organic compounds
1,1,3,3-Tetraethyl-5-nitroisoindoline
aInstitut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and bInstitut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Goethe-Universität, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
*Correspondence e-mail: jp@prisner.de
The title compound, C16H24N2O2, previously obtained as a yellow oil, exhibits a rather low melting point close to room temperature 297–298 K). In the molecule, the isoindoline ring system is approximately planar and coplanar to the nitro group, forming a dihedral angle of 5.63 (15)°. In the crystal, only weak N—H⋯O and C—H⋯π interactions are observed, linking molecules into chains parallel to the [101] direction.
CCDC reference: 1969794
Structure description
1,1,3,3-Tetraethyl-5-nitroisoindoline is a precursor in the synthesis of 1,1,3,3-tetraethylisoindolin-5-isothiocyanate-2-oxyl, which in turn is a versatile reduction-resistant spin label for RNA (Saha et al., 2015). The atomic connectivity of the title compound has been established by NMR spectroscopy and confirmed by several analytical methods (Haugland et al., 2016) but its remained unknown, mainly due to its low melting point of 297–298 K (Tönjes et al., 1964).
The title compound (Fig. 1) crystallizes in the monoclinic P21/n with one molecule in the The isoindoline ring system is approximately planar [r.m.s deviation of the nine fitted atoms = 0.0542 Å; maximum deviation 0.1005 (14) Å for atom N2] and forms a dihedral angle of 5.63 (15)° with the plane through the nitro group. In the each N—H group links via a weak hydrogen bond (Table 1) to the O—N group of an adjacent molecule. Centrosymmetrically related chains are further connected by weak C—H⋯π interactions (Table 1), forming chains parallel to [101]. Other interactions such as π–π stacking are not observed, which could be explained by the sterically demanding ethyl groups. This lack of strong intermolecular interactions may account for the low melting point of the substance.
A search of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD, version 5.40, update August 2019; Groom et al., 2016) for lengths of hydrogen bonds has been performed with a search fragment of a twofold carbon-bound N—H donor to a carbon-bound NO2 acceptor (Fig. 2). The mean length of (C–)2N—H⋯O(–NOR) hydrogen bonds in deposited structures was found to be 2.28 (19) Å. This renders the H2⋯O81 length of 2.634 (16) Å found in the title compound a rather long but plausible peculiarity. Since the position of the H atom was freely refined against X-ray data, the H⋯O distance as well as the (still plausible) N—H distance is not fully trustworthy. The mean donor–acceptor distance for hydrogen bonds was found to be 2.96 (8) Å with a maximum of 3.07 Å. This confirms the value of 3.4860 (18) Å found for N2⋯O81 to be rather long.
Synthesis and crystallization
The title compound was synthesized in-house, using a modified literature procedure (Haugland et al., 2016) as follows: to a solution of 1,1,3,3-tetraethylisoindoline (2.192 g, 9.47 mmol) in 21.9 ml sulfuric acid (95%), 21.9 ml of fuming nitric acid (100%) was added dropwise. During the addition, the reaction flask was cooled with ice/sodium chloride in order to hold the reaction temperature between −5 and 0°C (internal temperature control). The onset of the reaction was accompanied by a strong rise of temperature. After complete addition of nitric acid, the yellow solution was stirred at 0°C for 60 min. The cold reaction mixture was poured carefully into a cooled beaker containing 30 g of sodium hydroxide and 300 ml of ice/water. The pH of the resulting pale-yellow suspension was adjusted to 10 by the addition of more sodium hydroxide and the solution was stirred for 15 min. The aqueous solution was extracted four times with 100–150 ml of dichloromethane. The combined organic phases were washed with brine and dried over Na2SO4. After removing the solvent, the yellow residue was purified by means of (alumina, 4% H2O, 3×28 cm) with hexanes/ethyl acetate (95:5 v/v). The product was obtained as a yellow oil. Yield: 2.583 g (9.34 mmol, 98.7%). Crystals were obtained after storing the product at 277 K for 48 h. Several good-looking, yellow crystals could then be picked from the yellow oil. NMR analysis of the measured crystal confirmed its chemical identity with the yellow oil.
