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.     

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.     

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.     

1‐(4‐Chloro­phenyl­sulfanyl)‐2‐nitro‐4‐(tri­fluoro­methyl)­benzene and 1‐(4‐chloro­phenyl­sulfanyl)‐4‐nitro‐2‐(tri­fluoro­methyl)­benzene

Two chemical isomers of 3‐nitro­benzotrifluoride, namely 1‐(4‐chloro­phenyl­sulfanyl)‐2‐nitro‐4‐(tri­fluoro­methyl)­benzene, C₁₃H₇ClF₃NO₂S, (I), and 1‐(4‐chloro­phenyl­sulfanyl)‐4‐nitro‐2‐(tri­fluoro­methyl)­benzene, C₁₃H₇ClF₃NO₂S, (II), have been prepared and their crystal structures determined with the specific purpose of forming a cocrystal of the two. The two compounds display a similar conformation, with dihedral angles between the benzene rings of 83.1 (1) and 76.2 (1)°, respectively, but (I) packs in P while (II) packs in P2₁/c, with C—H⋯O interactions. No cocrystal could be formed, and it is suggested that the C—H⋯O associations in (II) prevent intermolecular mixing and promote phase separation.     

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.     

A series of three bis­[2‐(methyl/tri­fluoro­methyl)‐4H‐3,1‐benzoxazin‐4‐one] compounds

Each of the three title compounds, namely 6,6′‐methyl­ene­bis­(2‐methyl‐4H‐3,1‐benz­oxazin‐4‐one), C₁₉H₁₄N₂O₄, 6,6′‐methyl­ene­bis­(2‐tri­fluoro­methyl‐4H‐3,1‐benz­oxazin‐4‐one), C₁₉H₈F₃N₂O₄, and 6,6′‐bi­(2‐tri­fluoro­methyl‐4H‐3,1‐benz­oxazin‐4‐one), C₁₈H₆F₆N₂O₄, contains two planar benz­ox­azin­one fragments. In the first two compounds, these planes are virtually perpendicular to each other, while the third compound is planar overall. The electronic effects of the substituent groups on the oxazine moiety result in distortion of the bond angles at the C atoms of the C=O and C=N bonds, and in redistribution of electronic density in the oxazine rings. The latter leads to different bond lengths within this ring in the three mol­ecules. All the mol­ecules form stacks in their crystals with distances of 3.2–3.6 Å between adjacent mol­ecules in a stack.     

Structural properties of a series of photochromic fluorinated indolylfulgides

Fluorinated indolyl­fulgides are a class of photochromic organic compounds that meet many of the requirements for use as optical memory media and optical switches. The X‐ray crystal structures of a series of five photochromic fluorinated indolyl­fulgides have been determined, namely (3Z)‐3‐[1‐(1,2‐di­methyl‐1H‐indol‐3‐yl)‐2,2,2‐tri­fluoro­ethyl­idene]‐4‐(1‐methyl­ethyl­idene)­dihydrofuran‐2,5‐dione (tri­fluoro­methyl­iso­propyl­idene­indolyl­fulgide), C₁₉H₁₆F₃NO₃, (I), (3Z)‐3‐[1‐(1,2‐dimethyl‐1H‐indol‐3‐yl)‐2,2,3,3,3‐penta­fluoro­propyl­idene]‐4‐(1‐methyl­ethyl­idene)­dihydrofuran‐2,5‐dione (penta­fluoro­ethyl­iso­propyl­idene­indolyl­fulgide), C₂₀H₁₆F₅NO₃, (II), (3Z)‐3‐[1‐(1,2‐di­methyl‐1H‐indol‐3‐yl)‐2,2,3,3,4,4,4‐hepta­fluoro­butyl­idene]‐4‐(1‐methyl­ethyl­idene)­dihydrofuran‐2,5‐dione (hepta­fluoro­propyl­iso­propyl­idene­indolyl­fulgide), C₂₁H₁₆F₇NO₃, (III), (3Z)‐3‐[1‐(1,2‐di­methyl‐1H‐indol‐3‐yl)‐2,2,2‐tri­fluoro­ethyl­idene]‐4‐(tri­cyclo­[3.3.1.1^3,7]­decyl­idene­)dihydrofuran‐2,5‐dione (tri­fluoro­methyl­adamantyl­idene­indolyl­fulgide), C₂₆H₂₄F₃NO₃, (IV), and (3Z)‐3‐[1‐(1,2‐di­methyl‐1H‐indol‐3‐yl)‐2,2,3,3,4,4,4‐hepta­fluoro­butyl­idene]‐4‐(tri­cyclo­[3.3.1.1^3,7]­decyl­idene­)dihydrofuran‐2,5‐dione (hepta­fluoro­propyl­adamantylidenein­dolyl­fulgide), C₂₈H₂₄F₇NO₃, (V). The photochromic property of fulgides is based on the photochemically allowed electrocyclic ring closure of a hexatriene system to form a cyclo­hexa­diene. For each fulgide examined, the bond lengths within the hexatriene system alternate between short and long, as expected. Comparing the structures of the five fulgides with each other demonstrates no significant difference in bond lengths, bond angles or dihedral angles within the hexatriene systems. The distance between the bond‐forming C atoms at each end of the hexatriene system does vary. Correlations of structural properties with optical properties are addressed.     

