A new polymorph of 2‐methyl‐6‐nitroaniline

A new crystal form of 2‐methyl‐6‐nitroaniline, C₇H₈N₂O₂, crystallizing with Z′ = 2 in the space group P2₁/c, has been identified during screening for salts and cocrystals. The different N—H...O hydrogen‐bonding synthons result in linear V‐shaped chains in the new polymorph, rather than the helical chain arrangement seen in the known form where Z′ = 1. The presence of a second component during crystallization appears to have determined the resultant crystal form of 2‐methyl‐6‐nitroaniline.     

Hydro­gen bonding in C-methyl­ated nitro­anilines: a room-temperature monoclinic polymorph of 4-methyl-3-nitro­aniline with Z′ = 2

The title compound, C₇H₈N₂O₂, is monoclinic (space group P2₁/n) at 295 (2) K with Z′ = 2. The two types of mol­ecule form independent C(7) chains, and the structure is related to that of the low-temperature triclinic polymorph, where Z′ = 4 in P, by a simple displacive transformation.     

Exploring the structural landscape of 2‐(thiophen‐2‐yl)‐1,3‐benzothiazole: high‐Z′ packing polymorphism and cocrystallization with calix[4]tube

We report here for the first time a cocrystal of the so‐called neutral calix[4]tube, which is two tail‐to‐tail‐arranged and partially deprotonated tetrakis(carboxymethoxy)calix[4]arenes, including three sodium ions, with 2‐(thiophen‐2‐yl)‐1,3‐benzothiazole, namely trisodium bis(carboxymethoxy)bis(carboxylatomethoxy)calix[4]arene tris(carboxymethoxy)(carboxylatomethoxy)calix[4]arene–2‐(thiophen‐2‐yl)‐1,3‐benzothiazole–dimethyl sulfoxide–water (1/1/2/2), 3Na⁺·C₃₆H₃₀O₁₂^2?·C₃₆H₃₁O₁₂^?·C₁₁H₇NS₂·2C₂H₆OS·2H₂O, which provides a new approach into the host–guest chemistry of inclusion complexes. Three packing polymorphs of the same benzothiazole with high Z′ (one with Z′ = 8 and two with Z′ = 4) were also discovered in the course of our desired cocrystallization. The inspection of these polymorphs and a previously known polymorph with Z′ = 2 revealed that Z′ increases as the strength of intermolecular contacts decreases. Also, these results expand the frontier of invoking calixarenes as a host for nonsolvent small molecules, besides providing knowledge on the rare formation of high‐Z′ packing polymorphs of simple molecules, such as the target benzothiazole.     

Two polymorphs,with Z′ = 1 and 2, of 2‐amino‐4‐chloro‐6‐morpholino­pyrimidine in P21/c,and 2‐amino‐4‐chloro‐6‐piperidino­pyrimidine,which is isomorphous and almost isostructural with the Z′ = 2 polymorph

Crystallization of 2‐amino‐4‐chloro‐6‐morpholino­pyrimidine, C₈H₁₁ClN₄O, (I), yields two polymorphs, both with space group P2₁/c, having Z′ = 1 (from diethyl ether solution) and Z′ = 2 (from di­chloro­methane solution), denoted (Ia) and (Ib), respectively. In polymorph (Ia), the mol­ecules are linked by an N—H⋯O and an N—H⋯N hydrogen bond into sheets built from alternating R(8) and R(40) rings. In polymorph (Ib), one mol­ecule acts as a triple acceptor of hydrogen bonds and the other acts as a single acceptor; one N—H⋯O and three N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules in a complex chain containing two types of R(8) and one type of R(18) ring. 2‐Amino‐4‐chloro‐6‐piperidino­pyrimidine, C₉H₁₃ClN₄, (II), which is isomorphous with polymorph (Ib), also has Z′ = 2 in P2₁/c, and the mol­ecules are linked by three N—­H⋯N hydrogen bonds into a centrosymmetric four‐mol­ecule aggregate containing three R(8) rings.     

