Two tetrahydrofuran solvates of HN(SePPh2)2

The X‐ray crystal structures of P,P′‐imino­bis­(di­phenyl­seleno­phosphine) tetra­hydro­furan solvate, C₂₄H₂₁NP₂Se₂·C₄H₈O, (I), and bis­(tetra­hydro­furan) solvate, C₂₄H₂₁NP₂Se₂·2C₄H₈O, (II), have been determined; (I) has twofold crystallographic symmetry. In each compound, the O atom of one mol­ecule of tetra­hydro­furan is hydrogen bonded to the amide‐H atom of HN(SePPh₂)₂. The conformation of the Se—P—N—P—Se chains in (I), (II), and the crystal structure of the unsolvated HN(SePPh₂)₂ are different.     

Tetrakis­(tetra­hydro­furan‐κO)­lithium mer‐tris­(carbazolyl‐κN)‐trans‐di­chloro(tetra­hydro­furan‐κO)­zirconate

In the title compound, [Li(C₄H₈O)₄][ZrCl₂(C₁₂H₈N)₃(C₄H₈O)], the environment of the Zr atom is pseudo‐octahedral, with the three carbazolyl ligands in a mer configuration. The counter‐ion of the zirconium complex is composed of an Li atom surrounded by four tetra­hydro­furan (THF) mol­ecules. The THF mol­ecule attached to the Zr atom is disordered over two sites, as are two of the THF mol­ecules in the lithium moiety. All bond distances and angles are consistent with those in complexes with similar structural entities. The Zr—N bond distances are 2.2185 (18) and 2.167 (3) Å.     

(μ‐Tri‐tert‐butoxysilanethiol­ato)­bis[(tetra­hydro­furan)lithium(I)] and catena‐poly[[bis­(μ‐tri‐tert‐butoxy­silanethiol­ato)dilithium(I)]‐μ‐dimethoxy­ethane]: solvent coordination as the structure‐forming factor

The title compounds, μ‐(tri‐tert‐butoxy­silanethiol­ato‐κ²S:S)‐bis[(tetra­hydro­furan‐κO)lithium(I)], [Li₂(C₁₂H₂₇O₃SSi)₂(C₄H₈O)₂], (I), and catena‐poly[[bis­(μ‐tri‐tert‐butoxysilanethiol­ato)‐1:2κ²S;1κS:2κS,O‐dilithium(I)]‐μ‐dimethoxy­ethane‐κ²O:O′], [Li₂(C₁₂H₂₇O₃SSi)₂(C₄H₁₀O₂)]_n, (II), were obtained by the reaction of tri‐tert‐butoxy­silanethiol with metallic lithium. The crude product, when recrystallized from tetra­hydro­furan (THF) yields (I), and when recrystallized from 1,2‐dimethoxy­ethane (DME) gives (II). Compound (I) forms centrosymmetric dimers in the solid state with an Li₂S₂ central core, whereas (II) forms infinitely long chains, in which the centrosymmetric dimeric units are linked together by the bidentate DME ligand (also residing on an inversion centre), thus forming a coordination polymer. The formation of a one‐dimensional structure in (II) is a consequence of replacement of a monodentate THF solvent mol­ecule with a bidentate DME mol­ecule.     

(Borohydrido)(18‐crown‐6)potassium and (borohydrido)(dibenzo‐18‐crown‐6)(tetra­hydro­furan)potassium

In the two compounds (borohydrido)(1,4,7,10,13,16‐hexa­oxacyclo­octa­decane‐κ⁶O)potassium, [K(BH₄)(C₁₂H₂₄O₆)], (I), and (borohydrido)(1,4,7,10,13,16‐hexa­oxa‐2,3:11,12‐di­benzo­cyclo­octa­deca‐2,11‐diene‐κ⁶O)(tetra­hydro­furan)­potassium, [K(BH₄)(C₄H₈O)(C₂₀H₂₄O₆)], (II), the K atom is bound to the six O atoms of the crown ether and to a tridentate borohydride group, with further coordination to a tetra­hydro­furan mol­ecule in (II). The alkali metal ion environment is thus distorted hexa­gonal–pyramidal in (I) and bipyramidal in (II).     

Decamethyl­ferrocenium bis­(2‐oxo‐1,3‐dithiole‐4,5‐dithiolato‐κ2S4,S5)nickelate(III) tetra­hydro­furan solvate

The title compound, [Fe(C₁₀H₁₅)₂][Ni(C₃OS₄)₂]·C₄H₈O or [Fe(Cp*)₂][Ni(dmio)₂]·THF, where [Fe(Cp*)₂]⁺ is the deca­methyl­ferrocenium cation, dmio is the 2‐oxo‐1,3‐dithiole‐4,5‐dithiol­ate dianion and THF is tetra­hydro­furan, crystallizes with two independent half‐anion units [one Ni atom is at the centre of symmetry (, , 0) and the other is at the centre of symmetry (, 0, )], one cation unit (located in a general position) and one THF solvent mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit. The crystal structure consists of two‐dimensional layers composed of parallel mixed chains, where pairs of cations alternate with single anions. These layers are separated by sheets of anions and THF mol­ecules.     

