1,2,4,5‐Tetrakis(2‐vinyl­pyridyl)­benzene–di­chloro­methane (1/2)

The title compound, C₃₄H₂₆N₄·2CH₂Cl₂, lies about an inversion center. The solvent mol­ecules interact with the benzene mol­ecule both through C—H⃛N hydrogen bonding to span pyridine N atoms of adjacent vinyl groups, possibly stabilizing the rotational conformation observed, and through a π interaction between a dichloromethane Cl atom and a pyridyl ring C—C bond of a c‐glide‐related mol­ecule. The benzene mol­ecules form stacks along the a axis such that two of the four olefin groups are properly oriented for photoreactivity (2+2 cyclo­dimerization).     

Copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes of pyridine‐2,6‐di­carboxyl­ic acid

The title compounds, bis­(pyridine‐2,6‐di­carboxyl­ato‐N,O,O′)copper(II) monohydrate, [Cu(C₇H₄NO₄)₂]·H₂O, andbis(pyridine‐2,6‐dicarboxylato‐N,O,O′)zinc(II) trihydrate, [Zn(C₇H₄NO₄)₂]·3H₂O, have distorted octahedral geometries about the metal centres. Both metal ions are bonded to four O atoms and two pyridyl‐N atoms from the two terdentate ligand mol­ecules, which are nearly perpendicular to each other. The copper(II) complex has twofold crystallographic symmetry and contains two different ligand mol­ecules, one of which is neutral and another doubly ionized. In contrast, the zinc(II) complex contains two identical singly ionized ligand mol­ecules. Both crystal structures are stabilized by O—H?O intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the complex and the water mol­ecules.     

Two‐dimensional square‐grid frameworks formed by self‐associating copper(II) complexes with 1‐(3‐pyridyl)‐ and 1‐(4‐pyridyl)‐substituted butane‐1,3‐diones

In bis­[1‐(3‐pyridyl)butane‐1,3‐dionato]copper(II) (the Cu atom occupies a centre of inversion), [Cu(C₉H₈NO₂)₂], (I), and bis­[1‐(4‐pyridyl)butane‐1,3‐dionato]copper(II) methanol solvate, [Cu(C₉H₈NO₂)₂]·CH₃OH, (II), the O,O′‐chelating diketonate ligands support square‐planar coordination of the metal ions [Cu—O = 1.948 (1)–1.965 (1) Å]. Weaker Cu⋯N inter­actions [2.405 (2)–2.499 (2) Å], at both axial sides, occur between symmetry‐related bis­(1‐pyridylbutane‐1,3‐dion­ato)copper(II) mol­ecules. This causes their self‐organization into two‐dimensional square‐grid frameworks, with uniform [6.48 Å for (I)] or alternating [4.72 and 6.66 Å for (II)] inter­layer separations. Guest methanol mol­ecules in (II) reside between the distal layers and form weak hydrogen bonds to coordinated O atoms [O⋯O = 3.018 (4) Å].     

Adducts of 1,1,1‐tris(4‐hydroxy­phenyl)­ethane with 1,2‐bis(4‐pyridyl)­ethane and 1,2‐bis(4‐pyridyl)­ethene: continuously interwoven structures in three dimensions

In the adduct 1,2‐bis(4‐pyridyl)­ethane–1,1,1‐tris(4‐hydroxy­phenyl)­ethane (1/2), C₁₂H₁₂N₂·2C₂₀H₁₈O₃, the bipyridyl component lies across an inversion centre in P. The tris‐phenol mol­ecules [systematic name: 4,4′,4′′‐(ethane‐1,1,1‐triyl)­triphenol] are linked by O—H?O hydrogen bonds to form sheets built from R(38) rings, and symmetry‐related pairs of sheets are linked by the bipyridyl mol­ecules via O—H?N hydrogen bonds to form open bilayers. Each bilayer is interwoven with two adjacent bilayers, forming a continuous three‐dimensional structure. In the adduct 1,2‐bis(4‐pyridyl)­ethene–1,1,1‐tris(4‐hydroxy­phenyl)­ethane–methanol (1/1/1), C₁₂H₁₀N₂·C₂₀H₁₈O₃·CH₄O, the mol­ecules are linked by O—H?O and O—H?N hydrogen bonds into three interwoven three‐dimensional frameworks, generated by single spiral chains along [010] and [001] and a triple‐helical spiral along [100].     

