organic compounds
(3Z)-3-Benzylidene-1H-benzimidazo[1,2-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one
aLaboratoire de Chimie Organique Hétérocyclique, URAC 21, Pôle de Compétence, Pharmacochimie, Av Ibn Battouta, BP 1014, Faculté des Sciences, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco, and bDepartment of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: rida.m.b@hotmail.com
In the title compound, C16H11N3O, the molecular conformation is partially determined by an intramolecular C—H⋯π(ring) interaction. In the crystal, pairwise N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds form dimers, which associate into stacks through a combination of C—H⋯O, C—H⋯π(ring) and offset π–π stacking interactions.
Keywords: crystal structure; hydrogen bonds; π–π stacking.
CCDC reference: 1519973
Structure description
Heterocyclic systems with benzimidazole as a significant component have been widely used in medicinal chemistry and drug development (Wang et al., 2015). They possess antitumor (Soderlin et al., 1999), antifungal (Ke et al., 2014), antiviral (Tonelli et al., 2008) and antidiabetic properties (Bansal & Silakari, 2012). The title compound was obtained by the action of 2-aminobenzimidazole on ethyl glycidate in hot n-butanol.
In the title molecule, the tricyclic core is approximately planar with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.062 Å for the 12 non-H atoms making up the ring system. The dihedral angle between the C1–C6 and the central five-membered ring is 4.21 (1)°, while that between the central and outer five-membered rings is 4.1 (1)°. The pendant phenyl group makes a dihedral angle of 52.61 (6)° with the N2/C9/N3/C8/C7 ring, and its orientation appears to be determined in part by an intramolecular C5—H5⋯Cg4 contact (Fig. 1 and Table 1).
In the crystal, significant π–π stacking interactions [Cg1⋯Cg1ii = 3.5537 (12) Å and Cg2⋯Cg3ii = 3.4421 (12) Å; symmetry code: −x + 1, −y + 1, −z] link adjacent molecules into inversion dimers in a head-to-tail fashion. These dimers are further linked by C—H⋯π(ring) contacts (Table 1) into chains of molecules stacked along the c-axis direction (Fig. 2). Adjacent chains are connected by C10—H10⋯Cg4 contacts, forming sheets of molecules in the bc plane. Pairs of N3—H3A⋯N1 hydrogen bonds (Table 1) form inversion dimers with R22(8) rings and, together with C16—H16⋯O1 hydrogen bonds, stack the molecules along the a-axis direction (Fig. 3).
Synthesis and crystallization
A mixture of 2-aminobenzimidazole (0.03 mol) and ethyl glycidate (0.03 mol) was refluxed in 80 ml of n-butanol for 48 h. The resulting solution was concentrated under reduced pressure and the crude solid obtained was chromatographed on a silica gel column with a mixture of ethyl acetate/ethanol (80/20) as The 3-benzylidene-1H-benzimidazo[1,2-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one obtained was recrystallized from ethanol solution to afford the title compound as colorless crystals.
Refinement
Crystal data, data collection and structure . Three reflections (54, 58 and 57) were omitted from the final since they fell very close to the edge of a frame and were therefore felt to be poorly recorded.
details are summarized in Table 2
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Structural data
CCDC reference: 1519973
