5,5′‐Di‐tert‐butyl‐2,2′‐di­hydroxy‐3,3′‐methyl­enedibenz­aldehyde and 6,6′‐di‐tert‐butyl‐8,8′‐methyl­ene­bis­(spiro­[4H‐1,3‐benzodioxin‐2,1′‐cyclo­hexane])

Two related compounds containing p‐tert‐butyl‐o‐methyl­ene‐linked phenol or phenol‐derived subunits are described, namely 5,5′‐di‐tert‐butyl‐2,2′‐di­hydroxy‐3,3′‐methyl­ene­di­benz­aldehyde, C₂₃H₂₈O₄, (I), and 6,6′‐di‐tert‐butyl‐8,8′‐methyl­ene­bis­(spiro­[4H‐1,3‐benzo­di­oxin‐2,1′‐cyclo­hexane]), C₃₅H₄₈O₄, (II). Both compounds adopt a `butterfly' shape, with the two phenol or phenol‐derived O atoms in distal positions. Phenol and aldehyde groups in (I) are involved in intramolecular hydrogen bonds and the two dioxin rings in (II) are in distorted half‐chair conformations.     

A 1:1 adduct of hexa­methylene­tetramine and 4‐hydroxy‐3‐methoxy­benz­aldehyde

In the title complex, C₆H₁₂N₄·C₈H₈O₃, the hexa­methyl­ene­tetramine mol­ecule accepts a single intermolecular O—H?N hydrogen bond from the hydroxy group of the 4‐hydroxy‐3‐methoxy­benz­aldehyde moiety. The non‐centrosymmetric crystal structure is built from alternating molecular sheets of 4‐hydroxy‐3‐methoxy­benz­aldehyde and hexa­methyl­ene­tetramine mol­ecules, and is stabilized by intermolecular O—H?N, C—H?O and C—H?π interactions.     

Di‐μ‐iodo‐bis{[1,1′‐methyl­enebis(3,5‐dimethyl‐1H‐pyrazole‐κN2)]copper(I)}

In the title compound, [Cu₂I₂(C₁₁H₁₆N₄)₂], each of the two crystallographically equivalent Cu atoms is tetrahedrally coordinated by two N atoms from one 1,1′‐methyl­ene­bis(3,5‐di­methyl‐1H‐pyrazole) ligand and two bridging iodide anions. The mol­ecule has a crystallographic center of symmetry located at the mid‐point of the Cu·Cu line. One H atom of the CH₂ group of the 1,1′‐methyl­ene­bis(3,5‐di­methyl‐1H‐pyrazole) ligand interacts with an iodide ion in an adjacent mol­ecule to afford pairwise intermolecular C—H·I contacts, thereby forming chains of mol­ecules running along the [101] direction.     

Hydro­gen‐bonded assemblages in 2,6‐bis­(hydroxy­methyl)‐4‐R‐phenol,with R = methyl,methoxy, phenoxy and 1‐(4‐methoxy­phenyl)‐1‐methyl­ethyl

Four derivatives of 2,6‐bis­(hydroxy­methyl)­phenol, with various para substituents, have been investigated; these are 2,6‐bis­(hydroxy­methyl)‐4‐methyl­phenol, C₉H₁₂O₃, (I), 2,6‐bis­(hydroxy­methyl)‐4‐methoxy­phenol, C₉H₁₂O₄, (II), 2,6‐bis­(hydroxy­methyl)‐4‐phenoxy­phenol, C₁₄H₁₄O₄, (III), and 2,6‐bis­(hydroxy­methyl)‐4‐[1‐(4‐methoxy­phenyl)‐1‐methyl­ethyl]­phenol, C₁₈H₂₂O₄, (IV). All four structures display hydrogen‐bonding networks resulting in sheets, with possible weak inter‐sheet π–π interactions in one case. In all the structures but one, the mol­ecules form centrosymmetric dimeric subunits held together by two hydrogen bonds between the hydroxy­methyl groups and, in two cases, by probable π–π interactions.     