(E)‐(4‐Hydroxyphenyl)(4‐nitrophenyl)diazene, (E)‐(4‐methoxyphenyl)(4‐nitrophenyl)diazene and (E)‐[4‐(6‐bromohexyloxy)phenyl](4‐cyanophenyl)diazene

Syntheses and X‐ray structural investigations have been carried out for (E)‐(4‐hydroxy­phenyl)(4‐nitro­phenyl)­diazene, C₁₂H₉N₃O₃, (Ia), (E)‐(4‐methoxy­phenyl)(4‐nitro­phenyl)­diazene, C₁₃H₁₁N₃O₃, (IIIa), and (E)‐[4‐(6‐bromo­hexyl­oxy)­phenyl](4‐cyano­phenyl)­diazene, C₁₉H₂₀BrN₃O, (IIIc). In all of these compounds, the mol­ecules are almost planar and the azo­benzene core has a trans geometry. Compound (Ia) contains four and compound (IIIc) contains two independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit, both in space group P (No. 2). In compound (Ia), the independent mol­ecules are almost identical, whereas in crystal (IIIc), the two independent mol­ecules differ significantly due to different conformations of the alkyl tails. In the crystals of (Ia) and (IIIa), the mol­ecules are arranged in almost planar sheets. In the crystal of (IIIc), the mol­ecules are packed with a marked separation of the azo­benzene cores and alkyl tails, which is common for the solid crystalline precursors of mesogens.     

4‐Methyl‐N‐[2‐(p‐tolylsulfanyl)phenyl]benzene­sulfonamide

The title compound, C₂₀H₁₉NO₂S₂, is formed by a palladium–copper‐catalyzed reaction between 4‐methyl‐N‐[2‐(prop‐2‐ynyl­sul­fanyl)­phenyl]­benzene­sul­fon­amide and p‐iodo­toluene. The mol­ecules contain three essentially planar parts, namely an amino­thio­phenol moiety (A), a toluene­sulfone moiety excluding the oxo ligands (B) and a tolyl group (C), approximately orthogonal to each other; the dihedral angles A/B, A/C and B/C are 111.6 (1), 89.3 (1) and 101.4 (1)°, respectively. Intermolecular N—H?O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into infinite one‐dimensional chains.     

Diaqua­malonato(1,10‐phenanthro­line)­zinc(II)

In the crystal structure of the title complex, [Zn(C₃H₂O₄)(C₁₂H₈N₂)(H₂O)₂], the Zn^II atom displays a distorted octa­hedral geometry, being coordinated by two N atoms from the 1,10‐phenanthroline ligand, two O atoms from different carboxyl­ate groups of the chelating malonate dianion and two O atoms of cis water mol­ecules. The complex mol­ecules are linked to form a three‐dimensional supramolecular array by both hydrogen‐bonding inter­actions between coordinated water molecules and the uncoordinated carboxyl­ate O atoms of neighboring mol­ecules, and aromatic π–π stacking inter­actions between neighboring phenanthroline rings.     

(2,9‐Dimethyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ2N,N′)(pyridine‐2,6‐dicarboxylato‐κ3O2,N,O6)copper(II) trihydrate

The copper(II) centre in the mononuclear title complex, [Cu(C₇H₃NO₄)(C₁₄H₁₂N₂)]·3H₂O, is surrounded by one bidentate 2,9‐dimethyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline (dmphen) ligand and one tridentate pyridine‐2,6‐dicarboxylate ligand, and exhibits a distorted square‐pyramidal geometry. The crystal packing involves both hydrogen‐bonding and π–π inter­actions. The solvent water mol­ecules link monomers to one another through hydrogen‐bonding inter­actions, forming ladder‐like chains in the bc plane. Face‐to‐face and slipped π–π inter­actions also occur between dmphen rings of neighboring mol­ecules and are responsible for inter­chain packing.     

