Racemic 3,5‐di­chloro‐2‐{[(1‐phenyl­ethyl)­imino]­methyl}phenol

The title compound, (RS)‐3,5‐di­chloro‐2‐{[(1‐phenyl­ethyl)­imino]­methyl}phenol, C₁₅H₁₃Cl₂NO, was synthesized from racemic 1‐phenyl­ethyl­amine and 3,5‐di­chloro­salicyl­aldehyde. The π‐conjugate system around the imine group is essentially planar in the phenol–imine tautomer. Intramolecular O⋯N hydrogen‐bond and intermolecular C—H⋯π interactions are present in the crystal structure.     

A one‐dimensional coordination polymer with metal–metal inter­actions: catena‐poly­[[tri­aqua­barium(II)]‐μ‐aqua‐κ2O:O‐di‐μ‐thio­salicyl­ato‐κ4O:O]

In the title compound, [Ba(C₇H₅O₂S)₂(H₂O)₄]_n, the Ba^II atom lies on a mirror plane and is nine‐coordinated by four bridging carboxylate O atoms of the thio­salicyl­ate ligands, two bridging water mol­ecules and three terminal water mol­ecules. There is an intramolecular S—H⋯O hydrogen bond between the S and O atoms in the thio­salicyl­ate ligand. A one‐dimensional coordination polymer is formed via weak metal–metal interactions along polymeric zigzag chains.     

Tetrakis(2,2′‐bipyridine‐κ2N,N′)­tetrakis(μ‐salicyl­ato‐κ3O,O′:O′′)‐quadro‐tetrazinc(II) decahydrate

The title compound, [Zn₄(C₇H₄O₃)₄(C₁₀H₈N₂)₄]·10H₂O, crystallizes as a centrosymmetric tetranuclear cyclic complex containing four Zn^II atoms bridged by four carboxyl­ate groups from salicyl­ate ligands, with a syn–anti configuration. Each Zn^II atom has a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal coordination geometry, formed by two N atoms of a 2,2′‐bipyridine ligand and three O atoms from two salicyl­ate ligands. The complex is stabilized by intramolecular π–π interactions between pairs of bi­pyridine rings and a 16‐membered gear‐wheel‐shaped cyclic framework. The hydrogen‐bonding network is formed via the water mol­ecules.     

catena‐Poly[[bis(1H‐benzimidazole‐κN3)(salicylato‐κO)copper(II)]‐μ‐salicylato‐O,O′:O′′]

The title compound, [Cu(C₇H₅O₃)₂(C₇H₆N₂)₂]_n, is a one‐dimensional polymeric complex bridged by salicyl­ate anions. The Cu^II atom is surrounded by three salicyl­ate and two benz­imidazole ligands, with a tetragonally elongated octahedral coordination geometry. The Cu—O bond distances in the axial directions are 2.6092 (16) and 2.6834 (17) Å. π–π stacking interactions exist between the benz­imidazole rings of neighboring polymeric complex chains.     

catena‐Poly[[[N,N′‐bis­(salicyl­idene)propane‐1,3‐diaminato]cobalt(III)]‐μ‐azido] and catena‐poly[[[N,N′‐bis(salicyl­idene)propane‐1,3‐diaminato]cobalt(III)]‐μ‐thio­cyanato]

The two title complexes, catena‐poly[[{2,2′‐[1,3‐propane­diylbis(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]diphenolato}cobalt(III)]‐μ‐azido], [Co(C₁₇H₁₆N₂O₂)(N₃)]_n, (I), and catena‐poly[[{2,2′‐[1,3‐propane­diylbis(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]diphenolato}cobalt(III)]‐μ‐thio­cyanato], [Co(C₁₇H₁₆N₂O₂)(NCS)]_n, (II), are isomorphous polynuclear cobalt(III) compounds. In both structures, the Co^III atom is six‐coordinated in an octa­hedral configuration by two N atoms and two O atoms of one Schiff base, and two terminal N or S atoms from two bridging ligands. The [N,N′‐bis­(salicyl­idene)propane‐1,3‐diaminato]cobalt(III) moieties are linked by the bridging ligands, viz. azide in (I) and thio­cyanate in (II), giving zigzag polymeric chains with backbones of the type [–Co—N—N—N—Co]_n in (I) or [–Co—N—C—S—Co]_n in (II) running along the c axis.     

