2‐(3‐Pyridyl)‐1,3,8‐tri­aza­naphthalene,a product of the catalytic transformation of 3‐cyano­pyridine

The title compound, C₁₂H₈N₄, was obtained by thermal treatment of 3‐cyano­pyridine in the presence of magnesium phthalocyanine as catalyst. The X‐ray structure analysis, in direct contrast to molecular orbital calculations corresponding to the gas phase, shows the mol­ecule to be non‐planar in the solid state, with an interplanar angle between the pyridine and 1,3,8‐tri­aza­naphthalene rings of 13.33 (9)°. Mol­ecules related to one another by cell translation, and positioned at intervals consistent with π–π intermolecular interactions, form stacks in the b direction.     

Supra­molecular motifs in 1‐(2‐cyano­ethyl)thymine and 1‐(3‐cyano­propyl)­thymine

In both 1‐(2‐cyano­ethyl)thymine [systematic name: 3‐(5‐methyl‐2,4‐dioxo‐1,2,3,4‐tetra­hydro­pyrimidin‐1‐yl)propane­nitrile], C₈H₉N₃O₂, (I), and 1‐(3‐cyano­propyl)thymine [systematic name: 4‐(5‐methyl‐2,4‐dioxo‐1,2,3,4‐tetra­hydro­pyrimidin‐1‐yl)butane­nitrile], C₉H₁₁N₃O₂, (II), the core of the supra­molecular structure is formed by centrosymmetric dimers generated by N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. Further weak hydrogen bonds of C—H⋯O and C—H⋯N types generate mol­ecular tapes and sheets that resemble those in uracil and its methyl derivatives. The steric hindrance that arises from the cyano­alkyl substituents perturbs the conformations of the tapes and sheets.     

From α‐carbamoyl‐α‐cyano­oxiranes to 3‐halogenopyruv­amides

The crystal structures of the first stable α‐diol from the α‐halogenopyruv­amide series, 3‐chloro‐2,2‐di­hydroxy‐3‐phenyl­propan­amide, C₉H₁₀­ClNO₃, and three products [3‐(4‐chloro­phenyl)‐2‐cyano‐2,3‐epoxy­propan­amide, C₁₀H₇­ClN₂O₂, 3‐bromo‐2‐cyano‐2‐hydroxy‐3‐p‐tolyl­propan­amide, C₁₁H₁₁Br­N₂O₂, 3‐bromo‐2‐oxo‐3‐p‐tolyl­propan­amide, C₁₀H₁₀­BrNO₂] obtained during the systematic synthesis of α‐halogenopyruv­amides are reported. The crystal structures are dominated by hydrogen bonds involving an amide group. The stability of the geminal diol could be ascribed to hydrogen bonds which involve both hydroxyl groups.     

catena‐Poly­[[[1,8‐bis(2‐hydroxy­ethyl)‐1,3,6,8,10,13‐hexa­aza­cyclo­tetra­decane]copper(II)]‐μ‐cyano‐[tri­cyano­nitro­soiron(III)]‐μ‐cyano]

The bimetallic title complex, [CuFe(CN)₅(C₁₂H₃₀N₆O₂)(NO)] or [Cu(L)Fe(CN)₅(NO)] [where L is 1,8‐bis(2‐hydroxy­ethyl)‐1,3,6,8,10,13‐hexa­aza­cyclo­tetra­decane], has a one‐dimensional zigzag polymeric –Cu(L)–NC–Fe(NO)(CN)₃–CN–Cu(L)– chain, in which the Cu^II and Fe^II centres are linked by two CN groups. In the complex, the Cu^II ion is coordinated by four N atoms from the L ligand [Cu—N(L) = 1.999 (2)–2.016 (2) Å] and two cyanide N atoms [Cu—N = 2.383 (2) and 2.902 (3) Å], and has an elongated octahedral geometry. The Fe^II centre is in a distorted octahedral environment, with Fe—N(nitroso) = 1.656 (2) Å and Fe—C(CN) = 1.938 (3)–1.948 (3) Å. The one‐dimensional zigzag chains are linked to form a three‐dimensional network via N—H⋯N and O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds.     