Refinement
Crystal data, data collection and structure .
details are summarized in Table 2
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Structural data
CCDC reference: 1969794
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314619016298/rz4034sup1.cif
contains datablock I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314619016298/rz4034Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314619016298/rz4034Isup3.cml
Data collection: APEX3 (Bruker, 2015); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2015); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2015); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXT (Sheldrick, 2015a); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2018/3 (Sheldrick, 2015b); molecular graphics: Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006) and ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).C16H24N2O2 | Dx = 1.199 Mg m−3 |
Mr = 276.37 | Melting point: 297 K |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.54178 Å |
a = 9.0277 (6) Å | Cell parameters from 130 reflections |
b = 19.9356 (13) Å | θ = 2.4–67.7° |
c = 9.4811 (7) Å | µ = 0.63 mm−1 |
β = 116.169 (2)° | T = 173 K |
V = 1531.43 (18) Å3 | Elongated block, pale yellow |
Z = 4 | 1.20 × 0.60 × 0.60 mm |
F(000) = 600 |
Siemens Bruker three circle diffractometer | 2699 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: Incoatec microfocus tube, X-Ray microfocus tube | Rint = 0.053 |
ω and Phi scans | θmax = 69.7°, θmin = 4.4° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2015) | h = −10→10 |
Tmin = 0.568, Tmax = 0.753 | k = −24→24 |
32894 measured reflections | l = −10→11 |
2769 independent reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Hydrogen site location: mixed |
Least-squares matrix: full | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.051 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0661P)2 + 0.6801P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
wR(F2) = 0.134 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
S = 1.09 | Δρmax = 0.38 e Å−3 |
2769 reflections | Δρmin = −0.25 e Å−3 |
185 parameters | Extinction correction: SHELXL-2018/3 (Sheldrick, 2015b), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
0 restraints | Extinction coefficient: 0.034 (2) |
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. The H atom on nitrogen N2 was located in a difference Fourier map and refined freely with Uiso(H) = 1.2 Ueq(N). All other H atoms were treated as riding, with C–H = 0.96–0.98 Å, and with with Uiso(H) = 1.2 Ueq(C) or 1.5 Ueq(C) for methyl H atoms. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