(2,2′‐Bipyridyl‐κ2N,N′)­bis­(salicyl­ato‐κ2O,O′)­zinc(II)

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Zn(C₇H₅O₃)₂(C₁₀H₈N₂)], contains one monomeric zinc complex. The Zn atom is coordinated to one 2,2′‐bipyridyl ligand via both N atoms and to two salicyl­ate anions (Hsal⁻) in a bidentate chelating manner involving carboxyl­ate O‐atom coordination. The complex exhibits a distorted octahedral geometry about the Zn^II atom, with the `apical' positions occupied by one of the two N atoms of the bipyridyl ligand and an O atom from one Hsal<sup>−</sup> ligand; the Zn atom is 0.168 (1) Å out of the `basal' plane. Two intramolecular six‐membered hydrogen‐bonded rings are present, generated from interactions between the carboxyl and hydroxyl groups of the salicyl­ate ligands. The crystal packing is governed by weak C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π interactions.     

Fluoro derivatives of bis­(salicyl­idene­aminato-N,O)copper(II) and -oxovan­adium(IV)

The structures of five complexes of fluorine-containing bidentate salicyl­idene­amine Schiff base ligands are reported. These are the bis-ligand copper(II) complexes of the Schiff bases derived from salicyl­aldehyde and 4-fluoro-, [Cu(C₁₃H₉FNO)₂], 3-fluoro-4-methyl-, [Cu(C₁₄H₁₁FNO)₂], 3,5-bis­(tri­fluoro­methyl)-, [Cu(C₁₅H₈F₆NO)₂], and 4-tri­fluoro­methoxy­anilines, [Cu(C₁₄H₉F₃NO₂)₂], and the bis-ligand oxovanadium(IV) complex of the Schiff base derived from salicyl­aldehyde and 4-tri­fluoro­methoxy­aniline, [VO(C₁₄H₉­F₃NO₂)₂]. Three of the copper complexes have square-planar coordination at the metal, imposed by the virtue of symmetry, but the immediate coordination environment of the copper in the 3,5-bis(tri­fluoro­methyl) complex is intermediate between square planar and tetrahedral. The coordination environment at the metal of the vanadium complex can be described as distorted square pyramidal.     

(2S)‐2‐[1‐(2,4‐Di­fluoro‐5‐iodo­phenyl)‐2‐deoxy‐β‐d‐ribo­furanos‐5‐yloxy]‐8‐methyl‐4H‐1,3,2‐benzodioxa­phosphole 2‐oxide

The title compound, C₁₉H₁₈F₂IO₆P, prepared as a potential antiviral and anticancer agent from 3‐methyl­salicyl­chloro­phosphane and 1‐(2,4‐di­fluoro‐5‐iodo­phenyl)‐2‐deoxy‐β‐d ‐ribo­furan­ose, is one of a 1:1 mixture of two diastereomers. The diastereomers differ in their configuration, S or R, at the asymmetric phosphorus center. X‐Ray crystallographic analysis of the title compound has determined the absolute configuration at the asymmetric P center to be S.     

catena‐Poly[potassium [copper(II)‐μ‐isothiocyanato‐μ‐N‐salicylidene‐β‐alaninato(2–)]]

The title polymeric compound, catena‐poly­[dipotassium [bis­[μ‐N‐salicyl­idene‐β‐alaninato(2−)]‐κ⁴O,N,O′:O′′;κ⁴O′′:O,N,O′‐dicopper(II)]‐di‐μ‐iso­thio­cyanato‐κ²N:S;κ²S:N], {K[Cu(NCS)(C₁₀H₉NO₃)]}_n, consists of [iso­thio­cyanato(N‐salicyl­idene‐β‐alaninato)copper(II)]⁻ anions connected through the two three‐atom thio­cyanate (μ‐NCS) and the two anti,anti‐μ‐­carboxyl­ate bridges into infinite one‐dimensional polymeric anions, with coulombically interacting K⁺ counter‐ions with coordination number 7 constrained between the chains. The Cu^II atoms adopt a distorted tetragonal–bipyramidal coordination, with three donor atoms of the tridentate Schiff base and one N atom of the bridging μ‐NCS ligand in the basal plane. The first axial position is occupied by a thio­cyanate S atom of a symmetry‐related μ‐NCS ligand at an apical distance of 2.9770 (8) Å, and the second position is occupied by an O atom of a bridging carboxyl­ate group from an adjacent coordination unit at a distance of 2.639 (2) Å.     