(Z)‐2‐(3‐Methoxy­benzyl­idene)‐1‐aza­bicyclo­[2.2.2]octan‐3‐one

The crystal structure of the title compound, C₁₅H₁₇NO₂, contains two nearly identical but crystallographically independent mol­ecules, each with a double bond connecting an aza­bicyclic ring system to a 3‐methoxy­benzyl­idene moiety. The space group is triclinic P. The benzene ring is twisted by 18.44 (5) and 22.35 (4)° with respect to the plane of the double bond connected to the azabicyclic ring system for the two mol­ecules. In addition to C—H⋯π inter­actions, mol­ecules are held together in the solid state by van der Waals inter­actions.     

Poly­[[di­aqua­cobalt(II)]‐di‐μ‐4‐cyano­benzoato‐κ4O:O′]

The title compound, [Co(C₈H₄NO₂)₂(H₂O)₂]_n, which was obtained by the reaction of CoCl₂·6H₂O with 4‐cyano­benzoic acid, is the first two‐dimensional 4‐cyano­benzoate cobalt(II) polymer. The Co atom lies on a centre of symmetry and its coordination polyhedron is a slightly distorted octahedron, defined by two water and four carboxyl­ate O atoms. The 4‐cyano­benzoate (cba) anion is bridging in a syn‐skew coordination mode, which ensures a two‐dimensional architecture with the building block Co₄(cba)₄.     

Tetra‐μ‐acetato‐O:O′‐bis­[(7‐aza­indole‐N)­copper(II)]

The title complex, [Cu₂(C₂H₃O₂)₄(C₇H₆N₂)₂], shows a binuclear cage structure having an inversion centre. There are intramolecular N—H?O hydrogen bonds between the 7‐aza­indole ligands and the bridging acetate O atoms.     

9,10‐Di­methoxy‐4‐methyl‐1,2‐di­hydro‐1‐aza­anthracen‐2‐one (kalasin­amide), a new aza­anthracene alkaloid

A new aza­anthracene alkaloid, namely 9,10‐di­methoxy‐4‐methyl‐1,2‐di­hydro‐1‐aza­anthracen‐2‐one (kalasin­amide), C₁₆H₁₅NO₃, has been isolated from the stems of Polyal­thia suberosa collected in the northeastern part of Thailand. Each of the aromatic rings in the mol­ecule is planar within 0.021 (2) Å. Molecules are linked to form centrosymmetric dimers by N—H?O hydrogen bonds [N?O 2.941 (4) Å].     

A zwitterion of 1,5‐bis­(2‐hydroxy­benzamido)‐3‐aza­pentane: a two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonding network involving dimers

The title compound, 2‐{N‐[2‐(2‐hydroxy­benzamido)ethyl­ammonio­ethyl]amino­carbon­yl}phenolate, C₁₈H₂₁N₃O₄, crystallizes in a zwitterionic form as a result of inter­molecular proton transfer and possesses a negatively charged phenolate group and a protonated amino group. The 2‐hydroxy­benzamide and 2‐(amino­carbonyl)­phenolate moieties attached to the two ends of the C—C—N—C—C backbone adopt a cis conformation in relation to this backbone. All N‐ and O‐bound H atoms are involved in hydrogen‐bond formation; the zwitterions are first linked into head‐to‐tail dimers, which are further organized into a two‐dimensional network parallel to the crystallographic bc plane.     

Tris(2‐cyano­ethyl)­amine

In the title compound, N(CH₂CH₂CN)₃, (I), the three cyano­ethyl groups adopt a conformation with the CN groups oriented in the same direction, suggesting the compound may behave as a potential tripodal ligand.     

Diethyl 3,8‐di­methyl‐4,7‐di­aza­deca‐2,8‐dienedioate

The title compound, C₁₄H₂₄N₂O₄, consists of two symmetric moieties related through a twofold axis. The whole mol­ecule has a cis conformation. Both the ionic enol form and the non‐ionic keto form make comparable contributions to the structure. In the crystal structure, infinite supramolecular chains are formed through N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.     

A 1,3,2‐ox­aza­borolidine dimer derived from (S)‐α,α‐di­phenyl­prolinol

The reaction of (S)‐α,α‐di­phenyl­prolinol with an excess of borane–tetra­hydro­furan complex yields a stable crystalline material with the composition C₃₄H₃₈B₂N₂O₂, which features a borane adduct of a spiro­cyclic structure with two ox­aza­borolidine rings joined by a central tetrahedral B atom. This dimeric ox­aza­borolidine complex, viz. 3,3,3′,3′‐tetra­phenyl‐1,1′‐spiro­bi(3a,4,5,6‐tetra­hydro‐3H‐pyrrolo­[1,2‐c][1,3,2]­ox­azaborole)–7‐borane, is the dominant product under various reaction conditions; its crystal structure is consistent with ¹¹B, ¹H and ¹³C NMR and IR analyses.     