C1 | 0.52355 (17) | 0.63396 (7) | 0.61223 (17) | 0.0270 (3) | |
N2 | 0.68275 (15) | 0.65271 (7) | 0.61351 (15) | 0.0293 (3) | |
H2 | 0.763 (2) | 0.6336 (10) | 0.692 (2) | 0.035* | |
C11 | 0.5343 (2) | 0.57151 (8) | 0.71234 (18) | 0.0329 (4) | |
H11A | 0.421439 | 0.559790 | 0.696521 | 0.039* | |
H11B | 0.576055 | 0.533516 | 0.672895 | 0.039* | |
C12 | 0.6438 (2) | 0.57893 (10) | 0.8882 (2) | 0.0420 (4) | |
H12A | 0.642818 | 0.536966 | 0.941621 | 0.063* | |
H12B | 0.756909 | 0.589122 | 0.906117 | 0.063* | |
H12C | 0.601917 | 0.615460 | 0.929801 | 0.063* | |
C13 | 0.4529 (2) | 0.69406 (8) | 0.6662 (2) | 0.0360 (4) | |
H13A | 0.348788 | 0.679891 | 0.668267 | 0.043* | |
H13B | 0.531851 | 0.706068 | 0.774917 | 0.043* | |
C14 | 0.4189 (3) | 0.75591 (10) | 0.5640 (3) | 0.0530 (5) | |
H14A | 0.374684 | 0.791465 | 0.605935 | 0.080* | |
H14B | 0.521776 | 0.771261 | 0.563372 | 0.080* | |
H14C | 0.338389 | 0.745038 | 0.456534 | 0.080* | |
C3 | 0.68746 (17) | 0.63829 (7) | 0.46225 (16) | 0.0256 (3) | |
C31 | 0.79690 (18) | 0.57636 (8) | 0.47844 (18) | 0.0311 (4) | |
H31A | 0.907820 | 0.584989 | 0.564874 | 0.037* | |
H31B | 0.749758 | 0.537598 | 0.510014 | 0.037* | |
C32 | 0.8174 (2) | 0.55661 (9) | 0.3331 (2) | 0.0385 (4) | |
H32A | 0.888629 | 0.517002 | 0.356522 | 0.058* | |
H32B | 0.709085 | 0.546275 | 0.247067 | 0.058* | |
H32C | 0.867657 | 0.593819 | 0.302103 | 0.058* | |
C33 | 0.74827 (19) | 0.70079 (8) | 0.40784 (19) | 0.0326 (4) | |
H33A | 0.739947 | 0.692250 | 0.301727 | 0.039* | |
H33B | 0.674711 | 0.738960 | 0.399550 | 0.039* | |
C34 | 0.9256 (2) | 0.72039 (10) | 0.5175 (2) | 0.0448 (5) | |
H34A | 0.956411 | 0.760343 | 0.476221 | 0.067* | |
H34B | 0.934523 | 0.730088 | 0.622251 | 0.067* | |
H34C | 0.999824 | 0.683331 | 0.524330 | 0.067* | |
C3A | 0.50770 (17) | 0.62372 (7) | 0.35502 (17) | 0.0251 (3) | |
C4 | 0.43042 (18) | 0.61567 (7) | 0.19321 (17) | 0.0277 (3) | |
H4 | 0.489482 | 0.620820 | 0.132134 | 0.033* | |
C5 | 0.26335 (18) | 0.59978 (8) | 0.12360 (17) | 0.0300 (4) | |
C6 | 0.17277 (18) | 0.59141 (8) | 0.20808 (19) | 0.0334 (4) | |
H6 | 0.059749 | 0.578847 | 0.156877 | 0.040* | |
C7A | 0.41760 (17) | 0.61856 (7) | 0.44111 (17) | 0.0263 (3) | |
C7 | 0.25063 (18) | 0.60177 (8) | 0.36886 (19) | 0.0322 (4) | |
H7 | 0.190803 | 0.597473 | 0.429440 | 0.039* | |
N8 | 0.17901 (16) | 0.59159 (8) | −0.04799 (16) | 0.0380 (4) | |
O81 | 0.03459 (17) | 0.57346 (10) | −0.10830 (17) | 0.0695 (5) | |
O82 | 0.25620 (17) | 0.60204 (9) | −0.12333 (14) | 0.0549 (4) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.0263 (7) | 0.0337 (8) | 0.0227 (7) | −0.0013 (5) | 0.0123 (6) | −0.0024 (6) |
N2 | 0.0250 (6) | 0.0415 (7) | 0.0214 (6) | −0.0035 (5) | 0.0102 (5) | −0.0032 (5) |
