2,4‐Di­hydroxy‐1,3‐bis­(methoxy­carbonyl­methoxy)­calix­[4]­arene and 1,3‐bis­(ethoxy­carbonyl­methoxy)‐2,4‐di­hydroxy­calix­[4]­arene chloro­form solvate

The two title calix­[4]­arene compounds, C₃₄H₃₂O₈, (I), and C₃₆H₃₆O₈·CH₃Cl, (II), respectively, which differ only in the size of the alkyl function on the pendant ester group, are compared. Compound (I) forms a novel supramolecular array, whilst (II) fails to do so due to accommodating a chloro­form guest molecule in the lower‐rim cavity.     

Cone and 1,3‐alternate conformers of 1,3‐bis­(ethoxy­carbonyl­methoxy)‐2,4‐di­hydroxy­calix­[4]­arene and 1,2,3,4‐tetrakis­(ethoxy­carbonyl­methoxy)­calix­[4]­arene

The two title ethoxy­carbonyl­methoxy derivatives of calix­[4]­arene, namely diethyl 2,4‐di­hydroxy­calix­[4]­arene‐1,3‐diyldi(oxy­ace­tate), C₃₆H₃₆O₈, (I), and tetraethyl ­calix­[4]­arene‐1,2,3,4‐tetra­yltetra­(oxy­acetate), C₄₄H₄₈O₁₂, (II), form two different conformations, viz. a cone in (I), where intramol­ecular hydrogen bonds are formed through OH groups in a partially substituted calix­[4]­arene, and a 1,3‐alternate form of a completely substituted calix­[4]­arene in (II). A unique three‐dimensional array of mol­ecules exists in (II), with the channels extended along the entire crystal.     

Bis­[4‐(di­methyl­amino)­pyridinium] hexa­chloro­stannate(IV)

In the title compound, 4‐(di­methyl­amino)­pyridine is proton­ated on the pyridine N atom. The N(CH₃)₂ moiety is twisted 4.4 (2)° from the pyridine‐ring plane. The octahedral [SnCl₆]^2? anion is hydrogen bonded via trans‐Cl atoms to pyridinium N atoms from two cations forming (C₇H₁₁N₂)₂[SnCl₆] structural units.     

Bis­[4‐(2‐pyridyl­methyl­ene­amino)­phenyl] ether

The title compound, C₂₄H₁₈N₄O, is a bis‐bidentate Schiff base ligand exhibiting pseudo‐C₂ symmetry. The mol­ecule is twisted about the central ether linkage and exhibits an imine E configuration. In the crystal, the mol­ecules are linked by weak intermolecular C—H?N hydrogen bonds.     

Ammonium di­chloro­bis­(di­methyl­glyoximato‐N,N′)­iridate(III)

In the title compound, (NH₄)[IrCl₂(C₄H₇N₂O₂)₂], (I), the Ir atom is octahedrally coordinated by two trans Cl^? and two di­methyl­glyoximate chelate ligands in the equatorial plane. A two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bond network between ammonium cations NH₄⁺ and anionic [IrCl₂(C₄H₇N₂O₂)₂]^? complexes is extended along the bc plane.     

4,4′‐(Azino­di­methyl­ene)­dipyridinium chloranilate di­chloro­methane disolvate

The di­chloro­methane disolvate of 4,4′‐(azino­di­methyl­ene)­dipyridinium chloranilate, C₁₂H₁₂N₄²⁺·C₆Cl₂O₄²⁻·2CH₂Cl₂, con­sists of one‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded molecular tapes that propagate along the [10] direction. Both cations and anions lie across centres of inversion. The molecular tapes are planar but do not stack in the expected segregated manner, instead having chloranilate anions sandwiched between azine groups.     

A host–guest complex of di­aqua­bis­[1‐hydroxy‐2(1H)‐pyridine­thionato‐O,S]­magnesium(II) and 2,2′‐di­thio­bis­(pyridine N‐oxide)

The title compound, [Mg(C₅H₄NOS)₂(H₂O)₂]·C₁₀H₈N₂O₂S₂, is a two‐component host–guest material. The 2,2′‐di­thio­bis(pyridine N‐oxide) molecule has crystallographic twofold symmetry. The metal complex lies on an inversion centre and associates via C—H?S interactions into chains which thread the 2,2′‐di­thio­bis­(pyridine N‐oxide) lattice in perpendicular directions. Hydro­gen bonds exist between the water mol­ecules of the di­aqua­magnesium units and the N—O groups of the host lattice.     

