Poly[di‐μ2‐methano­lato‐di‐μ2‐tetra­methoxy­borato‐disodium(I)]

In the polymeric title compound, [Na₂(C₄H₁₂BO₄)₂(CH₄O)₂]_n, the two independent sodium cations are bound by five O atoms. All the O atoms of one tetra­methoxy­borate anion bind cations, forming a tetra­meric cluster around a tetra­gonal inversion centre [Na—O = 2.2777 (18)–2.3907 (16) Å]. Two methanol O atoms bridge the two Na atoms [Na—O = 2.3590 (15)–2.4088 (18) Å] and provide the hydrogen‐bonding H atoms. The second tetra­methoxy­borate anion provides two O atoms to one Na atom [mean Na—O = 2.31 (2) Å] and two O atoms as donors for crosslinking hydrogen bonds to adjacent tetra­mers, which complete the three‐dimensional packing. The crystal was a treated as a racemic twin.     

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].     

Concerted coordination and hydrogen‐bonding network of the 1,4‐di‐4‐pyrid­yl‐2,3‐diaza‐1,3‐butadiene [Zn(MeOH)2(H2O)2](ClO4)2 3:1 complex

In the title compound, diaqua­bis(1,4‐di‐4‐pyrid­yl‐2,3‐diaza‐1,3‐butadiene)dimethanolzinc(II) bis­(perchlorate) 1,4‐di‐4‐pyrid­yl‐2,3‐diaza‐1,3‐butadiene methanol 1.72‐solvate 1.28‐hydrate, [Zn(C₁₂H₁₀N₄)₂(CH₄O)₂(H₂O)₂](ClO₄)₂·C₁₂H₁₀N₄·1.72CH₄O·1.28H₂O, determined at ca 110 K, the Zn cation and the extended dipyridyl ligand both lie across inversion centres in space group P. The structure consists of a network arrangement of the constituent species stabilized by a combination of coordination, hydrogen bonding and π–π forces. Uncoordinated methanol and water solvent mol­ecules occupy the otherwise void spaces within and between the networks.     

5‐n‐Butylpyridine‐2‐carboxylate–copper(II) and –iron(III) complexes

In trans‐bis(5‐n‐butyl­pyridine‐2‐carboxyl­ato‐κ²N,O)­bis­(methanol‐κO)copper(II), [Cu(C₁₀H₁₂NO₂)₂(CH₄O)₂], the Cu atom lies on a centre of symmetry and has a distorted octahedral coordination. The Cu—O(methanol) bond length in the axial direction is 2.596 (3) Å, which is much longer than the Cu—­O(carboxylate) and Cu—N distances in the equatorial plane [1.952 (2) and 1.977 (2) Å, respectively]. In mer‐tris(5‐n‐bu­tyl­pyridine‐2‐carboxyl­ato‐κ²N,O)­iron(III), [Fe(C₁₀H₁₂NO₂)₃], the Fe atom also has a distorted octahedral geometry, with Fe—O and Fe—N bond‐length ranges of 1.949 (4)–1.970 (4) and 2.116 (5)–2.161 (5) Å, respectively. Both crystals are stabilized by stacking interactions of the 5‐n‐butyl­pyridine‐2‐carboxyl­ate ligand, although hydrogen bonds also contribute to the stabilization of the copper(II) complex.     

fac‐Bromo­tri­carbonyl­[2‐(2‐pyridylmethyl)‐2,3‐di­hydro‐1H‐isoindol‐1‐one]­rhenium(I) methanol solvate

The structure of the title compound, fac‐[ReBr(C₁₄H₁₂N₂O)(CO)₃]·CH₄O, consists of neutral mononuclear mol­ecular units of distorted octahedral geometry, with the three carbonyl donors in a facial orientation. The remaining coordination sites are occupied by the Br atom, the pyridine N atom and the ketone O‐atom donor of the ligand. The mol­ecules pack in stacks of antiparallel tapes, with a network of classical (O—H⋯Br) and non‐classical (C—H⋯O) hydrogen bonds between the methanol solvent mol­ecule and the complex mol­ecule.     