5,5′‐Di‐tert‐butyl‐2,2′‐di­hydroxy‐3,3′‐methyl­enedibenz­aldehyde and 6,6′‐di‐tert‐butyl‐8,8′‐methyl­ene­bis­(spiro­[4H‐1,3‐benzodioxin‐2,1′‐cyclo­hexane])

Two related compounds containing p‐tert‐butyl‐o‐methyl­ene‐linked phenol or phenol‐derived subunits are described, namely 5,5′‐di‐tert‐butyl‐2,2′‐di­hydroxy‐3,3′‐methyl­ene­di­benz­aldehyde, C₂₃H₂₈O₄, (I), and 6,6′‐di‐tert‐butyl‐8,8′‐methyl­ene­bis­(spiro­[4H‐1,3‐benzo­di­oxin‐2,1′‐cyclo­hexane]), C₃₅H₄₈O₄, (II). Both compounds adopt a `butterfly' shape, with the two phenol or phenol‐derived O atoms in distal positions. Phenol and aldehyde groups in (I) are involved in intramolecular hydrogen bonds and the two dioxin rings in (II) are in distorted half‐chair conformations.     

μ‐Acetato‐O:O′‐bis{[bis­(salicyl­idene)­ethyl­ene­diamin­ato]manganese(III)} per­chlorate

In the title complex, [Mn₂(C₁₆H₁₄N₂O₂)₂(C₂H₃O₂)]ClO₄, two [Mn(salen)] moieties [salen is bis­(salicyl­idene)­ethyl­enedi­amine] are connected through a μ‐acetate bridge in a syn–anti fashion. The Mn?Mn distance is 5.365 (1) Å.     

A chloro(2‐pyridinecarboxaldehyde)(2,2′:6′,2′′‐ter­pyridine)­ruthenium(II) complex

The aldehyde moiety in the title complex, chloro(2‐pyridinecarboxaldehyde‐N,O)(2,2′:6′,2′′‐terpyridine‐κ³N)ruthenium(II)–chloro­(2‐pyridine­carboxyl­ic acid‐N,O)(2,2′:6′,2′′‐ter­pyridine‐κ³N)­ruthenium(II)–perchlorate–chloro­form–water (1.8/0.2/2/1/1), [RuCl­(C₆H₅NO)­(C₁₅H₁₁N₃)]_1.8[RuCl­(C₆H₅­NO₂)(C₁₅H₁₁N₃)]_0.2­(ClO₄)₂·­CHCl₃·­H₂O, is a structural model of substrate coordination to a transfer hydrogenation catalyst. The title complex features two independent Ru^II complex cations that display very similar distorted octahedral coordination provided by the three N atoms of the 2,2′:6′,2′′‐ter­pyridine ligand, the N and O atoms of the 2‐pyridine­carbox­aldehyde (pyCHO) ligand and a chloride ligand. One of the cation sites is disordered such that the aldehyde group is replaced by a 20 (1)% contribution from a carboxyl­ic acid group (aldehyde H replaced by carboxyl O—H). Notable dimensions in the non‐disordered complex cation are Ru—N 2.034 (2) Å and Ru—O 2.079 (2) Å to the pyCHO ligand and O—C 1.239 (4) Å for the pyCHO carbonyl group.     