Three ginkgolide hydrates from Ginkgo biloba L.: ginkgolide A monohydrate,ginkgolide C sesquihydrate and ginkgolide J dihydrate,all determined at 120 K

A low‐temperature structure of ginkgolide A monohydrate, (1R,3S,3aS,4R,6aR,7aR,7bR,8S,10aS,11aS)‐3‐(1,1‐dimethylethyl)‐hexa­hydro‐4,7b‐di­hydroxy‐8‐methyl‐9H‐1,7a‐epoxymethano‐1H,6aH‐cyclo­penta­[c]­furo­[2,3‐b]­furo­[3′,2′:3,4]­cyclopenta­[1,2‐d]­furan‐5,9,12(4H)‐trione monohydrate, C₂₀H₂₄O₉·H₂O, obtained from Mo Kα data, is a factor of three more precise than the previous room‐temperature determination. A refinement of the ginkgolide A monohydrate structure with Cu Kα data has allowed the assignment of the absolute configuration of the series of compounds. Ginkgolide C sesquihydrate, (1S,2R,3S,3aS,4R,6aR,7aR,7bR,8S,10aS,11S,11aR)‐3‐(1,1‐di­methyl­ethyl)‐hexa­hydro‐2,4,7b,11‐tetrahydroxy‐8‐methyl‐9H‐1,7a‐epoxy­methano‐1H,6aH‐cyclopenta­[c]­furo­[2,3‐b]­furo­[3′,2′:3,4]­cyclo­penta­[1,2‐d]­furan‐5,9,12(4H)‐trione sesquihydrate, C₂₀H₂₄O₁₁·1.5H₂O, has two independent diterpene mol­ecules, both of which exhibit intramolecular hydrogen bonding between OH groups. Ginkgolide J dihydrate, (1S,2R,3S,3aS,4R,6aR,7aR,7bR,8S,10aS,11aS)‐3‐(1,1‐di­methyl­ethyl)‐hexa­hydro‐2,4,7b‐tri­hydroxy‐8‐methyl‐9H‐1,7a‐epoxy­methano‐1H,6aH‐cyclo­penta­[c]­furo­[2,3‐b]furo[3′,2′:3,4]­cyclo­penta­[1,2‐d]­furan‐5,9,12(4H)‐trione dihydrate, C₂₀H₂₄O₁₀·2H₂O, has the same basic skeleton as the other ginkgolides, with its three OH groups having the same configurations as those in ginkgolide C. The conformations of the six five‐membered rings are quite similar across ­ginkgolides A–C and J, except for the A and F rings of ginkgolide A.     

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.     

Bis‐Triiodide von 1,2‐Ethandiaminkomplexen am Beispiel des Metalls Kupfer

In bis­(1,2‐ethanedi­amine‐N,N′)­bis­[tri­iodo(1?)‐I]copper, [Cu(I₃)₂­(C₂H₈N₂)₂], the triiodide anions form chains parallel to [001]. The central metal ion (site symmetry 2/m) of the complex cation is coordinated to four N atoms and to two I atoms. The geometry of the square‐bipyramidal complex is as expected, with d(Cu—N) = 2.006 (5) and d(Cu—I) = 3.3600 (9) Å.     

