Supporting information
Crystallographic Information File (CIF) https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270109029667/gg3209sup1.cif | |
Structure factor file (CIF format) https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270109029667/gg3209Isup2.hkl |
CCDC reference: 749710
A solution of 2-thiopheneacetonitrile (1 mmol) and potassium tert-butoxide (1 mmol) in anhydrous ethanol (3 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 15 min; a solution of 4-methylbenzaldehyde (1 mmol) in anhydrous ethanol (3 ml) was added, and the mixture was then heated under reflux for 3 h. The resulting solid product was collected by filtration, washed with ethanol, dried and finally crystallized from dimethylformamide to give yellow crystals suitable for single-crystal X-ray diffraction (yield 55%, m.p. 379–381 K). MS EI (30 eV) m/z (%): 225 (100, M+), 210 (10), 177 (31), 176 (11), 165 (10), 152 (9), 150 (17), 105 (26) 93 (22), 89 (11), 76 (25), 65 (29), 28 (26).
It was apparent at any early stage in the structure solution that, while one of the two independent molecules (molecule 1 containing S1) was fully ordered with all of its non-H atoms lying on a mirror plane in C2/m, the second molecule (molecule 2, containing S31) was lying across a site of 2/m symmetry and was thus disordered over four sets of sites (see Fig. 1c). A structural model for molecule 2 was initially developed on geometric grounds and then refined using a substantial number of individually specified geometric restraints, with the bonded distances usually subject to s.u. values of 0.01 Å and the 1,3 non-bonded distances to s.u. values of 0.02 Å. Once this refinement model had stabilized, the individually specified restraints were all removed, and the bonded and 1,3 non-bonded distances in molecule 2 were all restrained to have the same values as the corresponding distances in molecule 1, subject in all cases to an s.u. of 0.005 Å. On this basis satisfactory convergence was achieved, but attempts to remove these similarity restraints led to unsatisfactory behaviour of the atomic displacement parameters. The H atoms in molecule 1 were all clearly located in difference maps, but it was necessary to introduce those in molecule 2 in calculated positions; thereafter all H atoms were treated as riding atoms in geometrically idealized positions with C—H distances of 0.98 Å (methyl) or 0.95 Å (all other H atoms), and with Uiso(H) = kUeq(C), where k = 1.5 for the methyl groups, which were permitted to rotate but not to tilt, and k = 1.2 for all other H atoms.
Data collection: COLLECT (Hooft, 1999); cell refinement: DENZO–SMN (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO–SMN and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
C14H11NS | F(000) = 708 |
Mr = 225.31 | Dx = 1.298 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, C2/m | Melting point: 380 K |
Hall symbol: -C 2y | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 21.4869 (7) Å | Cell parameters from 2133 reflections |
