organic compounds
38.49, 15.73, 14.68; IR (NaCl, ꢂ, cmꢂ1): 3330, 3264, 2977, 2201, 1576,
1522, 1496, 1372, 1228, 1163; MS (m/z) (% base peak): 234 (67.7), 217
(25), 201 (55.8), 200 (39.6), 199 (28.7), 185 (100), 159 (30.4).
phenyl sulfone (Bertolasi et al., 1993), which contains all of the
donor and acceptor groups found in (III), the molecules are
linked by amine–sulfone hydrogen bonds only, with no amine–
nitro interactions.
Compound (III) was prepared by a similar procedure from
anhydrous potassium carbonate (0.935 g, 0.0075 mol) and a solution
of ethylamine (0.489 g, 0.0109 mol; 70% in water) in N-methyl-2-
pyrrolidone (NMP, 10 ml), to which was added bis(4-fluoro-3-nitro-
benzene) sulfone (1.320 g, 0.00383 mol) in NMP (5 ml). Additional
NMP (5 ml) was used to wash the transfer container and this was
added to the reaction mixture, followed by toluene (20 ml). The
bright-yellow and slightly opaque reaction mixture was heated to
333 K, held at that temperature for 30 min and gradually raised to
393 K over a period of 3 h. The bright-yellow product was isolated
and purified as for (I). Crystals of (III) suitable for X-ray diffraction
were obtained by recrystallization from hexane (yield 69.8%; m.p.
574–576 K). Spectroscopic analysis for (III): 1H NMR (300 MHz,
CDCl3): ꢁ 8.7 (s, 2H), 8.3 (m, 2H), 7.9 (m, 2H), 6.9 (m, 2H), 3.4 (m,
4H), 1.4 (t, 6H); 13C NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): ꢁ 147.66, 133.94, 130.15,
128.04, 128.00, 115.00, 38.31, 14,34; IR (neat, ꢂ > 1400 cmꢂ1): 3372,
2928, 2860, 1618, 1570, 1522, 1472; MS (m/z) (% base peak): 394 (85),
285 (20), 213 (100), 197 (20), 132 (15).
Experimental
For the preparation of (I), anhydrous potassium carbonate (5.095 g,
0.036 mol) and a solution of ethylamine (5.714 g, 0.0886 mol; 70% in
water) in dimethylacetamide (DMAC, 8 ml) were combined in a
100 ml three-necked round-bottomed flask fitted with a nitrogen
inlet, thermometer, magnetic stirring bar, and a Dean–Stark trap
fitted with a condenser. To the stirred solution was added 2,4-
difluoronitrobenzene (2.349 g, 0.0148 mol) in DMAC (5 ml). Addi-
tional DMAC (8 ml) was used to wash the transfer container and this
was added to the reaction mixture, followed by toluene (20 ml). The
temperature of the reaction mixture was raised to 333 K, held at that
temperature for 3 h, then raised to 393 K and the reaction allowed to
continue for another 3 h. The colour of the reaction mixture turned
bright orange when the temperature reached 393 K. Water, the by-
product of the reaction, was removed via azeotropic distillation with
toluene. On completion of the reaction, the mixture was allowed to
cool to room temperature and diluted with dichloromethane (30 ml).
The resulting heterogeneous mixture was filtered through Celite at
reduced pressure, and the solvents from the dark–orange filtrate were
removed under high vacuum to yield a bright-orange solid residue.
The crude product was dissolved in dichloromethane (15 ml), trans-
ferred to a separation funnel and washed repeatedly with deionized
water. The organic layer was collected, dried over magnesium sulfate,
filtered, and the filtrate evaporated using a rotary evaporator to yield
a bright-orange solid. Crystals of (I) suitable for X-ray diffraction
were obtained by recrystallization from an ethanol–dichloromethane
solution (3:1 v/v) (yield 73.4%; m.p. 381–382 K). Spectroscopic
analysis for (I): 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): ꢁ 8.4 (t, 1H), 8.0 (m, 1H),
5.9 (m, 1H), 5.6 (m, 1H), 4.4 (t, 1H), 3.3 (m, 4H), 1.3 (t, 6H); 13C NMR
(300 MHz, CDCl3): ꢁ 200.59, 154.52, 148.70, 129.47, 104.90, 90.10,
38.10, 37.76, 14.61, 14.42; IR (NaCl, ꢂ > 1400 cmꢂ1): 3340, 3307, 2973,
1623, 1551, 1460, 1397, 1322, 1268, 1197, 1169, 1149; MS (m/z) (%
base peak): 209 (100), 194 (24.5), 176 (62.8), 160 (44.9), 149 (23.9), 134
(20.2).
