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  1. Ismail AZ, Gunasekharan M, Karunakaran T, Mohd Faudzi SM
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2023 Mar 01;79(Pt 4):287-291.
    PMID: 37057012 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989023001925
    High-quality single crystals of the title compound, 2C13H11NO2·H2O, were grown and a structural analysis was performed. The asymmetric unit comprises one mol-ecule of 3-(3-hy-droxy-phen-yl)-1-(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)prop-2-en-1-one (3HPPP), which was recently discovered to be a promising anti-MRSA candidate, and a half-mol-ecule of water. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2/c. The crystal structure features inter-molecular pyrrole-N-H⋯O (water), carbon-yl/keto-C-O⋯H-O-phenol and phenol-C-O⋯H (water) hydrogen bonds, which help to consolidate the crystal packing. A Hirshfeld surface analysis for the components in the asymmetric unit showed that H⋯H (40.9%) and H⋯C/C⋯H (32.4%) contacts make the largest contributions to the inter-molecular inter-actions of 3HPPP. Considering the presence of water, in its vicinity H⋯O/O⋯H and H⋯C/C⋯H are the most significant contacts, contributing 48.7 and 29.8%, respectively.
  2. Yasmin S, Rabi S, Chakraborty A, Kwong HC, Tiekink ERT, Roy TG
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2021 Dec 01;77(Pt 12):1316-1322.
    PMID: 34925906 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989021012184
    The title CuII macrocyclic complex salt tetra-hydrate, [Cu(C22H46N6O2)](C2H3O2)2·4H2O, sees the metal atom located on a centre of inversion and coordinated within a 4 + 2 (N4O2) tetra-gonally distorted coordination geometry; the N atoms are derived from the macrocycle and the O atoms from weakly associated [3.2048 (15) Å] acetate anions. Further stability to the three-ion aggregate is provided by intra-molecular amine-N-H⋯O(carboxyl-ate) hydrogen bonds. Hydrogen bonding is also prominent in the mol-ecular packing with amide-N-H⋯O(amide) inter-actions, leading to eight-membered {⋯HNCO}2 synthons, amide-N-H⋯O(water), water-O-H⋯O(carboxyl-ate) and water-O-H⋯O(water) hydrogen bonds featuring within the three-dimensional architecture. The calculated Hirshfeld surfaces for the individual components of the asymmetric unit differentiate the water mol-ecules owing to their distinctive supra-molecular association. For each of the anion and cation, H⋯H contacts predominate (50.7 and 65.2%, respectively) followed by H⋯O/O⋯H contacts (44.5 and 29.9%, respectively).
  3. Tan MY, Kwong HC, Crouse KA, Ravoof TBSA, Tiekink ERT
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2021 Aug 01;77(Pt 8):788-794.
    PMID: 34422302 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989021006666
    The title thio-urea derivative, C17H19N3OS, adopts a U-shaped conformation with the dihedral angle between the terminal aromatic rings being 73.64 (5)°. The major twist in the mol-ecule occurs about the ethane bond with the Ci-Ce-Ce-Cb torsion angle being -78.12 (18)°; i = imine, e = ethane and b = benzene. The configuration about the imine bond is E, the N-bound H atoms lie on opposite sides of the mol-ecule and an intra-molecular amine-N-H⋯N(imine) hydrogen bond is evident. In the mol-ecular packing, hydroxyl-O-H⋯S(thione) and amine-N-H⋯O hydrogen bonding feature within a linear, supra-molecular chain. The chains are connected into a layer in the ab plane by a combination of methyl-ene-C-H⋯S(thione), methyl-ene-C-H⋯O(hydrox-yl), methyl-C-H⋯π(phen-yl) and phenyl-C-H⋯π(hy-droxy-benzene) inter-actions. The layers stack without directional inter-actions between them. The analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surface highlights the presence of weak methyl-C-H⋯O(hydrox-yl) and H⋯H inter-actions in the inter-layer region. Computational chemistry indicates that dispersion energy is the major contributor to the overall stabilization of the mol-ecular packing.
  4. Tan MY, Kwong HC, Crouse KA, Ravoof TBSA, Tiekink ERT
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2021 Aug 01;77(Pt 8):839-846.
    PMID: 34422312 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989021007398
    The title zinc bis-(thio-semicarbazone) complex, [Zn(C22H17N4O2S)2], comprises two N,S-donor anions, leading to a distorted tetra-hedral N2S2 donor set. The resultant five-membered chelate rings are nearly planar and form a dihedral angle of 73.28 (3)°. The configurations about the endocyclic- and exocyclic-imine bonds are Z and E, respectively, and that about the ethyl-ene bond is E. The major differences in the conformations of the ligands are seen in the dihedral angles between the chelate ring and nitro-benzene rings [40.48 (6) cf. 13.18 (4)°] and the N-bound phenyl and nitro-benzene ring [43.23 (8) and 22.64 (4)°]. In the crystal, a linear supra-molecular chain along the b-axis direction features amine-N-H⋯O(nitro) hydrogen bonding. The chains assemble along the 21-screw axis through a combination of phenyl-C-H⋯O(nitro) and π(chelate ring)-π(phen-yl) contacts. The double chains are linked into a three-dimensional architecture through phenyl-C-H⋯O(nitro) and nitro-O⋯π(phen-yl) inter-actions.
  5. Yusof ENM, Kwong HC, Karunakaran T, Ravoof TBSA, Tiekink ERT
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2021 Mar 01;77(Pt 3):286-293.
    PMID: 33953953 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989021001870
    The title diorganotin Schiff base derivative, [Sn(C4H9)2(C15H13N3O2S)], features a penta-coordinated tin centre defined by the N,O,S-donor atoms of the di-anionic Schiff base ligand and two methyl-ene-C atoms of the n-butyl substituents. The resultant C2NOS donor set defines a geometry inter-mediate between trigonal-bipyramidal and square-pyramidal. In the crystal, amine-N-H⋯O(meth-oxy) hydrogen bonding is found in a helical, supra-molecular chain propagating along the b-axis direction. The chains are assembled into a layer parallel to (01) with methyl-ene-C-H⋯π(phen-yl) inter-actions prominent; layers stack without directional inter-actions between them. The analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surface showed the presence of weak methyl-ene-C-H⋯π(phen-yl) inter-actions and short H⋯H contacts in the inter-layer region. Consistent with the nature of the identified contacts, the stabilization of the crystal is dominated by the dispersion energy term.
  6. Yeo CI, Tan SL, Kwong HC, Tiekink ERT
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 Aug 01;76(Pt 8):1284-1290.
    PMID: 32844015 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020009469
    The title phosphanegold(I) thiol-ate, C26H22AuFNOPS or [Au(C8H7FNOS)(C18H15P)], has the AuI centre coordinated by phosphane-P [2.2494 (8) Å] and thiol-ate-S [2.3007 (8) Å] atoms to define a close to linear geometry [P-Au-S = 176.10 (3)°]. The thiol-ate ligand is orientated so that the meth-oxy-O atom is directed towards the Au atom, forming an Au⋯O close contact of 2.986 (2) Å. In the crystal, a variety of inter-molecular contacts are discerned with fluoro-benzene-C-H⋯O(meth-oxy) and phenyl-C-H⋯F inter-actions leading to dimeric aggregates. These are assembled into a three-dimensional architecture by phenyl-C-H⋯S(thiol-ate) and phenyl-C-H⋯π(fluorobenzene, phen-yl) inter-actions. Accordingly, the analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surface shows 30.8% of all contacts are of the type C⋯H/H⋯C but this is less than the H⋯H contacts, at 44.9%. Other significant contributions to the surface come from H⋯F/F⋯H [8.1%], H⋯S/S⋯H [6.9%] and H⋯O/O⋯H [3.2%] contacts. Two major stabilization energies have contributions from the phenyl-C-H⋯π(fluoro-benzene) and fluoro-benzene-C-H⋯C(imine) inter-actions (-37.2 kcal mol-1), and from the fluoro-benzene-C-H⋯F and phenyl-C-H⋯O inter-actions (-34.9 kcal mol-1), the latter leading to the dimeric aggregate.
  7. Paulus G, Kwong HC, Crouse KA, Tiekink ERT
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 Aug 01;76(Pt 8):1245-1250.
    PMID: 32844007 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020008762
    The complete mol-ecule of the title hydrazine carbodi-thio-ate derivative, C32H30N4O2S4, is generated by a crystallographic twofold axis that bis-ects the di-sulfide bond. The mol-ecule is twisted about this bond with the C-S-S-C torsion angle of 90.70 (8)° indicating an orthogonal relationship between the symmetry-related halves of the mol-ecule. The conformation about the imine bond [1.282 (2) Å] is E and there is limited delocalization of π-electron density over the CN2C residue as there is a twist about the N-N bond [C-N-N-C torsion angle = -166.57 (15)°]. An intra-molecular hydroxyl-O-H⋯N(imine) hydrogen bond closes an S(6) loop. In the crystal, methyl-ene-C-H⋯π(tol-yl) contacts assemble mol-ecules into a supra-molecular layer propagating in the ab plane: the layers stack without directional inter-actions between them. The analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surfaces confirm the importance of H⋯H contacts, which contribute 46.7% of all contacts followed by H⋯C/C⋯H contacts [25.5%] reflecting, in part, the C-H⋯π(tol-yl) contacts. The calculation of the inter-action energies confirm the importance of the dispersion term and the influence of the stabilizing H⋯H contacts in the inter-layer region.
  8. Dallasta Pedroso S, Caracelli I, Zukerman-Schpector J, Soto-Monsalve M, De Almeida Santos RH, Correia CRD, et al.
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 Jul 01;76(Pt 7):1080-1086.
    PMID: 32695456 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020007914
    The title compound, C23H24N2O9, is a tetra-substituted pyrrolidine derivative with a twisted conformation, with the twist evident in the C-C bond bearing the adjacent acet-yloxy substituents. These are flanked on one side by a C-bound 4-meth-oxy-phen-yl group and on the other by a methyl-ene group. The almost sp2-N atom [sum of angles = 357°] bears a 4-nitro-benzyl-oxycarbonyl substituent. In the crystal, ring-methyl-ene-C-H⋯O(acet-yloxy-carbon-yl) and methyl-ene-C-H⋯O(carbon-yl) inter-actions lead to supra-molecular layers lying parallel to (01); the layers stack without directional inter-actions between them. The analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surfaces indicates the combined importance of H⋯H (42.3%), H⋯O/O⋯H (37.3%) and H⋯C/C⋯H (14.9%) surface contacts. Further, the inter-action energies, largely dominated by the dispersive term, point to the stabilizing influence of H⋯H and O⋯O contacts in the inter-layer region.
  9. Caracelli I, Zukerman-Schpector J, Kwong HC, Tiekink ERT
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 Jul 01;76(Pt 7):1051-1056.
    PMID: 32695451 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020007380
    The title compound, C20H20N4O3, is constructed about a tri-substituted 1,2,3-triazole ring, with the substituent at one C atom flanked by the C and N atoms being a substituted amide group, and with the adjacent C and N atoms bearing phenyl and benzyl groups, respectively; the dihedral angle between the pendant phenyl rings is 81.17 (12)°, indicative of an almost orthogonal disposition. In the crystal, pairwise amide-N-H⋯O(carbon-yl) hydrogen bonds lead to a centrosymmetric dimer incorporating methyl-ene-C-H⋯π(benzene) inter-actions. The dimers are linked into a supra-molecular layer in the ab plane via methyl-ene-C-H⋯N(azo) and benzene-C-H⋯O(amide) inter-actions; the layers stack along the c-axis direction without directional inter-actions between them. The above-mentioned inter-molecular contacts are apparent in the analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surface, which also provides evidence for short inter-layer H⋯C contacts with a significant dispersion energy contribution.
  10. Khairuanuar NL, Crouse KA, Kwong HC, Tan SL, Tiekink ERT
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 Jul 01;76(Pt 7):990-997.
    PMID: 32695439 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020007070
    The title hydrazine carbodi-thio-ate chloro-form hemisolvate, 2C15H14N2O2S2·CHCl3, comprises two independent hydrazine carbodi-thio-ate mol-ecules, A and B, and a chloro-form mol-ecule; the latter is statistically disordered about its mol-ecular threefold axis. The common features of the organic mol-ecules include an almost planar, central CN2S2 chromophore [r.m.s. deviation = 0.0203 Å (A) and 0.0080 Å (B)], an E configuration about the imine bond and an intra-molecular hydroxyl-O-H⋯N(imine) hydrogen bond. The major conformational difference between the mol-ecules is seen in the relative dispositions of the phenyl rings as indicated by the values of the dihedral angles between the central plane and phenyl ring of 71.21 (6)° (A) and 54.73 (7)° (B). Finally, a difference is seen in the disposition of the outer hydroxyl-H atoms, having opposite relative orientations. In the calculated gas-phase structure, the entire mol-ecule is planar with the exception of the perpendicular phenyl ring. In the mol-ecular packing, the A and B mol-ecules assemble into a two-mol-ecule aggregate via N-H⋯S hydrogen bonds and eight-membered {⋯HNCS}2 synthons. The dimeric assemblies are connected into supra-molecular chains via hydroxyl-O-H⋯O(hydrox-yl) hydrogen bonds and these are linked into a double-chain through hy-droxy-O-H⋯π(phen-yl) inter-actions. The double-chains are connected into a three-dimensional architecture through phenyl-C-H⋯O(hydrox-yl) and phenyl-C-H⋯π(phen-yl) inter-actions. The overall assembly defines columns along the a-axis direction in which reside the chloro-form mol-ecules, which are stabilized by chloro-form-methine-C-H⋯S(thione) and phenyl-C-H⋯Cl contacts. The analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surfaces, non-covalent inter-action plots and inter-action energies confirm the importance of the above-mentioned inter-actions, but also of cooperative, non-standard inter-actions such as π(benzene)⋯π(hydrogen-bond-mediated-ring) contacts.
  11. Tan SL, Tiekink ERT
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 Jul 01;76(Pt 7):1150-1157.
    PMID: 32695471 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020008257
    The title 1:1 solvate, C14H10O4S2·C3H7NO, features a twisted mol-ecule of 2,2'-di-thiodi-benzoic acid (DTBA), with the central C-S-S-C torsion angle being -88.57 (6)°, and a mol-ecule of di-methyl-formamide (DMF). The carb-oxy-lic acid groups are, respectively, close to co-planar and twisted with respect to the benzene rings to which they are connected as seen in the CO2/C6 torsion angles of 1.03 (19) and 7.4 (2)°. Intra-molecular, hypervalent S←O inter-actions are noted [S⋯O = 2.6140 (9) and 2.6827 (9) Å]. In the crystal, four-mol-ecule aggregates are formed via DTBA-O-H⋯O(DMF) and DTBA-O-H⋯O(DTBA) hydrogen bonding, the latter via an eight-membered {⋯OHCO}2 homosynthon. These are linked into supra-molecular layers parallel to (011) via benzene-C-H⋯O(DTBA) and DTBA-C=O⋯π(benzene) inter-actions, with the connections between these, giving rise to a three-dimensional architecture, being of the type benzene-C-H⋯π(benzene). An analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surfaces indicates, in addition to the aforementioned inter-molecular contacts, the presence of stabilizing inter-actions between a benzene ring and a quasi-π-system defined by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds between a DTBA dimer, i.e. the eight-membered {⋯OCOH}2 ring system, and between a benzene ring and a quasi-π(OCOH⋯OCH) system arising from the DTBA-O-H⋯O(DMF) hydrogen bond. The inter-centroid separations are 3.65 and 3.49 Å, respectively.
  12. Setifi Z, Kwong HC, Tiekink ERT, Maris T, Setifi F
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 Jun 01;76(Pt 6):835-840.
    PMID: 32523750 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020006271
    The CoII atom in the title complex, [Co(SO4)(C12H8N2)(H2O)3] (or C12H14CoN2O7S), is octa-hedrally coordinated within a cis-N2O4 donor set defined by the chelating N-donors of the 1,10-phenanthroline ligand, sulfate-O and three aqua-O atoms, the latter occupying an octa-hedral face. In the crystal, supra-molecular layers lying parallel to (110) are sustained by aqua-O-H⋯O(sulfate) hydrogen bonding. The layers stack along the c-axis direction with the closest directional inter-action between them being a weak phenanthroline-C-H⋯O(sulfate) contact. There are four significant types of contact contributing to the calculated Hirshfeld surface: at 44.5%, the major contribution comes from O-H⋯O contacts followed by H⋯H (28.6%), H⋯C/C⋯H (19.5%) and C⋯C (5.7%) contacts. The dominance of the electrostatic potential force in the mol-ecular packing is also evident in the calculated energy frameworks. The title complex is isostructural with its manganese, zinc and cadmium containing analogues and isomeric with its mer-tri-aqua analogue.
  13. Tan SL, Tiekink ERT
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 Jun 01;76(Pt 6):933-939.
    PMID: 32523767 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020006829
    The title di-substituted thio-urea, C12H16N2O3S, has the hy-droxy-lethyl and ethyl benzoate substituents bound to the same amine-N atom, and is twisted, having a (+)syn-clinal conformation with the Namine-C-C-O(hydroxyl, carbon-yl) torsion angles of 49.39 (13) and 59.09 (12)°, respectively; the dihedral angle between the almost planar CN2S core and the pendent benzene ring is 69.26 (4)°. In the crystal, supra-molecular layers propagating in the ac plane are formed via a combination of hydroxyl-O-H⋯S(thione), amine-N-H⋯O(hydroxyl, carbon-yl) hydrogen-bonds. The layers stack along the b axis with inter-digitation of the benzene rings allowing the formation of π-π stacking [inter-centroid separation = 3.8722 (7) Å] and parallel C=O⋯π inter-actions. A computational chemistry study shows the conventional hydrogen bonding in the crystal leads to significant electrostatic stabilization but dispersion terms are also apparent, notably through the inter-actions involving the benzene residue.
  14. Tan SL, Tiekink ERT
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 Jun 01;76(Pt 6):870-876.
    PMID: 32523755 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020006568
    The asymmetric unit of the title 1:2 co-crystal, C14H14N4O2·2C7H5ClO2, comprises a half-mol-ecule of oxalamide (4LH2), being located about a centre of inversion, and a mol-ecule of3-chloro-benzoic acid (3-ClBA) in a general position. From symmetry, the 4LH2 mol-ecule has a (+)anti-periplanar conformation with the 4-pyridyl residues lying to either side of the central, planar C2N2O2 chromophore with the dihedral angle between the core and pyridyl ring being 74.69 (11)°; intra-molecular amide-N-H⋯O(amide) hydrogen bonds are noted. The 3-ClBA mol-ecule exhibits a small twist as seen in the C6/CO2 dihedral angle of 8.731 (12)°. In the mol-ecular packing, three-mol-ecule aggregates are formed via carb-oxy-lic acid-O-H⋯N(pyrid-yl) hydrogen bonding. These are connected into a supra-molecular tape along [111] through amide-N-H⋯O(carbon-yl) hydrogen bonding. Additional points of contact between mol-ecules include pyridyl and benzoic acid-C-H⋯O(amide), methyl-ene-C-H⋯O(carbon-yl) and C-Cl⋯π(pyrid-yl) inter-actions so a three-dimensional architecture results. The contributions to the calculated Hirshfeld surface are dominated by H⋯H (28.5%), H⋯O/O⋯H (23.2%), H⋯C/C⋯H (23.3%), H⋯Cl/Cl⋯H (10.0%) and C⋯Cl/C⋯Cl (6.2%) contacts. Computational chemistry confirms the C-Cl⋯π inter-action is weak, and the importance of both electrostatic and dispersion terms in sustaining the mol-ecular packing despite the strong electrostatic term provided by the carb-oxy-lic acid-O-H⋯N(pyrid-yl) hydrogen bonds.
  15. Dallasta Pedroso S, Caracelli I, Zukerman-Schpector J, Soto-Monsalve M, De Almeida Santos RH, Correia CRD, et al.
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 Jun 01;76(Pt 6):967-972.
    PMID: 32523774 DOI: 10.1107/S205698902000701X
    The title compound, C13H19NO8, is based on a tetra-substituted pyrrolidine ring, which has a twisted conformation about the central C-C bond; the Cm-Ca-Ca-Cme torsion angle is 38.26 (15)° [m = methyl-carboxyl-ate, a = acet-yloxy and me = methyl-ene]. While the N-bound ethyl-carboxyl-ate group occupies an equatorial position, the remaining substituents occupy axial positions. In the crystal, supra-molecular double-layers are formed by weak methyl- and methyl-ene-C-H⋯O(carbon-yl) inter-actions involving all four carbonyl-O atoms. The two-dimensional arrays stack along the c axis without directional inter-actions between them. The Hirshfeld surface is dominated by H⋯H (55.7%) and H⋯C/C⋯H (37.0%) contacts; H⋯H contacts are noted in the inter-double-layer region. The inter-action energy calculations point to the importance of the dispersion energy term in the stabilization of the crystal.
  16. Manawar RB, Pashavan CT, Shah MK, Jotani MM, Tiekink ERT
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 Jun 01;76(Pt 6):862-869.
    PMID: 32523754 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020006416
    Each of the title dis-symmetric di-Schiff base compounds, C15H12Cl2N2O2 (I) and C14H9BrCl2N2O (II), features a central azo-N-N bond connecting two imine groups, each with an E-configuration. One imine bond in each mol-ecule connects to a 2,6-di-chloro-benzene substituent while the other links a 2-hydroxyl-3-meth-oxy-substituted benzene ring in (I) or a 2-hydroxyl-4-bromo benzene ring in (II). Each mol-ecule features an intra-molecular hydroxyl-O-H⋯N(imine) hydrogen bond. The C-N-N-C torsion angles of -151.0 (3)° for (I) and 177.8 (6)° (II) indicates a significant twist in the former. The common feature of the mol-ecular packing is the formation of supra-molecular chains. In (I), the linear chains are aligned along the a-axis direction and the mol-ecules are linked by meth-oxy-C-H⋯O(meth-oxy) and chloro-benzene-C-Cl⋯π(chlorobenzene) inter-actions. The chain in (II) is also aligned along the a axis but, has a zigzag topology and is sustained by Br⋯O [3.132 (4) Å] secondary bonding inter-actions. In each crystal, the chains pack without directional inter-actions between them. The non-covalent inter-actions are delineated in the study of the calculated Hirshfeld surfaces. Dispersion forces make the most significant contributions to the identified inter-molecular inter-actions in each of (I) and (II).
  17. Izuogu DC, Asegbeloyin JN, Jotani MM, Tiekink ERT
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 May 01;76(Pt 5):697-702.
    PMID: 32431935 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020005101
    The X-ray crystal structure of the title phthalazin-1-one derivative, C17H16N2O3S {systematic name: 2-[(2,4,6-tri-methyl-benzene)-sulfon-yl]-1,2-di-hydro-phthalazin-1-one}, features a tetra-hedral sulfoxide-S atom, connected to phthalazin-1-one and mesityl residues. The dihedral angle [83.26 (4)°] between the organic substituents is consistent with the mol-ecule having the shape of the letter V. In the crystal, phthalazinone-C6-C-H⋯O(sulfoxide) and π(phthalazinone-N2C4)-π(phthalazinone-C6) stacking [inter-centroid distance = 3.5474 (9) Å] contacts lead to a linear supra-molecular tape along the a-axis direction; tapes assemble without directional inter-actions between them. The analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surfaces confirm the importance of the C-H⋯O and π-stacking inter-actions but, also H⋯H and C-H⋯C contacts. The calculation of the inter-action energies indicate the importance of dispersion terms with the greatest energies calculated for the C-H⋯O and π-stacking inter-actions.
  18. Zaini MF, Razak IA, Khairul WM, Arshad S
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 Mar 01;76(Pt 3):387-391.
    PMID: 32148881 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020002054
    A new conjugated carbazole chalcone compound, (E)-3-[4-(9,9a-di-hydro-8aH-carbazol-9-yl)phen-yl]-1-(4-nitro-phen-yl)prop-2-en-1-one (CPNC), C27H18N2O3, was synthesized using a Claisen-Schmidt condensation reaction. CPNC crystallizes in the monoclinic non-centrosymmetric space group Cc and adopts an s-cis conformation with respect to the ethyl-enic double bonds (C=O and C=C). The crystal packing features C-H⋯O and C-H⋯π inter-actions whose percentage contribution was qu-anti-fied by Hirshfeld surface analysis. Quantum chemistry calculations including geometrical optimization and mol-ecular electrostatic potential (MEP) were analysed by density functional theory (DFT) with a B3LYP/6-311 G++(d,p) basis set.
  19. Tan SL, Tiekink ERT
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 Feb 01;76(Pt 2):245-253.
    PMID: 32071755 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020000572
    The asymmetric unit of the title 1:2 co-crystal, C14H14N4O2·2C7H5ClO2, comprises two half mol-ecules of oxalamide (4LH2), as each is disposed about a centre of inversion, and two mol-ecules of 4-chloro-benzoic acid (CBA), each in general positions. Each 4LH2 mol-ecule has a (+)anti-periplanar conformation with the pyridin-4-yl residues lying to either side of the central, planar C2N2O2 chromophore with the dihedral angles between the respective central core and the pyridyl rings being 68.65 (3) and 86.25 (3)°, respectively, representing the major difference between the independent 4LH2 mol-ecules. The anti conformation of the carbonyl groups enables the formation of intra-molecular amide-N-H⋯O(amide) hydrogen bonds, each completing an S(5) loop. The two independent CBA mol-ecules are similar and exhibit C6/CO2 dihedral angles of 8.06 (10) and 17.24 (8)°, indicating twisted conformations. In the crystal, two independent, three-mol-ecule aggregates are formed via carb-oxy-lic acid-O-H⋯N(pyrid-yl) hydrogen bonding. These are connected into a supra-molecular tape propagating parallel to [100] through amide-N-H⋯O(amide) hydrogen bonding between the independent aggregates and ten-membered {⋯HNC2O}2 synthons. The tapes assemble into a three-dimensional architecture through pyridyl- and methyl-ene-C-H⋯O(carbon-yl) and CBA-C-H⋯O(amide) inter-actions. As revealed by a more detailed analysis of the mol-ecular packing by calculating the Hirshfeld surfaces and computational chemistry, are the presence of attractive and dispersive Cl⋯C=O inter-actions which provide inter-action energies approximately one-quarter of those provided by the amide-N-H⋯O(amide) hydrogen bonding sustaining the supra-molecular tape.
  20. Rusli AF, Kwong HC, Crouse KA, Jotani MM, Tiekink ERT
    Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun, 2020 Feb 01;76(Pt 2):208-213.
    PMID: 32071748 DOI: 10.1107/S2056989020000328
    The title hydrazine carbodi-thio-ate, C13H18N2OS2, is constructed about a central and almost planar C2N2S2 chromophore (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0263 Å); the terminal meth-oxy-benzene group is close to coplanar with this plane [dihedral angle = 3.92 (11)°]. The n-butyl group has an extended all-trans conformation [torsion angles S-Cm-Cm-Cm = -173.2 (3)° and Cm-Cm-Cm-Cme = 180.0 (4)°; m = methyl-ene and me = meth-yl]. The most prominent feature of the mol-ecular packing is the formation of centrosymmetric eight-membered {⋯HNCS}2 synthons, as a result of thio-amide-N-H⋯S(thio-amide) hydrogen bonds; these are linked via meth-oxy-C-H⋯π(meth-oxy-benzene) inter-actions to form a linear supra-molecular chain propagating along the a-axis direction. An analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surfaces and two-dimensional fingerprint plots point to the significance of H⋯H (58.4%), S⋯H/H⋯S (17.1%), C⋯H/H⋯C (8.2%) and O⋯H/H⋯O (4.9%) contacts in the packing. The energies of the most significant inter-actions, i.e. the N-H⋯S and C-H⋯π inter-actions have their most significant contributions from electrostatic and dispersive components, respectively. The energies of two other identified close contacts at close to van der Waals distances, i.e. a thione-sulfur and meth-oxy-benzene-hydrogen contact (occurring within the chains along the a axis) and between methyl-ene-H atoms (occurring between chains to consolidate the three-dimensional architecture), are largely dispersive in nature.
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