organic compounds
9-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-9H-carbazole
aSchool of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024, Tamil Nadu, India, bMolecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, cPG & Research Department of Chemistry, Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli-620 017, Tamil Nadu, India, and dDepartment of Chemistry, Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Vallam-613403, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
*Correspondence e-mail: rrengas@gmail.com
In the title compound, C19H15NO, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings of the carbazole moiety is 1.73 (12)° and the methoxy-substituted phenyl ring deviates from the mean plane of the carbazole grouping (r.m.s. deviation = 0.020 Å) by 56.78 (8)°. In the crystal, weak C—H⋯π interactions link the molecules. The two-dimensional fingerprint plots derived from the Hirshfeld surface indicate that H⋯H (51.2%) and C⋯H/H⋯C (39.9%) contacts dominate the packing.
CCDC reference: 2280833
Structure description
Carbazole and its derivatives have attracted attention in the development of electrical and electronic materials because of their conjugated π-electron systems (Taranekar et al., 2007). The N-heterocyclic carbazole molecule has also been employed as a promising candidate in the treatment of cancer (Patil et al., 2022). As part of our studies in this area, we now describe the synthesis and structure of the title compound.
The title compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbca with one molecule in the (Fig. 1). As expected, the C1–C12/N1 carbazole-fused-ring moiety is almost planar (Moreno-Fuquen et al., 2012) with a dihedral angle of 1.73 (12)° between the C1–C6 and C7–C12 rings. The dihedral angle between the C1–C12/N1 carbazole mean plane and the pendant C13–C18 ring is 56.78 (8)°. Atom C19 of the para-methoxy group deviates by 0.219 (3) Å from its attached ring. The is consolidated by weak C—H⋯π interactions (Fig. 2) [C9—H9⋯Cg(N1/C1/C6–C8) = 2.71 Å; symmetry code: 1 − x, − + y, − z; C17—H17⋯Cg(C7–C12) = 2.92 Å; symmetry code: x, 1 + y, z]. The crystal packing viewed along the a-axis direction is shown in Fig. 3.
The Hirshfeld surface and its related two-dimensional fingerprint plots (Spackman & Jayatilaka, 2009) were generated with Crystal Explorer 17.5 (Turner et al., 2017). The Hirshfeld surface mapped over dnorm within the range −0.05 to 1.63 a.u. shows a few red spots in the locales of D⋯A (D = donor, A = acceptor) interactions, consistent with the presence of weak C—H⋯π interactions (Fig. 4). The two-dimensional fingerprint plots (Fig. 5) show that H⋯H (51.2%) and C⋯H/H⋯C (39.9%) contacts dominate the packing with other contacts [C⋯C (0.7%), N⋯H/H⋯N (1.9%), O⋯C/C⋯O (0.3%), O⋯H/H⋯O (6.0%)] making minor contributions.
Synthesis and crystallization
A 100 ml round-bottom flask was charged with 4-iodoanisole 1.78 g (7.6 mmol, 1 equiv), 9H-carbazole 1.143 g (6.8 mmol, 1.1 equiv), which were uniformly dispersed in 35 ml of dimethylformamide (DMF) and the mixture was dissolved homogeneously under an N2 atm. To the mixture, K2CO3 (5.25 g, 38 mmol, 5 equiv), CuI (0.144 g, 0.76 mmol, 0.1 equiv) and 1,10-phenanthroline (0.137 g, 0.76 mmol, 0.1 equiv) was added and the mixture was refluxed for 12 h under N2. The progress of the reaction was monitored by TLC. After the completion of the reaction, the reaction was quenched in ice–water and the solid product was dissolved in ethyl acetate and washed with brine solution. The obtained solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the obtained residue was further purified using (100–200 mesh silica gel) to afford the title compound as shown in Fig. 6. Single crystals in the form of colourless needles were grown from dichloromethane solution at room temperature.