Hydro­gen‐bonded adducts of ferrocene‐1,1′‐diyl­bis­(di­phenyl­methanol): monomeric and polymeric adducts with 1,2‐bis(4‐pyridyl)­ethene and 1,6‐di­amino­hexane

In the adduct ferrocene‐1,1′‐diyl­bis­(di­phenyl­methanol)–1,2‐bis(4‐pyridyl)­ethene (1/1), [Fe(C₁₈H₁₅O)₂]·C₁₂H₁₀N₂, there is an intramolecular O—H?O hydrogen bond in the ferro­cene­diol component and a single O—H?N hydrogen bond linking the diol to the di­amine, which is disordered over two sets of sites, so forming a finite monomeric adduct. In the adduct ferrocene‐1,1′‐diyl­bis­(di­phenyl­methanol)–1,6‐di­amino­hexane (2/1), 2[Fe(C₁₈H₁₅O)₂]·C₆H₁₆N₂, the amine lies across a centre of inversion in space group P. There is an intramolecular O—H?O hydrogen bond in the ferrocenediol, and the molecular components are linked by O—H?N and N—H?O hydrogen bonds, one of each type, into a C(13)[R(12)] chain of rings.     

2′‐(4‐Fluoro­phenyl)‐[1,2,3]­triazolo[4′,5′:16,17]­androst‐5‐en‐3β‐ol methanol hemisolvate

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C₂₅H₃₀FN₃O·0.5CH₃OH, contains four symmetry‐independent steroid and two methanol mol­ecules. The conformations of the independent steroid mol­ecules are very similar. Intermolecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds create two independent chains, each of which links two of the independent steroid mol­ecules plus one methanol mol­ecule via a co‐operative O—H⋯O—H⋯O—H pattern. Intermolecular C—H⋯O and C—H⋯F interactions are also observed.     

A novel bridged asymmetric binuclear manganese(II) complex with DTPB [DTPB is 1,1,4,7,7‐pentakis(1H‐benz­imidazol‐2‐yl­methyl)‐1,4,7‐tri­aza­heptane]

The crystal structure of the title compound, tetra­chloro­[μ‐1,1,4,7,7‐pentakis(1H‐benzimidazol‐2‐yl­methyl)‐1,4,7‐tri­azaheptane]­dimanganese(II) methanol pentasolvate tetrahydrate, [Mn₂Cl₄(C₄₄H₄₃N₁₃)]·5CH₄O·4H₂O, contains an ­asymmetric dinuclear Mn^II–DTPB [DTPB is 1,1,4,7,7‐pentakis(1H‐benzimidazol‐2‐yl­methyl)‐1,4,7‐tri­aza­heptane] complex with an intra‐ligand bridging group (–NCH₂CH₂N–), as well as several solvate mol­ecules (methanol and water). Both Mn^II cations have similar distorted octahedral coordination geometries. One Mn^II cation is coordinated by a Cl⁻ anion and five N atoms from the ligand, and the other is coordinated by three Cl⁻ anions and three N atoms of the same ligand. The Mn⋯Mn distance is 7.94 Å. A Cl⋯H—O⋯H—O⋯H—N hydrogen‐bond chain is also observed, connecting the two parts of the complex.     

Cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes of quinoline‐2‐carboxyl­ate

The title complexes, trans‐di­aqua­bis­(quinoline‐2‐carboxyl­ato‐κ²N,O)­cobalt(II)–water–methanol (1/2/2), [Co(C₁₀H₆NO₂)₂(H₂O)₂]·2CH₄O·2H₂O, and trans‐di­aqua­bis­(quinoline‐2‐car­box­yl­ato‐κ²N,O)­nickel(II)–water–methanol (1/2/2), [Ni(C₁₀H₆NO₂)₂(H₂O)₂]·2CH₄O·2H₂O, are isomorphous and contain Co^II and Ni^II ions at centers of inversion. Both complexes have the same distorted octahedral coordination geometry, and each metal ion is coordinated by two quinoline N atoms, two carboxyl­ate O atoms and two water O atoms. The quinoline‐2‐carboxyl­ate ligands lie in trans positions with respect to one another, forming the equatorial plane, with the two water ligands occupying the axial positions. The complex mol­ecules are linked together by hydrogen bonding involving a series of ring patterns which include the uncoordinated water and methanol mol­ecules.     