Crystal structures of two polymorphic forms of DOTAM‐mono‐acid dihydrate

The structural chemistry of 2‐[4,7,10‐tris(carbamoylmethyl)‐1,4,7,10‐tetraazacyclododecan‐1‐yl]acetic acid dihydrate, C₁₆H₃₁N₇O₅·2H₂O, is described. The macrocyclic compound, also known by the abbreviation DOTAM‐mono‐acid, crystallized at room temperature and was isolated concomitantly as two polymorphic forms. The structures of both polymorphs were determined at 90 K. The first polymorph crystallized as a zwitterionic dihydrate [systematic name: 4,7,10‐tris(carbamoylmethyl)‐1‐(carboxylatomethyl)‐1,4,7,10‐tetraazacyclododecan‐1‐ium dihydrate] in the space group P2₁/n, with Z′ = 1. The second polymorph crystallized as a zwitterionic dihydrate in the space group P2₁ at 90 K, with Z′ = 2. The two independent molecules are related by a local center. In each polymorph, the zwitterion is formed between the negatively‐charged carboxylate group and the ring N atom that bears the acetate pendant arm. Extensive inter‐ and intramolecular hydrogen bonding exists in both polymorphic structures. In polymorph 1, an intermolecular hydrogen‐bonding network propagating parallel to the a direction creates an infinite chain. A second hydrogen‐bonding network is observed through a water molecule of hydration in the b direction. Polymorph 2 also has two intermolecular hydrogen‐bonding networks. One propagates parallel to the a direction, while the other propagates in the [10] direction. Increasing the temperature of polymorph 2 yields the same structure at T = 180 K, but the pseudocenter becomes exact at 299 K. The higher‐temperature structure has Z′ = 1 in the space group P2₁/c.     

Polymorphs of DABCO monohydrate as structural analogues of NaCl

A new crystalline form of 1,4‐diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) monohydrate, C₆H₁₂N₂·H₂O, crystallizing in the space group P3₁, has been identified during screening for cocrystals. There are three DABCO and three water molecules in the asymmetric unit, with two DABCO molecules exhibiting disorder over two positions related by rotation around the N...N axis. As in the monoclinic C2/c (Z′ = 2) polymorph, the molecular components are connected via O—H...N hydrogen bonds into a polymeric structure that consists of linear O—H...N(CH₂CH₂)₃N...H—O segments, which are approximately mutually perpendicular. The two polymorphic forms of DABCO monohydrate can be considered as structural analogues of NaCl, with the nearly globular DABCO molecules showing distorted cubic closest packing and all octahedral interstices occupied by water molecules.     

Synthesis and crystal structures of halogenated oxathiazolones and an unexpected propanamide

The known 1,3,4-oxathiazol-2-ones with crystal structures reported in the Cambridge Structural Database are limited (13 to date) and this article expands the library to 15. In addition, convenient starting materials for the future exploration of 1,3,4-oxathiazol-2-ones are detailed. An unexpected halogenated propanamide has also been identified as a by-product of one reaction, presumably reacting with HCl generated in situ. The space group of 5-[(E)-2-chloroethenyl]-1,3,4-oxathiazol-2-one, C₄H₂ClNO₂S, ( 1 ), is P2₁, with a high Z′ value of 6; the space group of rac-2,3-dibromo-3-chloropropanamide, C₃H₄Br₂ClNO, ( 2 ), is P2₁, with Z′ = 4; and the structure of rac-5-(1,2-dibromo-2-phenylethyl)-1,3,4-oxathiazol-2-one, C₁₀H₇Br₂NO₂S, ( 3 ), crystallizes in the space group Pca2₁, with Z′ = 1. Both of the structures of compounds 2 and 3 are modeled with two-component disorder and each molecular site hosts both of the enantiomers of the racemic pairs (S,S)/(R,R) and (R,S)/(S,R), respectively.     