Refinement
Crystal data, data collection and structure .
details are summarized in Table 1Structural data
CCDC reference: 2280833
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314623006740/hb4441sup1.cif
contains datablock I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314623006740/hb4441Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314623006740/hb4441Isup3.cml
Data collection: APEX4 (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: SHELXL2019/1 (Sheldrick, 2015b); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).C19H15NO | Dx = 1.249 Mg m−3 |
Mr = 273.32 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Orthorhombic, Pbca | Cell parameters from 4004 reflections |
a = 16.2645 (16) Å | θ = 2.5–21.3° |
b = 7.8297 (7) Å | µ = 0.08 mm−1 |
c = 22.819 (2) Å | T = 300 K |
V = 2905.9 (5) Å3 | Needle, colourless |
Z = 8 | 0.30 × 0.09 × 0.07 mm |
F(000) = 1152 |
Bruker D8 CCD diffractometer | 1564 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: i-mu-s microfocus source | Rint = 0.062 |
φ and ω scans | θmax = 25.7°, θmin = 2.2° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Krause et al., 2015) | h = −17→19 |
Tmin = 0.665, Tmax = 0.745 | k = −9→8 |
23109 measured reflections | l = −27→27 |
2762 independent reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
Least-squares matrix: full | H-atom parameters constrained |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.046 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0466P)2 + 0.7157P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
wR(F2) = 0.136 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
S = 1.08 | Δρmax = 0.16 e Å−3 |
2762 reflections | Δρmin = −0.16 e Å−3 |
192 parameters | Extinction correction: SHELXL2019/1 (Sheldrick, 2015b), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
0 restraints | Extinction coefficient: 0.0059 (8) |
Primary atom site location: dual |
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. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1 | 0.65084 (10) | 0.6420 (2) | 0.51323 (7) | 0.0716 (5) | |
N1 | 0.53757 (11) | 0.0699 (2) | 0.63305 (7) | 0.0556 (5) | |
C1 | 0.46058 (13) | −0.0072 (3) | 0.62775 (9) | 0.0549 (6) | |
C2 | 0.39388 (14) | 0.0412 (3) | 0.59364 (10) | 0.0635 (6) | |
H2 | 0.395977 | 0.137531 | 0.569851 | 0.076* | |
C3 | 0.32440 (16) | −0.0593 (4) | 0.59644 (11) | 0.0751 (7) | |
H3 | 0.278853 | −0.030830 | 0.573819 | 0.090* | |
C4 | 0.32109 (18) | −0.2021 (4) | 0.63231 (12) | 0.0824 (8) | |
H4 | 0.273344 | −0.267428 | 0.633199 | 0.099* | |
C5 | 0.38662 (17) | −0.2493 (3) | 0.66653 (11) | 0.0738 (7) | |
H5 | 0.383598 | −0.345344 | 0.690406 | 0.089* | |
C6 | 0.45791 (14) | −0.1502 (3) | 0.66481 (9) | 0.0576 (6) | |