New electron‐deficient chiral phosphines: (4R,5R)‐1,3‐bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)perhydro‐1,3,2‐benzodiazaphosphol‐2‐yl] substituted amines

Three chiral electron‐deficient phosphine ligands, [(4R,15R)‐,3‐bis­(tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonyl)­per­hydro‐1,3,2‐benzodiazaphosphol‐2‐yl]­diethyl­amine, C₁₂H₂₀F₆N₃O₄PS₂, (IIIa), [(4R,5R)‐1,3‐bis­(tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonyl)­per­hydro‐1,3,2‐benzodi­aza­phosphol‐2‐yl]­di­methyl­amine, C₁₀H₁₆F₆N₃O₄PS₂, (IIIb), and bis­[(4R,5R)‐1,3‐bis­(tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonyl)­per­hydro‐1,3,2‐benzodi­aza­phosphol‐2‐yl]­methyl­amine, (IV), as the chloroform solvate, C₁₇H₂₃F₁₂N₅O₈P₂S₄·0.98CHCl₃, have been prepared from (1R,2R)‐N,N′‐bis­(tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonyl)‐1,2‐cyclo­hexane­di­amine and diethyl phosphor­amido­us dichloride, dimethyl phosphoramidous dichloride or methyl imidodi­phosphorus tetrachloride. The π‐acceptor abilities of these new types of ligands have been evaluated by X‐ray determination of the P—N bond lengths; it has been found that the most promising ligand is the bis­(phosphine) (IV).     

(Z)‐2‐Methylbuten‐1‐yl(aryl)iodonium trifluoromethanesulfonates containing electron‐withdrawing groups on the aryl moiety

The crystal structures of [(Z)‐2‐methyl­but‐1‐en‐1‐yl]­[4‐(tri­fluoro­methyl)­phenyl]­iodo­nium tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate, C₁₂H₁₃F₃I⁺·CF₃O₃S^?, (I), (3,5‐di­chloro­phenyl)­[(Z)‐2‐methyl­but‐1‐en‐1‐yl]­iodo­nium tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate, C₁₁H₁₂­Cl₂I⁺·CF₃O₃S^?, (II), and bis{[3,5‐bis­(tri­fluoro­methyl)­phenyl][(Z)‐2‐methyl­but‐1‐en‐1‐yl]­iodo­nium} bis­(tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate) di­chloro­methane solvate, 2C₁₃H₁₂F₆I⁺·­2CF₃­O₃S^?·CH₂Cl₂, (III), are described. Neither simple acyclic β,β‐di­alkyl‐substituted alkenyl­(aryl)­idonium salts nor a series containing electron‐deficient aryl rings have been described prior to this work. Compounds (I)–(III) were found to have distorted square‐planar geometries, with each I atom interacting with two tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate counter‐ions.     

Bis(2,5‐dimethoxy‐4‐methylphenyl)methane and bis(2,5‐dimethoxy‐3,4,6‐trimethylphenyl)methane

Bis(2,5‐di­methoxy‐4‐methyl­phenyl)­methane, C₁₉H₂₄O₄, (IIa), was obtained and characterized as a minor product from the reaction of tolu­hydro­quinone di­methyl ether (1,4‐dimethoxy‐2‐methylbenzene) with N‐(hydroxy­methyl)­tri­fluoro­acet­amide. Similarly, bis(2,5‐di­methoxy‐3,4,6‐tri­methyl­phenyl)­methane, C₂₃H₃₂O₄, (IIb), was prepared from the corresponding reaction of tri­methyl­hydro­quinone di­methyl ether (2,5‐dimethoxy‐1,3,4‐trimethylbenzene). The mol­ecules of (IIa) and (IIb) each lie on a twofold axis passing through the methyl­ene group. The dihedral angle between the planar phenyl rings is 73.4 (1)° in (IIa) and 77.9 (1)° in (IIb). The external bond angles around the bridging methyl­ene group are 116.6 (2) and 117.3 (2)° for (IIa) and (IIb), respectively. In (IIa), the methoxy substituents lie in the plane of the ring and are conjugated with the aromatic system, whereas in (IIb), they are almost perpendicular to the phenyl ring and are positioned on opposite sides.     