Compound (I)
Crystal data
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C10H15N3O2
Mr = 209.25
V = 2172.2 (2) A
Z = 8
Monoclinic, P21=c
Mo Kꢄ radiation
ꢅ = 0.09 mmꢂ1
T = 140 K
0.22 ꢄ 0.18 ꢄ 0.04 mm
˚
a = 7.8148 (5) A
˚
b = 20.9889 (14) A
˚
c = 13.2464 (9) A
ꢃ = 91.210 (2)ꢁ
Data collection
Bruker SMART 6000 CCD area-
detector diffractometer
Absorption correction: multi-scan
(SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996)
Tmin = 0.559, Tmax = 1.000
23033 measured reflections
4717 independent reflections
3307 reflections with I > 2ꢆ(I)
Rint = 0.059
Refinement
R[F2 > 2ꢆ(F2)] = 0.048
wR(F2) = 0.139
S = 0.97
391 parameters
All H-atom parameters refined
Compound (II) was prepared using a similar reaction setup to (I).
The flask was charged with anhydrous potassium carbonate (2.246 g,
0.016 mol). Ethylamine (0.573 g, 0.013 mol) was weighed in a one-
dram glass vial and dissolved in DMAC (5 ml). The solution was
added dropwise to the reaction mixture and the vial was subsequently
rinsed with DMAC (5 ml) to ensure complete transfer of the ethyl-
amine. 2,6-Difluoro-3-nitrobenzonitrile (1.197, 0.00650 mol) in
DMAC (5 ml) was added, leading to the formation of a cloudy yellow
reaction mixture. Additional DMAC (5 ml) was used to wash the
transfer container and this was added to the reaction mixture,
followed by toluene (20 ml). At approximately 363 K, the colour of
the reaction mixture was a cloudy orange. The temperature was
raised to 393 K and the reaction allowed to continue at this
temperature for 7 h. The crude product was isolated as for (I) and
purified by silica-gel chromatography (20% dichloromethane in
hexane, v/v), to give a bright-yellow solid. Crystals of (II) suitable for
X-ray diffraction were obtained by recrystallization from methanol
(yield 71%; m.p. 420–422 K). Spectroscopic analysis for (II): 1H NMR
(300 MHz, CDCl3): ꢁ 9.10 (t, 1H), 8.31 (m, 1H), 6.00 (m, 1H), 5.45 (t,
1H), 3.84 (m, 2H), 3.36 (m, 2H), 1.35 (m, 6H); 13C NMR (300 MHz,
CDCl3): ꢁ 157.40, 149.44, 134.17, 124.30, 118.28, 99.67, 77.26, 40.23,
ꢂ3
˚
Áꢇmax = 0.35 e A
Áꢇmin = ꢂ0.26 e A
ꢂ3
˚
4717 reflections
Compound (II)
Crystal data
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V = 1133.9 (17) A
Z = 4
C11H14N4O2
Mr = 234.26
Monoclinic, P21=c
Mo Kꢄ radiation
ꢅ = 0.10 mmꢂ1
T = 150 K
0.55 ꢄ 0.40 ꢄ 0.18 mm
˚
a = 10.988 (8) A
˚
b = 4.865 (4) A
˚
c = 21.220 (18) A
ꢃ = 91.62 (4)ꢁ
Data collection
Bruker SMART 6000 CCD area-
detector diffractometer
Absorption correction: multi-scan
(SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996)
Tmin = 0.819, Tmax = 1.000
11551 measured reflections
2745 independent reflections
2346 reflections with I > 2ꢆ(I)
Rint = 0.020
ꢃ
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