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314616019088/sj4073sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314616019088/sj4073Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314616019088/sj4073Isup3.cdx
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314616019088/sj4073Isup4.cml
Data collection: APEX3 (Bruker, 2016); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2016); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2016); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXT (Sheldrick, 2015a); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2015b); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg & Putz, 2012); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).C16H11N3O | Z = 2 |
Mr = 261.28 | F(000) = 272 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.412 Mg m−3 |
a = 6.6849 (3) Å | Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.54178 Å |
b = 8.9428 (5) Å | Cell parameters from 3426 reflections |
c = 10.7445 (5) Å | θ = 5.2–72.5° |
α = 103.935 (3)° | µ = 0.74 mm−1 |
β = 95.015 (4)° | T = 150 K |
γ = 96.860 (3)° | Plate, colourless |
V = 614.44 (5) Å3 | 0.21 × 0.15 × 0.02 mm |
Bruker D8 VENTURE PHOTON 100 CMOS diffractometer | 2249 independent reflections |
Radiation source: INCOATEC IµS micro-focus source | 1810 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Mirror monochromator | Rint = 0.032 |
Detector resolution: 10.4167 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 72.5°, θmin = 5.2° |
ω scans | h = −8→7 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2016) | k = −11→9 |
Tmin = 0.83, Tmax = 0.98 | l = −13→13 |
4587 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)] = 0.047 | Hydrogen site location: difference Fourier map |
wR(F2) = 0.136 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.09 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0532P)2 + 0.4943P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2249 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
225 parameters | Δρmax = 0.24 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.26 e Å−3 |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > 2sigma(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1 | 0.9044 (2) | 0.95697 (17) | 0.15628 (15) | 0.0297 (4) | |
N1 | 0.7919 (3) | 0.4128 (2) | 0.07214 (17) | 0.0235 (4) | |
N2 | 0.6348 (3) | 0.60823 (19) | 0.17826 (16) | 0.0205 (4) | |
N3 | 0.9139 (3) | 0.6904 (2) | 0.09709 (17) | 0.0237 (4) | |
H3A | 1.019 (4) | 0.680 (3) | 0.047 (3) | 0.044 (8)* | |
C1 | 0.6146 (3) | 0.3508 (2) | 0.11504 (19) | 0.0215 (4) | |
C2 | 0.5370 (3) | 0.1964 (2) | 0.1005 (2) | 0.0245 (5) | |
H2 | 0.609 (4) | 0.114 (3) | 0.058 (3) | 0.039 (7)* | |
C3 | 0.3508 (3) | 0.1635 (2) | 0.1428 (2) | 0.0262 (5) | |
H3 | 0.285 (4) | 0.056 (3) | 0.127 (3) | 0.031 (6)* | |
C4 | 0.2429 (3) | 0.2818 (3) | 0.1978 (2) | 0.0267 (5) | |
H4 | 0.107 (4) | 0.254 (3) | 0.222 (2) | 0.027 (6)* | |
C5 | 0.3203 (3) | 0.4385 (2) | 0.21698 (19) | 0.0223 (4) | |
H5 | 0.247 (4) | 0.526 (3) | 0.260 (3) | 0.029 (6)* | |
C6 | 0.5095 (3) | 0.4707 (2) | 0.17753 (19) | 0.0212 (4) | |
C7 | 0.6545 (3) | 0.7717 (2) | 0.21504 (19) | 0.0219 (4) | |
C8 | 0.8346 (3) | 0.8244 (2) | 0.15278 (19) | 0.0232 (5) | |
C9 | 0.7924 (3) | 0.5630 (2) | 0.11100 (19) | 0.0216 (4) | |
C10 | 0.5593 (3) | 0.8678 (2) | 0.2973 (2) | 0.0234 (5) | |
H10 | 0.599 (4) | 0.983 (3) | 0.307 (2) | 0.031 (6)* | |
C11 | 0.4150 (3) | 0.8193 (2) | 0.3810 (2) | 0.0232 (5) | |
C12 | 0.4692 (4) | 0.7249 (3) | 0.4607 (2) | 0.0273 (5) | |