C7 | 0.53597 (14) | −0.1588 (3) | 0.69436 (9) | 0.0570 (6) | |
C8 | 0.58357 (14) | −0.0225 (3) | 0.67375 (9) | 0.0546 (6) | |
C9 | 0.56892 (18) | −0.2696 (3) | 0.73589 (10) | 0.0705 (7) | |
H9 | 0.537681 | −0.359282 | 0.750651 | 0.085* | |
C10 | 0.64787 (19) | −0.2448 (4) | 0.75469 (11) | 0.0795 (8) | |
H10 | 0.670210 | −0.317769 | 0.782615 | 0.095* | |
C11 | 0.69510 (16) | −0.1116 (3) | 0.73253 (11) | 0.0746 (7) | |
H11 | 0.748920 | −0.098279 | 0.745508 | 0.089* | |
C12 | 0.66401 (14) | 0.0014 (3) | 0.69172 (10) | 0.0638 (6) | |
H12 | 0.695869 | 0.090072 | 0.676892 | 0.077* | |
C13 | 0.56442 (12) | 0.2203 (3) | 0.60315 (9) | 0.0516 (6) | |
C14 | 0.56432 (13) | 0.2272 (3) | 0.54252 (9) | 0.0586 (6) | |
H14 | 0.545321 | 0.134254 | 0.521051 | 0.070* | |
C15 | 0.59196 (14) | 0.3697 (3) | 0.51393 (9) | 0.0611 (6) | |
H15 | 0.591165 | 0.373799 | 0.473205 | 0.073* | |
C16 | 0.62103 (12) | 0.5076 (3) | 0.54551 (9) | 0.0537 (6) | |
C17 | 0.62057 (13) | 0.5029 (3) | 0.60578 (10) | 0.0592 (6) | |
H17 | 0.639820 | 0.595723 | 0.627203 | 0.071* | |
C18 | 0.59139 (14) | 0.3598 (3) | 0.63427 (9) | 0.0601 (6) | |
H18 | 0.589963 | 0.357611 | 0.675011 | 0.072* | |
C19 | 0.68915 (18) | 0.7775 (3) | 0.54377 (13) | 0.0909 (9) | |
H19A | 0.711215 | 0.857935 | 0.516175 | 0.136* | |
H19B | 0.732795 | 0.733090 | 0.567635 | 0.136* | |
H19C | 0.649438 | 0.833600 | 0.568244 | 0.136* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0844 (11) | 0.0660 (11) | 0.0644 (10) | −0.0169 (9) | 0.0010 (8) | 0.0117 (9) |
N1 | 0.0580 (12) | 0.0545 (11) | 0.0542 (11) | −0.0044 (10) | 0.0001 (9) | 0.0066 (9) |
C1 | 0.0562 (14) | 0.0549 (14) | 0.0536 (13) | −0.0036 (12) | 0.0058 (11) | −0.0073 (11) |
C2 | 0.0610 (15) | 0.0695 (16) | 0.0602 (14) | −0.0034 (13) | 0.0033 (12) | −0.0064 (12) |
C3 | 0.0639 (17) | 0.093 (2) | 0.0688 (16) | −0.0055 (15) | 0.0041 (13) | −0.0164 (16) |
C4 | 0.0749 (19) | 0.096 (2) | 0.0758 (18) | −0.0262 (16) | 0.0184 (16) | −0.0219 (17) |
C5 | 0.0855 (19) | 0.0682 (16) | 0.0678 (17) | −0.0190 (15) | 0.0196 (15) | −0.0063 (14) |
C6 | 0.0686 (16) | 0.0521 (14) | 0.0521 (13) | −0.0033 (12) | 0.0149 (12) | −0.0058 (11) |
C7 | 0.0701 (16) | 0.0509 (13) | 0.0500 (12) | 0.0042 (12) | 0.0148 (12) | 0.0004 (11) |
C8 | 0.0606 (14) | 0.0560 (14) | 0.0473 (12) | 0.0053 (12) | 0.0051 (11) | 0.0015 (11) |
C9 | 0.095 (2) | 0.0605 (16) | 0.0564 (15) | 0.0038 (14) | 0.0129 (14) | 0.0084 (12) |
C10 | 0.100 (2) | 0.0733 (18) | 0.0646 (16) | 0.0181 (17) | −0.0011 (15) | 0.0085 (14) |
C11 | 0.0751 (17) | 0.0827 (19) | 0.0658 (16) | 0.0164 (15) | −0.0052 (13) | −0.0009 (15) |
C12 | 0.0655 (16) | 0.0662 (15) | 0.0596 (14) | 0.0036 (13) | 0.0039 (12) | 0.0032 (13) |
