | 0.0386 (12) | 0.0500 (13) | 0.0089 (12) | 0.0287 (12) | 0.0006 (11) |
N1 | 0.0500 (15) | 0.0515 (15) | 0.0395 (12) | 0.0011 (13) | 0.0089 (11) | −0.0011 (12) |
N2 | 0.0741 (18) | 0.0424 (14) | 0.0388 (13) | 0.0072 (14) | 0.0176 (12) | 0.0014 (11) |
C1 | 0.0462 (17) | 0.0451 (16) | 0.0362 (14) | −0.0077 (15) | 0.0069 (12) | −0.0046 (14) |
C2 | 0.0472 (17) | 0.0520 (18) | 0.0469 (16) | 0.0042 (15) | 0.0118 (13) | −0.0010 (15) |
C3 | 0.0505 (17) | 0.0494 (18) | 0.0431 (16) | 0.0040 (15) | 0.0041 (13) | 0.0035 (14) |
C4 | 0.0463 (17) | 0.0440 (18) | 0.0380 (14) | −0.0032 (14) | 0.0044 (12) | −0.0022 (13) |
C5 | 0.0446 (16) | 0.0497 (18) | 0.0454 (16) | 0.0039 (15) | 0.0030 (13) | −0.0061 (14) |
C6 | 0.0501 (17) | 0.0525 (18) | 0.0431 (15) | 0.0013 (16) | −0.0041 (13) | 0.0026 (15) |
C7 | 0.055 (2) | 0.053 (2) | 0.0408 (16) | 0.0006 (17) | 0.0054 (15) | −0.0003 (14) |
C8 | 0.0459 (16) | 0.0408 (16) | 0.0384 (14) | −0.0046 (14) | 0.0062 (12) | −0.0015 (14) |
C9 | 0.0505 (17) | 0.0436 (17) | 0.0477 (16) | 0.0027 (15) | 0.0124 (13) | −0.0021 (14) |
C10 | 0.0499 (17) | 0.0405 (16) | 0.0400 (15) | 0.0022 (14) | 0.0063 (13) | 0.0026 (13) |
C11 | 0.0524 (18) | 0.0319 (15) | 0.0375 (14) | −0.0050 (13) | 0.0077 (12) | −0.0007 (12) |
C12 | 0.0472 (17) | 0.0478 (17) | 0.0477 (16) | 0.0060 (15) | 0.0129 (13) | −0.0021 (15) |
C13 | 0.0499 (18) | 0.0497 (17) | 0.0439 (16) | 0.0055 (16) | 0.0029 (13) | 0.0042 (15) |
C14 | 0.0660 (19) | 0.0506 (19) | 0.0360 (14) | −0.0014 (16) | 0.0083 (13) | 0.0003 (14) |
C15 | 0.074 (2) | 0.0450 (18) | 0.0506 (17) | 0.0049 (17) | 0.0215 (15) | 0.0067 (15) |
C16 | 0.064 (2) | 0.0413 (17) | 0.0423 (15) | −0.0047 (15) | 0.0172 (14) | −0.0018 (14) |
C17 | 0.074 (2) | 0.0420 (17) | 0.0483 (16) | −0.0061 (16) | 0.0156 (15) | −0.0042 (14) |
C18 | 0.063 (2) | 0.084 (3) | 0.0475 (18) | −0.010 (2) | 0.0156 (16) | −0.0099 (18) |
O1—C1 | 1.373 (3) | C8—C13 | 1.383 (4) |
O1—C18 | 1.420 (4) | C8—C9 | 1.396 (4) |
O2—C15 | 1.430 (4) | C9—C10 | 1.379 (4) |
O2—H2 | 0.92 (5) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
O3—C17 | 1.427 (4) | C10—C11 | 1.398 (4) |
O3—H3 | 0.82 (5) | C10—H10 | 0.9300 |
N1—C7 | 1.257 (4) | C11—C12 | 1.400 (4) |
N1—C8 | 1.420 (3) | C12—C13 | 1.378 (4) |
N2—C11 | 1.397 (3) | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
N2—C14 | 1.440 (4) | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
N2—C16 | 1.451 (4) | C14—C15 | 1.506 (5) |
C1—C2 | 1.372 (4) | C14—H14B | 0.9700 |
C1—C6 | 1.393 (4) | C14—H14A | 0.9700 |
C2—C3 | 1.387 (4) | C15—H15A | 0.9700 |
C2—H2A | 0.9300 | C15—H15B | 0.9700 |
C3—C4 | 1.378 (4) | C16—C17 | 1.515 (4) |
C3—H3A | 0.9300 | C16—H16B | 0.9700 |
C4—C5 | 1.405 (4) | C16—H16A | 0.9700 |
C4—C7 | 1.458 (4) | C17—H17B | 0.9700 |
C5—C6 | 1.369 (4) | C17—H17A | 0.9700 |
C5—H5 | 0.9300 | C18—H18C | 0.9600 |
C6—H6 | 0.9300 | C18—H18A | 0.9600 |
C7—H7 | 0.98 (4) | C18—H18B | 0.9600 |
C1—O1—C18 | 117.0 (2) | N2—C11—C12 | 121.3 (2) |
C15—O2—H2 | 104 (3) | C10—C11—C12 | 116.6 (2) |
C17—O3—H3 | 111 (3) | C13—C12—C11 | 121.2 (3) |
C7—N1—C8 | 121.7 (3) | C13—C12—H12 | 119.4 |
C11—N2—C14 | 120.6 (2) | C11—C12—H12 | 119.4 |
C11—N2—C16 | 121.7 (2) | C12—C13—C8 | 122.1 (3) |
C14—N2—C16 | 117.7 (2) | C12—C13—H13 | 119.0 |
C2—C1—O1 | 124.3 (3) | C8—C13—H13 | 119.0 |
C2—C1—C6 | 120.0 (2) | N2—C14—C15 | 114.2 (3) |
O1—C1—C6 | 115.7 (2) | N2—C14—H14B | 108.7 |
C1—C2—C3 | 119.0 (3) | C15—C14—H14B | 108.7 |
C1—C2—H2A | 120.5 | N2—C14—H14A | 108.7 |
C3—C2—H2A | 120.5 | C15—C14—H14A | 108.7 |
C4—C3—C2 | 122.2 (3) | H14B—C14—H14A | 107.6 |
