Trimethyl-, triethyl- and trimethoxybenzene-based tripodal compounds bearing pyrazole groups: conformations and halogen-/hydrogen-bond patterns in the crystalline state

CrystEngComm ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (27) ◽  
pp. 3817-3833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niklas Koch ◽  
Wilhelm Seichter ◽  
Monika Mazik

X-ray analyses of a series of benzene-based tripodal molecules1–9provide interesting insights into the molecular recognition phenomena and give information about the different conformations which adopt the molecules in the solvent-free crystals and in solvates.

2008 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 476-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Gajda ◽  
Andrzej Katrusiak

3-Aminopropan-1-ol, NH2(CH2)3OH, was pressure-frozen and its structure determined at 0.2, 0.9 and 1.31 GPa by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The freezing pressure of 0.13 GPa at 296 K was measured by ruby fluorescence in the diamond–anvil cell and from compressibility measurement in the piston-and-cylinder reaction press. The molecules assume an extended conformation in the crystalline state, different from the pseudo-ring conformers, with the terminal groups linked by an intramolecular hydrogen bond, present in the gaseous and liquid states. The polar arrangement in the 3-aminopropan-1-ol crystals is explained in terms of the pattern of intermolecular hydrogen bonds.


2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis E. Seijas ◽  
Gerzon E. Delgado ◽  
Asiloé J. Mora ◽  
Andrew N. Fitch ◽  
Michela Brunelli

Amino acids often cocrystallize with water molecules, which make them pseudopolymorphs of their anhydrous forms. In this work, we discuss in detail the hydrogen bond patterns in anhydrous L-proline and DL-proline and its pseudopolymorphic forms: L-proline monohydrate and DL-proline monohydrate. For this propose, the crystal structure of L-proline anhydrous was determined from synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data and refined using the Rietveld method. Special emphasis is given to the role played by the water molecule in the hydrogen bond network observed in the crystalline structures.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 1101
Author(s):  
Anirban Karmakar ◽  
Anup Paul ◽  
Elia Pantanetti Sabatini ◽  
M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva ◽  
Armando J. L. Pombeiro

The new coordination polymers (CPs) [Zn(μ-1κO1:1κO2-L)(H2O)2]n·n(H2O) (1) and [Cd(μ4-1κO1O2:2κN:3,4κO3-L)(H2O)]n·n(H2O) (2) are reported, being prepared by the solvothermal reactions of 5-{(pyren-4-ylmethyl)amino}isophthalic acid (H2L) with Zn(NO3)2.6H2O or Cd(NO3)2.4H2O, respectively. They were synthesized in a basic ethanolic medium or a DMF:H2O mixture, respectively. These compounds were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, FTIR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric and elemental analysis. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that compound 1 is a one dimensional linear coordination polymer, whereas 2 presents a two dimensional network. In both compounds, the coordinating ligand (L2−) is twisted due to the rotation of the pyrene ring around the CH2-NH bond. In compound 1, the Zn(II) metal ion has a tetrahedral geometry, whereas, in 2, the dinuclear [Cd2(COO)2] moiety acts as a secondary building unit and the Cd(II) ion possesses a distorted octahedral geometry. Recently, several CPs have been explored for the cyanosilylation reaction under conventional conditions, but microwave-assisted cyanosilylation of aldehydes catalyzed by CPs has not yet been well studied. Thus, we have tested the solvent-free microwave-assisted cyanosilylation reactions of different aldehydes, with trimethylsilyl cyanide, using our synthesized compounds, which behave as highly active heterogeneous catalysts. The coordination polymer 1 is more effective than 2, conceivably due to the higher Lewis acidity of the Zn(II) than the Cd(II) center and to a higher accessibility of the metal centers in the former framework. We have also checked the heterogeneity and recyclability of these coordination polymers, showing that they remain active at least after four recyclings.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lan Guan ◽  
Parameswaran Hariharan

AbstractMajor facilitator superfamily_2 transporters are widely found from bacteria to mammals. The melibiose transporter MelB, which catalyzes melibiose symport with either Na+, Li+, or H+, is a prototype of the Na+-coupled MFS transporters, but its sugar recognition mechanism has been a long-unsolved puzzle. Two high-resolution X-ray crystal structures of a Salmonella typhimurium MelB mutant with a bound ligand, either nitrophenyl-α-d-galactoside or dodecyl-β-d-melibioside, were refined to a resolution of 3.05 or 3.15 Å, respectively. In the substrate-binding site, the interaction of both galactosyl moieties on the two ligands with MelBSt are virturally same, so the sugar specificity determinant pocket can be recognized, and hence the molecular recognition mechanism for sugar binding in MelB has been deciphered. The conserved cation-binding pocket is also proposed, which directly connects to the sugar specificity pocket. These key structural findings have laid a solid foundation for our understanding of the cooperative binding and symport mechanisms in Na+-coupled MFS transporters, including eukaryotic transporters such as MFSD2A.


2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-198
Author(s):  
James A. Kaduk ◽  
Kai Zhong ◽  
Amy M. Gindhart ◽  
Thomas N. Blanton

The crystal structure of ziprasidone hydrochloride monohydrate has been solved and refined using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data, and optimized using density functional techniques. Ziprasidone hydrochloride monohydrate crystallizes in space group P-1 (#2) with a = 7.250 10(3), b = 10.986 66(8), c = 14.071 87(14) Å, α = 83.4310(4), β = 80.5931(6), γ = 87.1437(6)°, V = 1098.00(1) Å3, and Z = 2. The ziprasidone conformation in the solid state is very close to the minimum energy conformation. The positively-charged nitrogen in the ziprasidone makes a strong hydrogen bond with the chloride anion. The water molecule makes two weaker bonds to the chloride, and acts as an acceptor in an N–H⋯O hydrogen bond. The powder pattern is included in the Powder Diffraction File™ as entry 00-064-1492.


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