Synthesis of aryl-functionalized, 1,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles and derivatives by arylation of zwitterionic ruthenium triazolato complexes

The synthesis of a series of ruthenium 1,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazolato complexes, 1,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles, and a triazolium salt is reported. Treatment of the ruthenium azido complex [Ru]-N₃ ( 1 , [Ru] = (η⁵-C₅H₅)(dppe)Ru, dppe = Ph₂PCH₂CH₂PPh₂) with an excess of ethyl propiolate results in the formation of a mixture of the Z- and E-forms of zwitterionic N(1)-bound N(3)-ethyl acryl-4-carboxylate triazolato complexes [Ru]N₃(CH=CHCO₂Et)C₂H(CO₂) ( Z - 2 ) and ( E - 2 ). The arylation of 2 with aromatic bromides gives a series of cationic N(1)-bound N(3)-ethyl acryl-4-alkoxycarbonyl triazolato complexes {[Ru]N₃(CH=CHCO₂Et)C₂H(CO₂CH₂R)}[Br] ( 3a , R = Ph ; 3b , R = C₆F₅; 3c , R = 4-C₆H₄CN, 3d , R = 2,6-C₆H₃F₂) and the subsequent cleavage of the Ru-N bond of 3a–d gives 1,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles N₃(CH=CHCO₂Et)C₂H(CO₂CH₂R) ( 4a , R = Ph; 4b , R = C₆F₅; 4c , R = 4-C₆H₄CN; 4d , R = 2,6-C₆H₃F₂) and [Ru]-Br. A 1,2,3-triazolium salt [N₃(CH=CHCO₂Et)(CH₂C₆F₅)C₂H₂][Br] ( 5 ) was formed by transformation of 4b in BrCH₂C₆F₅/chloroform mixture. The structures of Z-3a and Z-5 were confirmed by single-crystal x-ray diffraction analysis and both complexes participate in non-covalent aromatic interactions in the solid-state structures which can be favorable in the binding of DNA/biomolecular targets and have shown great potential in the application of biologically active anticancer drugs.     

A new polymorph of 1,4‐dibromo‐2,5‐dimethylbenzene: H...Br and Br...πversus Br...Br interactions

A new polymorph, (Ib), of the title compound, C₈H₈Br₂, crystallizes in the space group P2₁/n, the same as the known polymorph (Ia) but with Z = 2 (imposed inversion symmetry) rather than Z = 4. The molecular structures are closely similar because the molecule has no degrees of torsional freedom except for methyl groups, but the packing arrangements are completely different. Polymorph (Ia) is characterized by linked trapezia of Br...Br interactions, whereas polymorph (Ib) features H...Br and Br...π interactions.     

A re‐examination of supra­molecular aggregation in two polymorphs of acetone 2,4‐dinitro­phenyl­hydrazone

The structure of the triclinic polymorph of acetone 2,4‐dinitrophenylhydrazone, C₉H₁₀N₄O₄, has been redetermined from diffraction data collected at 120 (2) K; the mol­ecules are linked by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds into centrosymmetric R₂²(10) dimers which are themselves linked into a chain by an aromatic π–π stacking inter­action. In the monoclinic polymorph, which crystallizes with Z′ = 2 in the space group P2₁/n, one type of mol­ecule forms dimers exactly as in the triclinic polymorph, while the other forms C(6) chains.     

Polymorphic phase transformations of 3‐chloro‐trans‐cinnamic acid and its solid solution with 3‐bromo‐trans‐cinnamic acid

We have investigated the polymorphic phase transformations above ambient temperature for 3‐chloro‐trans‐cinnamic acid (3‐ClCA, C₉H₇ClO₂) and a solid solution of 3‐ClCA and 3‐bromo‐trans‐cinnamic acid (3‐BrCA, C₉H₇BrO₂). At 413 K, the γ polymorph of 3‐ClCA transforms to the β polymorph. Interestingly, the structure of the β polymorph of 3‐ClCA obtained in this transformation is different from the structure of the β polymorph of 3‐BrCA obtained in the corresponding polymorphic transformation from the γ polymorph of 3‐BrCA, even though the γ polymorphs of 3‐ClCA and 3‐BrCA are isostructural. We also report a high‐temperature phase transformation from a γ‐type structure to a β‐type structure for a solid solution of 3‐ClCA and 3‐BrCA (with a molar ratio close to 1:1). The γ polymorph of the solid solution is isostructural with the γ polymorphs of pure 3‐ClCA and pure 3‐BrCA, while the β‐type structure produced in the phase transformation is structurally similar to the β polymorph of pure 3‐BrCA.     

