organic compounds
different orientations related by the mirror operation of A1
layers. Polytype MDO2 is only evidenced indirectly by the
twinning operation. At the contact plane, at least one
A2+A1A2ꢃ triple layer of MDO2 exists.
In all polytypes, the configuration and conformation of the
molecules is identical and intermolecular interaction is
confined to A2 layers. The polytypes only differ in the relative
orientation of molecules which are loosely connected by the
phenyl rings. However, independent of the orientation, the
arrangement of the phenyl rings is virtually identical, due to
the higher symmetry of A1 layers. Thus, the OD interpretation
is valid and gives a plausible explanation of the observed
twinning.
Experimental
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The syntheses of (3-bromo-2-thienyl)trimethylsilane (Frohlich &
Kalt, 1990) and azidobenzene (Cwiklicki & Rehse, 2004) were
performed according to previously reported methods. All other
chemicals were obtained commercially and were used without further
purification.
The precursor (Z)-trimethyl[4-(methylsulfanyl)but-3-en-1-yn-1-yl]-
silane, (II), was prepared by analogy with the pentene compound
(Lumpi et al., 2011). To a solution of (3-bromo-2-thienyl)trimethyl-
silane (1.88 g, 8.0 mmol) in dry Et2O (30 ml, 0.3 M) under an argon
atmosphere at 203 K, n-BuLi (3.5 ml, 8.8 mmol; 2.5 M solution in
hexanes) was added over a period of 15 min and the mixture stirred
for 1 h. The mixture was then warmed to 283 K, stirred for 1 h, cooled
to 273 K and MeI (2.50 g, 17.6 mmol) was added. After 1 h at room
temperature, the mixture was poured onto a half-saturated NH4Cl
solution and extracted with Et2O. The organic layer was washed with
brine, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and concentrated. Column
chromatography [light petroleum, dichloromethane (1!4%)]
yielded 0.685 g (50%) of (II) as a pale-yellow liquid. 1H NMR
(200 MHz, CDCl3): ꢁ 6.49 (d, J = 10.0 Hz, 1H), 5.49 (d, J = 10.0 Hz,
1H), 2.38 (s, 3H), 0.20 (s, 9H); 13C NMR (50 MHz, CDCl3): ꢁ 143.1
(d), 104.5 (d), 102.9 (s), 101.2 (s), 16.8 (q), ꢃ0.1 (q). Analysis calcu-
lated for C8H14SSi: m/z 171.0658 [M + H]+; found: MS (APCI): m/z
171.0686 [M + H]+.
Figure 3
Global and local symmetry of the (a) MDO1 (P21/c) and (b) MDO2
(Pbcm) polytypes of (I), represented schematically by two non-
equivalent triangles which are black on one side and white on the other.
A small triangle of opposite shading indicates translation along 12 b.
Symmetry elements are as in Fig. 2.
the latter can appear in two orientations related by the mirror
operation, which will be denoted A2+ and A2ꢃ. The twofold
rotation generates the same pair of orientations and the
c-glide applies to A2 layers as well and therefore does not
produce additional possible orientations. For A2 layers, on the
other hand, the operations to be considered are the members
of P(1)c1. All of them apply to adjacent A1 layers. Thus, given
the position of the former, the position of the latter is fixed.
These stacking possibilities give rise to two polytypes with a
maximum degree of order (MDO) (Dornberger-Schiff &
Grell, 1982). For MDO1: P21/c, a = a0 + 2sc and all A2 layers
appear in the same orientation. For MDO2: Pbca, a = 2a0, and
The title compound was prepared by analogy with the propenyl
compound (Lumpi et al., 2011). To a suspension of (II) (0.427 g,
2.51 mmol, 1.00 equivalent), azidobenzene (0.372 g, 3.12 mmol,
1.25 equivalents), CuSO4ꢁ5H2O (0.125 g, 0.50 mmol, 20 mol%) and
sodium ascorbate (0.200 g, 1.01 mmol, 40 mol%) in t-BuOH–H2O
(1:1 v/v, 6.3 ml, 0.4 M) was added potassium fluoride (0.169 g,
2.91 mmol, 1.16 equivalents). The reaction vessel was sealed and
heated at 323 K for 18 h. The reaction mixture was then diluted with
water and extracted with Et2O. The combined organic layers were
washed with brine and dried over anhydrous Na2SO4. Suction
filtration and evaporation of the solvent, followed by column chro-
matography (light petroleum, Et2O, 3:1 v/v) and crystallization from
n-hexane, afforded (I) (0.386 g, 71%) as a white solid. Single crystals
were obtained by recrystallization from n-hexane (m.p. 362.9–
A2 layers appear alternately as A2+ and A2ꢃ
A common feature in OD structures is desymmetrization of
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layers (Durovic, 1979). Indeed, the symmetry of A layers is
reduced from P(b)cm to P(1)21/c1 and P(b)c21 in MDO1 and
MDO2, respectively. The symmetry of A2 layers, on the other
hand, is retained in both MDO polytypes. The local and global
symmetries of both MDO polytypes are shown schematically
in Fig. 3.
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362.2 K). H NMR (400 MHz, CD2Cl2): ꢁ 8.21 (s, 1H), 7.77 (d, J =
8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.55 (t, J = 7.8 Hz, 2H), 7.46 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 1H), 6.65 (d, J =
10.8 Hz, 1H), 6.43 (d, J = 10.6 Hz, 1H), 2.48 (s, 3H); 13C NMR
(100 MHz, CD2Cl2): ꢁ 145.8 (s), 137.6 (s), 131.3 (d), 130.3 (d), 129.1
(d), 121.0 (d), 120.4 (d), 114.5 (d), 18.6 (q). Analysis calculated for
C11H11N3S: m/z 218.0746 [M + H]+; found: MS (ESI): m/z 218.0756
[M + H]+.
As mentioned previously, crystals of (I) are twins. The twin
components are of the MDO1 polytype, appearing in two
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