H12 | 0.607 (4) | 0.693 (3) | 0.460 (3) | 0.041 (8)* | |
C13 | 0.3346 (4) | 0.6764 (3) | 0.5388 (2) | 0.0333 (5) | |
H13 | 0.375 (4) | 0.610 (3) | 0.596 (3) | 0.039 (7)* | |
C14 | 0.1420 (4) | 0.7199 (3) | 0.5370 (2) | 0.0373 (6) | |
H14 | 0.044 (5) | 0.685 (3) | 0.592 (3) | 0.052 (9)* | |
C15 | 0.0887 (4) | 0.8166 (3) | 0.4608 (3) | 0.0365 (6) | |
H15 | −0.049 (5) | 0.846 (4) | 0.462 (3) | 0.057 (9)* | |
C16 | 0.2245 (3) | 0.8687 (3) | 0.3846 (2) | 0.0288 (5) | |
H16 | 0.189 (4) | 0.940 (3) | 0.329 (3) | 0.039 (7)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0337 (9) | 0.0220 (8) | 0.0333 (9) | −0.0005 (6) | 0.0081 (7) | 0.0075 (6) |
N1 | 0.0260 (9) | 0.0214 (9) | 0.0234 (9) | 0.0039 (7) | 0.0091 (7) | 0.0040 (7) |
N2 | 0.0202 (9) | 0.0188 (8) | 0.0215 (8) | 0.0019 (6) | 0.0053 (7) | 0.0029 (6) |
N3 | 0.0243 (9) | 0.0213 (9) | 0.0251 (9) | 0.0010 (7) | 0.0090 (7) | 0.0041 (7) |
C1 | 0.0234 (10) | 0.0218 (10) | 0.0190 (9) | 0.0034 (8) | 0.0058 (8) | 0.0035 (7) |
C2 | 0.0290 (11) | 0.0209 (10) | 0.0217 (10) | 0.0031 (8) | 0.0050 (9) | 0.0016 (8) |
C3 | 0.0325 (12) | 0.0208 (10) | 0.0232 (10) | −0.0019 (9) | 0.0064 (9) | 0.0033 (8) |
C4 | 0.0272 (12) | 0.0281 (11) | 0.0241 (11) | −0.0011 (9) | 0.0089 (9) | 0.0056 (9) |
C5 | 0.0212 (10) | 0.0266 (11) | 0.0170 (9) | 0.0026 (8) | 0.0011 (8) | 0.0022 (8) |
C6 | 0.0268 (11) | 0.0187 (10) | 0.0176 (9) | 0.0031 (8) | 0.0062 (8) | 0.0028 (7) |
C7 | 0.0244 (11) | 0.0204 (10) | 0.0207 (10) | 0.0022 (8) | 0.0045 (8) | 0.0046 (8) |
C8 | 0.0260 (11) | 0.0229 (11) | 0.0191 (10) | 0.0006 (8) | 0.0029 (8) | 0.0037 (8) |
C9 | 0.0216 (10) | 0.0224 (10) | 0.0198 (10) | 0.0017 (8) | 0.0064 (8) | 0.0028 (8) |
C10 | 0.0254 (11) | 0.0218 (11) | 0.0224 (10) | 0.0051 (8) | 0.0047 (8) | 0.0034 (8) |
C11 | 0.0263 (11) | 0.0204 (10) | 0.0202 (10) | 0.0033 (8) | 0.0051 (8) | −0.0008 (8) |
C12 | 0.0303 (12) | 0.0262 (11) | 0.0253 (11) | 0.0066 (9) | 0.0052 (9) | 0.0045 (9) |
C13 | 0.0447 (14) | 0.0325 (12) | 0.0239 (11) | 0.0055 (10) | 0.0095 (10) | 0.0073 (9) |
C14 | 0.0415 (14) | 0.0399 (14) | 0.0296 (12) | 0.0019 (11) | 0.0173 (11) | 0.0045 (10) |
C15 | 0.0282 (13) | 0.0410 (14) | 0.0388 (13) | 0.0076 (10) | 0.0115 (11) | 0.0037 (11) |
C16 | 0.0288 (12) | 0.0292 (12) | 0.0276 (11) | 0.0079 (9) | 0.0044 (9) | 0.0034 (9) |
O1—C8 | 1.212 (3) | C5—C6 | 1.388 (3) |
N1—C9 | 1.306 (3) | C5—H5 | 1.01 (3) |
N1—C1 | 1.409 (3) | C7—C10 | 1.337 (3) |
N2—C9 | 1.375 (3) | C7—C8 | 1.509 (3) |
N2—C6 | 1.401 (3) | C10—C11 | 1.472 (3) |
N2—C7 | 1.406 (3) | C10—H10 | 1.01 (3) |
N3—C9 | 1.365 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.394 (3) |
N3—C8 | 1.392 (3) | C11—C16 | 1.397 (3) |
N3—H3A | 0.93 (3) | C12—C13 | 1.384 (3) |
C1—C2 | 1.382 (3) | C12—H12 | 1.00 (3) |
C1—C6 | 1.418 (3) | C13—C14 | 1.388 (4) |
C2—C3 | 1.386 (3) | C13—H13 | 1.00 (3) |
C2—H2 | 0.97 (3) | C14—C15 | 1.382 (4) |
C3—C4 | 1.394 (3) | C14—H14 | 0.99 (3) |
C3—H3 | 0.98 (3) | C15—C16 | 1.386 (3) |
C4—C5 | 1.394 (3) | C15—H15 | 0.98 (3) |
C4—H4 | 0.98 (2) | C16—H16 | 1.01 (3) |
C9—N1—C1 | 103.06 (16) | O1—C8—N3 | 126.4 (2) |
C9—N2—C6 | 106.03 (16) | O1—C8—C7 | 127.33 (19) |
C9—N2—C7 | 109.67 (17) | N3—C8—C7 | 106.19 (17) |
C6—N2—C7 | 144.18 (18) | N1—C9—N3 | 134.23 (19) |
C9—N3—C8 | 109.39 (17) | N1—C9—N2 | 115.54 (18) |
C9—N3—H3A | 121.3 (18) | N3—C9—N2 | 110.20 (17) |
C8—N3—H3A | 128.7 (18) | C7—C10—C11 | 125.17 (19) |
C2—C1—N1 | 128.60 (19) | C7—C10—H10 | 116.6 (14) |
