A 1:1.5 complex of 5,7-dioxo-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane and 2,6-dihydoxyanthraquinone

A complex of 5,7-dioxo-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (dioxocyclam) and 2,6-dihydoxyanthraquinone (anthraflavic acid) has been obtained. The complex (crystals grown from water-ethanol solution) has a stoichiometry dioxocyclam-anthraflavic acid 1:1:5. C₃₁H₃₂N₄O₈, chemical formula weight 588.61, triclinic, P – 1, a = 10.542(3) Å, b = 11.936(2) Å, c = 12.206(2) Å, = 104.00(1)°, = 92.68(2)°, = 103.64(2)°, V = 1439.4 (5) ų, Z = 2, D_x = 1.358 g cm^–3. Only one of the two amine N-atoms of the macrocycle is protonated due to very weak acidic properties of 2,6-dihydoxyanthraquinone. Due to the rather poor quality of the crystals and structure refinement, reliable determination of H-bonds is complicated. Nevertheless, several types of H-bonding responsible for the formation of a developed supramolecular network can be suggested: between the protonated amino groups and macrocycle's C=O moieties; between non-protonated amino groups and macrocycle's C=O moieties; between protonated and non-protonated amino groups; between the amide NH and C=O groups of anthraflavic acid; and between protonated and deprotonated hydroxy groups of the acid. Two types of anthraflavic components can be distinguished in the lattice: those having a parallel orientation with respect to the macrocyclic fragments and forming hydrogen bonds with the latter, and those lying in an approximately perpendicular plane and not involved in H-bonding with the macrocycles.