Nwachukwu CI, Bowling NP, Bosch E. C-I...N and C-I...π halogen bonding in the structures of 1-benzyliodoimidazole derivatives.
ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION C-STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY 2017;
73:2-8. [PMID:
28035095 DOI:
10.1107/s2053229616018702]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
Halogen bonding is a well-established and intensively studied intermolecular interaction that has also been used in the preparation of functional materials. While polyfluoroiodo- and polyfluorobromobenzenes have been widely used as aromatic halogen-bond donors, there have been very few studies of iodoimidazoles with regard to halogen bonding. We describe here the X-ray structures of three iodoimidazole derivatives, namely 1-benzyl-2-iodo-1H-imidazole, C10H9IN2, (1), 1-benzyl-4-iodo-1H-imidazole, C10H9IN2, (2), and 1-benzyl-2-iodo-1H-benzimidazole, C14H11IN2, (3), and the halogen bonds that dominate the intermolecular interactions in each of these three structures. The three-dimensional structure of (1) is dominated by a strong C-I...N halogen bond, with an N...I distance of 2.8765 (2) Å, that connects the molecules into one-dimensional zigzag ribbons of molecules. In contrast, the three-dimensional structures of (2) and (3) both feature C-I...π halogen-bonded dimers.
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