C2—C1—C6 | 120.20 (19) | C11—C10—H10 | 118.1 (14) |
N1—C1—C6 | 111.18 (17) | C12—C11—C16 | 118.8 (2) |
C1—C2—C3 | 118.06 (19) | C12—C11—C10 | 119.93 (19) |
C1—C2—H2 | 120.3 (16) | C16—C11—C10 | 121.3 (2) |
C3—C2—H2 | 121.6 (16) | C13—C12—C11 | 120.8 (2) |
C2—C3—C4 | 121.4 (2) | C13—C12—H12 | 120.8 (16) |
C2—C3—H3 | 120.7 (15) | C11—C12—H12 | 118.5 (16) |
C4—C3—H3 | 117.6 (15) | C12—C13—C14 | 120.0 (2) |
C3—C4—C5 | 121.7 (2) | C12—C13—H13 | 120.2 (16) |
C3—C4—H4 | 119.3 (14) | C14—C13—H13 | 119.7 (16) |
C5—C4—H4 | 119.0 (14) | C15—C14—C13 | 119.6 (2) |
C6—C5—C4 | 116.56 (19) | C15—C14—H14 | 119.8 (18) |
C6—C5—H5 | 120.6 (14) | C13—C14—H14 | 120.6 (18) |
C4—C5—H5 | 122.8 (14) | C14—C15—C16 | 120.7 (2) |
C5—C6—N2 | 133.96 (19) | C14—C15—H15 | 117.5 (19) |
C5—C6—C1 | 121.92 (18) | C16—C15—H15 | 121.8 (19) |
N2—C6—C1 | 104.03 (17) | C15—C16—C11 | 120.1 (2) |
C10—C7—N2 | 131.17 (19) | C15—C16—H16 | 121.8 (16) |
C10—C7—C8 | 124.17 (19) | C11—C16—H16 | 118.1 (16) |
N2—C7—C8 | 104.25 (16) | ||
C9—N1—C1—C2 | 179.9 (2) | N2—C7—C8—O1 | 178.3 (2) |
C9—N1—C1—C6 | 1.4 (2) | C10—C7—C8—N3 | 167.8 (2) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −175.2 (2) | N2—C7—C8—N3 | −5.5 (2) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 3.1 (3) | C1—N1—C9—N3 | −176.5 (2) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.5 (3) | C1—N1—C9—N2 | 1.3 (2) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −2.3 (3) | C8—N3—C9—N1 | 176.2 (2) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.5 (3) | C8—N3—C9—N2 | −1.6 (2) |
C4—C5—C6—N2 | 179.0 (2) | C6—N2—C9—N1 | −3.5 (2) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | 3.1 (3) | C7—N2—C9—N1 | 179.52 (17) |
C9—N2—C6—C5 | −172.6 (2) | C6—N2—C9—N3 | 174.82 (17) |
C7—N2—C6—C5 | 2.6 (5) | C7—N2—C9—N3 | −2.2 (2) |
C9—N2—C6—C1 | 3.9 (2) | N2—C7—C10—C11 | 5.8 (4) |
C7—N2—C6—C1 | 179.1 (3) | C8—C7—C10—C11 | −165.6 (2) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | −5.0 (3) | C7—C10—C11—C12 | 51.9 (3) |
N1—C1—C6—C5 | 173.59 (19) | C7—C10—C11—C16 | −129.4 (2) |
C2—C1—C6—N2 | 177.99 (19) | C16—C11—C12—C13 | 2.1 (3) |
N1—C1—C6—N2 | −3.4 (2) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | −179.1 (2) |
C9—N2—C7—C10 | −168.0 (2) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | 1.0 (3) |
C6—N2—C7—C10 | 16.9 (5) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | −2.6 (4) |
C9—N2—C7—C8 | 4.7 (2) | C13—C14—C15—C16 | 1.0 (4) |
C6—N2—C7—C8 | −170.4 (3) | C14—C15—C16—C11 | 2.2 (4) |
C9—N3—C8—O1 | −179.3 (2) | C12—C11—C16—C15 | −3.7 (3) |
C9—N3—C8—C7 | 4.5 (2) | C10—C11—C16—C15 | 177.6 (2) |
C10—C7—C8—O1 | −8.3 (4) |
Cg3 and Cg4 are the centroids of the C1–C6 and C11–C16 rings, respectively. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N3—H3A···N1i | 0.93 (3) | 1.98 (3) | 2.876 (2) | 162 (3) |
C16—H16···O1ii | 1.01 (3) | 2.58 (3) | 3.412 (3) | 139 (2) |
C5—H5···Cg4 | 1.01 (3) | 2.65 (3) | 3.512 (2) | 143 (3) |
C10—H10···Cg4iii | 1.01 (3) | 2.88 (2) | 3.606 (2) | 129.0 (15) |
C13—H13···Cg3iv | 1.00 (3) | 2.73 (3) | 3.474 (2) | 132 (2) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, −y+1, −z; (ii) x−1, y, z; (iii) −x+1, −y+2, −z+1; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
The support of NSF-MRI grant No. 1228232 for the purchase of the diffractometer and Tulane University for support of the Tulane Crystallography Laboratory are gratefully acknowledged.
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