C11 | 0.0368 (8) | 0.0377 (8) | 0.0269 (8) | −0.0023 (6) | 0.0167 (7) | 0.0001 (6) |
C12 | 0.0455 (10) | 0.0532 (10) | 0.0280 (9) | 0.0019 (8) | 0.0168 (8) | 0.0047 (7) |
C13 | 0.0369 (8) | 0.0407 (9) | 0.0345 (9) | 0.0017 (7) | 0.0195 (7) | −0.0072 (7) |
C14 | 0.0658 (13) | 0.0385 (9) | 0.0583 (12) | 0.0112 (9) | 0.0306 (11) | −0.0021 (8) |
C3 | 0.0233 (7) | 0.0316 (7) | 0.0215 (7) | −0.0014 (5) | 0.0095 (6) | −0.0014 (5) |
C31 | 0.0264 (7) | 0.0371 (8) | 0.0264 (8) | 0.0036 (6) | 0.0085 (6) | 0.0002 (6) |
C32 | 0.0313 (8) | 0.0490 (10) | 0.0366 (9) | 0.0061 (7) | 0.0162 (7) | −0.0054 (7) |
C33 | 0.0321 (8) | 0.0369 (8) | 0.0297 (8) | −0.0049 (6) | 0.0144 (7) | 0.0008 (6) |
C34 | 0.0388 (9) | 0.0504 (10) | 0.0442 (10) | −0.0163 (8) | 0.0173 (8) | −0.0043 (8) |
C3A | 0.0241 (7) | 0.0269 (7) | 0.0236 (7) | 0.0010 (5) | 0.0100 (6) | 0.0007 (5) |
C4 | 0.0257 (7) | 0.0340 (7) | 0.0240 (7) | 0.0014 (5) | 0.0114 (6) | 0.0011 (6) |
C5 | 0.0264 (7) | 0.0365 (8) | 0.0223 (8) | 0.0037 (6) | 0.0064 (6) | −0.0002 (6) |
C6 | 0.0216 (7) | 0.0442 (9) | 0.0316 (8) | −0.0001 (6) | 0.0091 (6) | −0.0018 (6) |
C7A | 0.0260 (7) | 0.0281 (7) | 0.0250 (8) | 0.0012 (5) | 0.0114 (6) | −0.0004 (5) |
C7 | 0.0256 (7) | 0.0427 (9) | 0.0310 (8) | −0.0001 (6) | 0.0149 (6) | −0.0009 (6) |
N8 | 0.0282 (7) | 0.0529 (9) | 0.0256 (7) | 0.0028 (6) | 0.0053 (6) | −0.0014 (6) |
O81 | 0.0307 (7) | 0.1309 (15) | 0.0340 (7) | −0.0130 (8) | 0.0026 (6) | −0.0086 (8) |
O82 | 0.0455 (8) | 0.0941 (11) | 0.0257 (6) | −0.0105 (7) | 0.0161 (6) | −0.0053 (6) |
C1—N2 | 1.4799 (18) | C31—H31B | 0.9900 |
C1—C7A | 1.5075 (19) | C32—H32A | 0.9800 |
C1—C11 | 1.542 (2) | C32—H32B | 0.9800 |
C1—C13 | 1.547 (2) | C32—H32C | 0.9800 |
N2—C3 | 1.4815 (19) | C33—C34 | 1.526 (2) |
N2—H2 | 0.86 (2) | C33—H33A | 0.9900 |
C11—C12 | 1.525 (2) | C33—H33B | 0.9900 |
C11—H11A | 0.9900 | C34—H34A | 0.9800 |
C11—H11B | 0.9900 | C34—H34B | 0.9800 |
C12—H12A | 0.9800 | C34—H34C | 0.9800 |
C12—H12B | 0.9800 | C3A—C4 | 1.386 (2) |
C12—H12C | 0.9800 | C3A—C7A | 1.387 (2) |
C13—C14 | 1.513 (3) | C4—C5 | 1.390 (2) |
C13—H13A | 0.9900 | C4—H4 | 0.9500 |
C13—H13B | 0.9900 | C5—C6 | 1.384 (2) |
C14—H14A | 0.9800 | C5—N8 | 1.470 (2) |
C14—H14B | 0.9800 | C6—C7 | 1.384 (2) |
C14—H14C | 0.9800 | C6—H6 | 0.9500 |
C3—C3A | 1.5153 (19) | C7A—C7 | 1.394 (2) |
C3—C33 | 1.540 (2) | C7—H7 | 0.9500 |
C3—C31 | 1.546 (2) | N8—O82 | 1.216 (2) |
C31—C32 | 1.521 (2) | N8—O81 | 1.225 (2) |
C31—H31A | 0.9900 | ||
N2—C1—C7A | 102.31 (11) | C32—C31—H31B | 108.2 |
N2—C1—C11 | 113.68 (12) | C3—C31—H31B | 108.2 |
C7A—C1—C11 | 109.62 (12) | H31A—C31—H31B | 107.3 |