4‐(4‐Chloro­benzyl­ideneamino)‐1,5‐dimethyl‐2‐phenyl‐1H‐pyrazol‐3(2H)‐one and 4‐(2‐chloro­benzyl­idene­amino)‐1,5‐dimethyl‐2‐phenyl‐1H‐pyrazol‐3(2H)‐one

The two title compounds, both with formula C₁₈H₁₆ClN₃O, are structurally similar Schiff bases derived from the condensation of 4‐chloro­benzaldehyde or 2‐chloro­benzaldehyde with 4‐amino­anti­pyrine in methanol solution. As expected, both compounds adopt trans configurations about the central C=N bonds. In the crystal structure of the 4‐chloro analogue, mol­ecules are linked through weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming chains running along the a axis. In the crystal structure of the 2‐chloro analogue, mol­ecules are linked through weak C—H⋯O and C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, forming layers parallel to the ab plane.     

Hydro­gen bonding in calcium–tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate–1,3‐di‐4‐pyridyl­urea–methanol (1/2/2/4)

The structure of the supramolecular complex calcium–tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate–1,3‐di‐4‐pyridyl­urea–methanol (1/2/2/4), Ca²⁺·2CF₃SO₃⁻·2C₁₁H₁₀N₄O·4CH₄O, is presented. The Ca²⁺ ion lies on an inversion centre and is octahedrally coordinated by four methanol mol­ecules and two tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate counter‐ions. The molecular packing is dominated by hydrogen‐bonded sheets in the (110) plane which contain R(32) rings; in these rings, significant π–π interactions are observed between inversion‐related 1,3‐di‐4‐pyridyl­urea mol­ecules.     

4‐[N,N‐Bis(2‐hydroxy­imino‐2‐phenyl­ethyl)­amino]‐1,5‐di­methyl‐2‐phenyl‐2,3‐di­hydro‐1H‐pyrazol‐3‐one monohydrate

The title compound, C₂₇H₂₇N₅O₃·H₂O, is built up from pyrazolinone, phenyl and aceto­phenone oxime moieties. The 2‐­phenyl substituent is nearly perpendicular to the pyrazo­linone ring, with a dihedral angle of 87.66 (1)°. The aceto­phenone oxime moieties are twisted out of the pyrazolinone‐ring plane by 47.04 (1)°. The mol­ecules in the crystal pack in an antiparallel fashion and are held together by hydrogen‐bonded water mol­ecules and intermolecular O—H⋯O and O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds.     

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°.     

Aquachlorobis[4,4,5,5‐tetramethyl‐2‐(2‐pyridyl)‐4,5‐dihydro‐1H‐imidazol‐1‐oxyl 3‐oxide‐κ2O1,N2]nickel(II) nitrate methanol disolvate monohydrate

The title complex, [NiCl(C₁₂H₁₆N₃O₂)₂(H₂O)]NO₃·2CH₄O·H₂O, was obtained from a methano­lic solution of Ni(NO₃)₂·6H₂O, 2‐pyridyl nitro­nyl nitro­xide (2‐NITpy) and (NEt₄)₂[CoCl₄]. The equatorial coordination sites of the octahedral Ni^II centre are occupied by two chelating radical ligands, with the axial positions occupied by the Cl^? and water ligands. The H₂O—Ni—Cl axis of the complex lies along a crystallographic twofold axis, so that only half the cation is present in the asymmetric unit. The Ni—Cl bond length [2.3614 (17) Å] is significantly shorter than distances typical of octahedral Ni^II centres [2.441 (5) Å]. However, with only one nitrate anion per formula unit, the oxidation state of the metal must be assigned as Ni^II. The 2‐NITpy ligands bend away from the equatorial plane, forming a hydro­phobic region around the Cl atoms. Conversely, the ligated water mol­ecule forms moderately strong hydrogen bonds with the disordered methanol solvent mol­ecules, which in turn form interactions with the water of crystallization and the disordered nitrate anion. These interactions combine to give hydro­philic regions throughout the crystal structure.     

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].     

