N,N′‐Bis(2‐methoxy­benzyl­idene) adducts of ethane‐1,2‐di­amine,propane‐1,3‐di­amine and butane‐1,4‐di­amine

We have isolated and crystallographically characterized the three homologous compounds N,N′‐bis(2‐methoxy­benzyl­idene)­ethane‐1,2‐di­amine (MeSalen), C₁₈H₂₀N₂O₂, N,N′‐bis(2‐methoxy­benzyl­idene)­propane‐1,3‐di­amine (MeSalpr), C₁₉H₂₂N₂O₂, and N,N′‐bis(2‐methoxy­benzyl­idene)­butane‐1,4‐di­amine (MeSalbu), C₂₀H₂₄N₂O₂. In contrast with MeSalpr, the mol­ecules of MeSalen and MeSalbu, which have an even number of methyl­ene units, have crystallographic symmetry. Comparing these methoxy‐substituted species with their hydroxy equivalents shows that the aryl rings rotate upon removal of the O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds. The packing of MeSalen and MeSalpr is controlled by C—H⋯π interactions, whereas that of MeSalbu has only van der Waals contacts.     

(Z)‐2‐(3‐Methoxy­benzyl­idene)‐1‐aza­bicyclo­[2.2.2]octan‐3‐one

The crystal structure of the title compound, C₁₅H₁₇NO₂, contains two nearly identical but crystallographically independent mol­ecules, each with a double bond connecting an aza­bicyclic ring system to a 3‐methoxy­benzyl­idene moiety. The space group is triclinic P. The benzene ring is twisted by 18.44 (5) and 22.35 (4)° with respect to the plane of the double bond connected to the azabicyclic ring system for the two mol­ecules. In addition to C—H⋯π inter­actions, mol­ecules are held together in the solid state by van der Waals inter­actions.     

16‐(4‐Iso­propyl­benzyl­idene)­androst‐4‐ene‐3,17‐dione

In the title compound, C₂₉H₃₆O₂, the outer cyclohexene ring of the steroid nucleus has a conformation that lies about half‐way between a half‐chair and an envelope, while the central and outer cyclo­hexane rings of the steroid nucleus have slightly distorted chair conformations. The steroidal cyclo­pentane ring adopts a 13β,14α‐half‐chair conformation. The benzyl­idene moiety has an E configuration with respect to the carbonyl group on the cyclo­pentane ring. The dihedral angle between the mean planes of the steroid nucleus and the benzyl­idene moiety is 35.54 (9)°. The packing of the mol­ecules is assumed to be dictated mainly by weak intermolecular C—H⋯O interactions.     

16‐(4‐Cyano­benzyl­idene)‐17‐oxo­androst‐5‐en‐3β‐ol

In the title compound, 4‐(3β‐hydroxy‐17‐oxoandrost‐5‐en‐16‐ylidenemethyl)benzonitrile, C₂₇H₃₁NO₂, rings A and C of the steroid nucleus are in chair conformations. The central six‐membered ring B is in an 8β,9α‐half‐chair conformation, while the five‐membered ring D adopts a 13β,14α‐half‐chair conformation. The cyano­benzyl­idene moiety has an E configuration with respect to the carbonyl group at position C17. The dihedral angle between the planes of the steroid nucleus and the cyano­benzyl­idene moiety is 22.61 (15)°. Intermolecular O—H⃛N hydrogen bonds formed between the hydroxyl group of the steroid and the N atom of the cyano­benzyl­idene moiety of symmetry‐related mol­ecules link the steroid mol­ecules into chains which run parallel to the b axis.     

16‐[3‐Methoxy‐4‐(2‐piperidin‐1‐yl­ethoxy)­benzyl­idene]‐17‐oxoandrost‐5‐en‐3β‐yl acetate monohydrate

The title compound, C₃₆H₄₉NO₅·H₂O, has the outer two six‐membered rings of the steroid nucleus in chair conformations. The central ring B of the steroid nucleus is in an 8β,9α‐half‐chair conformation, while ring D of the steroid adopts a slightly distorted 13β,14α‐half‐chair conformation. The piperidine ring is in a chair conformation. The methoxy­benzyl­idene moiety has an E configuration with respect to the carbonyl group at position 17. Intermolecular O—H?O and O—H?N hydrogen bonds link the steroid and water mol­ecules into chains which run parallel to the b axis.     