C4—C3—H3A | 118.9 | O2—C15—C14 | 110.1 (3) |
C2—C3—H3A | 118.9 | O2—C15—H15A | 109.6 |
C3—C4—C5 | 117.7 (2) | C14—C15—H15A | 109.6 |
C3—C4—C7 | 120.2 (3) | O2—C15—H15B | 109.6 |
C5—C4—C7 | 122.1 (3) | C14—C15—H15B | 109.6 |
C6—C5—C4 | 120.5 (3) | H15A—C15—H15B | 108.1 |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.7 | N2—C16—C17 | 111.8 (3) |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.7 | N2—C16—H16B | 109.3 |
C5—C6—C1 | 120.4 (3) | C17—C16—H16B | 109.3 |
C5—C6—H6 | 119.8 | N2—C16—H16A | 109.3 |
C1—C6—H6 | 119.8 | C17—C16—H16A | 109.3 |
N1—C7—C4 | 123.4 (3) | H16B—C16—H16A | 107.9 |
N1—C7—H7 | 121 (2) | O3—C17—C16 | 112.2 (3) |
C4—C7—H7 | 115 (2) | O3—C17—H17B | 109.2 |
C13—C8—C9 | 117.0 (2) | C16—C17—H17B | 109.2 |
C13—C8—N1 | 117.0 (3) | O3—C17—H17A | 109.2 |
C9—C8—N1 | 126.0 (3) | C16—C17—H17A | 109.2 |
C10—C9—C8 | 121.3 (3) | H17B—C17—H17A | 107.9 |
C10—C9—H9 | 119.4 | O1—C18—H18C | 109.5 |
C8—C9—H9 | 119.4 | O1—C18—H18A | 109.5 |
C9—C10—C11 | 121.7 (3) | H18C—C18—H18A | 109.5 |
C9—C10—H10 | 119.2 | O1—C18—H18B | 109.5 |
C11—C10—H10 | 119.2 | H18C—C18—H18B | 109.5 |
N2—C11—C10 | 122.0 (3) | H18A—C18—H18B | 109.5 |
C18—O1—C1—C2 | −0.8 (4) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | −0.8 (5) |
C18—O1—C1—C6 | 179.3 (3) | C14—N2—C11—C10 | −4.5 (4) |
O1—C1—C2—C3 | −178.0 (3) | C16—N2—C11—C10 | 177.3 (3) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 1.9 (5) | C14—N2—C11—C12 | 175.9 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 1.1 (5) | C16—N2—C11—C12 | −2.3 (4) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −3.0 (5) | C9—C10—C11—N2 | −179.0 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—C7 | 177.0 (3) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | 0.6 (4) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 1.9 (4) | N2—C11—C12—C13 | −180.0 (3) |
C7—C4—C5—C6 | −178.0 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 0.4 (4) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | 1.0 (4) | C11—C12—C13—C8 | −1.2 (5) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | −3.0 (5) | C9—C8—C13—C12 | 1.0 (4) |
O1—C1—C6—C5 | 177.0 (3) | N1—C8—C13—C12 | −178.5 (3) |
C8—N1—C7—C4 | −179.0 (3) | C11—N2—C14—C15 | −81.9 (3) |
C3—C4—C7—N1 | −178.0 (3) | C16—N2—C14—C15 | 96.3 (3) |
C5—C4—C7—N1 | 1.9 (5) | N2—C14—C15—O2 | −72.9 (3) |
C7—N1—C8—C13 | 173.3 (3) | C11—N2—C16—C17 | −83.9 (3) |
C7—N1—C8—C9 | −6.2 (5) | C14—N2—C16—C17 | 97.9 (3) |
C13—C8—C9—C10 | 0.0 (4) | N2—C16—C17—O3 | −172.0 (2) |
N1—C8—C9—C10 | 179.5 (3) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O2—H2···O3i | 0.95 (5) | 1.84 (6) | 2.762 (3) | 177 (4) |
O3—H3···O2ii | 0.82 (4) | 1.95 (4) | 2.757 (4) | 166 (4) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y−1, z; (ii) −x−1, y+1/2, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C18H22N2O3 |
Mr | 314.38 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21 |
Temperature (K) | 296 |
a, b, c (Å) | 5.3795 (9), 8.0585 (14), 18.531 (3) |
β (°) | 91.168 (2) |
V (Å3) | 803.2 (2) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.09 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.24 × 0.13 × 0.07 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART APEXII |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (TWINABS; Sheldrick, 1996) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.979, 0.994 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 4036, 1541, 1225 |
Rint | 0.037 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.597 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.038, 0.108, 1.06 |