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.     

A new estra‐1,3,5(10)‐triene‐3,17β‐diol solvate: estradiol–methanol–water (3/2/1)

The title solvate of the steroid 17β‐estradiol (E₂) with methanol and water, C₁₈H₂₄O₂·0.67CH₄O·0.33H₂O, is the first E₂ derivative to contain three crystallographically independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit. The three steroid mol­ecules, along with two methanol mol­ecules and a water mol­ecule, create a three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded system. Three‐sided columns are formed, with the estradiol mol­ecules aligned lengthwise parallel to (101), and joined by solvent mol­ecules at both hydro­philic ends. The three estradiol mol­ecules differ slightly in their ring‐bowing angles, i.e. the angle between the mean plane of the A ring and that of the BCD ring; this angle ranges from 7.1 to 12.2°.     

trans‐Bis­(benzyl­amine)­di­chloro­palladium(II) bis(di­methyl sulfoxide) solvate

The title compound, [PdCl₂(C₇H₉N)₂]·2C₂H₆OS, crystallizes with two mol­ecules of di­methyl ­sulfoxide (DMSO) in monoclinic space group P2₁/n. The Pd complex is centrosymmetric and thus the phenyl rings of the benzyl­amine ligands are exo with respect to one another. The crystal packing reveals NH?O and CH?Cl hydrogen bonds between the organometallic mol­ecule and the DMSO mol­ecules, resulting in infinite chains. The distances of the ortho‐H atoms on the phenyl ring to the metal center are in the range 4.71–5.34 Å, precluding any significant intramolecular Pd?H interactions.     

Melaminium bis(4‐hydroxybenzenesulfonate) dihydrate

The crystals of a new melaminium salt, 2,4,6‐tri­amino‐1,3,5‐triazine‐1,3‐diium bis(4‐hydroxy­benzene­sulfonate) dihydrate, C₃H₈N₆²⁺·2C₆H₅O₄S^?·2H₂O, are built up from doubly proton­ated melaminium(2+) residues, dissociated p‐phenol­sulfonate anions and water mol­ecules. The doubly protonated melaminium dication lies on a twofold axis. The hydroxyl group of the p‐hydroxybenzenesulfonate residue is roughly coplanar with the phenyl ring [dihedral angle 13 (2)°]. A combination of ionic and donor–acceptor hydrogen‐bond interactions link the melaminium and p‐hydroxybenzenesulfonate residues and the water mol­ecules to form a three‐dimensional network.     

Di­aqua(2,2′‐bi­pyridine)­malonato­manganese(II)

In the crystal structure of the title compound, [Mn(C₃H₂O₄)(C₁₀H₈N₂)(H₂O)₂], the Mn^II atom demonstrates a distorted octahedral geometry, being coordinated by two N atoms of a 2,2′‐bi­pyridine ligand, two O atoms from the carboxyl­ate groups of the chelating malonate dianion and two O atoms of two cis water mol­ecules. The complex mol­ecules are linked to form a three‐dimensional supramolecular array by both hydrogen‐bonding interactions between coordinated water and the carboxyl­ate groups of neighboring mol­ecules and aromatic π–π‐stacking interactions of the bi­pyridine rings.     