6‐(4‐Methoxy­benzyl­amino)­purin‐3‐ium chloride

The title compound, C₁₃H₁₄N₅O⁺·Cl⁻, belongs to the group of aromatic cytokinins. These compounds affect a variety of important physiological processes in plants and animals as well as in bacteria, including cell division, differentiation and senescence. The structure consists of a 6‐(4‐methoxy­benzyl­amino)­purinium cation and a Cl⁻ anion. The cation moiety exists as the N3‐protonated N7 tautomer. The cation contains nearly planar benzene and purine ring systems, with a dihedral angle of 77.46 (5)°. The crystal structure is stabilized by N_amino—H⋯N_purine hydrogen bonds connecting two adjacent mol­ecules, thus forming centrosymmetric dimers.     

3,5‐Bis­[4‐(diethyl­amino)­benzyl­idene]‐1‐methyl‐4‐piperidone and 3,5‐bis[4‐(diethyl­amino)­cinnamyl­idene]‐1‐methyl‐4‐piperidone: prospective biophotonic materials

The structures of 3,5‐bis­[4‐(diethyl­amino)­benzyl­idene]‐1‐methyl‐4‐piperidone, C₂₈H₃₇N₃O, (I), and 3,5‐bis­[4‐(diethyl­amino)­cinnamyl­idene]‐1‐methyl‐4‐piperidone, C₃₂H₄₁N₃O, (II), have been characterized. Because of conjugation between donor and acceptor parts, the central heterocycles (including the carbonyl group) in (I) and (II) are flattened and exhibit a `sofa' conformation, with a deviation of the N atom from the planar fragment. The dihedral angles between the planar part of the heterocycle and the two almost flat fragments that include a phenyl ring and bridging atoms are 23.2 (1) and 11.2 (1)° in (I), and 11.8 (1) and 8.7 (2)° in (II). One‐ and two‐photon absorption of light and the fluorescence of (I) and (II) have also been characterized.     

(Z)‐2‐(3‐Hydroxy‐4‐methoxybenzylidene)‐1‐azabicyclo[2.2.2]octan‐3‐one

Crystals of the title compound, C₁₅H₁₇NO₃, were obtained from a condensation reaction of 3‐hydroxy‐4‐methoxy­benz­aldehyde with 1‐aza­bi­cyclo­[2.2.2]­octan‐3‐one and subsequent crystallization of the product from methanol. The title compound, containing a double bond that connects the aza­bicyclic ring system to the 3‐hydroxy‐4‐methoxy­benzyl­idene group, was obtained with Z geometry.     

N‐(3H‐Thia­zol‐2‐yl­idene)­nitr­amine and N‐methyl‐N‐(thia­zol‐2‐yl)­nitr­amine

The geometries of the thia­zole ring and the nitr­amino groups in N‐(3H‐thia­zol‐2‐yl­idene)­nitr­amine, C₃H₃N₃O₂S, (I), and N‐­methyl‐N‐(thia­zol‐2‐yl)­nitr­amine, C₄H₅N₃O₂S, (II), are very similar. The nitr­amine group in (II) is planar and twisted along the C—N bond with respect to the thia­zole ring. In both structures, the asymmetric unit includes two practically equal mol­ecules. In (I), the mol­ecules are arranged in layers connected to each other by N—H⋯N and much weaker C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. In the crystal structure of (II), the mol­ecules are arranged in layers bound to each other by both weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and S⋯O dipolar interactions.     

Three (E)‐2‐[(bromo­phen­yl)imino­meth­yl]‐4‐methoxy­phenols

The title compounds, (E)‐2‐[(2‐bromo­phenyl)imino­methyl]‐4‐methoxy­phenol, C₁₄H₁₂BrNO₂, (I), (E)‐2‐[(3‐bromo­phenyl)­imino­methyl]‐4‐methoxy­phenol, C₁₄H₁₂BrNO₂, (II), and (E)‐2‐[(4‐bromo­phenyl)imino­methyl]‐4‐methoxy­phenol, C₁₄H₁₂BrNO₂, (III), adopt the phenol–imine tautomeric form. In all three structures, there are strong intra­molecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds. Compound (I) has strong inter­molecular hydrogen bonds, while compound (III) has weak inter­molecular hydrogen bonds. In addition to these inter­molecular inter­actions, C—H⋯π inter­actions in (I) and (III), and π–π inter­actions in (I), play roles in the crystal packing. The dihedral angles between the aromatic rings are 15.34 (12), 6.1 (3) and 39.2 (14)° for (I), (II) and (III), respectively.     

