Crystal Structure
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th e product, m .p. 256–258 °C (ref.9 251–253 °C). 1H NMR (CDCl3): 3.74 s, 6 H (CH2); 2.46 s,
9 H (CH3). EI-MS, m/z (rel. %): 237 (M+, 50), 210 (100), 197 (35), 183 (12), 170 (18), 154 (7),
128 (11), 115 (11), 91 (5), 77 (6), 63 (4), 51 (5), 39 (6). IR (KBr): 2 978 m , 2 957 m (νas CH3);
2 882 w sh (νs CH3); 2 248 s (ν CN); 1 574 w, 1 471 w sh (ν rin g); 1 454 m (δas CH3); 1 428 vs
(βs CH2); 1 386 m (δs CH3); 1 311 w (γs CH2); 1 298 w, 1 101 w, 1 023 m (arom atics); 1 232 w
(γas CH2); 935 w, 922 w, 907 w (ν C–CN); 803 m (βas CH2). For C15H15N3 (237.3) calculated:
75.92% C, 6.37% H, 17.71% N; foun d: 75.62% C, 6.43% H, 17.92% N.
2,4,6-Trim eth ylben zen e-1,3,5-triacetic Acid (2)
Th e tris(cyan om eth yl) derivative 5 (6.7 g, 28.2 m m ol) was h eated un der reflux with 20%
aqueous sodium h ydroxide in eth an ol (28 m l) for 14 h . Th e reaction m ixture was acidified
with con cen trated h ydroch loric acid, th e precipitate was filtered off, wash ed with water an d
recrystallized from water. Yield 6.82 g (82%), m .p. 282–284 °C (ref.5 283–285 °C). 1H NMR
(CD3SOCD3): 12.27 s, 3 H (COOH); 3.63 s, 6 H (CH2); 2.16 s, 9 H (CH3). EI-MS, m/z (rel.%):
294 (M+, 4), 256 (22), 213 (8), 185 (8), 167 (9), 149 (28), 129 (21), 111 (14), 97 (28), 83 (34),
69 (51), 57 (93), 43 (100). IR (KBr): 3 479 w (ν OH, COOH m on om er); 3 073 s, 3 002 s (ν OH,
COOH dim er); 2 975 s (νas CH3); 2 893 s sh (νs CH3); 2 738 s, 2 645 s, 2 548 m (dim er);
1 697 vvs, 1 655 s (ν C=O); 1 572 w, 1 477 m sh (ν rin g); 1 458 m (δas CH3); 1 438 m sh (βs
CH2); 1 412 s, 1 288 s, 1 243 s (ν C–O + δ COH, COOH dim er); 1 393 s, 1 378 s sh (δs CH3);
1 323 m (γs CH2); 1 227 s (γas CH2); 1 303 s sh , 1 189 s, 1 243 s (arom atics); 1 075 w, 1 066 w
(δas CH3); 930 s br (γ COH, COOH dim er); 799 w (βas CH2). For C15H18O6 (294.3) calculated:
61.22% C, 6.16% H; foun d: 60.96% C, 6.14% H.
X-Ray Diffraction An alysis
Sin gle crystal X-ray diffraction data: C12H24N33+·C15H15O63–·3H2O·0.5C2H5OH, M.w. 578.7,
m on oclin ic, space group P2/n (n on -stan dard settin g of P2/c, No. 13), a = 17.476(1) Å, b =
9.103(2) Å, c = 18.908(2) Å, β = 100.583(7)°, V = 2 957.3(5) Å–3, Z = 4, Dc = 1.300 g cm –3
,
F(000) = 1 252. A prism atic crystal of th e dim en sion s 0.2 × 0.1 × 0.3 m m (grown from 20%
aqueous eth an ol) was m easured at 293 on CAD4 diffractom eter with graph ite-
K
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m onochrom ated MoKα radiation (λ = 0.71073 Å). Absorption was neglected (µ = 0.10 m m –1).
Th e lattice param eters were determ in ed from 25 reflection s in th e 12–13° θ-ran ge. Th e in ten -
sities of reflection s were m easured by θ–2θ scan between h –16,16 , k 0,8 , l 0,18 . Th ree
stan dard reflection s m on itored durin g th e m easurem en t in 1 h in tervals sh owed an in ten sity
variation of 2%. From 3 090 m easured reflection s, 2 097 were un ique (R = 0.0513) an d 1 553
in t
were regarded as “observed” accordin g to th e I ≥ 2σ(I) criterion . Th e structure was solved by
direct m eth ods9 (SHELXS86) an d refin ed by SHELXL93 (ref.10) usin g a full-m atrix least
squares procedure based on F2. Th ere rem ain ed sign ifican t region s of electron den sity on th e
differen ce m ap, wh ich were in terpreted as on e h alf of disordered eth an ol per form ula un it
(origin ated from th e solven t used for obtain in g th e sin gle crystal). Th e disorder was m odeled
with two position s of eth an ol related by sligh tly m utually displaced (by 0.45 Å) cen tral car-
bon atom s an d term in al atom s of 0.5 relative occupan cy or carbon an d/or oxygen , i.e., th ese
atom s are in terch an ged in th e two position s. Th is m odel appears justified sin ce (i) it leads to
con siderable lowerin g of th e R-factor, (ii) th e resultin g m etric param eters of eth an ol are
quite reason able: th e cen tral-term in al in teratom ic distan ce (i.e., th e m ean of C–C an d C–O)
is 1.43 Å an d th e bon d an gle on th e cen tral carbon is 122°, (iii) th e presen ce of eth an ol was
con firm ed by NMR spectroscopy. From th e crystallograph ic poin t of view, its m olecule is lo-
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