Hydro­gen‐bond networks in tris(4‐hydroxy­phenyl)­methane and its 1:1 molecular complex with 4,4′‐bi­pyridine

In tris(4‐hydroxy­phenyl)­methane (or 4,4′,4′′‐methane­triyl­tri­phenol), C₁₉H₁₆O₃, mol­ecules are connected by O—H⃛O hydrogen bonds [O⃛O = 2.662 (2) and 2.648 (2) Å] into two‐dimensional square networks that are twofold interpenetrated. In tris(4‐hydroxy­phenyl)­methane–4,4′‐bi­pyridine (1/1), C₁₉H₁₆O₃·C₁₀H₈N₂, trisphenol mol­ecules form rectangular networks via O—H⃛O [O⃛O = 2.694 (3) Å] and C—H⃛O [C⃛O = 3.384 (3) Å] hydrogen bonds. Bi­pyridine mol­ecules hydrogen bonded to phenol moieties [O⃛N = 2.622 (3) and 2.764 (3) Å] fill the voids to complete the structure.     

trans‐[N,N′‐Bis­(salicyl­idene)­cyclo­hexane‐1,2‐diaminato]­nickel(II)–chloro­form (1/1)

In the title complex, trans‐{2,2′‐[cyclo­hexane‐1,2‐diyl­bis­(ni­t­rilo­methyl­idyne)]­di­phenol­ato‐κ⁴O,N,N′,O′}­nickel(II)–chloro­form (1/1), [Ni(C₂₀H₂₀N₂O₂)]·CHCl₃, the Ni atom has a square‐planar geometry, slightly tetrahedrally distorted. The Ni—N and Ni—O bonding distances are within the expected ranges for Ni–Schiff base derivatives. The di­imine bridge has a gauche conformation with the cyclo­hexyl ring almost coplanar with the NiN₂O₂ plane. The complex mol­ecules pack in dimers with an Ni?Ni distance of 3.59 (1) Å and form a three‐dimensional structure displaying a herring‐bone configuration. Channels are occupied by solvent mol­ecules, which are involved in C—H?O hydrogen bonds with the ligand O atoms.     

Bis(1‐ferrocenylbutane‐1,3‐dionato‐κ2O,O′)copper(II) and bis­(1,3‐diferrocenylpropane‐1,3‐dionato‐κ2O,O′)­copper(II)

The title compounds, [CuFe₂(C₅H₅)₂(C₉H₈O₂)₂], (I), and [CuFe₄(C₅H₅)₄(C₁₃H₉O₂)₂], (II), are four‐coordinate square‐planar copper(II) complexes with two bidentate 1‐ferrocenylbutane‐1,3‐dionate or 1,3‐diferrocenylpropane‐1,3‐dionate ligands, respectively. The copper ion in (I) lies on an inversion centre, with one‐half of the mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit, while in (II), there are two independent half mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit, with the copper ions also situated on inversion centres. The ferrocene substituents in (I) are in an anti arrangement. The mol­ecules assemble in the crystal structure in layers with ferrocene groups at the surface. The pairs of ferrocene substituents on each ligand in complex (II) are syn and these adopt an anti arrangement with respect to the pair on the other diketonate ligand. As found in (I), complexes assemble in a layered structure with ferrocene‐coated surfaces.     

Two isomorphous complexes: di­chloro­[phthalocyaninato(2–)]­tin(IV) and di­chloro­[phthalocyaninato(2–)]­germanium(IV)

Isomorphous triclinic forms of di­chloro­[phthalocyaninato(2−)]­tin(IV), [Sn(C₃₂H₁₆N₈)Cl₂], and di­chloro­[phthalocyaninato(2−)]­ger­manium(IV), [Sn(C₃₂H₁₆N₈)Cl₂], and a monoclinic form of the latter have been obtained from the reaction of pure tin and germanium powder, respectively, with phthalo­nitrile under a stream of ICl vapour. All three crystal structures consist of centrosymmetric [SnPcCl₂] and [GePcCl₂] [Pc is phthalocyaninate(2−)] mol­ecules, which are separated but interacting. In the triclinic forms (Sn and Ge), the Pc macrocycles are not staggered but slipped, and in the monoclinic form (Ge), the mol­ecules are additionally inclined. In both cases, the central Sn or Ge atom is six‐coordinated by the four iso­indole N atoms of the Pc macrocyclic ligand and by two Cl atoms (located trans) into a tetragonal–bipyramidal structure. The arrangement of [SnPcCl₂] and [GePcCl₂] mol­ecules in the crystal structure is determined mainly by intermolecular C—H⃛Cl, π–π and van der Waals interactions.     

