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recorded in CD2Cl2 on a Varian Gemini 400 MHz NMR
spectrometer and recorded in ppm relative to residual
CHDCl2 in CD2Cl2 at 5.32 ppm for 1H and CD2Cl2 at
54.0 ppm for 13C. IR spectra were collected on a Perkin
Elmer Spectrum One FTIR equipped with a universal ATR
attachment. UV/visible spectra were recorded in CH2Cl2
solution on a Cary 5E spectrometer. Melting points are
uncorrected. Elemental analyses were obtained from the
School of Chemical Sciences Microanalysis Laboratory at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
J = 2.4 Hz); 7.30 (m, 2H, HAr); 7.25 (d, 1H, HAr,
J = 7.2 Hz); 7.20 (m, 2H, HAr,); 2.48 ppm (s, 3H, SCH3).
13C NMR: d 160.0, 156.2, 144.2, 136.2, 133.1, 130.4, 129.0,
125.9, 125.7, 123.8, 123.1, 121.1, 117.6, 15.2 ppm. Analysis
calc. (found) for C14H11Cl2NOS: C, 53.86 (53.41); H, 3.55
(3.39); N, 4.49 (4.36).
X-ray Crystallography General
Crystal and data collection parameters are given in Table 1.
Data for 1 and 2 were collected on a Bruker–Nonius CAD4/
Mach3 diffractometer equipped with an Oxford Cryostreams
Synthesis of Schiff Bases
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Cobra cryostat using Mo-Ka (k = 0.71073 A) radiation at
5-Bromo-N-[2-(methylthio)phenyl]salicylaldimine (1)
173(2) K. Data collection and cell refinement was performed
using CAD4 express [26]. Data reduction was carried out
using XCAD4 [27]. Unit cell parameters were obtained from
a least-squares refinement of 25 centered reflections. The
data were corrected for absorption through the use of
empirical psi-scans [28]. Solution and data analysis were
performed using the WinGX software package. The struc-
tures were solved by direct methods using SIR-92 [29] for
compound 1 and SIR-2004 [30] for compound 2. The
refinements were completed using the program SHELXL-97
[31]. Hydrogen atoms attached to carbon were assigned
positions based on the geometries of their attached carbons.
The hydroxyl hydrogens were assigned positions based on
the Fourier difference map.
A 100 mL roundbottom flask was charged with 60 mL of
ethanol, 1.5339 g (11.018 mmol) of 2-(methylthio)aniline,
and 2.0646 g (10.809 mmol) of 3,5-dichlorosalicylaldeyde.
The resulting mixture changed from yellow to orange in
color and was refluxed for 30 min. The mixture was cooled to
room temperature and the product allowed to crystallize at
-30 °C overnight. The precipitate was filtered off and
washed with diethyl ether to yield 3.076 g (91%) of 1 as an
orange solid. Single crystals of 1 suitable for X-ray diffrac-
tion were grown by solvent diffusion of hexanes (mixture of
all five isomers, Fischer Scientific) into a methylene chloride
solution of 1. MP: 107–108 °C. IR: 1611 cm–1 (C=N). UV/
vis; kmax(e): 272 nm (18800 M-1 cm-1), 368 nm (9200
1
M-1 cm-1). H NMR: d 13.13 (s, 1H, OH); 8.51 (s, 1H,
CH=N); 7.48 (d, 1H, HAr, J = 2.8 Hz); 7.43 (dd, 1H, HAr,
J = 8.8 and 2.4 Hz); 7.25 (m, 2H, HAr); 7.17 (d, 2H, HAr,
J = 4.0 Hz); 6.91 (d, 1H, HAr, J = 8.8 Hz); 2.46 ppm (s,
3H, SCH3). 13C NMR: d 160.6, 160.5, 144.9, 136.1, 135.8,
134.8, 128.4, 125.7, 125.3, 121.2, 119.7, 117.5, 118.8,
15.0 ppm. Analysis calc. (found) for C14H12BrNOS: C,
52.18 (52.24); H, 3.75 (3.60); N, 4.35 (4.20).
Results and Discussion
The compounds were prepared by refluxing equimolar
amounts of substituted salicylaldehyde and 2-(methyl-
thio)aniline in absolute ethanol (Fig. 1). Both compounds
were isolated as orange solids in better than 90% yield.
IR and UV/vis Spectroscopy
3,5-Dichloro-N-[2-(methylthio)phenyl]salicylaldimine (2)
Both of the compounds have a strong absorbance at
1611 cm-1 in the infrared, confirming the presence of the
imine moiety. Additionally, both 1 and 2 have similar UV/
vis spectra in methylene chloride solution; both compounds
have strong absorptions near 270 and 370 nm.
A 100 mL roundbottom flask was charged with 30 mL of
ethanol, 1.4250 g (10.236 mmol) of 2-(methylthio)aniline,
and 1.9790 g (9.845 mmol) of 5-bromosalicylaldeyde. The
resulting mixture was refluxed for 60 min and cooled to
room temperature. The mixture was moved into a freezer at
-30 °C and theproduct was allowed to crystallizeovernight.
The precipitate was filtered off and washed with diethyl ether
to yield 2.957 g (93%) of 2 as an orange solid. Single crystals
of 2 suitable for X-ray diffraction were grown by solvent
diffusion of hexanes (mixture of all five isomers, Fischer
Scientific) into a methylene chloride solution of 2. MP: 116–
117 °C. IR: 1611 cm–1 (C=N). UV/vis; kmax(e): 273 nm
(18000 M-1 cm-1), 370 nm (8470 M-1 cm-1). 1H NMR: d
13.91 (s, 1H, OH); 8.56 (s, 1H, CH=N); 7.43 (d, 1H, HAr,
1H NMR Spectroscopy
Both compounds have simple and similar 1H NMR spectra
in CD2Cl2 solution. The SCH3 resonance is at 2.46 and
2.48 ppm in 1 and 2, respectively. The N=CH resonance
for both compounds is also similar (8.51 ppm in 1 and
8.56 ppm in 2). Both compounds exhibit sharp OH reso-
nances, indicative of strong intramolecular hydrogen
bonding, at 13.13 ppm in 1 and 13.91 ppm in 2.
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