Hydrogen bonding in C‐substituted nitroanilines: molecular ladders in 2‐trifluoromethyl‐4‐nitroaniline and sheets of R(12) and R(32) rings in 3‐trifluoromethyl‐4‐nitroaniline

In 2‐tri­fluoro­methyl‐4‐nitro­aniline, C₇H₅F₃N₂O₂, (I), the mol­ecules lie across a mirror plane in space group Pnma. The mol­ecules are linked by paired N—H?O hydrogen bonds to form a C(8)[R(6)] chain of rings, pairs of which are linked into a molecular ladder by a single C—H?O hydrogen bond. The isomeric 3‐tri­fluoro­methyl‐4‐nitro­aniline, (II), has Z′ = 2 in space group P2₁/c. Each mol­ecule is linked to four others by N—H?O hydrogen bonds to form sheets built from alternating R(12) and R(32) rings.     

Four tri­fluoro­methyl­nitro­benzene analogues

The crystal structures of four tri­fluoro­methyl­nitro­benzene analogues (CF₃)C₆H₃(NO₂)[C₄H₈N₂]R (where C₄H₈N₂ is piperazinyl and R is ethyl carboxyl­ate, CO₂C₂H₅, or phenyl, C₆H₅), have been determined, and their conformations and packing arrangements are compared. The four compounds are ethyl 4‐[4‐nitro‐2‐(tri­fluoro­methyl)­phenyl]­piperazine‐1‐car­boxyl­ate, (I), and ethyl 4‐[2‐nitro‐4‐(tri­fluoro­methyl)­phen­yl]piper­azine‐1‐carboxyl­ate, (II), both C₁₄H₁₆F₃N₃O₄, and 1‐­[4‐nitro‐2‐(tri­fluoro­methyl)­phenyl]‐4‐phenyl­piperazine, (III), and 1‐[2‐nitro‐4‐(tri­fluoro­methyl)­phenyl]‐4‐phenyl­piperazine, (IV), both C₁₇H₁₆F₃N₃O₂. All mol­ecules adopt a rod‐like conformation, while the asymmetric units of (II) and (IV) contain two unique mol­ecules that pack as monodirectional pairs. All mol­ecules pack with C—H⋯O/F close contacts to all but one of the O atoms and to five of the 18 F atoms.     

(±)‐6‐tert‐Butyl‐8‐hydroxymethyl‐2‐­phenyl‐4H‐1,3‐benzodioxin and 2,2,2′,2′,6,6′‐hexamethyl‐8,8′‐methylenebis(4H‐1,3‐benzodioxin)

Two compounds containing 1,3‐benzodioxin groups are reported, namely (±)‐6‐tert‐butyl‐8‐hydroxy­methyl‐2‐phenyl‐4H‐1,3‐benzodioxin, C₁₉H₂₂O₃, (I), and 2,2,2′,2′,6,6′‐hexamethyl‐8,8′‐methyl­enebis(4H‐1,3‐benzodioxin), C₂₃H₂₈O₄, (II).The hydroxy groups of neighbouring mol­ecules in (I) are hydrogen bonded to each other, giving rise to double‐row chains. The mol­ecule in (II) adopts a `butterfly' conformation, with the O atoms in distal positions. In both compounds, the dioxin rings are in distorted half‐chair conformations.     

Di‐2‐pyridyl ketone N4,N4‐(butane‐1,4‐diyl)thiosemicarbazone

The title compound, C₁₆H₁₇N₅S, is in the thione form and crystallizes with two independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit. In both mol­ecules, the penta­methyl­ene­imine five‐membered ring adopts an envelope conformation, and in one of the molecules this ring shows positional disorder. The thione S and hydrazine N atoms are in the Z configuration with respect to the C—N bond.     

Hydrogen bonding and π–π stacking in methyl­aminium 4′,7‐dihydroxy­isoflavone‐3′‐sulfonate dihydrate and hexa­aqua­iron(II) bis­(4′,7‐diethoxy­isoflavone‐3′‐sulfonate) tetra­hydrate

In methyl­aminium 4′,7‐dihydroxy­isoflavone‐3′‐sulfonate dihydrate, CH₆N⁺·C₁₅H₉O₇S⁻·2H₂O, 11 hydrogen bonds exist between the methyl­aminium cations, the iso­flavone‐3′‐sulfonate anions and the solvent water mol­ecules. In hexa­aqua­iron(II) bis­(4′,7‐diethoxy­isoflavone‐3′‐sulfonate) tetra­hydrate, [Fe(H₂O)₆](C₁₉H₁₇O₇S)₂·4H₂O, 12 hydrogen bonds exist between the centrosymmetric [Fe(H₂O)₆]²⁺ cation, the isoflavone‐3′‐sulfonate anions and the solvent water mol­ecules. Additional π–π stacking inter­actions generate three‐dimensional supramolecular structures in both compounds.     