Bis­[N,N′‐diiso­propyl‐N‐(tri­methyl­silyl)­benzamidinium] di‐μ‐chloro‐bis­[tetra­chloro­zirconate(IV)] di­chloro­methane disolvate

The structure of the salt of the di‐μ‐chloro‐bis­[tetra­chloro­zirconate(IV)] anion and the N,N′‐iso­propyl‐N‐(tri­methyl­silyl)benzamidinium cation, (C₁₆H₂₉N₂Si)₂[Zr₂Cl₁₀]·2CH₂Cl₂, is reported. The anion lies about an inversion centre and shows a substantially octahedral coordination around Zr, while the structure of the cation is unequivocally assigned as that of a benzamidinium ion.     

Bis­[bis­(di­phenyl­phosphino­methyl)­phenyl­phosphine]­di­chloro­tetra­gold(I) bis­[chloro­tris­(penta­fluoro­phenyl)­aurate(III)]

The cation of the title compound, [Au₄(PPh₂CH₂PPhCH₂PPh₂)₂Cl₂][Au(C₆F₅)₃Cl]₂ or [Au₄Cl₂(C₃₂H₂₉P₃)₂][AuCl(C₆F₅)₃]₂, displays a rhomboidal geometry for the Au atoms, with short Au?Au distances of 3.104 (2) and 3.185 (1) Å; the linear coordination at the Au^I atoms is distorted: P—Au—P 164.7 (2)° and P—Au—Cl 170.67 (11)°. The anion shows the expected square‐planar geometry at Au^III, with the Au atom 0.022 (5) Å out of the plane of the four donor atoms.     

The chloro­(diethyl­amino)­di­methyl­tin dimer

The title compound, di‐μ‐diethyl­amido‐N:N‐bis­[chloro­di­methyl­tin(IV)], consists of discrete [Sn₂Cl₂(CH₃)₄(C₄H₁₀N)₂] dimer mol­ecules, with Sn atoms linked by bridging diethyl­amido groups. The coordination geometry about the metal atom is distorted trigonal bipyramidal, with the two methyl C atoms and one N atom in the equatorial plane, and the Cl and second N atom in axial positions.     

(5,11,17,23‐Tetra‐tert‐butyl‐26,28‐di­hydroxy­calix­[4]­arene‐25,27‐dioxy)­di­acetic acid N,N‐di­methyl­form­amide trisolvate

The title compound, C₄₈H₆₀O₈·3C₃H₇NO, is a derivative of calix­[4]­arene in the cone conformation, modified with distal carboxylic acid functional groups at the lower rim. A clathrate di­methyl­form­amide (DMF) mol­ecule is located within the calix­[4]­arene cone, and two DMF solvate mol­ecules participate in hydrogen bonding with the carboxylic acid groups. Intramolecular hydrogen bonds are also formed between the OH groups and the adjacent ether groups in the partially substituted calix­[4]­arene.     

Bis­[tris­(ethyl­enedi­amine)­cobalt(III)] di­chloro­bis­[μ‐(1‐hydroxy­ethyl­idene)­di­phospho­nato(4–)]­di­ruthenium(II,­III)­(Ru–Ru) chloride trihydrate

In the title compound, [Co(C₂H₈N₂)₃]₂[Ru₂(C₂H₄O₇P₂)₂Cl₂]Cl·3H₂O, the building unit contains two crystallographically independent dinuclear [Ru₂(hedp)₂Cl₂]⁵⁻ anions, where hedp [viz. (1‐hydroxy­ethyl­idene)­di­phospho­nate] serves as a bis‐chelating bridging ligand, two types of [Co(en)₃]³⁺ cations, one uncoordinated Cl⁻ anion and five water mol­ecules of crystallization. The [Ru₂(hedp)₂Cl₂]⁵⁻ anions are connected to one another, forming one‐dimensional chains along the a axis. The [Co(en)₃]³⁺ cations are located between these chains and lie across inversion centres. An extensive series of hydrogen bonds lead to the formation of a three‐dimensional supramol­ecular network structure, with channels generated along the [100] direction. The uncoordinated water mol­ecules and Cl⁻ anions reside in these channels.     

25,27:26,28‐Bis(3,9‐dioxa‐6‐aza­undecane‐1,11‐dioxy)­calix­[4]­arene tetrahydrate

The title compound, C₄₄H₅₄N₂O₈·4H₂O, has twofold crystallographic symmetry and consists of a calix­[4]­arene moiety with four phenyl rings arranged alternately in anti‐orientation fashion and two aza­crown units attached on the lower rims of calix­[4]­arene. This seems to offer a big cavity inside the mol­ecule which might possess a potential for forming host–guest complexes.     

Bis{μ‐2‐[3‐(cyclo­hexyl­ammonio)­propyl­imino­methyl]­phenolato}bis­[di­chloro­copper(II)]

The title compound, [Cu₂(C₁₆H₂₄N₂O)₂Cl₄], is a dinuclear copper(II) complex with inversion symmetry. Each Cu^II atom is five‐coordinated by two O and one N atom from two Schiff base ligands, and by two Cl atoms, giving an approximately trigonal–bipyramidal coordination environment.     