Poly[aqua­(μ3‐benzene‐1,2‐dicarboxyl­ato)(μ2‐hydroxo)indium(III)]

In the title compound, [In(C₈H₄O₄)(OH)(H₂O)]_n, the coordination of the In^III ion is composed of six O atoms from three dianionic benzene‐1,2‐dicarboxylate ligands, two hydroxyl groups and one coordinated water mol­ecule in a distorted octa­hedral geometry. The In³⁺ ions are linked by the hydroxyl groups to form zigzag In–OH–In chains, which are further bridged by the benzene‐1,2‐dicarboxylic acid ligands to generate a two‐dimensional layered structure featuring three types of rings (six‐, 14‐ and 20‐membered). Hydrogen bonds between the water mol­ecule and a carboxyl­ate O atom, and between the hydroxyl group and a carboxyl­ate O atom, are observed within the layers. In the crystal packing, there are π–­π stacking inter­actions between the benzene rings of adjacent layers, with a centroid‐to‐centroid distance of 3.668 (3) Å and a dihedral angle of 4.8 (2)°.     

3‐Hydro­xy­benz­aldehyde

The title compound, C₇H₆O₂, forms infinite chains where the mol­ecules are hydrogen bonded via the hydroxyl and aldehyde groups, with an O?O distance of 2.719 (3) Å. Interchain interactions are weak. The geometry of the ring differs from the ideal form due to the effect of the substituents. Abinitio (Hartree–Fock self‐consistent field–molecular orbital and density functional theory) calculations for the free mol­ecule reproduce well the observed small distortions of the ring. In the crystal, the geometry deviates from the ideal C_s symmetry of the free mol­ecule, as given by the ab initio calculations. The aldehyde and hydroxyl groups are twisted around the single bonds which join them to the ring as a result of the intermolecular hydrogen‐bond interactions. These are also responsible for an elongation of the hydroxy C—OH bond compared with that calculated for the free mol­ecule.     

Dipotassium di‐μ‐iso­thio­cyanato‐κ4N:S‐bis­[(N‐salicyl­idene‐dl‐valinato‐κ3O,N,O′)­cuprate(II)]

The title compound, K₂[Cu₂(NCS)₂(C₁₂H₁₃NO₃)₂], consists of two K⁺ cations and (N‐salicyl­idene‐d ‐valinato)­cop­per(II) and (N‐salicyl­idene‐l ‐valinato)cop­per(II) coordination units con­nected through three‐atom thio­cyanate (μ‐NCS) bridges into a centrosymmetric dianion. The Cu^II atom adopts a square‐pyramidal coordination, with three donor atoms of the tridentate Schiff base and one N atom of the bridging ligand (μ‐NCS) in the basal plane. The axial position is occupied by the thio­cyanate S atom of a symmetry‐related ligand at an apical distance of 2.9332 (10) Å. Coulombic interactions between six‐coordinated K⁺ ions and the heteroatoms of neighbouring dimeric anions leads to the formation of one‐dimensional chains of mol­ecules parallel to [010]. The superposition of the normals of the pyramidal base planes in a direction close to [001] indicates possible π–π interactions between neighbouring units.     

Poly[[[bis­(N,N′‐dimethyl­formamide)­zinc(II)]‐μ3‐5‐hydroxy­benzene‐1,3‐dicarboxyl­ato] toluene solvate]

The title compound, {[Zn(C₈H₄O₅)(C₃H₇NO)₂]·0.5C₇H₈}_n, is a one‐dimensional coordination polymer in which the Zn atoms are linked by bridging 5‐hydroxy­benzene‐1,3‐dicarboxyl­ate ligands. These polymeric chains form two‐dimensional sheets via interchain hydrogen bonds, and these sheets, in turn, are stacked tightly with solvent toluene mol­ecules in the inter­layer space. The N,N′‐dimethyl­formamide ligands, coordinated axially to the Zn atoms, form van der Waals contacts with ligands in neighboring sheets, and enclose the guest mol­ecules.     

2‐Bromo‐5‐hydroxy­benz­aldehyde

The mol­ecules of the title compound, C₇H₅BrO₂, form zigzag chains running along the b axis and are stacked in layers perpendicular to the a axis. Intermolecular bonding occurs through hydrogen bonds linking the hydroxyl and carbonyl groups, with an O?O distance of 2.804 (4) Å. The Br atom deviates significantly from the plane of the ring and the aldehyde group is twisted by 7.1 (5)° around the Csp²—C_aryl bond. The geometry of the mol­ecule in the crystal is compared to that given by ab initio quantum mechanical calculations for the isolated mol­ecule, using a molecular orbital Hartree–Fock method and density functional theory.     