C13 | 0.0537 (13) | 0.0495 (13) | 0.0517 (13) | −0.0010 (10) | 0.0008 (10) | 0.0035 (11) |
C14 | 0.0675 (15) | 0.0564 (14) | 0.0519 (13) | −0.0082 (12) | 0.0000 (11) | −0.0044 (11) |
C15 | 0.0713 (16) | 0.0668 (16) | 0.0452 (13) | −0.0062 (13) | 0.0025 (11) | −0.0006 (12) |
C16 | 0.0533 (13) | 0.0542 (14) | 0.0538 (14) | −0.0003 (11) | 0.0036 (10) | 0.0070 (12) |
C17 | 0.0712 (15) | 0.0509 (14) | 0.0557 (14) | −0.0066 (12) | 0.0018 (11) | −0.0055 (12) |
C18 | 0.0753 (16) | 0.0578 (14) | 0.0471 (12) | −0.0026 (13) | 0.0034 (11) | −0.0008 (12) |
C19 | 0.113 (2) | 0.0664 (18) | 0.093 (2) | −0.0338 (16) | −0.0148 (17) | 0.0135 (16) |
O1—C16 | 1.373 (2) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
O1—C19 | 1.414 (3) | C10—C11 | 1.390 (3) |
N1—C8 | 1.395 (3) | C10—H10 | 0.9300 |
N1—C1 | 1.396 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.380 (3) |
N1—C13 | 1.429 (3) | C11—H11 | 0.9300 |
C1—C2 | 1.388 (3) | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C1—C6 | 1.404 (3) | C13—C18 | 1.374 (3) |
C2—C3 | 1.379 (3) | C13—C14 | 1.385 (3) |
C2—H2 | 0.9300 | C14—C15 | 1.369 (3) |
C3—C4 | 1.387 (4) | C14—H14 | 0.9300 |
C3—H3 | 0.9300 | C15—C16 | 1.381 (3) |
C4—C5 | 1.372 (4) | C15—H15 | 0.9300 |
C4—H4 | 0.9300 | C16—C17 | 1.376 (3) |
C5—C6 | 1.395 (3) | C17—C18 | 1.380 (3) |
C5—H5 | 0.9300 | C17—H17 | 0.9300 |
C6—C7 | 1.439 (3) | C18—H18 | 0.9300 |
C7—C9 | 1.392 (3) | C19—H19A | 0.9600 |
C7—C8 | 1.400 (3) | C19—H19B | 0.9600 |
C8—C12 | 1.384 (3) | C19—H19C | 0.9600 |
C9—C10 | 1.368 (3) | ||
C16—O1—C19 | 117.80 (18) | C9—C10—H10 | 119.6 |
C8—N1—C1 | 108.32 (17) | C11—C10—H10 | 119.6 |
C8—N1—C13 | 125.53 (18) | C12—C11—C10 | 121.6 (2) |
C1—N1—C13 | 126.13 (18) | C12—C11—H11 | 119.2 |
C2—C1—N1 | 129.2 (2) | C10—C11—H11 | 119.2 |
C2—C1—C6 | 122.1 (2) | C11—C12—C8 | 117.4 (2) |
N1—C1—C6 | 108.73 (19) | C11—C12—H12 | 121.3 |
C3—C2—C1 | 117.3 (2) | C8—C12—H12 | 121.3 |
C3—C2—H2 | 121.3 | C18—C13—C14 | 119.1 (2) |
C1—C2—H2 | 121.3 | C18—C13—N1 | 120.36 (18) |
C2—C3—C4 | 121.3 (3) | C14—C13—N1 | 120.57 (19) |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.4 | C15—C14—C13 | 120.5 (2) |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.4 | C15—C14—H14 | 119.8 |
C5—C4—C3 | 121.5 (2) | C13—C14—H14 | 119.8 |
C5—C4—H4 | 119.2 | C14—C15—C16 | 120.1 (2) |
C3—C4—H4 | 119.2 | C14—C15—H15 | 120.0 |
C4—C5—C6 | 118.7 (2) | C16—C15—H15 | 120.0 |
C4—C5—H5 | 120.7 | O1—C16—C17 | 123.9 (2) |
C6—C5—H5 | 120.7 | O1—C16—C15 | 116.10 (19) |
C5—C6—C1 | 119.1 (2) | C17—C16—C15 | 119.9 (2) |
C5—C6—C7 | 133.9 (2) | C16—C17—C18 | 119.6 (2) |
C1—C6—C7 | 106.99 (19) | C16—C17—H17 | 120.2 |
C9—C7—C8 | 119.4 (2) | C18—C17—H17 | 120.2 |
C9—C7—C6 | 133.5 (2) | C13—C18—C17 | 120.8 (2) |