[{Me4C2(C5H4)2}Zr(BH4)2], a bis(tetra­hydro­borate) complex of a bridged zirconocene

Bis(tetra­hydro­borato)­[1,1,2,2‐tetra­methyl‐1,2‐ethyl­enebis­(η⁵‐cyclo­penta­dienyl)]­zirconium, (I), was synthesized by the reaction of the zirconocene dichloride with lithium tetra­hydro­borate. Crystals suitable for X‐ray structure analysis were obtained by recrystallization from toluene. The mol­ecule adopts an appproximate C_2v symmetry. Both tetra­hydro­borate ligands are η²‐coordinated and tilted by 18–19° out of the equatorial plane; the angle B1—Zr1—B2 is 104.7°. The cyclo­penta­dienyl rings show a normal η⁵‐coordinaton, with a centroid–Zr–centroid angle of 124.3°.     

(1S,2R,2′S)‐ and (1S,2S,2′S)‐1‐phenyl‐2‐phenyl­thio‐2‐(tetra­hydro­pyran‐2′‐yl­thio)­ethanol diastereoisomers at 193 K

In the synthesis of 1‐phenyl‐2‐phenyl­thio‐2‐(tetra­hydro­pyran‐2‐yl­thio)­ethanol, C₁₉H₂₂O₂S₂, four diastereoisomers are formed. Two non‐centrosymmetric enantiomeric forms which crystallize in space groups P2₁2₁2₁ and Pna2₁ are presented. The former has an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the hydroxyl group and the O atom of the tetra­hydro­pyran ring. In the latter isomer, the hydroxyl group forms an intermolecular hydrogen bond to the O atom of the tetra­hydro­pyran­yl group of a neighbouring mol­ecule, joining the mol­ecules into chains in the c‐axis direction; the O?O distances are 2.962 (4) and 2.764 (3) Å, respectively. The tetra­hydro­pyran rings are in chair conformations in both isomers and the S side chain has an equatorial orientation in the former, but an axial orientation in the latter mol­ecule.     

Dichloro(tetrahydrofuran‐O)[(trimethylsilyl)amido‐N]gallium(III)

The title compound, [GaCl₂(C₃H₁₀NSi)(C₄H₈O)], is the tetra­hydro­furan‐coordinated monomer of the previously structurally characterized dimer [GaN(H)SiMe₃Cl₂]₂. The title compound consists of discrete monomeric mol­ecules with two crystallographically independent mol­ecules within the unit cell. The crystal structure is composed of a Ga atom in a four‐coordinate tetrahedral arrangement, with Ga—N distances of 2.025 (3) and 2.026 (3) Å in the two independent mol­ecules.     

Di‐μ‐phenyl­thio‐bis­[bis(η5‐methyl­cyclo­penta­dienyl)(tetra­hydro­furan)lanthanum(III)] bis­(tetra­hydro­furan) solvate

The title complex, [La₂(C₆H₇)₄(C₆H₅S)₂(C₄H₈O)₂]·2C₄H₈O, is a centrosymmetric dimer bridged through the S atoms of the benzene­thiolate ligands. The bridging La₂S₂ unit is completely planar, while the geometry around the nine‐coordinate La atom is that of a distorted trigonal bipyramid. The La—S—La and S—La—S angles are 117.51 (4) and 62.5 (1)°, respectively, and the average La—S bond length is 2.9759 Å. The crystals contain two tetra­hydro­furan solvate mol­ecules for every complex mol­ecule.     

[Fe(TPP)(4‐MePip)2]: an axially compressed bis­(secondary amine) complex of an iron(II) porphyrin

The low‐spin iron(II) ion of bis(4‐methyl­piperidine)(5,10,15,20‐tetra­phenyl­porphyrinato)­iron(II), [Fe(TPP)(4‐MePip)₂], where TPP is 5,10,15,20‐tetra­phenyl­porphyrinate (C₄₄H₂₈N₄) and 4‐MePip is 4‐methyl­piperidine (C₆H₁₃N), is located at a center of inversion, and there is one mol­ecule in the triclinic unit cell. The axial 4‐MePip ligands adopt a chair conformation and the α‐C atoms are oriented at angles of 21.2 (2) and 32.8 (2)° relative to the closest porphyrin N atoms. The equatorial Fe—N_TPP distances are 1.998 (2) and 1.990 (2) Å, while the axial Fe—N distance is 2.107 (2) Å. The relatively short axial coordination distance reflects compression of the mol­ecule along its principal axis by intermolecular non‐bonded interactions.     

