Synthesis and Crystal Structure of 1,4-Bis(2-hydroxymethylphenyl)-1,4-dioxabutane

1 INTRODUCTION Macrocyclic ligands and their metal complexes have received much attention due to their applications in ion transport, ion separation and as models in biomimic researches1~7]. The synthetic methods of macrocyclic ligands and their metal complexes are mainly divided into three kinds8]. The first one is synthesizing free ligand, then forming the metal complexes; the second is template synthesis; and the third is synthesizing the end-off or side-off precursor ligand, then c…

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of 1,4-Bis(2-hydroxymethylphenyl)-1,4-dioxabutane

A new ligand 1,4-bis(2-hydroxymethylphenyl)-1,4-dioxabutane was synthesized by reducing 1,4-bis(2-formylphenyl)-1,4-dioxabutane with NaBH4 in absolute methanol solution. The crystal structure of the title compound C16H18O4 has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The ligand crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, space group Pbcn with a = 13.777(1), b = 11.731(1), c = 9.076(8) ? V = 1466.8(2) ?, Mr = 274.30, Z = 4, F(000) = 548, Dc = 1.24 g/cm3, T = 293 K, m = 8.9 cm-1 and l = 0.71073 ? The structure was refined to R = 0.0324 and wR = 0.1025 for 1112 observed reflections with I > 2s(I). The two benzene rings are not on the same plane, and the dihedral angle between them is 60.6? The ligand has C2 symmetry axis which passes through the center of C(8)C(8a). The molecules are linked to each other by hydrogen bonding network to form supramolecular chain. The ligands connect to each other through the hydrogen bonds to form one-dimensional chains which further connect through the hydrogen bonds to form two- and three-dimensional structures.