C8—C7—C6 | 107.15 (19) | C13—C18—H18 | 119.6 |
C12—C8—N1 | 129.4 (2) | C17—C18—H18 | 119.6 |
C12—C8—C7 | 121.8 (2) | O1—C19—H19A | 109.5 |
N1—C8—C7 | 108.81 (19) | O1—C19—H19B | 109.5 |
C10—C9—C7 | 119.1 (2) | H19A—C19—H19B | 109.5 |
C10—C9—H9 | 120.4 | O1—C19—H19C | 109.5 |
C7—C9—H9 | 120.4 | H19A—C19—H19C | 109.5 |
C9—C10—C11 | 120.7 (2) | H19B—C19—H19C | 109.5 |
C8—N1—C1—C2 | 178.5 (2) | C9—C7—C8—N1 | −179.75 (18) |
C13—N1—C1—C2 | −0.1 (3) | C6—C7—C8—N1 | 0.4 (2) |
C8—N1—C1—C6 | −0.6 (2) | C8—C7—C9—C10 | −1.4 (3) |
C13—N1—C1—C6 | −179.14 (18) | C6—C7—C9—C10 | 178.4 (2) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | 179.7 (2) | C7—C9—C10—C11 | −0.4 (4) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | −1.3 (3) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | 1.0 (4) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.6 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C8 | 0.2 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.1 (4) | N1—C8—C12—C11 | −179.1 (2) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.0 (4) | C7—C8—C12—C11 | −2.1 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | −0.7 (3) | C8—N1—C13—C18 | −55.6 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | 178.9 (2) | C1—N1—C13—C18 | 122.8 (2) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | 1.4 (3) | C8—N1—C13—C14 | 123.9 (2) |
N1—C1—C6—C5 | −179.44 (19) | C1—N1—C13—C14 | −57.8 (3) |
C2—C1—C6—C7 | −178.32 (19) | C18—C13—C14—C15 | 1.1 (3) |
N1—C1—C6—C7 | 0.8 (2) | N1—C13—C14—C15 | −178.38 (19) |
C5—C6—C7—C9 | −0.3 (4) | C13—C14—C15—C16 | 0.7 (3) |
C1—C6—C7—C9 | 179.5 (2) | C19—O1—C16—C17 | 5.2 (3) |
C5—C6—C7—C8 | 179.6 (2) | C19—O1—C16—C15 | −173.4 (2) |
C1—C6—C7—C8 | −0.7 (2) | C14—C15—C16—O1 | 177.25 (19) |
C1—N1—C8—C12 | 177.4 (2) | C14—C15—C16—C17 | −1.4 (3) |
C13—N1—C8—C12 | −4.1 (3) | O1—C16—C17—C18 | −178.16 (19) |
C1—N1—C8—C7 | 0.1 (2) | C15—C16—C17—C18 | 0.4 (3) |
C13—N1—C8—C7 | 178.68 (18) | C14—C13—C18—C17 | −2.1 (3) |
C9—C7—C8—C12 | 2.7 (3) | N1—C13—C18—C17 | 177.35 (19) |
C6—C7—C8—C12 | −177.11 (19) | C16—C17—C18—C13 | 1.4 (3) |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank DST–FIST for instrument facilities at the School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. The authors also thank the SC-XRD Lab, SAS, VIT Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Funding information
Funding for this research was provided by: UGC-BSR-RFSMS (scholarship to PG); UGC-EMERITUS (award to RR); UGC-DSK-PDF [award No. F.4-2/2006 (BSR)/CH/18-19/0165(80th List)/18th March 2019 to NJJ]; Bishop Heber College {grant No. [MRP/1911/2019 (BHC)] to RSD}.
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