2‐Meth­oxy‐4‐[(5‐oxo‐2‐phenyl‐4,5‐dihydro‐1,3‐oxazol‐4‐yl­idene)meth­yl]­phenyl 4‐methyl­benzene­sulfonate

Mol­ecules of the title compound, C₂₄H₁₉NO₆S, adopt the Z configuration and have a distorted tetra­hedral geometry around the S atom. The oxazolone, 2‐phenyl and methoxy­phenyl rings are approximately coplanar. The C atom between the methoxy­phenyl and oxazolone rings displays a distorted trigonal bonding geometry. Pairs of mol­ecules are linked into dimers through weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.     

N‐(2,4‐Dimethoxy­benzyl­idene­amino)­guanidinium dihydrogenphosphate

In the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C₁₀H₁₅N₄O₂⁺·H₂PO₄⁻, there are two protonated amino­guanidinium cations and two dihydrogenphosphate anions. The positive charge on the protonated amidine group is delocalized over the three C—N bonds in a manner similar to that found in guanidinium salts. The amino­guanidinium cations are found to be the E‐isomer structures. Intra­molecular inter­actions of the N—H⋯N type are observed, leading to the formation of five‐membered rings. Extensive networks of O—H⋯O, N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds stabilize the three‐dimensional network. In the crystal structure, π–π inter­actions between the benzene rings, with a distance of 3.778 (2) Å between the ring centroids, also affect the packing of the mol­ecules.     

Isomorphous crystals of strychninium 4‐chloro­benzoate and strychninium 4‐nitro­benzoate

In strychninium 4‐chloro­benzoate, C₂₁H₂₃N₂O₂⁺·C₇H₄ClO₂⁻, (I), and strychninium 4‐nitro­benzoate, C₂₁H₂₃N₂O₂⁺·C₇H₄NO₄⁻, (II), the strychninium cations form pillars stabilized by C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π hydrogen bonds. Channels between the pillars are occupied by anions linked to one another by C—H⋯π hydrogen bonds. The cations and anions are linked by ionic N—H⁺⋯O⁻ and C—H⋯X hydrogen bonds, where X = O, π and Cl in (I), and O and π in (II).     

6‐Amino‐2‐(3,4‐di­methoxy­benzyl­amino)‐3‐methyl‐5‐nitro­so­pyrimidin‐4(3H)‐one: hydrogen‐bonded sheets form interdigitated bilayers

Molecules of the title compound, C₁₄H₁₇N₅O₄, exhibit a highly polarized molecular–electronic structure. The mol­ecules are linked into sheets by two N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds [H⋯O = 2.03 and 2.02 Å, N⋯O = 2.836 (2) and 2.887 (2) Å, and N—H⋯O = 153 and 168°], augmented by a single C—H⋯O hydrogen bond [H⋯O = 2.47 Å, C⋯O = 3.403 (2) Å and C—H⋯O = 166°]. Pairs of sheets, related by inversion, form bilayers with interdigitated di­methoxy­benzyl substituents, weakly linked by a further C—H⋯O interaction [H⋯O = 2.50 Å, C⋯O = 3.350 (2) Å and C—H⋯O = 146°].     

6‐(2‐Fluorobenzylidene)‐2‐[1‐(2‐fluoro‐4‐biphenyl)ethyl]thiazolo[3,2‐b][1,2,4]triazol‐5(6H)‐one

The title compound, C₂₅H₁₇F₂N₃OS, was synthesized from 6‐(benzyl­idene)­thia­zolo­[3,2‐b][1,2,4]triazol‐5(6H)‐one. The fused thia­zolo­[3,2‐b][1,2,4]triazole system is essentially planar, and bifurcated C—H⋯O, C—H⋯N and C—H⋯F interactions are present between mol­ecules.     

3,3a‐Dihydrocyclo­penta­[b]­chromen‐1(2H)‐ones from the reaction of salicylaldehyde and 2‐cyclo­penten‐1‐one

The two title chromene compounds, 3,3a‐dihydrocyclo­penta­[b]chromen‐1(2H)‐one, C₁₆H₁₂O₂, (I), and 2‐(2‐hydroxy­benzyl­idene)‐3,3a‐dihydrocyclo­penta­[b]chromen‐1(2H)‐one, C₁₉H₁₄O₃, (II), have been determined in the monoclinic space group P2₁/n. Compound (I) is mainly stabilized by C—H⋯π inter­actions. Compound (II) is linked into infinite one‐dimensional chains with a C(3) motif via inter­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The inter­molecular C—H⋯π and π–­π inter­actions also play key roles in stabilizing the crystal packing. Two intra­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds with S(5) motifs were detected in (II).     