b = 7.0302 (3) Å | θ = 3.6–27.5° |
c = 14.1810 (5) Å | µ = 0.25 mm−1 |
β = 126.173 (2)° | T = 120 K |
V = 1729.22 (12) Å3 | Block, yellow |
Z = 6 | 0.22 × 0.18 × 0.16 mm |
Bruker–Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 2133 independent reflections |
Radiation source: Bruker-Nonius FR591 rotating anode | 1956 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.028 |
Detector resolution: 9.091 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 3.6° |
ϕ and ω scans | h = −27→26 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2003) | k = −8→9 |
Tmin = 0.943, Tmax = 0.961 | l = −18→18 |
9286 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.058 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.132 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.25 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.P)2 + 5.111P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2133 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
238 parameters | Δρmax = 0.31 e Å−3 |
39 restraints | Δρmin = −0.28 e Å−3 |
C14H11NS | V = 1729.22 (12) Å3 |
Mr = 225.31 | Z = 6 |
Monoclinic, C2/m | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 21.4869 (7) Å | µ = 0.25 mm−1 |
b = 7.0302 (3) Å | T = 120 K |
c = 14.1810 (5) Å | 0.22 × 0.18 × 0.16 mm |
β = 126.173 (2)° |
Bruker–Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 2133 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2003) | 1956 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.943, Tmax = 0.961 | Rint = 0.028 |
9286 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.058 | 39 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.132 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.25 | Δρmax = 0.31 e Å−3 |
2133 reflections | Δρmin = −0.28 e Å−3 |
238 parameters |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | Occ. (<1) | |
S1 | 0.30694 (5) | 0.5000 | 0.35009 (7) | 0.0323 (2) | |
C2 | 0.21398 (17) | 0.5000 | 0.2247 (2) | 0.0259 (7) | |
C3 | 0.16158 (18) | 0.5000 | 0.2507 (3) | 0.0313 (8) | |
H3 | 0.1073 | 0.5000 | 0.1935 | 0.038* | |
C4 | 0.1983 (2) | 0.5000 | 0.3735 (3) | 0.0380 (9) | |
H4 | 0.1711 | 0.5000 | 0.4072 | 0.046* | |
C5 | 0.2758 (2) | 0.5000 | 0.4366 (3) | 0.0358 (9) | |
H5 | 0.3093 | 0.5000 | 0.5195 | 0.043* | |
C27 | 0.19723 (17) | 0.5000 | 0.1081 (2) | 0.0252 (7) | |
C17 | 0.25178 (17) | 0.5000 | 0.0894 (3) | 0.0273 (7) | |
H17 | 0.3031 | 0.5000 | 0.1586 | 0.033* | |
C11 | 0.24579 (18) | 0.5000 | −0.0191 (3) | 0.0257 (7) | |
C12 | 0.17754 (19) | 0.5000 | −0.1321 (3) | 0.0435 (11) | |
H12 | 0.1294 | 0.5000 | −0.1432 | 0.052* | |
C13 | 0.1790 (2) | 0.5000 | −0.2279 (3) | 0.0455 (11) | |
H13 | 0.1316 | 0.5000 | −0.3039 | 0.055* | |
C14 | 0.24721 (19) | 0.5000 | −0.2170 (3) | 0.0324 (8) | |
C15 | 0.31524 (19) | 0.5000 | −0.1049 (3) | 0.0322 (8) | |
H15 | 0.3631 | 0.5000 | −0.0947 | 0.039* | |
C16 | 0.31497 (17) | 0.5000 | −0.0074 (3) | 0.0255 (7) | |
H16 | 0.3625 | 0.5000 | 0.0684 | 0.031* | |
C18 | 0.2474 (2) | 0.5000 | −0.3233 (3) | 0.0381 (9) | |