Linear chains in polymeric di­cyclo­hexyl­ammonium tri­butyl­(4‐oxo‐4H‐pyran‐2,6‐di­carboxyl­ato)­stannate and methyl­phenyl­ammonium tri­butyl(pyridine‐2,6‐di­carboxyl­ato)­stannate containing trigonal bipyramidal tin

catena‐Poly­[di­cyclo­hexyl­ammonium [tri­butyl­tin‐μ‐(4‐oxo‐4H‐pyran‐2,6‐di­carboxyl­ato‐O²:O⁶)]], (C₁₂­H₂₄N)­[Sn(C₇­H₂­O₆)(C₄H₉)₃], consists of 4‐oxo‐4H‐pyran‐2,6‐di­carboxyl­ato groups that axially link adjacent tri­butyl­tin units into a linear polyanionic chain. The ammonium counter‐ions surround the chain, and each cation forms a pair of hydrogen bonds to the double‐bond carbonyl O atoms of the same dianionic group. The chain propagates in a zigzag manner along the c axis of the monoclinic cell. In catena‐poly­[methyl­(phenyl)­ammonium [tri­butyl­tin‐μ‐(pyridine‐2,6‐di­carboxyl­ato‐O²:O⁶)]], (C₇H₁₀N)­[Sn(C₇H₃NO₄)­(C₄H₉)₃], the pyridine‐2,6‐di­carboxyl­ato groups also link the tri­butyl­tin groups into a chain, but the hydrogen‐bonded chain propagates linearly on the ac face of the monoclinic cell.     

(1E,3E,5E)‐1,2,3,4,5,6‐Hexa­fluoro‐1,6‐di­phenyl­hexatriene

The title triene, C₁₈H₁₀F₆, was prepared via the Pd⁰ coupling reaction of (E)‐(1,2‐di­fluoro‐1,2‐ethenediyl)­bis­(tri­butyl­stan­nane) with (Z)‐β‐iodo‐α,β‐di­fluoro­styrene in N,N′‐dimethylformamide/tetrahydrofuran. The crystal structure shows the product to be the 1E,3E,5E isomer. Due to steric interactions between F atoms, the double bonds are not coplanar. The planes defined by the two terminal double bonds are almost perpendicular.     

Intermolecular stacking in pyrazolo[3,4‐d]pyrimidine‐based pentamethylene‐linked flexible ­molecules

The crystal structures of 1‐{5‐[4,6‐bis­(methyl­sulfanyl)‐2H‐py­razolo­[3,4‐d]­pyrimidin‐2‐yl]­pentyl}‐6‐methyl­sulfanyl‐4‐(pyr­rolidin‐1‐yl)‐1H‐pyrazolo­[3,4‐d]­pyrimidine, C₂₂H₂₉N₉S₃, and 6‐methyl­sulfanyl‐1‐{5‐[6‐methyl­sulfanyl‐4‐(pyrrolidin‐1‐yl)‐2H‐pyrazolo­[3,4‐d]­pyrimidin‐2‐yl]­pentyl}‐4‐(pyrrolidin‐1‐yl)‐1H‐pyrazolo­[3,4‐d]­pyrimidine, C₂₅H₃₄N₁₀S₂, which differ in having either a pyrrolidine substituent or a methylsulfanyl group, show intermolecular stacking due to aromatic π–π interactions between the pyrazolo­[3,4‐d]­pyrimidine rings.     

N‐Fluoropyridinium trifluoromethanesulfonate and 1‐fluoro‐2,4,6‐trimethoxy‐1,3,5‐triazinium hexafluoroantimonate: the first experimental determination of the F—N+ bond length involving sp2 nitrogen

The structures of N‐fluoro­pyridinium tri­fluoro­methane­sulfon­ate, C₅H₅FN⁺·CF₃O₃S⁻, (I), and 1‐fluoro‐2,4,6‐tri­methoxy‐1,3,5‐triazinium hexa­fluoro­antimonate, (C₆H₉FN₃O₃)[SbF₆], (II), are presented. The N—F bond lengths in (I), a well known electrophilic fluorinating agent, and its novel analogue, (II), are 1.357 (4) and 1.354 (4) Å, respectively.     

