Syntheses, Crystal Structures and Fluorescent Properties of Two New Imidazolidino Schiff Base Compounds

Two new imidazolidino Schiff base compounds, (E)-N-((quinoxalin-2-yl)methylene)-2-(2-(quinoxalin-3-yl)imidazolidin-1-yl)ethanamine 1 and 2-(1-(2-(2-(quinoxalin-3-yl)imidazolidin-1-yl)ethyl)imidazolidin-2-yl)quinoxaline 2, have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis,1H NMR, IR, MS and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Crystallographic data for 1: C22H21N7,Mr = 383.46, monoclinic, space group P21, a = 7.0036(14), b=6.9151(14), c=19.701(4)(A),β=96.57(3)°, Z = 2, V=947.9(3)(A)3, Dc = 1.344 g/cm3, F(000)=404, μ = 0.085 mm-1, Flack parameter =0(2), R = 0.0464 and wR = 0.1055; and those for 2: C24H26N8, Mr = 426.53, triclinic, space group P(1),a = 9.6680(19), b = 10.334(2), c = 11.389(2)(A),α= 104.12(3),β= 102.95(3),γ= 100.48(3)°, Z=2,V=1041.2(4)(A)3, Dc=1.361 g/cm3, F(000) = 452,μ = 0.086 mm-1, R = 0.0373 and wR = 0.1155. For the two compounds, the five-membered imidazolidine rings all adopt envelope conformation.Moreover, the title compounds show one-dimensional layered and three-dimensional supramolecular chainlike structures, respectively. Fluorescent properties of the two compounds have been investigated in the solid state at room temperature. Compound 1 exhibits strong fluorescence and thus may serve as excellent candidates of green fluorescent materials.