The synthesis of novel crown ethers,part X, 4‐propyl‐and 3‐ethyl‐4‐methylchromenone‐crown ethers

Starting from ethyl propionylacetate, and ethyl 2‐ethylacetoacetate we prepared 4‐propyl‐7,8‐, 4‐propyl‐6,7‐, 3‐ethyl‐4‐methyl‐7,8‐ and 3‐ethyl‐4‐methyl‐6,7‐dihydroxy‐2H‐chromenones which were allowed to react with the bis‐dihalides or ditosylates of glycols in DMF/Na₂CO₃ to afford the 6,7‐ and 7,8‐chromenone derivatives of 12‐crown‐4, 15‐crown‐4 and 18‐crown‐6. The products were identified using ir, ¹³C and ¹H nmr, ms and high resolution mass spectroscopy. The cation selectivities of chromenone crown ethers with Li⁺, Na⁺ and K⁺ cations were estimated from the steady state emission fluorescence spectra of free and cation complexed chromenone macrocyclic ethers in acetonitrile.     

Four oxoindole‐linked α‐alkoxy‐β‐amino acid derivatives

Four structures of oxoindolyl α‐hydroxy‐β‐amino acid derivatives, namely, methyl 2‐{3‐[(tert‐butoxycarbonyl)amino]‐1‐methyl‐2‐oxoindolin‐3‐yl}‐2‐methoxy‐2‐phenylacetate, C₂₄H₂₈N₂O₆, (I), methyl 2‐{3‐[(tert‐butoxycarbonyl)amino]‐1‐methyl‐2‐oxoindolin‐3‐yl}‐2‐ethoxy‐2‐phenylacetate, C₂₅H₃₀N₂O₆, (II), methyl 2‐{3‐[(tert‐butoxycarbonyl)amino]‐1‐methyl‐2‐oxoindolin‐3‐yl}‐2‐[(4‐methoxybenzyl)oxy]‐2‐phenylacetate, C₃₁H₃₄N₂O₇, (III), and methyl 2‐[(anthracen‐9‐yl)methoxy]‐2‐{3‐[(tert‐butoxycarbonyl)amino]‐1‐methyl‐2‐oxoindolin‐3‐yl}‐2‐phenylacetate, C₃₈H₃₆N₂O₆, (IV), have been determined. The diastereoselectivity of the chemical reaction involving α‐diazoesters and isatin imines in the presence of benzyl alcohol is confirmed through the relative configuration of the two stereogenic centres. In esters (I) and (III), the amide group adopts an anti conformation, whereas the conformation is syn in esters (II) and (IV). Nevertheless, the amide group forms intramolecular N—H...O hydrogen bonds with the ester and ether O atoms in all four structures. The ether‐linked substituents are in the extended conformation in all four structures. Ester (II) is dominated by intermolecular N—H...O hydrogen‐bond interactions. In contrast, the remaining three structures are sustained by C—H...O hydrogen‐bond interactions.     

(Z)‐2‐(1‐Benzyl‐5‐nitro‐1H‐indol‐3‐ylmethyl­ene)‐1‐aza­bicyclo­[2.2.2]octan‐3‐one

In the title compound, C₂₃H₂₁N₃O₃, the indole ring is planar and the phenyl ring of the benzyl group makes a dihedral angle with the best plane of the indole ring of 73.77 (4)°. The double bond connecting the aza­bicyclic and indole moieties has Z geometry.     

Four related esters: two 4‐(aroylhydrazinyl)‐3‐nitrobenzoates and two 3‐aryl‐1,2,4‐benzotriazine‐6‐carboxylates

