metal-organic compounds
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The title complex, [CuCl2(C21H22N4O)], contains a bis(benzimidazole) unit with a chiral bridgehead C atom that forms part of a tetrahydropyrrole ring fused to one of the benzimidazoles. The chelate angle is 90.45 (9)° and the dihedral angle between the essentially planar benzimidazole fragments is 26.68 (9)°. The CuII coordination geometry lies approximately midway between tetrahedral and square planar. Overall, each chiral molecule contains six fused rings, and a racemic mixture is formed with symmetry-related enantiomers. In the crystal, C—Hπ and C—HCl interactions link molecules into a supramolecular chain along the a-axis direction.
organic compounds
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The structure of the title trifluoroacetic acid adduct, C17H12N2O3·C2HF3O2, contains a trifluoroacetic acid molecule hydrogen bonded to the imine N atom of the imidazole ring of a nearly planar four-fused-ring system (r.m.s. deviatiation = 0.013 Å). The carboxylic acid group of the triflouroacetic acid molecule is twisted with respect to the mean plane of the four-fused-ring sytem by 75.9 (2)°. A short intramolecular C—HO hydrogen bond occurs. In the crystal, the adduct molecules are arranged into stacks along the b axis via π–π interactions between imidazole rings and between imidazole and one of the benzene rings [centroid–centroid distances 3.352 (2) and 3.485 (2) Å, respectively]. Molecules are linked via C—HO hydrogen bonds, forming an alternating polymeric head-to-head/tail-to-tail stepped chain approximately along the a-axis direction and tilted on an axis bisecting the b and c axes.