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matoid arthritis (Haynes & Whitehouse, 1989). Metal
complexes are also used as models to understand the elec-
tronic and structural properties of the active sites in metal-
loenzymes (Casella et al., 1988; Gullotti, et al., 1989) and
metal±DNA interactions (Tran Qui & Bagieu, 1990). In the
course of synthesizing new ligands suitable for coordination
chemistry, we prepared two new heterocyclic thiones, namely
1,3-dibenzoylimidazolidine-2-thione, (I), and 1,3-dibenzoyl-
3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidine-2(1H)-thione, (II), from the
reactions of imidazolidine-2-thione and 1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-
pyrimidine-2-thiol, respectively, with benzoyl chloride.
ISSN 0108-2701
1,3-Dibenzoylimidazolidine-2-thione
and 1,3-dibenzoyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-
pyrimidine-2(1H)-thione
Canan Kazak,a Veysel T. Yilmaz,b* Suleyman Servi,c Murat
Kocac and Frank W. Heinemannd
aDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Ondokuz Mayis University,
55139 Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey, bDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and
Sciences, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139 Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey, cDepart-
of Arts and Sciences, Firat University, 23169 Elazig, Turkey, and dInstitut fur
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Anorganische Chemie, Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Correspondence e-mail: vtyilmaz@omu.edu.tr
Received 12 January 2005
Accepted 29 March 2005
Online 13 May 2005
The title compounds, 1,3-dibenzoylimidazolidine-2-thione,
C17H14N2O2S, (I), and 1,3-dibenzoyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-
pyrimidine-2(1H)-thione, C18H16N2O2S, (II), were obtained
from the reactions of imidazolidine-2-thione and 1,4,5,6-
tetrahydropyrimidine-2-thiol, respectively, with benzoyl
Views of the molecules of (I) and (II), including the atom-
numbering schemes, are shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Selected bond
distances and angles are listed in Tables 1 and 3. Each
compound exhibits a soft thione S-donor and three hard donor
sites (a carbonyl O and two N atoms) and seems to act as a
chelating or a bridging ligand. These compounds are also
interesting building blocks for generating coordination poly-
mers upon metal complexation. Both (I) and (II) consist of
imidazolidinethione and pyrimidinethione moieties bonded to
two benzoyl rings. The sulfur substituents exist in the thione
form. The C S bond lengths in (I) and (II) are consistent with
chloride. Compounds (I) and (II) contain, respectively,
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imidazolidinethione [C
S
=
1.6509 (14) A] and py-
Ê
rimidinethione [C S = 1.6918 (19) A] moieties bonded to
two benzoyl rings. The molecules of (I) exhibit C2 symmetry,
the C S bond lying along the twofold rotation axis, while the
molecules of (II) have mirror symmetry (Cs). The imida-
zolidine ring in (I) is essentially planar, while the pyrimidine
ring in (II) adopts a boat conformation. Molecules of (I) are
linked by weak intermolecular CÐHÁ Á ÁO interactions, while
molecules of (II) are held together by van der Waals
interactions.
Comment
Heterocyclic thioamides usually occurring in their thioketo
form are referred to as `thiones'. Heterocyclic thiones have a
wide range of applications as analytical reagents, as metal
corrosion inhibitors and in the pharmaceutical ®eld (Hussain
et al., 1990). These compounds are of particular interest in
coordination chemistry because they display both hard and
soft donor sites. In many instances, heterocyclic thiones
behave as polyfunctional ligands, with monodentate, chelating
and bridging coordination modes, and form a wide range of
transition metal complexes, many of which have important
chemical and biological properties (Raper, 1985, 1994, 1996,
1997; Akrivos, 2001). Furthermore, metal complexes of
heterocyclic thiones exhibit interesting anticarcinogenic
properties (Reedijk, 1992; van Boom & Reedijk, 1993;
Barnham et al., 1994) and are used in the treatment of rheu-
Figure 1
The molecule of (I), showing the atom-labelling scheme and 40%
probability displacement ellipsoids.
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DOI: 10.1107/S0108270105009844
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