organic compounds
intramolecular C14—H14ꢀ ꢀ ꢀS2 interaction, forming an S(6)
ring, stabilize the molecular geometry and crystal packing
along with two other intramolecular hydrogen bonds (N2—
H1N2ꢀ ꢀ ꢀS1 and C6—H6ꢀ ꢀ ꢀO1), forming a five-membered
ring, and van der Waals interactions.
The crystal structure of (I) is further stabilized by three
intermolecular hydrogen bonds (N1—H1N1ꢀ ꢀ ꢀS2i, C2—
H2Aꢀ ꢀ ꢀS2i and C15—H15Aꢀ ꢀ ꢀO1ii; Table 2). Atoms S2, C8,
N1 and H1N1 form an eight-membered hydrogen-bonded
ring, resulting in a dimer around an inversion centre, as shown
in Fig. 2. These five-, six- and eight-membered hydrogen-
bonded rings can be described by the graph-set motifs S(5),
S(6) and R22(8), respectively (Fig. 2).
From the MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) study of
(I) (see Experimental), it can be seen that the compound has
some amount of inhibitory activity against Gram-positive and
Gram-negative bacteria. Bacillus subtilis, Klebsiella pneumo-
niae and Esherichia coli are seen to be inhibited at concen-
trations of 3.125, 6.25 and 12.50 g lꢁ1 of (I), respectively.
Experimental
2-(Benzylsulfanyl)aniline was synthesized according to the literature
procedure of Shi et al. (2006). All the chemicals used were of Merck
purity. In a typical procedure, benzoyl chloride (1.16 ml, 0.01 mol)
was added dropwise to a solution of ammonium thiocyanate (0.76 g,
0.01 mol) in water (10 ml) and stirred for 1 h. The solid which formed
was filtered off, dried between sheets of filter paper and mixed with
2-(benzylsulfanyl)aniline (2.15 g, 0.01 mol). The solid mixture was
then ground in an agate mortar for 30 min, extracted with acetone
and diluted with cold water. The solid thiourea which formed was
filtered off, dried and recrystallized from methanol–dichloromethane
(1:1 v/v) to obtain white crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction analysis
(yield 90%; m.p. 369 K). 1H NMR (TMS, CDCl3): ꢃ 12.73 (s, 1H), 9.07
(s, 1H), 8.32 (d, J = 8.28 Hz, 1H), 7.93 (d, J = 6.88 Hz, 2H), 7.66 (t, J =
8 Hz, 1H), 7.55 (t, J = 8.1 Hz, 2H), 7.41 (d, J = 8 Hz, 1H), 7.34 (t, J =
8 Hz, 1H), 7.12–7.21 (m, 6H), 4.02 (s, 2H). 13C NMR (TMS, CDCl3): ꢃ
178.45, 166.28, 133.69, 129.22, 128.99, 128.42, 127.62, 127.27, 127.08,
39.99. FT–IR (KBr) ꢀmax (cmꢁ1): (C O) 1671, (N—H) 3328, (C—N)
1336, (C S) 748. UV–Visible (ꢁmax, EtOH): 240, 206. Analysis
calculated for C21H18N2OS2: C 66.66, H 4.76, N 7.40%; found: C
66.39, H 4.70, N 7.21%.
Figure 2
Capped-sticks diagrams showing the formation of the dimer of (I) via
hydrogen bonding. [Symmetry codes: (i) ꢁx; ꢁy þ 1; ꢁz; (ii) x; y ꢁ 1; z.]
chemical shift for N—H was found as a singlet at ꢃ 12.73 for
the H atom in the hydrogen bond. Another singlet of N—H
was at about at ꢃ 9.07. Two benzyl H atoms appear as a singlet
at ꢃ 4.02. Aromatic H atoms appear around ꢃ 7.21–8.33. The
13C NMR spectrum in CDCl3 (100 MHz) shows peaks at ꢃ
178.45, 166.28 and 39.99 for C S, C O and the benzyl
methylene C atom, respectively. Peaks at ꢃ 127.08–133.69
correspond to the aromatic C atoms.
Single crystals of (I) suitable for X-ray analysis were grown
from methanol–dichloromethane (1:1 v/v). The analysis of (I)
shows that it crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c
with four molecules in the unit cell. In the molecule, the
C7—O1 and C8—S2 bonds show typical double-bond char-
acter (Table 1). All the C—N bonds are indicative of partial
double-bond character. The C8—N1 bond, due to its proxi-
mity to the carbonyl group, is slightly shorter compared to the
C9—N2 bond (Zhang et al., 1996; Jin et al., 1997). These bond
lengths are in agreement with the corresponding distances
observed in other 1-benzoyl-3-phenylthiourea molecules
reported in the Cambridge Structural Database (Allen, 2002)
[refcodes AMEBOJ (Arslan et al., 2003), ERENUK (Zhou et
al., 2004), GUWFIN (Yamin & Yusof, 2003b), HOFHIT
(Shanmuga Sundara Raj et al., 1999), HURYAU (Yamin &
Yusof, 2003a), PUYWIP (Usman et al., 2002), UKOQUG
(Zhou et al., 2003), WIRSEV (Zhang et al., 1996) and
XEQDAY (Li et al., 2000)].
In the antibacterial study, the MIC value of the synthesized
compound was determined according to the literature method of
Rangasamy et al. (2007). Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia Coli
as Gram negative and Bacillus subtilis as Gram positive strains of
bacteria was used for the study. These bacteria were cultured in Luria
broth (LB) media and cultures were grown until they obtained a
growth equivalent to 0.5 McFarland’s Standard. A stock solution of
25 g lꢁ1 in 100% dimethyl sulfoxide of the compound was prepared.
The MIC was determined using 96 well plates. 200 ml of the
compound from the stock solution was added to the first well. From
the second well to the eighth well, 100 ml of LB media was added.
Now from the first well 100 ml of the solution was taken and added to
the second well and subsequently serially diluted until the eighth well
had a concentration of 195 mg mlꢁ1. To all the wells, 100 ml of
bacterial inoculum were added. The plates were then incubated at
310 K overnight. After the incubation period, 40 ml of MTT [3-(4,5-
dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] solution [at a
concentration of 0.2 g lꢁ1 of Phosphate Buffer Saline (pH 7.4)] was
Like other N-benzoyl-N0-phenylthioureas, (I) possesses
intra- and intermolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions, as
detailed in Table 2. The strong intramolecular hydrogen-bond-
like N2—H1N2ꢀ ꢀ ꢀO1 interaction between carbonyl atom O1
and an NH group, forming a six-membered ring, and a weak
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