H18A | 0.1972 | 0.4569 | −0.3915 | 0.057* | 0.50 |
H18B | 0.2878 | 0.4140 | −0.3102 | 0.057* | 0.50 |
H18C | 0.2575 | 0.6291 | −0.3373 | 0.057* | 0.50 |
C271 | 0.11614 (18) | 0.5000 | 0.0151 (3) | 0.0314 (8) | |
N271 | 0.05107 (17) | 0.5000 | −0.0555 (3) | 0.0515 (11) | |
S31 | 0.0188 (7) | 0.1891 (8) | 0.2699 (7) | 0.0305 (11) | 0.25 |
C32 | 0.0177 (5) | −0.0379 (9) | 0.3137 (6) | 0.026 (4) | 0.25 |
C33 | 0.020 (3) | −0.1710 (12) | 0.245 (3) | 0.021 (5) | 0.25 |
H33 | 0.0169 | −0.3044 | 0.2515 | 0.025* | 0.25 |
C34 | 0.029 (2) | −0.0840 (18) | 0.162 (2) | 0.035 (12) | 0.25 |
H34 | 0.0385 | −0.1530 | 0.1143 | 0.042* | 0.25 |
C35 | 0.0224 (18) | 0.1071 (16) | 0.1599 (18) | 0.026 (7) | 0.25 |
H35 | 0.0201 | 0.1866 | 0.1037 | 0.031* | 0.25 |
C57 | 0.0115 (12) | −0.0765 (10) | 0.4099 (13) | 0.022 (4) | 0.25 |
C47 | 0.0020 (13) | 0.0582 (11) | 0.4675 (14) | 0.022 (3) | 0.25 |
H47 | −0.0011 | 0.1838 | 0.4404 | 0.026* | 0.25 |
C41 | −0.0045 (16) | 0.0463 (12) | 0.5647 (16) | 0.019 (4) | 0.25 |
C42 | 0.0010 (13) | −0.1193 (13) | 0.6233 (13) | 0.040 (5) | 0.25 |
H42 | 0.0091 | −0.2379 | 0.6001 | 0.048* | 0.25 |
C43 | −0.0052 (9) | −0.1126 (15) | 0.7147 (11) | 0.043 (5)* | 0.25 |
H43 | 0.0013 | −0.2265 | 0.7556 | 0.052* | 0.25 |
C44 | −0.0203 (5) | 0.0545 (15) | 0.7484 (6) | 0.030 (4) | 0.25 |
C45 | −0.0253 (14) | 0.2199 (15) | 0.6910 (14) | 0.033 (4) | 0.25 |
H45 | −0.0355 | 0.3372 | 0.7127 | 0.040* | 0.25 |
C46 | −0.0156 (7) | 0.2173 (11) | 0.6027 (8) | 0.031 (3) | 0.25 |
H46 | −0.0166 | 0.3335 | 0.5675 | 0.037* | 0.25 |
C48 | −0.032 (3) | 0.057 (2) | 0.844 (3) | 0.033 (9) | 0.25 |
H48A | −0.0256 | −0.0724 | 0.8743 | 0.049* | 0.25 |
H48B | −0.0840 | 0.1026 | 0.8115 | 0.049* | 0.25 |
H48C | 0.0062 | 0.1412 | 0.9068 | 0.049* | 0.25 |
C571 | 0.0167 (6) | −0.2760 (9) | 0.4359 (8) | 0.025 (2) | 0.25 |
N571 | 0.0212 (5) | −0.4358 (9) | 0.4533 (7) | 0.043 (2) | 0.25 |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
S1 | 0.0214 (4) | 0.0551 (6) | 0.0172 (4) | 0.000 | 0.0097 (3) | 0.000 |
C2 | 0.0226 (14) | 0.0385 (19) | 0.0172 (14) | 0.000 | 0.0120 (12) | 0.000 |
C3 | 0.0231 (15) | 0.050 (2) | 0.0211 (15) | 0.000 | 0.0133 (13) | 0.000 |
C4 | 0.0350 (18) | 0.062 (3) | 0.0270 (17) | 0.000 | 0.0239 (15) | 0.000 |
C5 | 0.0353 (18) | 0.056 (2) | 0.0163 (14) | 0.000 | 0.0154 (14) | 0.000 |
C27 | 0.0203 (14) | 0.0377 (19) | 0.0170 (14) | 0.000 | 0.0106 (12) | 0.000 |
C17 | 0.0194 (14) | 0.045 (2) | 0.0168 (14) | 0.000 | 0.0102 (12) | 0.000 |
C11 | 0.0224 (14) | 0.0380 (19) | 0.0196 (14) | 0.000 | 0.0139 (13) | 0.000 |
C12 | 0.0208 (16) | 0.085 (3) | 0.0244 (17) | 0.000 | 0.0133 (14) | 0.000 |
C13 | 0.0269 (17) | 0.087 (3) | 0.0194 (16) | 0.000 | 0.0119 (14) | 0.000 |
C14 | 0.0329 (17) | 0.047 (2) | 0.0216 (15) | 0.000 | 0.0185 (14) | 0.000 |
C15 | 0.0268 (16) | 0.050 (2) | 0.0281 (16) | 0.000 | 0.0210 (14) | 0.000 |
C16 | 0.0199 (14) | 0.0382 (19) | 0.0194 (14) | 0.000 | 0.0123 (12) | 0.000 |
C18 | 0.043 (2) | 0.053 (2) | 0.0269 (17) | 0.000 | 0.0253 (16) | 0.000 |
C271 | 0.0243 (16) | 0.053 (2) | 0.0200 (15) | 0.000 | 0.0150 (13) | 0.000 |