Spectres RQN de quelques complexes d'addition molẃculaires de SbCl5 avec des coordinats oxodonneurs

NQR spectra of the SbCl₅(DMF). SbCl₅(OSCl₂), SbCl₅(OSeCl₂), and SbCl₅(OVCl₃) adducts are reported and discussed. A scale of the donor strength of the ligands based on the comparison of these spectra with those of SbCl₅(OPCl₃) and SbCl₃,(C₆H₅COCl) is proposed: VOCl₃ < SOCl₂ < C₆H₅COCl < POCl₃ < SeOCl₂. Furthermore, the data are consistent with a C₅ symmetry for the SbCl₅(OSCl₂) adduct.     

A structural hierarchy in the hydrogen‐bonded adduct N,N′‐di­methyl­piperazine–tartaric acid–water (1/2/2): an N‐component N‐dimensional structure (N = 3) with substructures having N = 1 and 2

In the hydrated adduct N,N′‐di­methyl­piperazine‐1,4‐diium bis(3‐carboxy‐2,3‐di­hydroxy­propanoate) dihydrate, [MeNH(CH₂CH₂)₂NHMe]²⁺·2(C₄H₅O₆)^?·2H₂O or C₆H₁₆N₂²⁺·2C₄H₅O₆^?·2H₂O, formed between racemic tartaric acid and N,N′‐di­methyl­piperazine (triclinic P, Z′ = 0.5), the cations lie across centres of inversion. The anions alone form chains, and anions and water mol­ecules together form sheets; the sheets are linked by the cations to form a pillared‐layer framework. The supramolecular architecture thus takes the form of a family of N‐dimensional N‐component structures having N = 1, 2 or 3.     

Structural study of six cycloalkylammonium cinnamate salt structures featuring one‐dimensional columns and two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded networks

Six ammonium carboxylate salts, namely cyclopentylammonium cinnamate, C₅H₁₂N⁺·C₉H₇O₂⁻, (I), cyclohexylammonium cinnamate, C₆H₁₄N⁺·C₉H₇O₂⁻, (II), cycloheptylammonium cinnamate form I, C₇H₁₆N⁺·C₉H₇O₂⁻, (IIIa), and form II, (IIIb), cyclooctylammonium cinnamate, C₈H₁₈N⁺·C₉H₇O₂⁻, (IV), and cyclododecylammonium cinnamate, C₁₂H₂₆N⁺·C₉H₇O₂⁻, (V), are reported. Salts (II)–(V) all have a 1:1 ratio of cation to anion and feature three N⁺—H...O⁻ hydrogen bonds forming one‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded columns consisting of repeating R₄³(10) rings, while salt (I) has a two‐dimensional network made up of alternating R₄⁴(12) and R⁶₈(20) rings. Salt (III) consists of two polymorphic forms, viz. form I having Z′ = 1 and form II with Z′ = 2. The latter polymorph has disorder of the cycloheptane rings in the two cations, as well as whole‐molecule disorder of one of the cinnamate anions. A similar, but ordered, Z′ = 2 structure is seen in salt (IV).     

Octahedral distortion caused by hydrogen bonding in tris(diethylammonium) hexachloridoantimonate(III)

The factors influencing the distortion of inorganic anions in the structures of chloridoantimonates(III) with organic cations, in spite of numerous structural studies on those compounds, have not been clearly described and separated. The title compound, [(C₂H₅)₂NH₂]₃[SbCl₆], consisting of isolated distorted [SbCl₆]³⁻ octahedra that have C₃ symmetry and [(C₂H₅)₂NH₂]⁺ cations, unequivocally shows the role played by hydrogen bonding in the geometry variations of inorganic anions. The organic cations, which are linked to the inorganic substructure through N—H...Cl hydrogen bonds, are clearly responsible for the distortion of the octahedral coordination of Sb^III in terms of differences (Δ) in both Sb—Cl bond lengths [Δ = 0.4667 (6) Å] and Cl—Sb—Cl angles [Δ = 9.651 (17)°].     