Hydro­gen‐bonded adducts of ferrocene‐1,1′‐diyl­bis­(di­phenyl­methanol): monomeric and dimeric 1:1 adducts with 1,2‐bis(4‐pyridyl)­ethane and 1,2‐­diamino­ethane

In ferrocene‐1,1′‐diyl­bis­(di­phenyl­methanol)–4,4′‐ethyl­enedi­pyridine (1/1), [Fe(C₁₈H₁₅O)₂]·C₁₂H₁₂N₂, there is an intra­molecular O—H?O hydrogen bond in the ferrocenediol component and a single O—H?N hydrogen bond linking the two components into a finite monomeric adduct. Ferrocene‐1,1′‐diyl­bis­(di­phenyl­methanol)–ethyl­enedi­amine (1/1), [Fe(C₁₈H₁₅O)₂]·C₂H₈N₂, crystallizes with Z′ = 2 in space group P, and there are two independent four‐component aggregates in the structure, both of which are centrosymmetric. In the first type of aggregate, the molecular components are linked by O—H?N and N—H?O hydrogen bonds, in which both di­amine N atoms participate; in the second type of aggregate, the di­amine component is disordered over two sets of sites, but only one N atom is involved in the hydrogen bonding.     

A new tricarbonyl­rhenium(I) compound incorporating the tridentate ligand N,N‐bis­picol­yl‐2‐ethano­lamine

The title compound, {[N,N‐bis­(2‐pyridylmeth­yl)­amino]­ethanol‐κ³N,N′,N′′}tricarbonyl­rhenium(I) bromide methanol solvate, [Re(C₁₄H₁₇N₃O)(CO)₃]Br·CH₄O, has been prepared in almost quantitative yield by reacting (NEt₄)₂[Re(CO)₃Br₃] with the ligand N,N‐bis­picol­yl‐2‐ethano­lamine in refluxing methanol. The X‐ray structure revealed that the Re(CO)₃N₃ coordination sphere is highly distorted from octa­hedral geometry and that the Re(CO)₃ core is facial. The coordinated ligand forms two five‐membered rings, with the pyridine rings in a butterfly formation. The OH group is not involved in metal coordination. The packing of the mol­ecule shows a network of classical O⋯H—O and Br⋯H—O, and non‐classical Br⋯H—C and O⋯H—C hydrogen bonds between the methanol solvate mol­ecules, the metal complex cations and the bromide anions.     

(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.     

2‐Amino‐7‐chloro‐2′‐deoxy­tubercidin

In 4‐chloro‐7‐(2‐de­oxy‐β‐d ‐erythro‐pento­furanos­yl)‐7H‐pyr­rolo­[2,3‐d]­pyrimidine‐2,4‐diamine, C₁₁H₁₄ClN₅O₃, the conformation of the N‐glycosylic bond is between anti and high‐anti [χ = −102.5 (6)°]. The 2′‐deoxy­ribofuranosyl unit adopts the C3′‐endo‐C4′‐exo (³T₄) sugar pucker (N‐type) with P = 19.6° and τ_m = 32.9° [terminology: Saenger (1989). Landolt‐Börnstein New Series, Vol. 1, Nucleic Acids, Subvol. a, edited by O. Madelung, pp. 1–21. Berlin: Springer‐Verlag]. The orientation of the exocyclic C4′—C5′ bond is +ap (trans) with a torsion angle γ = 171.5 (4)°. The compound forms a three‐dimensional network that is stabilized by four inter­molecular hydrogen bonds (N—H⋯O and O—H⋯N) and one intra­molecular hydrogen bond (N—H⋯Cl).     

2‐{[Tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl]aminomethylene}cyclohexa‐3,5‐dien‐1(2H)‐one and its 6‐hydroxy and 6‐methoxy derivatives

The title compounds, 2‐{[tris­(hydroxy­methyl)­methyl]­amino­methyl­ene}cyclo­hexa‐3,5‐dien‐1(2H)‐one, C₁₁H₁₅NO₄, (I), 6‐hydroxy‐2‐{[tris­(hydroxy­methyl)­methyl]­amino­methyl­ene}­cyclo­hexa‐3,5‐dien‐1(2H)‐one, C₁₁H₁₅NO₅, (II), and 6‐methoxy‐2‐{[tris­(hydroxy­methyl)­methyl]­amino­methyl­ene}­cyclo­hexa‐3,5‐dien‐1(2H)‐one, C₁₂H₁₇NO₅, (III), adopt the keto–amine tautomeric form, with the formal hydroxy H atom located on the N atom, and the NH group and oxo O atom display a strong intramolecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bond. The N—H⋯O hydrogen‐bonded rings are almost planar and coupled with the cyclo­hexa­diene rings. The carbonyl O atoms accept two other H atoms from the alcohol groups of adjacent mol­ecules in (I), and one from the alcohol and one from the phenol group in (II), but from only one alcohol H atom in (III).