N271 | 0.0237 (15) | 0.107 (3) | 0.0251 (15) | 0.000 | 0.0151 (13) | 0.000 |
S31 | 0.035 (2) | 0.030 (2) | 0.027 (5) | −0.0027 (19) | 0.019 (4) | −0.003 (2) |
C32 | 0.015 (3) | 0.037 (14) | 0.022 (4) | 0.000 (4) | 0.008 (3) | −0.001 (5) |
C33 | 0.026 (7) | 0.018 (8) | 0.016 (10) | 0.001 (7) | 0.010 (7) | −0.004 (6) |
C34 | 0.03 (2) | 0.05 (2) | 0.021 (12) | −0.007 (12) | 0.011 (12) | 0.011 (11) |
C35 | 0.019 (9) | 0.023 (11) | 0.045 (13) | 0.006 (7) | 0.024 (8) | 0.011 (8) |
C57 | 0.021 (7) | 0.035 (10) | 0.008 (10) | −0.005 (7) | 0.008 (7) | −0.003 (7) |
C47 | 0.014 (4) | 0.031 (7) | 0.020 (12) | 0.001 (4) | 0.010 (8) | −0.001 (4) |
C41 | 0.023 (6) | 0.023 (10) | 0.015 (13) | −0.007 (5) | 0.014 (8) | −0.005 (5) |
C42 | 0.049 (13) | 0.043 (12) | 0.025 (10) | 0.002 (8) | 0.021 (10) | 0.004 (7) |
C44 | 0.015 (4) | 0.052 (13) | 0.021 (4) | −0.002 (4) | 0.009 (3) | −0.001 (5) |
C45 | 0.030 (6) | 0.048 (9) | 0.019 (9) | 0.005 (6) | 0.012 (8) | 0.003 (6) |
C46 | 0.028 (6) | 0.036 (9) | 0.023 (7) | −0.006 (6) | 0.013 (6) | 0.002 (6) |
C48 | 0.035 (12) | 0.05 (2) | 0.035 (12) | −0.017 (11) | 0.032 (11) | −0.012 (9) |
C571 | 0.027 (4) | 0.023 (6) | 0.019 (5) | −0.001 (4) | 0.009 (4) | 0.007 (4) |
N571 | 0.051 (5) | 0.038 (6) | 0.027 (4) | −0.001 (4) | 0.015 (4) | 0.005 (3) |
S1—C5 | 1.708 (3) | S31—C35 | 1.708 (6) |
S1—C2 | 1.720 (3) | S31—C32 | 1.717 (5) |
C2—C3 | 1.376 (4) | C32—C33 | 1.378 (6) |
C2—C27 | 1.470 (4) | C32—C57 | 1.473 (5) |
C3—C4 | 1.426 (4) | C33—C34 | 1.426 (6) |
C3—H3 | 0.9500 | C33—H33 | 0.9500 |
C4—C5 | 1.348 (5) | C34—C35 | 1.350 (7) |
C4—H4 | 0.9500 | C34—H34 | 0.9500 |
C5—H5 | 0.9500 | C35—H35 | 0.9500 |
C27—C17 | 1.346 (4) | C57—C47 | 1.342 (5) |
C27—C271 | 1.436 (4) | C57—C571 | 1.438 (5) |
C17—C11 | 1.467 (4) | C47—C41 | 1.468 (5) |
C17—H17 | 0.9500 | C47—H47 | 0.9500 |
C11—C12 | 1.395 (4) | C41—C46 | 1.395 (6) |
C11—C16 | 1.395 (4) | C41—C42 | 1.395 (6) |
C12—C13 | 1.377 (5) | C42—C43 | 1.378 (6) |
C12—H12 | 0.9500 | C42—H42 | 0.9500 |
C13—C14 | 1.379 (5) | C43—C44 | 1.379 (6) |
C13—H13 | 0.9500 | C43—H43 | 0.9500 |
C14—C15 | 1.385 (4) | C44—C45 | 1.387 (6) |
C14—C18 | 1.512 (4) | C44—C48 | 1.511 (6) |
C15—C16 | 1.387 (4) | C45—C46 | 1.386 (6) |
C15—H15 | 0.9500 | C45—H45 | 0.9500 |
C16—H16 | 0.9500 | C46—H46 | 0.9500 |
C18—H18A | 0.9800 | C48—H48A | 0.9800 |
C18—H18B | 0.9800 | C48—H48B | 0.9800 |
C18—H18C | 0.9800 | C48—H48C | 0.9800 |
C271—N271 | 1.142 (4) | C571—N571 | 1.141 (6) |
C5—S1—C2 | 91.97 (16) | C57—C32—S31 | 122.2 (4) |
C3—C2—C27 | 127.3 (3) | C32—C33—C34 | 111.8 (4) |
C3—C2—S1 | 111.0 (2) | C32—C33—H33 | 124.1 |
C27—C2—S1 | 121.8 (2) | C34—C33—H33 | 123.0 |
C2—C3—C4 | 112.1 (3) | C35—C34—C33 | 112.6 (5) |
C2—C3—H3 | 123.9 | C35—C34—H34 | 123.7 |
C4—C3—H3 | 123.9 | C33—C34—H34 | 123.7 |
C5—C4—C3 | 112.8 (3) | C34—C35—S31 | 112.0 (4) |
C5—C4—H4 | 123.6 | C34—C35—H35 | 124.0 |
C3—C4—H4 | 123.6 | S31—C35—H35 | 124.0 |
C4—C5—S1 | 112.2 (2) | C47—C57—C571 | 123.3 (4) |
C4—C5—H5 | 123.9 | C47—C57—C32 | 124.3 (4) |