The molecules of both methyl 4‐[2‐(4‐chlorobenzoyl)hydrazinyl]‐3‐nitrobenzoate, C₁₅H₁₂ClN₃O₅, (I), and methyl 4‐[2‐(2‐fluorobenzoyl)hydrazinyl]‐3‐nitrobenzoate, C₁₅H₁₂FN₃O₅, (II), contain an intramolecular N—H...O hydrogen bond, and both show electronic polarization in the nitrated aryl ring. In both compounds, molecules are linked by a combination of N—H...O and C—H...O hydrogen bonds to form sheets, which are built from R₄³(18) rings in (I) and from R₄⁴(28) rings in (II). In each of methyl 3‐phenyl‐1,2,4‐benzotriazine‐6‐carboxylate, C₁₅H₁₁N₃O₂, (III), and methyl 3‐(4‐methylphenyl)‐1,2,4‐benzotriazine‐6‐carboxylate, C₁₆H₁₃N₃O₂, (IV), the benzotriazine unit shows naphthalene‐type delocalization. There are no hydrogen bonds in the structures of compounds (III) and (IV), but in both compounds, the molecules are linked into chains by π–π stacking interactions involving the benzotriazine units. The mechanism of chain formation is the same in both (III) and (IV), and the different orientations of the two chains can be related to the approximate relationship between the unit‐cell metrics for (III) and (IV).     

Difur­aza­no­[3,4‐b:3′,4′‐f]‐4,5‐di­aza‐1,8‐dioxa­cyclo­dodecine and an acyclic analogue

The novel title fur­azan‐containing macrocycle (systematic name: 6,9,14,17‐tetraoxa‐2,3,5,7,16,18‐hexa­aza­tri­cyclo­[13.3.0.0^4,8]­octadeca‐4,7,15,18‐tetraene), C₈H₁₀N₆O₄, (I), is the first macrocycle where the fur­azan rings are connected via a hydrazine group. In spite of the strain in the 12‐membered macrocycle of (I), the geometry of the fur­azan fragment is the same in (I) and in its acyclic analogue 1,8‐bis(5‐amino­fur­azan‐4‐yl­oxy)‐3,6‐dioxaoctane, C₁₀H₁₆N₆O₆, (II). In both compounds, the participation of the fur­azan rings in intermolecular hydrogen bonding equalizes the N—O bonds within the fur­azan rings, in contrast with rings which do not participate in such interactions.     

1,4,7‐Tris(2‐cyano­ethyl)‐4,7‐tri­aza‐1‐azonia­cyclo­nonane perchlorate

There are three independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C₁₅H₂₅N₆⁺·ClO₄⁻. The cations are linked to form an (30) ring with two arms and are then linked into columns in the [010] direction by C(11) chains formed via C—H⃛N hydrogen bonds.     

[μ‐N,N′‐Bis(2‐amino­ethyl)­oxamidato(2–)]­bis­[(4,5‐di­aza­fluoren‐9‐one)­perchloratocopper(II)] 4,5‐di­aza­fluoren‐9‐one disolvate

The title compound, [Cu₂(C₆H₁₂N₄O₂)(ClO₄)₂(C₁₁H₆N₂O)₂]·2C₁₁H₆N₂O, contains a dinuclear copper(II) complex which lies about a twofold axis at the mid‐point of the C—C bond of the ox­amide ligand that bridges the two Cu^II atoms. The Cu·Cu distance is 5.215 (2) Å and the Cu atoms have distorted octahedral coordination geometry. Intramolecular N—H·O and N—H·N hydrogen bonds and intermolecular C—H·O hydrogen bonds, together with π–π stacking interactions, dominate throughout the crystal structure.     

Polymeric μ‐cyano‐di­cyano­nickelate(II)‐μ‐cyano‐trans‐bis­[N‐(2‐hydroxyethyl)ethyl­enedi­amine]­cadmium(II)

The title compound, catena‐poly­[[μ‐cyano‐1:2κ²C:N‐di­cyano‐1κ²C‐trans‐bis­[N‐(2‐hydroxy­ethyl)­ethane‐1,2‐di­amine‐2κ²N,N′]­cadmium(II)­nickel(II)]‐μ‐cyano‐1:2′κ²C:N], [CdNi(CN)₄(C₄H₁₂N₂O)₂], consists of alternating square‐planar Ni(CN)₄ fragments, formally dianionic, and Cd(hydet‐en)₂ moieties [hydet‐en is N‐(2‐hydroxy­ethyl)­ethyl­ene­di­amine], with the two bridging cyanide ligands in a mutually trans disposition at the Ni atom and cis at the Cd atom. The resulting one‐dimensional zigzag chain structure has the Ni atom on an inversion center, while the distorted octahedron centered on the Cd atom lies on a twofold axis. The polymer chains are connected into undulating sheets by weak interchain N—H⋯N, N—H⋯O and O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds, which are also present between successive sheets.