Dichlorobis(pyridine‐κN)bis(3,3,3‐trifluoropropyl‐κC1)tin(IV)

In the title compound, [Sn(C₃H₄F₃)₂Cl₂(C₅H₅N)₂], the Sn atom lies on an inversion centre and is octahedrally coordinated by two Cl atoms, two tri­fluoro­propyl groups and two N atoms in an all‐trans configuration. The electronegative tri­fluoro­propyl groups increase the electrophilic properties of the Sn atom, and the Sn—Cl and Sn—N bonds are shortened in comparison with those reported for analogous compounds.     

(η6‐Hexamethylbenzene)(mesidine)­ditriflatoruthenium(II)

The crystal structure of the title complex, (η⁶‐hexamethylbenzene)bis(trifluoromethanesulfonato‐O)(2,4,6‐trimethylanil­ine‐N)ruthenium(II), [Ru(CF₃O₃S)₂(C₁₂H₁₈)(C₉H₁₃N)], is described. The complex has the classic three‐legged piano‐stool structure with a planar arene 1.667 Å from the metal, two monodentate O‐bound tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate ligands [Ru—O 2.169 (2) and 2.174 (2) Å] and one N‐bound mesidine ligand [Ru—N 2.198 (2) Å]. The Ru—N distance is relatively long and the average Ru—O distance is relatively short when compared with previously characterized Ru^II complexes.     

Two 2,5‐bis(2‐pyridinyl)‐1,3,4‐oxa­diazo­le–metal complexes (M = Cu and Ni)

The reaction of the diazine ligand 3,5‐bis(2‐pyridinyl)‐1,3,4‐oxa­diazole (pod, C₁₂H₈N₄O), with Cu(CF₃SO₃)₂ or Ni(ClO₄)₂ afforded the title complexes di­aqua­bis­[3,5‐bis(2‐pyridinyl)‐1,3,4‐oxa­diazole‐N²,N³]copper(II) bis­(tri­fluoro­methane­sul­fon­ate), [Cu(pod)₂(H₂O)₂](CF₃SO₃)₂, and di­aqua­bis­[3,5‐bis(2‐pyridinyl)‐1,3,4‐oxa­diazo­le‐N²,N³]­nickel(II) diperchlorate, [Ni(pod)₂(H₂O)₂](ClO₄)₂. Both complexes present a crystallographically centrosymmetric mononuclear cation structure which consists of a six‐coordinated Cu^II or Ni^II ion with two pod mol­ecules acting as bidentate ligands and two axially coordinated water mol­ecules.     

3‐Germyl‐3,3‐di­methyl­propionic acid derivatives

The crystal structures of 3,3‐di­methyl‐3‐(tri­chloro­germyl)­propionic acid, [Ge(C₅H₉O₂)Cl₃], 3,3‐di­methyl‐3‐(tri­phenyl­germyl)­propionic acid, [Ge(C₆H₅)₃(C₅H₉O₂)], and 3,3‐di­methyl‐3‐(tri‐p‐toly­lgermyl)­propionic acid, [Ge(C₇H₇)₃(C₅H₉O₂)], have slightly distorted tetrahedral geometries about the Ge atoms. All the structures form dimers via strong O—H·O hydrogen bonds, resulting in eight‐membered rings that can be best described in terms of graph‐set notation (8).     

The molecular and supramolecular structures of the isomeric compounds 5,7‐di­methoxy­imidazo­[1,2‐c]­pyrimidine and 7‐methoxy‐1‐methyl­imidazo­[1,2‐a]­pyrimidin‐5(1H)‐one

The supramolecular structures of the isomeric compounds 5,7‐di­methoxy­imidazo­[1,2‐c]­pyrimidine, C₈H₉N₃O₂, (I), and 7‐methoxy‐1‐methyl­imidazo­[1,2‐a]­pyrimidin‐5(1H)‐one, C₈H₉N₃O₂, (II), are determined by weak C—H⃛N and C—H⃛O hydrogen bonds in (I), which generate alternating linked centrosymmetric R(8) and R(10) rings that form a ribbon running parallel to the c axis, and by C—H⃛O bonds in (II), which link the mol­ecules into sheets comprising centro­symmetric R(10) and R(22) rings.