S1—C5—H5 | 123.9 | C571—C57—C32 | 112.4 (4) |
C17—C27—C271 | 123.0 (3) | C57—C47—C41 | 131.6 (5) |
C17—C27—C2 | 123.9 (3) | C57—C47—H47 | 114.2 |
C271—C27—C2 | 113.1 (3) | C41—C47—H47 | 114.2 |
C27—C17—C11 | 131.3 (3) | C46—C41—C42 | 117.6 (4) |
C27—C17—H17 | 114.4 | C46—C41—C47 | 116.6 (5) |
C11—C17—H17 | 114.4 | C42—C41—C47 | 125.9 (5) |
C12—C11—C16 | 117.4 (3) | C43—C42—C41 | 120.7 (5) |
C12—C11—C17 | 126.0 (3) | C43—C42—H42 | 119.6 |
C16—C11—C17 | 116.6 (3) | C41—C42—H42 | 119.6 |
C13—C12—C11 | 120.8 (3) | C42—C43—C44 | 121.9 (5) |
C13—C12—H12 | 119.6 | C42—C43—H43 | 119.0 |
C11—C12—H12 | 119.6 | C44—C43—H43 | 119.0 |
C12—C13—C14 | 122.0 (3) | C43—C44—C45 | 117.6 (4) |
C12—C13—H13 | 119.0 | C43—C44—C48 | 121.1 (5) |
C14—C13—H13 | 119.0 | C45—C44—C48 | 121.3 (5) |
C13—C14—C15 | 117.4 (3) | C46—C45—C44 | 121.3 (5) |
C13—C14—C18 | 121.1 (3) | C46—C45—H45 | 119.4 |
C15—C14—C18 | 121.5 (3) | C44—C45—H45 | 119.4 |
C14—C15—C16 | 121.4 (3) | C45—C46—C41 | 120.8 (4) |
C14—C15—H15 | 119.3 | C45—C46—H46 | 119.6 |
C16—C15—H15 | 119.3 | C41—C46—H46 | 119.6 |
C15—C16—C11 | 120.8 (3) | C44—C48—H48A | 109.5 |
C15—C16—H16 | 119.6 | C44—C48—H48B | 109.5 |
C11—C16—H16 | 119.6 | H48A—C48—H48B | 109.5 |
N271—C271—C27 | 177.1 (3) | C44—C48—H48C | 109.5 |
C35—S31—C32 | 91.9 (2) | H48A—C48—H48C | 109.5 |
C33—C32—C57 | 126.6 (5) | H48B—C48—H48C | 109.5 |
C33—C32—S31 | 111.1 (3) | N571—C571—C57 | 177.3 (9) |
C5—S1—C2—C3 | 0.0 | C35—S31—C32—C33 | 0.2 (19) |
C5—S1—C2—C27 | 180.0 | C35—S31—C32—C57 | −177.5 (16) |
C27—C2—C3—C4 | 180.0 | C57—C32—C33—C34 | −178 (2) |
S1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.0 | S31—C32—C33—C34 | 4 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.0 | C32—C33—C34—C35 | −8 (5) |
C3—C4—C5—S1 | 0.0 | C33—C34—C35—S31 | 8 (5) |
C2—S1—C5—C4 | 0.0 | C32—S31—C35—C34 | −5 (3) |
C3—C2—C27—C17 | 180.0 | C33—C32—C57—C47 | −174 (3) |
S1—C2—C27—C17 | 0.0 | S31—C32—C57—C47 | 4 (3) |
C3—C2—C27—C271 | 0.0 | C33—C32—C57—C571 | 6 (3) |
S1—C2—C27—C271 | 180.0 | S31—C32—C57—C571 | −176.3 (11) |
C271—C27—C17—C11 | 0.0 | C571—C57—C47—C41 | 1 (4) |
C2—C27—C17—C11 | 180.0 | C32—C57—C47—C41 | −179.3 (11) |
C27—C17—C11—C12 | 0.0 | C57—C47—C41—C46 | −179 (3) |
C27—C17—C11—C16 | 180.0 | C57—C47—C41—C42 | 3 (4) |
C16—C11—C12—C13 | 0.0 | C46—C41—C42—C43 | 1 (4) |
C17—C11—C12—C13 | 180.0 | C47—C41—C42—C43 | 179.2 (16) |
C11—C12—C13—C14 | 0.0 | C41—C42—C43—C44 | 3 (3) |
C12—C13—C14—C15 | 0.0 | C42—C43—C44—C45 | −3 (2) |
C12—C13—C14—C18 | 180.0 | C42—C43—C44—C48 | 176 (2) |
C13—C14—C15—C16 | 0.0 | C43—C44—C45—C46 | 0 (3) |
C18—C14—C15—C16 | 180.0 | C48—C44—C45—C46 | −179 (2) |
C14—C15—C16—C11 | 0.0 | C44—C45—C46—C41 | 3 (3) |
C12—C11—C16—C15 | 0.0 | C42—C41—C46—C45 | −4 (3) |
C17—C11—C16—C15 | 180.0 | C47—C41—C46—C45 | 177.6 (17) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C3—H3···N271i | 0.95 | 2.76 | 3.689 (6) | 171 |
C12—H12···N271 | 0.95 | 2.62 | 3.471 (7) | 150 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, y, −z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C14H11NS |
