A comparative study on structure and conformation of three hydroxybenzylamine ligands

Structure and conformation of three tridentate ligands are determined. All these three compounds crystallize in different space groups, the details are as follows: Bis(3,5-dimethyl,2-hydroxy)-2-hydroxy-5-methoxy]benzylcyclohexylamine (DHBC): monoclinic I2/a (a = 17.691(1) Å, b = 9.707(1) Å, c = 24.235(2) Å, = 91.028(1)°); bis(3,5-dimethyl,2-hydroxy)-2-hydroxy-5-bromo]benzylcyclohexylamine (DHBrBC): tetragonal P4₁2₁2 (a = b = 12.1138(1) Å, c = 28.485(1) Å) and bis(3,5-dimethyl,2-hydroxy)-2-hydroxy-5-bromo]benzylmethylamine (DHBrBM): triclinic (a = 5.228(1), b = 12.364(1) Å, c = 13.234(1) Å, = 94.04(1)°, = 95.72(1),° = 95.90(1)°). The cyclohexane rings in DHBC and DHBrBC assume chair conformation. Both the phenyl rings are planar in all the molecules and orient at angles of 75.5(1)°, 62.2(1)°, and 53.9(2)°, respectively with each other. The bond angles around N atom show the sp³ character. Inter- and intramolecular O–HN and O–HO types of hydrogen bondings stabilize the molecules in the unit cell in addition to van der Waals forces.