2‐[Benzoyl­(hydroxy­imino)­methyl­amino]­benzoic acid

The structure of the title compound, C₁₅H₁₂N₂O₄, consists of a polymeric arrangement, around inversion centres, of mol­ecules linked through O—H⋯N and O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds; there are also intramolecular hydrogen bonds. All these hydrogen‐bond interactions result in the formation of infinite chains parallel to the [010] direction. The oxime group has an E conformation.     

The centrosymmetric dimer of di­chloro­(tri­methyl­siloxy)­aluminium

The title mol­ecule is dimeric, i.e. di‐μ‐tri­methyl­siloxy‐bis­(di­chloro­aluminium), [Al₂Cl₄(C₃H₉Si)₂], and possesses exact crystallographic inversion symmetry. The O atoms of the tri­methyl­siloxy groups bridge the two Al atoms to form a four‐membered ring. The Si—O bond distance [1.711 (3) Å], the Al—O mean bond distance [1.806 (4) Å] and the mean Si—C bond distance [1.875 (6) Å] appear to agree well with standard data. Mean values for C—Si—C, O—Si—C, and Si—O—Al angles are 112.9 (3), 105.8 (2), and 131.8 (2)° repectively. The two ring angles O—Al—O and Al—O—Al are 84.43 (16) and 95.57 (16)°, respectively.     

4‐Methyl‐2‐[N‐(3,4‐methyl­ene­dioxy­benzyl­idene)hydrazino]­thia­zole and its reduction product, 4‐methyl‐2‐[N‐(3,4‐methyl­ene­dioxybenzyl­idene)hydrazono]‐4,5‐di­hydro­thia­zole

The crystal structures of 4‐methyl‐2‐[N‐(3,4‐methyl­ene­dioxybenzyl­idene)hydrazino]­thia­zole, C₁₂H₁₁N₃O₂S, and its reduction product 4‐methyl‐2‐[N‐(3,4‐methyl­ene­dioxybenzyl­idene)hydrazono]‐4,5‐di­hydro­thia­zole, C₁₂H₁₃N₃O₂S, have been determined and compared. In the reduction product, the tautomer observed bears an H atom on the exocyclic N atom. Both compounds form hydrogen‐bonded dimers over centers of inversion.     

Bis­[hydrogen 1,1′‐bis­(di­phenyl­phos­phinato)­ferrocenium] octa­chloro­diantimony(III)

In the title compound, [Fe(C₃₄H₂₉O₂P₂)]₂[Sb₂Cl₈], the discrete centrosymmetric [Sb₂Cl₈]^2? anions are formed from two edge‐shared square pyramids of Cl atoms about each Sb atom. Within the cation, the two di­phenyl­phosphinate groups share one H atom and the ferrocene cyclo­penta­dienyl rings are in a staggered conformation, with the average value of the twist angle being 46°. In the crystal, each [Sb₂Cl₈]^2? anion is involved in eight C—H?Cl interactions with four surrounding cations and these interactions interconnect the ions to form molecular columns along the a direction.     

1‐[(4‐Chloro­benzoyl)­methyl]‐4‐(N,N‐di­methyl­amino)­pyridinium bromide sesquihydrate and 1‐[(4‐bromo­benzoyl)­methyl]‐4‐(N,N‐di­methyl­amino)­pyridinium bromide sesquihydrate

The title compounds, C₁₅H₁₆ClN₂O⁺·Br⁻·1.5H₂O and C₁₅H₁₆BrN₂O⁺·Br⁻·1.5H₂O, are isomorphous. The benzene ring is oriented nearly normal to the pyridine ring in both compounds. The molecular packing is mainly influenced by intermolecular O—H⋯O and O—H⋯Br interactions, as well as weak intramolecular C—H⋯O interactions. The H₂OBr⁻ units form an extended water–bromide chain, with a bridging water mol­ecule on a twofold axis.     

trans‐Di­chlorotetrakis(4‐methyl­pyridine)­silicon bis­(triiodide) chloro­form solvate

At 173 K, the dication of the title compound, C₂₄H₂₈Cl₂N₄Si²⁺·2I₃^?·CHCl₃, is located on a crystallographic fourfold rotation axis. The chloro ligands occupy axial positions and the four 4‐methyl­pyridine ligands lie in the equatorial plane. The almost linear I₃^? ion is located on a crystallographic mirror plane and displays two significantly different I—I bond lengths. Furthermore, chloro­form mol­ecules, which are disordered about a centre of inversion, fill the remaining gaps in the crystal structure.