Pentane and tetra­hydro­furan solvates of trans‐di­chloro­bis­[1,2‐ethane­diyl­bis­(di­phenyl­phos­phine)‐P,P′]­molybdenum(II)

trans‐[MoCl₂(dppe)₂] [dppe is 1,2‐ethane­diyl­bis­(di­phenyl­phos­phine), C₂₆H₂₄P₂] was obtained as a side product from the reaction of trans‐[Mo(dppe)₂(N₂)₂] with Cp*GeCl to give the germyl­yne complex trans‐[Cl(dppe)₂Mo[triple‐bond]Ge(η¹‐Cp*)]. The crystal structures of the hemi­pentane (0.5C₅H₁₂) and di­tetra­hydro­furan (2C₄H₈O) solvates of trans‐[MoCl₂(dppe)₂], (IIIa) and (IIIb), respectively, have been determined.     

[cis‐{η2‐(Ph3PAu)2}Ph3PCr(CO)4]·THF,featuring the shortest known separation between two Au metal centres in a heteronuclear Au2M cluster

The title compound, tetra­carbonyl‐1κ⁴C‐tris­(tri­phenyl­phos­phino)‐1κP,2κP,3κP‐triangulo‐chromiumdigold(Au—Au)(2 Cr—Au) tetra­hydro­furan solvate, [Au₂Cr(C₁₈H₁₅P)₃(CO)₄]·C₄H₈O, is a stable isolobal analogue of the extremely labile [(η²‐H₂)CrL_n–1] molecular hydrogen complex (n = 6; L is a neutral ligand, e.g. CO or PPh₃), and features the shortest known separation [2.6937 (2) Å] between two Au atoms in a triangular heteronuclear metal‐cluster framework.     

Aqua­bis­(benzo­nitrile)(o‐benzo­quin­one di­imine)(tri­phenyl­phosphine)­ruthenium(II) bis­(tetra­fluoro­borate) hydrate

The Ru atom in the title compound, [Ru(C₆H₅CN)₂{P(C₆H₅)₃}{C₆H₄(NH)₂}(H₂O)](BF₄)₂·H₂O, has six‐coordinate octahedral geometry, with a trans arrangement of the tri­phenyl­phosphine ligand and the water mol­ecule. The asymmetric unit contains one complex cation, two tetra­fluoro­borate anions and one solvent water mol­ecule, which is disordered over two sites (ratio of occupancies 0.70:0.30).     

A comparison of the ring conformational properties of two derivatives prepared from the same diene ­diacetate precursor

Results of single‐crystal X‐ray experiments performed for the title compounds, (1S,2R,3S,4R,5R)‐4‐benzyl­oxy‐2‐[1‐(benzyl­oxy)­allyl]‐5‐hydroxy­methyl‐2,3,4,5‐tetra­hydro­furan‐3‐ol, C₂₂H₂₆O₅, (I), and (3R,5S,6S,7S,8S)‐3,6‐bis­(benzyl­oxy)‐5‐iodo­methyl‐2,3,4,5‐tetra­hydro­furo­[3,2‐b]­furan‐2‐one, C₂₁H₂₁IO₅, (II), demonstrate that the tetra­hydro­furan ring that is common to both structures adopts a different conformation in each mol­ecule. Structural analyses of (I) and (II), which were prepared from the same precursor, indicate that their different conformations are caused by hydrogen‐bonding interactions in the case of (I) and the presence of a fused bicyclic ring system in the case of (II). Density functional theory calculations on simplified analogs of (I) and (II) are also presented.     

Bis[1‐(pyridin‐2‐yl)­ethano­ne‐κN 4‐phenyl­thio­semicarbazonato‐κ2N4,S]­manganese(II)

One half of the mol­ecule of the title complex, [Mn(C₁₄H₁₃N₄S)₂], is related to the other half by a twofold axis passing through the Mn atom. This high‐spin Mn atom is six‐coordinated, in an octahedral geometry, by the azomethine N, the pyridyl N and the thiol­ate S atom of two planar 1‐­(pyridin‐2‐yl)­ethanone N(4)‐phenyl­thio­semicarbazone lig­ands. In the crystal, the mol­ecules are interconnected by N—­H?S and C—H?N interactions, forming a three‐dimensional network.     