Two N‐substituted 3,5‐diphenyl‐2‐pyrazoline‐1‐thiocarboxamides

The structures of N‐ethyl‐3‐(4‐fluoro­phen­yl)‐5‐(4‐methoxy­phen­yl)‐2‐pyrazoline‐1‐thio­carboxamide, C₁₉H₂₀FN₃OS, (I), and 3‐(4‐fluoro­phen­yl)‐N‐methyl‐5‐(4‐methyl­phen­yl)‐2‐pyrazoline‐1‐thio­carboxamide, C₁₈H₁₈FN₃S, (II), have similar geometric parameters. The meth­oxy/methyl‐substituted phenyl groups are almost perpendicular to the pyrazoline (pyraz) ring [inter­planar angles of 89.29 (8) and 80.39 (10)° for (I) and (II), respectively], which is coplanar with the fluoro­phenyl ring [inter­planar angles of 5.72 (9) and 10.48 (10)°]. The pyrazoline ring approximates an envelope conformation in both structures, with the two‐coordinate N atom involved in an intra­molecular N—H⋯N_pyraz inter­action. In (I), N—H⋯O and C—H⋯S inter­molecular hydrogen bonds are the primary inter­actions, whereas in (II), there are no intermolecular hydrogen bonds.     

7,8‐Dihydr­oxy‐4‐propyl‐1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,10b‐octa­hydro­benzo[f]quinolinium bromide monohydrate,a dopamine agonist

In the crystal structure of the title dopamine­rgic compound, C₁₆H₂₄NO₂⁺·Br⁻·H₂O, protonation occurs at the piperidine N atom. The piperidine ring adopts a chair conformation and the cyclo­hexene ring adopts a half‐chair conformation; together with the planar benzene ring, this results in a relatively planar shape for the whole mol­ecule. Classical hydrogen bonds (N—H⋯Br, O—H⋯Br and O—H⋯O) produce an infinite three‐dimensional network. Hydrogen bonds between water ­mol­ecules and Br⁻ anions create centrosymmetric rings throughout the crystal structure. Structural comparison of the mol­ecule with the ergoline dopamine agonist pergolide shows that it is the hydrogen‐bond‐forming hydr­oxy or imino group that is necessary for dopamine­rgic activity, rather than the presence of a phenyl or a pyrrole ring per se.     

Three methoxy‐substituted diethyl 4‐­phenyl‐2,6‐di­methyl‐1,4‐di­hydro­pyridine‐3,5‐di­carboxyl­ate compounds

Diethyl 4‐(2,5‐di­methoxy­phenyl)‐2,6‐di­methyl‐1,4‐di­hydro­pyridine‐3,5‐di­carboxyl­ate, C₂₁H₂₇NO₆, (I), diethyl 4‐(3,4‐di­methoxy­phenyl)‐2,6‐di­methyl‐1,4‐di­hydro­pyridine‐3,5‐di­carboxyl­ate, C₂₁H₂₇NO₆, (II), and diethyl 2,6‐di­methyl‐4‐(3,4,5‐tri­methoxy­phenyl)‐1,4‐di­hydro­pyridine‐3,5‐di­carboxyl­ate, C₂₂H₂₉NO₇, (III), crystallize with hydrogen‐bonding networks involving the H atom bonded to the N atom of the 1,4‐di­hydro­pyridine ring and carbonyl O atoms in (I) and (II). Unusually, (III) shows O atoms of methoxy groups serving as hydrogen‐bond acceptors.     

Proton‐bifurcated C—H⋯(O,O) hydrogen bonds in 2,3‐dichloro‐6‐nitro­benzyl­aminium chloride

In the crystal structure of the title salt, C₇H₇Cl₂N₂O₂⁺·Cl⁻, the chloride anions participate in extensive hydrogen bonding with the aminium cations and indirectly link the mol­ecules through multiple N⁺—H⋯Cl⁻ salt bridges. There are two independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit, related by a pseudo‐inversion center. The direct inter­molecular coupling is established by C—H⋯O, C—H⋯Cl and C—Cl⋯Cl⁻ inter­actions. A rare three‐center (donor bifurcated) C—H⋯(O,O) hydrogen bond is observed between the methyl­ene and nitro groups, with a side‐on intra­molecular component of closed‐ring type and a head‐on inter­molecular component.