Solvent-dependent polymorphism in isomeric N-(nitrobenzylidene)iodoanilines

G Ferguson, C Glidewell, J N Low, J M S Skakle, J L Wardell

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Abstract

Three of the nine isomeric N-(nitrobenzylidene)iodoanilines, C13H9IN2O2, have been found, when crystallized from acetone, to yield polymorphs which differ from those obtained upon crystallization from ethanol. In the second polymorph of 2-iodo-N-(2-nitrobenzylidene)aniline, the molecules are disordered across inversion centres in space group C2/c, but there are no direction-specific interactions between the molecules. In the second polymorph of 2-iodo-N-(3-nitrobenzylidene)aniline, the molecules adopt a different conformation from those in the first polymorph, and they are linked into sheets by a combination of a three-centre iodo-nitro interaction and an aromatic - stacking interaction, both of which are absent from the supramolecular structure of the first polymorph. The second polymorph of 3-iodo-N-(2-nitrobenzylidene)aniline crystallizes with Z' = 2 in space group P21, and the molecules are linked into sheets by one C-HO hydrogen bond and two C-H(arene) hydrogen bonds.

Formula: C52H36I4N8O8, C13H9IN2O2 and C13H9IN2O2

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)o445-o449
Number of pages5
JournalActa Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications
VolumeC61
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005

Keywords

  • Pi-stacking interactions
  • Center-dot-nitro
  • Crystal-structure prediction
  • Small organic-molecules
  • Hydrogen-bonds
  • Interplay
  • 1,4-diiodobenzene
  • Patterns

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