N2—C1—C13 | 110.01 (12) | C31—C32—H32A | 109.5 |
C7A—C1—C13 | 110.81 (12) | C31—C32—H32B | 109.5 |
C11—C1—C13 | 110.18 (12) | H32A—C32—H32B | 109.5 |
C1—N2—C3 | 112.66 (11) | C31—C32—H32C | 109.5 |
C1—N2—H2 | 110.0 (13) | H32A—C32—H32C | 109.5 |
C3—N2—H2 | 111.8 (13) | H32B—C32—H32C | 109.5 |
C12—C11—C1 | 115.41 (13) | C34—C33—C3 | 113.65 (13) |
C12—C11—H11A | 108.4 | C34—C33—H33A | 108.8 |
C1—C11—H11A | 108.4 | C3—C33—H33A | 108.8 |
C12—C11—H11B | 108.4 | C34—C33—H33B | 108.8 |
C1—C11—H11B | 108.4 | C3—C33—H33B | 108.8 |
H11A—C11—H11B | 107.5 | H33A—C33—H33B | 107.7 |
C11—C12—H12A | 109.5 | C33—C34—H34A | 109.5 |
C11—C12—H12B | 109.5 | C33—C34—H34B | 109.5 |
H12A—C12—H12B | 109.5 | H34A—C34—H34B | 109.5 |
C11—C12—H12C | 109.5 | C33—C34—H34C | 109.5 |
H12A—C12—H12C | 109.5 | H34A—C34—H34C | 109.5 |
H12B—C12—H12C | 109.5 | H34B—C34—H34C | 109.5 |
C14—C13—C1 | 114.59 (14) | C4—C3A—C7A | 120.20 (13) |
C14—C13—H13A | 108.6 | C4—C3A—C3 | 129.19 (13) |
C1—C13—H13A | 108.6 | C7A—C3A—C3 | 110.60 (12) |
C14—C13—H13B | 108.6 | C3A—C4—C5 | 117.57 (14) |
C1—C13—H13B | 108.6 | C3A—C4—H4 | 121.2 |
H13A—C13—H13B | 107.6 | C5—C4—H4 | 121.2 |
C13—C14—H14A | 109.5 | C6—C5—C4 | 123.15 (14) |
C13—C14—H14B | 109.5 | C6—C5—N8 | 118.51 (13) |
H14A—C14—H14B | 109.5 | C4—C5—N8 | 118.34 (14) |
C13—C14—H14C | 109.5 | C7—C6—C5 | 118.47 (14) |
H14A—C14—H14C | 109.5 | C7—C6—H6 | 120.8 |
H14B—C14—H14C | 109.5 | C5—C6—H6 | 120.8 |
N2—C3—C3A | 101.96 (11) | C3A—C7A—C7 | 121.09 (14) |
N2—C3—C33 | 109.51 (12) | C3A—C7A—C1 | 111.09 (12) |
C3A—C3—C33 | 111.40 (12) | C7—C7A—C1 | 127.82 (14) |
N2—C3—C31 | 110.41 (12) | C6—C7—C7A | 119.41 (14) |
C3A—C3—C31 | 111.23 (12) | C6—C7—H7 | 120.3 |
C33—C3—C31 | 111.90 (12) | C7A—C7—H7 | 120.3 |
C32—C31—C3 | 116.40 (13) | O82—N8—O81 | 122.97 (15) |
C32—C31—H31A | 108.2 | O82—N8—C5 | 118.68 (13) |
C3—C31—H31A | 108.2 | O81—N8—C5 | 118.34 (15) |
Cg1 is the centroid of the C3A/C4/C5/C6/C7/C7A benzene ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N2—H2···O81i | 0.865 (15) | 2.634 (16) | 3.4860 (18) | 168.4 (16) |
C11—H11B···Cg1ii | 0.99 | 2.91 | 3.7552 (18) | 144 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1, y, z+1; (ii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Professor Dr Thomas Prisner and Professor Dr Martin U. Schmidt (both of Goethe-Universität) for giving us the opportunity to obtain and publish these results. We thank Professor M. U. Schmidt for fruitful discussions.
Funding information
JP is thankful for financial support by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) (CRC902: Molecular Principles of RNA-Based Regulations).
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