Hydro­gen bonding in calcium–tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate–1,3‐di‐4‐pyridyl­urea–methanol (1/2/2/4)

The structure of the supramolecular complex calcium–tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate–1,3‐di‐4‐pyridyl­urea–methanol (1/2/2/4), Ca²⁺·2CF₃SO₃⁻·2C₁₁H₁₀N₄O·4CH₄O, is presented. The Ca²⁺ ion lies on an inversion centre and is octahedrally coordinated by four methanol mol­ecules and two tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate counter‐ions. The molecular packing is dominated by hydrogen‐bonded sheets in the (110) plane which contain R(32) rings; in these rings, significant π–π interactions are observed between inversion‐related 1,3‐di‐4‐pyridyl­urea mol­ecules.     

Two new soluble iron–oxo complexes: [Fe2(μ‐O)(μ‐O2CCF3)2(O2CCF3)2(C10H8N2)2] and [Fe4(μ3‐O)2(μ‐O2CCF3)6(O2CCF3)2(C10H8N2)2]·CF3CO2H

Two new iron–oxo clusters, viz. di‐μ‐tri­fluoro­acetato‐μ‐oxo‐bis­[(2,2′‐bi­pyridine‐κ²N,N′)(tri­fluoro­acetato‐κO)­iron(III)], [Fe₂O(CF₃CO₂)₄(C₁₀H₈N₂)₂], and bis(2,2′‐bi­pyridine)­di‐μ₃‐oxo‐hexa‐μ‐tri­fluoro­acetato‐bis­(tri­fluoro­acetato)­tetrairon(III) tri­fluoro­acetic acid solvate, [Fe₄O₂(CF₃CO₂)₈(C₁₀H₈N₂)₂]·CF₃CO₂H, contain dinuclear and tetranuclear Fe^III cores, respectively. The Fe^III atoms are in distorted octahedral environments in both compounds and are linked by oxide and tri­fluoro­acetate ions. The tri­fluoro­acetate ions are either bridging (bidentate) or coordinated to the Fe^III atoms via one O atom only. The fluorinated peripheries enhance the solubility of these compounds. Formal charges for all the Fe centers were assigned by summing valences of the chemical bonds to the Fe^III atom.     

The 1:1 adduct of hexa­methyl­ene­tetramine (HMT) with racemic trans‐1,2‐cyclo­hexane­di­carboxylic acid (CDA)

Hexa­methyl­ene­tetramine and rac‐trans‐1,2‐cyclo­hexane­di­carboxylic acid crystallize in a 1:1 ratio as a neutral molecular adduct, C₆H₁₂N₄·C₈H₁₂O₄. Two di­carboxylic acid mol­ecules and two tetr­amine mol­ecules form a hydrogen‐bonded ring, in the shape of a rhombus, which lies on a crystallographic twofold axis bisecting the two diacid mol­ecules. The O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds have lengths 2.6808 (19) and 2.6518 (19) Å, and, in each ring, both acid mol­ecules have the same handedness.     

Three 5H‐indeno­[1,2‐c]­pyridazin‐5‐one derivatives,potent type‐B mono­amine oxidase inhibitors

The structures of three compounds, namely 7‐methoxy‐2‐[3‐(tri­fluoro­methyl)­phenyl]‐9H‐indeno­[1,2‐c]­pyridazin‐9‐one, C₁₉H₁₁F₃N₂O₂, (Id), 6‐methoxy‐2‐[3‐(tri­fluoro­methyl)­phenyl]‐9H‐indeno­[1,2‐c]­pyridazin‐9‐one, C₁₉H₁₁F₃N₂O₂, (IId), and 2‐methyl‐6‐(4,4,4‐tri­fluoro­butoxy)‐9H‐indeno­[1,2‐c]­pyridazin‐9‐one, C₁₆H₁₃F₃N₂O₂, (IIf), which are potent reversible type‐B mono­amine oxidase (MAO‐B) inhibitors, are presented and discussed. Compounds (Id) and (IId) crystallize in a nearly planar conformation. The crystal structures are stabilized by weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The packing is dominated by π–π stacking interactions between the heterocyclic central moieties of centrosymmetrically related mol­ecules. In compound (IIf), the tri­fluoro­ethyl termination is almost perpendicular to the plane of the ring.     