A theoretical study on the molecular structure and vibrational (FT-IR and Raman) spectra of a new organic–inorganic compound of 2[N(C3H7)4]SbCl4

The salt bis-tetrapropylammonium tetrachloroantimonate (III) is crystallized in the monoclinic system with the P2₁/c space group. The unit cell dimensions are: a = 18.1973(5) Å, b = 15.7225(4) Å, c = 13.6491(3) Å, β = 91.65(1)° and Z = 4. The vibrational spectra have been measured at room temperature by FT-infrared spectroscopy (4000–400 cm⁻¹) on polycrystalline samples, and by FT-Raman spectroscopy (3500–30 cm⁻¹) on monocrystals. The structure of the 2[N(C₃H₇)₄]SbCl₄ formed by two types of cations (C₃H₇)₄N⁺ and two types of anions [SbCl₄]⁻ was optimized by density functional theory (DFT) using the B3LYP method. Actually the values obtained by the B3LYP/LanL2MB basis with the aid of a calculation of the potential energy distribution (PED) are in good agreement with the experimental data. A root mean square (rms) difference value was calculated and the small differences between experimental and calculated modes have been interpreted by intermolecular interactions with-in the crystal. A comparison between the results of the 2[N(C₃H₇)₄]SbCl₄ compound and the simulated compounds based on the (CH₃)₄N⁺) and (C₂H₅)₄N⁺ fragments, shows an increase in the wavenumber of the bands assigned to the stretching vibration of the (NC) group for the 2[N(C₃H₇)₄]SbCl₄ compound. The comparison between the [N(C₃H₇)₄]Cl ligand and the 2[N(C₃H₇)₄]SbCl₄ compound of the infrared and Raman spectrum shows an increase in the wavenumber for the bands assigned to the stretching vibration of (CH₃) and the bending vibration of (NC₄) groups in the 2[N(C₃H₇)₄]SbCl₄ compound.     

Hexachloroantimonate(V) mit Nitroderivaten als Liganden, 3. Mitt.: Komplexe Verbindungen mit dreiwertigen Metallen

Complex compounds of trivalent metal chlorides (AlCl₃, CrCl₃, FeCl₃) are described, which had been obtained in a double complexation reaction in CCl₄ as a solvent with nitro compounds and SbCl₅:M ^III(C₆H₅NO₂) _m (SbCl₆)₃ (m=3,6),M ₂ ^III(C₆H₅NO₂)₄(SbCl₆)₄ and Al(-C₁₀H₇NO₂)₃(SbCl₆)₃. Synthesis, analytical results and i.r. spectra are discussed.     

Polymorph of {2‐[(2‐hydroxyethyl)iminiomethyl]phenolato‐κO}dioxido{2‐[(2‐oxidoethyl)iminomethyl]phenolato‐κ3O,N,O′}molybdenum(VI)

A second polymorphic form (form I) of the previously reported compound {2‐[(2‐hydroxyethyl)iminiomethyl]phenolato‐κO}dioxido{2‐[(2‐oxidoethyl)iminomethyl]phenolato‐κ³O,N,O′}molybdenum(VI) (form II), [Mo(C₉H₉NO₂)O₂(C₉H₁₁NO₂)], is presented. The title structure differs from the previously reported polymorph [Głowiak, Jerzykiewicz, Sobczak & Ziółkowski (2003). Inorg. Chim. Acta, 356 , 387–392] by the fact that the asymmetric unit contains three molecules linked by O—H...O hydrogen bonds. These trimeric units are further linked through O—H...O hydrogen bonds to form a chain parallel to the [11] direction. As in the previous polymorph, each molecule is built up from an MoO₂²⁺ cation surrounded by an O,N,O′‐tridentate ligand (O⁻C₆H₄CH=NCH₂CH₂O⁻) and weakly coordinated by a second zwitterionic ligand (O⁻C₆H₄CH=N⁺HC₂H₄OH). All complexes are chiral with the absolute configuration at Mo being C or A. The main difference between the two polymorphs results from the alternation of the chirality at Mo within the chain.     

