Intra- and supra­molecular inter­actions in cis,mer-diaqua­tris­(1H-imidazole-κN 3)(terephthalato-κO)cobalt(II) monohydrate

In the title compound, [Co(C8H4O4)(C3H4N2)3(H2O)2]·H2O, the cisoid angles are in the range 85.59 (5)–93.56 (5)°, while two equal transoid angles deviate significantly from the ideal linear angle, the third being almost linear. One carboxyl­ate group is almost coplanar [1.23 (13)°] with the plane of its parent aromatic ring, although it has one O-atom donor involved in one coordination and one hydrogen bond as acceptor. The other carboxyl­ate group does not coordinate and is rotated out of this plane with a torsional twist of 17.27 (20)°. The coordination neutral entity, based on aqua ligands and two cyclic co-ligands seems, at first sight, monomeric. Strongly tight, via one intra­molecular hydrogen bond between aqua and carboxyl­ate O atoms, it brings out a quasi-planar six-membered ring around the CoII atom, turning the CoN3O3 coordination octa­hedron into a new building block. The rigidity of this feature associated with several hydrogen-bonded arrays yields an extended structure. In the resulting supra­molecular packing, a binuclear hydrated CoII assembly, built up from triple strands driven by different heterosynthons, embodies the synergy of coordination, covalent and hydrogen bonds

2D-NMR, X-ray crystallography and theoretical studies of the reaction mechanism for the synthesis of 1,5-benzodiazepines from dehydroacetic acid derivatives and o-phenylenediamines

The synthesis of 1,5-benzodiazepines by the reaction of o-phenylenediamines (o-PDAs) with dehydroacetic acid DHAA [3-acetyl-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-one] or conjugate analogues is largely reported in the literature, but still with uncontrolled stereochemistry. In this work, a comprehensive mechanistic study on the formation of some synthesized 1,5-benzodiazepine models following different organic routes is established based on liquid-state 2D NMR, single-crystal X-ray diffraction and theoretical calculations allowing the classification of two prototropic forms A (enaminopyran-2,4-dione) and B (imino-4-hydroxypyran-2-one). Evidences are presented to show that most of the reported 1,5-benzodiazepine structures arising from DHAA and derivatives preferentially adopt the (E)-enaminopyran-2,4-diones A. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved