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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
Supramolecular architectures in the crystal structures of six chromone derivatives: Hirshfeld surface and energy
Małgorzata Domagała1, Andrzej Łazarenkow2, Małgorzata Fabijańska2
1Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Pomorska 163/165, 90-236 Łódź, Poland.
Abstract:
The synthesis and characterization of six novel chromone hydrazide derivatives are described, namely, (E)-2,4-dichloro-N'-[(4-oxo-4H-chromen-3-yl)methylidene]benzohydrazide monohydrate, C17H10Cl2N2O3·H2O, (I), (E)-4-chloro-N'-[(4-oxo-4H-chromen-3-yl)methylidene]benzohydrazide hemihydrate, C17H11ClN2O3·0.5H2O, (II), (E)-2-methoxy-N'-[(4-oxo-4H-chromen-3-yl)methylidene]benzohydrazide monohydrate, C18H14N2O4·H2O, (III), tert-butyl (E)-2-[(4-oxo-4H-chromen-3-yl)methylidene]hydrazine-1-carboxylate, C15H16N2O4, (IV), tert-butyl (E)-2-[(2-amino-4-oxo-4H-chromen-3-yl)methylidene]hydrazine-1-carboxylate, C15H17N3O4, (V), and (E)-N'-[(4-oxo-4H-chromen-3-yl)methylidene]acetohydrazide, C12H10N2O3, (VI). Compounds (I)-(III) crystallize as hydrates, with water molecules playing a significant role in the hydrogen-bonding networks. The studied compounds exhibit diverse supramolecular architectures driven by various types of hydrogen bonds (N-H...O, O-H...O and O-H...N), weak C-H...O contacts and aromatic π-π stacking interactions. Energy frameworks, illustrating the distribution of the total energy and dispersive energy contributions, predominantly reveal di-periodic patterns that reflect the layered crystal structures. However, in compounds (I) and (III), tri-periodic motifs appear, primarily influenced by dispersive interactions.
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