Mr | 225.31 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, C2/m |
Temperature (K) | 120 |
a, b, c (Å) | 21.4869 (7), 7.0302 (3), 14.1810 (5) |
β (°) | 126.173 (2) |
V (Å3) | 1729.22 (12) |
Z | 6 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.25 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.22 × 0.18 × 0.16 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker–Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2003) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.943, 0.961 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 9286, 2133, 1956 |
Rint | 0.028 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.649 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.058, 0.132, 1.25 |
No. of reflections | 2133 |
No. of parameters | 238 |
No. of restraints | 39 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.31, −0.28 |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Hooft, 1999), DENZO–SMN (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), DENZO–SMN and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
C27—C271 | 1.436 (4) | C271—N271 | 1.142 (4) |
S31—C32—C57—C47 | 4 (3) | C57—C47—C41—C42 | 3 (4) |
C32—C57—C47—C41 | −179.3 (11) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C3—H3···N271i | 0.95 | 2.76 | 3.689 (6) | 171 |
C12—H12···N271 | 0.95 | 2.62 | 3.471 (7) | 150 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, y, −z. |
We report here the structure of the title compound, (I) (Fig. 1). Although related pairs of compounds, respectively, containing Me and Cl substituents, such as (I) and (II), are not infrequently isomorphous, the crystal structure of (I) shows some significant differences from the pair of analogues (II) (Cobo et al., 2005) and (III) (Cobo, Quiroga et al., 2006), which are isomorphous and isostructural with one another,
While the isomorphous pair of compounds (II) and (III) both crystallize with Z' = 1 in the common space group P21/n, compound (I) crystallizes in the rather uncommon space group C2/m, with Z' = 0.75. There are two independent molecules of (I) in the unit cell; for molecule 1 containing atom S1 (Fig. 1a), all of the non-H atoms lie on a mirror plane, selected for the reference molecule 1 as that at y = 1/2, so providing four molecules per unit cell. Molecule 2 containing atom S31 (Fig. 1b) lies across a site of 2/m symmetry, selected for the reference molecule 2 as that at (0, 0, 1/2), so that each such molecule is disordered over four sets of atomic sites (Fig. 1c), and thus provides a further two molecules per unit cell; hence there are, overall, six molecules of (I) per unit cell, giving Z' = 0.75. The June 2009 release of the Cambridge Structural Database (Allen, 2002) records a total of 2477 structures in this space group, less than 0.8% of the total, of which only 17 have Z' = 0.75; of these 17 entries, coordinates have been deposited for only 14, so that a Z' value of 0.75 in space group C2/m is indeed rare for both organic and organometallic compounds.