No. of reflections | 1541 |
No. of parameters | 222 |
No. of restraints | 1 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.17, −0.13 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2007), SAINT (Bruker, 2007), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009), SHELXTL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O2—H2···O3i | 0.95 (5) | 1.84 (6) | 2.762 (3) | 177 (4) |
O3—H3···O2ii | 0.82 (4) | 1.95 (4) | 2.757 (4) | 166 (4) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y−1, z; (ii) −x−1, y+1/2, −z+1. |
Shiff bases of the general type p-R'–C6H4–CH=N–C6H4–R"-p are well-known compounds that find practical application in various areas [photography (for instance, see von König et al., 1982), medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry (for instance, see Haldavanekar et al., 2009; Ferlin et al., 2004; Lewis et al., 2009)]. Recently, we were interested in preparation of a series of 2-((2-hydroxy-ethyl)-{4-[(benzylidene)-amino]-phenyl}-amino)-ethanols as intermediates for their further conversion into paracyclophanes. This way, 2-((2-hydroxy-ethyl)-{4-[((1E)4-methoxy-benzylidene)-amino]-phenyl}-amino)-ethanol , C18H22N2O3, (I), and 4-({(E)-4-[bis-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)-amino]-phenylimino}-methyl)-phenol , C17H20N2O3, [II; Liu et al. (2010)] were prepared by a condensation reaction between 2-[(4-Amino-phenyl)-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)-amino]-ethanol and 4-methoxy- or 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, respectively.
Despite of the fact that structurally characterized Shiff bases of general type p-R'–C6H4–CH=N–C6H4–R"-p are well presented in the Cambridge Structural Database [CSD; Version 5.27, release February 2009; Allen, 2002; 128 entries, 173 fragments], among them there are only two compounds with R" = N(alkyl)2 [namely: R' = H, R'' = NEt2 (Nagao et al., 2002) and R' = NO2, R" = NMe2 (Nakai et al., 1976)]. From this viewpoint, X-ray single crystal study of (I) presents a certain descriptive interest.
The asymmetric unit of (I) is shown in Fig. 1. Except of dihedral angle C7–N1–C8–C9, asymmetric units of (I) and its sister compound [II; Liu et al. (2010)] show almost identical geometries (see Supplementary material). Bond lengths and angles as well as the C4–C7–N1–C8 torsion angle match well with the reported average values for p-R'–C6H4–CH=N–C6H4–R"-p [analysis of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD); Version 5.27, release February 2009; Allen, 2002; 128 entries, 173 fragments]. Fragments O1/C1—C7/N1/C18 and C8—C13/N2/C14/C16 are almost planar [within 0.09 and 0.06 Å]. The amino N2 atom is also in a planar environment [sum of the valent angles 359.9 (3)°] which most frequenty the case for aryldialkylamines (range from 317.6 to 360.0°, average value 359.0°).
In (I), both hydroxy H-atoms are involved into hydrogen bonding [for the H-bonds lengths and angles values, see the Table]. In (I), molecules along with their equivalents generated by a 21 screw axis form a one-dimensional infinite chain stretched along the b-axis. Organic moieties are oriented outwards the corresponding screw axis (see Fig. 2). These one-dimensional assemblies do not interact with their equivalent neighbours by any hydrogen bonds and are just stacked one by another. This results in an evident flattening of the entire CH3O—C6H4C(H)=NC6H4 moieties for the inter-chain repulsion diminishing. Crystal lattice packing of (I) differs markedly from that of (II) (Liu et al., 2010)).