Conjugation and hydrogen bonding in a curcumin analogue

The strongly yellow‐coloured compound 5‐(5‐methyl‐2,3,4,5‐tetra­hydro­furan‐2‐yl)‐1‐phenyl­pent‐4‐ene‐1,3‐dione, C₁₆H₁₄O₃, has different substituents on each side of the dione group. The mol­ecule is essentially planar and the structure indicates a continuous conjugation from the furyl moiety to the carbonyl O atom in the enol group, as well as a strong conjugation within the enol group itself. The enol H atom is bonded to the O atom closest to the furyl group. Weak hydrogen bonds are indicated and comments about the colour of the compound are given.     

{N‐[2‐(η5‐Cyclopentadienyl)ethyl]‐4‐toluenesulfonamido‐N,O}(tetrahydrofuran‐O)bis(trifluoromethanesulfonato‐O)titanium(II)

The title compound, [Ti(CF₃O₃S)₂(C₁₄H₁₅NO₂S)(C₄H₈O)], contains a unique ligand system in which the Ti ion is bound to the N and O atoms of a 2‐p‐toluene­sulfon­amide ligand, which is linked by an ethyl group to a coordinated cyclo­penta­diene moiety. The distorted octahedral geometry about the Ti ion is completed by two tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate ligands and a tetra­hydro­furan mol­ecule. Comparison with related compounds shows that both the Ti—N and Ti—O bonds of the sulfon­amide, although longer than normal values, indicate significant bonding interactions.     

Tetrameric triphenylsilanol, (Ph3SiOH)4, and the adduct (Ph3SiOH)2–di­methyl sulfoxide,both at 120 K,and the adduct (Ph3SiOH)4–1,4‐dioxan at 150 K: interplay of O—H⋯O and C—H⋯π(arene) interactions

The structure of tetrameric tri­phenyl­silanol, C₁₈H₁₆OSi, (I), has been re‐investigated at 120 (2) K. The hydroxyl H atoms were readily located and one of the arene rings is disordered over two closely positioned sets of sites. The mol­ecules are linked into cyclic tetramers, having approximate (S₄) symmetry, via O—H?O hydrogen bonds [H?O 1.81–1.85 Å, O?O 2.634 (3)–2.693 (3) Å and O—H?O 156–166°]. At ambient temperature, there are indications of multiple disorder of the phenyl‐ring sites. In bis­(tri­phenyl­silanol) di­methyl sulfoxide solvate, 2C₁₈H₁₆OSi·C₂H₆OS, (II), the di­methyl sulfoxide component is disordered across a twofold rotation axis in C2/c, and the molecular components are linked by a single O—H?O hydrogen bond [H?O 1.85 Å, O?O 2.732 (2) Å and O—H?O 172°] into three‐mol­ecule aggregates, which are themselves linked into a single three‐dimensional framework by two C—H?π(arene) interactions. In tetrakis­(tri­phenyl­silanol) 1,4‐dioxan solvate, 4C₁₈H₁₆OSi·C₄H₈O₂, (III), the 1,4‐dioxan component lies across an inversion centre in space group P and centrosymmetric five‐mol­ecule aggregates are linked by paired C—H?π(arene) interactions to form molecular ladders.     

Supramolecular hydrogen‐bonded hexamers in two 5‐aryl‐3‐methyl‐1‐phenyl‐1,6,7,8‐tetra­hydro­pyrazolo­[3,4‐b][1,4]­diazepines

In both title compounds, i.e. 3‐methyl‐1,5‐di­phenyl‐1,6,7,8‐tetra­hydro­pyrazolo­[3,4‐b][1,4]­diazepine, C₁₉H₁₈N₄, (I), and 5‐(4‐chloro­phenyl)‐3‐methyl‐1‐phenyl‐1,6,7,8‐tetra­hydro­pyra­zolo­[3,4‐b][1,4]­diazepine, C₁₉H₁₇ClN₄, (II), an N—H?N hydrogen bond links six mol­ecules to form an R(30) ring. Compound (I) crystallizes in the R space group and (II) crystallizes in P with three mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit. The mol­ecule of (I) contains a disordered seven‐membered ring.     

An indium(III)–water chain based on an unusual acyclic water pentamer

An in situ reaction under hydro­thermal conditions leads to the formation of the title compound, diaqua­(pyridine‐2‐carboxyl­ato)­(pyridine‐2,6‐dicarboxyl­ato)indium(II) trihydrate, [In(C₆H₄NO₂)(C₇H₃NO₄)(H₂O)₂]·3H₂O, in which the central In^III atom is seven‐coordinated by one pyridine‐2,6‐di­carboxyl­ate ligand, one pyridine‐2‐carboxyl­ate ligand and two water mol­ecules in a penta­gonal–bipyramidal coordination environment. An indium(III)–water chain based on an unusual water pentamer is observed.