Three‐dimensional aggregation in 2‐hydroxy‐3‐iodo‐5‐nitrobenzaldehyde involving C—H⋯O,iodo–nitro and aromatic π–π stacking interactions,and isolated dimers in disordered 2,4‐diiodo‐6‐nitroanisole

In 2‐hydroxy‐3‐iodo‐5‐nitro­benz­aldehyde, C₇H₄INO₄, the mol­ecules are linked into sheets by a combination of C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and two‐centre iodo–nitro interactions, and these sheets are linked by aromatic π–π stacking interactions. Molecules of 2,4‐di­iodo‐6‐nitro­anisole, C₇H₅I₂NO₃, are disordered, with the nitro group and one of the I substituents each occupying common sets of sites with 0.5 occupancy. The mol­ecules are linked into isolated centrosymmetric dimeric units by a single iodo–nitro interaction.     

Poly­[di­aqua­cobalt(II)‐di‐μ4‐benzene‐1,2,4‐tri­carboxyl­ato‐bis­[1,10‐phenanthrolinecobalt(II)]]

In the polymeric title compound, [Co₃(btc)₂(phen)₂(H₂O)₂]_n [btc is the benzene‐1,2,4‐tri­carboxyl­ate trianion (C₉H₃O₆) and phen is 1,10‐phenanthroline (C₁₂H₈N₂)], there are two different Co centres, Co1 and Co2. The Co1 centre has a deformed trigonal–bipyramidal geometry, while the Co2 centre lies on an inversion centre and has distorted octahedral geometry. Moreover, the 1,2‐di­carboxyl­ate groups of one btc ligand bridge the two adjacent Co2 centres, and each Co2 centre is coordinated by four carboxyl­ate O atoms from four different btc ligands, forming a novel kind of intersecting double‐chain structure, with a Co⋯Co separation of 7.755 Å, along the a axis. On the other hand, the two Co1 centres are bridged by two btc ligands and chelated by phen mol­ecules, respectively, producing a binuclear unit with a Co⋯Co separation of 8.406 Å, and these binuclear units are linked by btc bridges and Co2 centres to extend hybrid chains of Co1 and Co2 along the [101] direction. Furthermore, each btc ligand acts as a pentadentate bridge, linking the Co2 double‐chain structures and the hybrid chains of Co1 and Co2 to yield a two‐dimensional network, and this leads to the formation of very different kinds of voids.     

The layered structure of poly­[[di‐μ‐chloro‐bis­[chloro(2‐ethyl­tetrazole‐κN4)copper(II)]]‐di‐μ‐2‐ethyl­tetrazole‐κ2N1:N4]

In the polymeric title complex, [CuCl₂(C₃H₆N₄)₂]_n, there are two ligands in the asymmetric unit. The Cu atom adopts an elongated octahedral geometry, with two 2‐ethyl­tetrazole ligands [Cu—N = 2.0037 (16) and 2.0136 (16) Å] and two Cl atoms [Cu—Cl = 2.2595 (6) and 2.2796 (6) Å] in equatorial positions. A Cl atom and a symmetry‐related 2‐ethyl­tetrazole mol­ecule [Cu—Cl = 2.8845 (8) Å and Cu—N = 2.851 (2) Å] lie in the axial positions of the octahedron. One of the two 2‐­ethyltetrazole ligands of the asymmetric unit exhibits bidentate binding to two Cu atoms through two N atoms of the tetrazole ring, whereas the other ligand is coordinated in a monodentate fashion via one tetrazole N atom. The Cu‐atom octahedra form dimer entities by sharing edges with equatorial and axial Cl atoms. The dimers are linked together through the 2‐ethyl­tetrazole ligands to form one‐dimensional polymeric zigzag chains extending along the b axis. The chains are connected into infinite layers parallel to the (10) plane via the 2‐ethyl­tetrazole ligands.