Seeing luminescence appear as crystals crumble. Isolation and subsequent self-association of individual [(C6H11NC)2Au]+ ions in crystals

Non-luminescent, isostructural crystals of [(C₆H₁₁NC)₂Au](EF₆)·C₆H₆ (E = As, Sb) lose benzene upon standing in air to produce green luminescent (E = As) or blue luminescent (E = Sb) powders. Previous studies have shown that the two-coordinate cation, [(C₆H₁₁NC)₂Au]⁺, self-associates to form luminescent crystals that contain linear or nearly linear chains of cations and display unusual polymorphic, vapochromic, and/or thermochromic properties. Here, we report the formation of non-luminescent crystalline salts in which individual [(C₆H₁₁NC)₂Au]⁺ ions are isolated from one another. In [(C₆H₁₁NC)₂Au](BArF₂₄) ((BArF₂₄)⁻ is tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate) each cation is surrounded by two anions that prohibit any close approach of the gold ions. Crystallization of [(C₆H₁₁NC)₂Au](EF₆) (E = As or Sb, but not P) from benzene solution produces colorless, non-emissive crystals of the solvates [(C₆H₁₁NC)₂Au](EF₆)·C₆H₆. These two solvates are isostructural and contain columns in which cations and benzene molecules alternate. With the benzene molecules separating the cations, the shortest distances between gold ions are 6.936(2) Å for E = As and 6.9717(19) Å for E = Sb. Upon removal from the mother liquor, these crystals crack due to the loss of benzene from the crystal and form luminescent powders. Crystals of [(C₆H₁₁NC)₂Au](SbF₆)·C₆H₆ that powder out form a pale yellow powder with a blue luminescence with emission spectra and powder X-ray diffraction data that show that the previously characterized [(C₆H₁₁NC)₂Au](SbF₆) is formed. In the process, the distances between the gold(i) ions decrease to ∼3 Å and half of the cyclohexyl groups move from an axial orientation to an equatorial one. Remarkably, when crystals of [(C₆H₁₁NC)₂Au](AsF₆)·C₆H₆ stand in air, they lose benzene and are converted into the yellow, green-luminescent polymorph of [(C₆H₁₁NC)₂Au](AsF₆) rather than the colorless, blue-luminescent polymorph. Paradoxically, the yellow, green-luminescent powder that forms as well as authentic crystals of the yellow, green-luminescent polymorph of [(C₆H₁₁NC)₂Au](AsF₆) are sensitive to benzene vapor and are converted by exposure to benzene vapor into the colorless, blue-luminescent polymorph.

Non-luminescent crystals of [(C₆H₁₁NC)₂Au](AsF₆)·C₆H₆ readily lose benzene to form the green-luminescent polymorph of [(C₆H₁₁NC)₂Au](AsF₆) rather than the blue-luminescent polymorph.     

Mechanism of Polymerization of 1, 3-Dioxolane Initiated by (C2H5)3 O+SbCl6 and SbCl5

The kinetics of polymerization of 1, 3-dioxolane (DiOX) initiated by (C₂H₅)₃O⁺SbCl₆ and SbCl₅ has been studied and the elementary stages of the process have been considered. The polymerization of DiOX by (C₂H₅)₃O⁺SbCl₆-is shown to proceed at a steady rate to high conversion. A constant concentration of active centers in the system is maintained due to the equal rates of decomposition of active centers and disproportionation. The nonsteady-state character of DiOX polymerization initiated by SbCl₅is associated with a relatively lower stability of the counter-ion SbCl₅ OR^? compared with SbCl₆. The initiation of DiOX polymerization by (C₂H₅)₃O⁺SbCl₆ proceeds without hydride-transfer reactions, and the concentration of active centers in the system is determined not by processes taking place in the initiation stage, but by the existence of a definite kind of equilibrium with the participation of active centers.