For molecule 1 of (I) the non-H atoms are constrained to be coplanar, and the short intramolecular C—H···N contact (Table 2) may be a direct consequence of this. In molecule 2 the non-H atoms are planar within experimental uncertainty, although not constrained by symmetry, as shown by the key torsion angles (Table 1). There is no evidence for any orientational disorder of the 2-thienyl unit in molecule 1. By contrast, both (II) and (III) show orientational disorder of the thienyl unit, with unequal populations for the two orientations in the approximate ratio 4:1 (Cobo et al., 2005; Cobo, Quiroga et al., 2006). In addition, the non-H skeletons of (II) and (III) are not planar, with the aryl ring markedly displaced from the plane of the rest of the molecule in both cases; the respective C27—C17—C11—C12 torsion angles in (II) and (III) are 37.9 (3) and 38.7 (4)°. On the other hand, the molecules of (IV) (Cobo, Quiroga et al., 2006) are almost planar apart from the C atom of the central methoxy group. As in compounds (II)–(IV), the nitrile units in (I) show long C—C distances and short C—N distances (Table 1), but otherwise the bond distances in (I) show no unexpected features.
The molecules in each of (II) and (III) are linked into simple C(5) (Bernstein et al., 1995) chains by a single C—H···N hydrogen bond, while the structure of (IV) shows no direction-specific intermolecular interactions of any kind, but in (I) the molecular aggregation is quite complex. Type 1 molecules related by a twofold rotation axis form pairs of short C—H···N contacts in an R22(12) motif (Table 2), although these contacts are probably too long to be regarded as genuine hydrogen bonds. There are no other direction-specific interactions between the type 1 molecules, but nonetheless, these molecules are arranged such that they enclose channels running parallel to [010] (Fig. 2). The channels lie along the twofold rotation axes at z = 1/2, and they are approximately rectangular with a cross-sectional area of ca 49.2 Å2. The disordered type 2 molecules lie within the channels generated by the ordered type 1 molecules, such that the long axes of the type 2 molecules lie approximately along the long diameter of the channels (Fig. 3).
Isomeric with (I) is the 3-thienyl analogue (V) (Cobo, Cobo et al., 2006), which crystallizes with Z' = 1 in P21/c with fully ordered molecules. In both (V) and the unsubstituted analogue (VI) (Cobo, Quiroga et al., 2006), pairs of molecules again form short contacts involving paired C—H···N interactions, leading to an R22(12) motif similar to that in (I), except that in (V) and (VI) the participating molecules are related by inversion, whereas in (I) they are related by rotation. Compounds (I) and (V) show very similar dimensions for this contact, but only in compound (VI) are the dimensions of the C—H···N interaction such that it can be regarded as a genuine hydrogen bond.
Hence, within the closely similar series of compounds (I)–(VI), the crystallization characteristics and the supramolecular aggregation show some surprising and unexpected variations.