Supramolecular structures of 5‐[3‐(4‐methyl­phenyl)‐ and 5‐[3‐(4‐chloro­phenyl)‐2‐propenyl­idene]‐2,2‐di­methyl‐1,3‐dioxane‐4,6‐dione

2,2‐Di­methyl‐5‐[3‐(4‐methyl­phenyl)‐2‐propenyl­idene]‐1,3‐di­ox­ane‐4,6‐dione, C₁₆H₁₆O₄, crystallizes in the triclinic space group , with two mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit. These mol­ecules and a centrosymmetrically related pair, linked together by weak C—H?O hydrogen bonds, form a tetramer. 5‐[3‐(4‐Chloro­phenyl)‐2‐propenyl­idene]‐2,2‐di­methyl‐1,3‐dioxane‐4,6‐dione, C₁₅H₁₃ClO₄, also crystallizes in the triclinic space group , with one mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit. Centrosymmetrically related mol­ecules are linked together by weak C—H?O hydrogen bonds to form dimers which are further linked by yet another pair of centrosymmetrically related C—H?O hydrogen bonds to form a tube which runs parallel to the a axis.     

{2,6‐Bis­[(di­methyl­amino)­methyl]pyridine‐κ3N}(2,2‐methyl­enediphenolato‐κ2O,O′)­dioxouranium(VI) acetone solvate

In the title compound, [UO₂(C₁₃H₁₀O₂)(C₁₁H₁₉N₃)]·C₃H₆O, the U atom is in a pentagonal–bipyramidal environment, with the three N atoms of the 2,6‐bis­[(di­methyl­amino)­methyl]­pyridine ligand and the two O atoms of the dianionic 2,2′‐methyl­ene­diphenolate ligand in the equatorial plane. The geometry is compared with that of previously reported 1:2 uranyl–diphenoxide complexes.     

N,N′‐Bis(2‐pyridylmeth­yl)ferrocene‐1,1′‐diyldicarboxamide and N,N′‐bis­(3‐pyridylmeth­yl)ferrocene‐1,1′‐diyldicarboxamide

The mol­ecules of N,N′‐bis­(2‐pyridylmeth­yl)ferrocene‐1,1′‐diyl­dicarboxamide, [Fe(C₁₂H₁₁N₂O)₂], contain intra­molecular N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds and are linked into sheets by three independent C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The mol­ecules of the isomeric compound N,N′‐bis­(3‐pyridylmeth­yl)ferrocene‐1,1′‐diyldicarboxamide lie across inversion centres, and the mol­ecules are linked into sheets by a combination of N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds and π–π stacking inter­actions between pyridyl groups.     

The one‐electron oxidation product of a metallocenyl‐terminated cyanine

The 1‐(2,3,4,5,1′,2′,3′,4′‐octa­methyl­ferrocen‐1‐yl)‐3‐(ruth­eno­cen­yl)­allylium cation readily undergoes one‐electron oxidation to a dication in which an octa­methyl­ferrocenium moiety is bridged by a vinyl­ene group to a [(η⁶‐fulvene)(η⁵‐cyclo­penta­dienyl)­ruthenium]⁺ moiety. In the title compound, 1‐(2,3,4,5,1′,2′,3′,4′‐octa­methyl­ferrocen‐1‐yl)‐3‐(ruth­eno­cen­ylidene)prop‐1‐enium(2+) bis­(tetra­fluoro­borate), [Fe­Ru­(C₅H₅)(C₉H₁₃)(C₁₇H₁₉)]­(BF₄)₂, the C—C bond lengths in the bridge (average for two independent mol­ecules) are, starting from the ipso octa­methyl­ferrocenium carbon and ending at the exo carbon of the coordinated fulvene, 1.455 (6), 1.344 (3) and 1.449 (8) Å, indicating a localized electronic structure.