trans‐Bis­(diethano­lamine)­bis­(iso­thio­cyanato)­nickel(II)

In the neutral title complex, trans‐bis(2,2′‐imino­di­ethanol‐N,O)­bis­(iso­thio­cyanato)­nickel(II), [Ni(NCS)₂(C₄H₁₁NO₂)₂], the iso­thio­cyanate ions and the di­ethanol­amine mol­ecules act as mono­dentate and bi­dentate ligands, respectively. The Ni^II ion exhibits a distorted octahedral configuration with crystallographically imposed inversion symmetry and N_NCS—Ni—N_amine and N_NCS—Ni—O_amine bond angles of 88.78 (10) and 89.44 (10)°, respectively. The Ni—N bond distances are in the range 2.069 (3)–2.096 (2) Å. The mol­ecules are linked by hydrogen bonds to form a three‐dimensional infinite lattice.     

Hydrate isomerism in [Cu(en)2(H2O)1.935]2[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O

The title compound, bis[di­aqua­bis­(ethyl­enedi­amine‐κ²N,N′)copper(II)­] hexa­cyano­iron(II) tetrahydrate, [Cu(C₂H₈N₂)₂(H₂O)_1.935]₂[Fe(CN)₆]·4H₂O, was crystallized from an aqueous reaction mixture initially containing CuSO₄, K₃[Fe(CN)₆] and ethyl­enedi­amine (en) in a 3:2:6 molar ratio. Its structure is ionic and is built up of two crystallographically different cations, viz. [Cu(en)₂(H₂O)₂]²⁺ and [Cu(en)₂(H₂O)_1.87]²⁺, there being a deficiency of aqua ligands in the latter, [Fe(CN)₆]⁴⁻ anions and disordered solvent water mol­ecules. All the metal atoms lie on centres of inversion. The Cu atom is octahedrally coordinated by two chelate‐bonded en mol­ecules [mean Cu—N = 2.016 (2) Å] in the equatorial plane, and by axial aqua ligands, showing very long distances due to the Jahn–Teller effect [mean Cu—O = 2.611 (2) Å]. In one of the cations, significant underoccupation of the O‐atom site is observed, correlated with the appearance of a non‐coordinated water mol­ecule. This is interpreted as the partial contribution of a hydrate isomer. The [Fe(CN)₆]⁴⁻ anions form quite regular octahedra, with a mean Fe—C distance of 1.913 (2) Å. The dominant intermolecular interactions are cation–anion O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds and these inter­actions form layers parallel to (001).     

9(R)‐[6(R)‐Hydroxy­methyl‐1‐oxa‐4‐thia­cyclo­hexan‐2‐yl]hypoxanthine–water (4/3), a nucleoside analogue

The title compound, 9(R)‐[6(R)‐hydroxy­methyl‐1‐oxa‐4‐thia­cyclo­hexan‐2‐yl]‐1,9‐di­hydro‐6H‐purin‐6‐one–water (4/3), C₁₀H₁₂N₄O₃S·0.75H₂O, crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1 with four mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit and 0.75 waters of hydration per mol­ecule. The structure was refined to an R value of 0.072 for 3382 observed reflections. The four crystallographically independent mol­ecules are designated A, B, C and D. All four oxa­thia­ne rings adopt the chair conformation and the purine bases are in an anti orientation with respect to the sugar moieties. Molecules A and D and mol­ecules C and B are base paired by a single hydrogen bond of the type N—H?N. These base pairs are again hydrogen bonded to their translated pairs in the direction of a cell diagonal.