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. 2009 Feb 18;65(Pt 3):o542. doi: 10.1107/S1600536809004590

1,2-Bis(di-2-pyridylphosphino­yl)ethane

Susan J Berners-Price a, Maribel Navarro a,, Brian W Skelton a,*
PMCID: PMC2968607  PMID: 21582201

Abstract

The crystal structure of the title compound, C22H20N4O2P2, consists of two independent half-mol­ecules, both of which lie on crystallographic inversion centres. There are no significant differences between the two mol­ecules.

Related literature

For the anti­tumour properties of metal complexes of bidentate tertiary phosphine ligands with pyridyl substituents, see: McKeage et al. (2000); Barnard & Berners-Price (2007); Liu et al. (2008). The crystal structure of the parent 1,2-bis­(di-2-pyridylphosphino)ethane mol­ecule has been determined (Jones et al., 1999). The structure of 1,2-bis­(di-phenyl­phosphino)ethane dioxide (Calcagno et al., 2000) is similar, with the two halves of the mol­ecule related by a pseudo-inversion centre, but this is not isomorphous with the title compound.graphic file with name e-65-0o542-scheme1.jpg

Experimental

Crystal data

  • C22H20N4O2P2

  • M r = 434.36

  • Triclinic, Inline graphic

  • a = 8.3760 (6) Å

  • b = 8.8496 (8) Å

  • c = 16.2332 (11) Å

  • α = 105.627 (7)°

  • β = 92.429 (5)°

  • γ = 112.559 (7)°

  • V = 1055.67 (16) Å3

  • Z = 2

  • Mo Kα radiation

  • μ = 0.23 mm−1

  • T = 110 K

  • 0.22 × 0.10 × 0.06 mm

Data collection

  • Oxford Diffraction Gemini diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: Gaussian (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2008) T min = 0.968, T max = 0.988

  • 10983 measured reflections

  • 4842 independent reflections

  • 2698 reflections with I > 2σ(I)

  • R int = 0.059

Refinement

  • R[F 2 > 2σ(F 2)] = 0.052

  • wR(F 2) = 0.112

  • S = 0.86

  • 4842 reflections

  • 271 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • Δρmax = 0.43 e Å−3

  • Δρmin = −0.34 e Å−3

Data collection: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2008); cell refinement: CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2008); data reduction: CrysAlis RED; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1994); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEPII (Johnson, 1976); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2009).

Supplementary Material

Crystal structure: contains datablocks I, global. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809004590/fj2193sup1.cif

e-65-0o542-sup1.cif (18.8KB, cif)

Structure factors: contains datablocks I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809004590/fj2193Isup2.hkl

e-65-0o542-Isup2.hkl (232.3KB, hkl)

Additional supplementary materials: crystallographic information; 3D view; checkCIF report

Acknowledgments

The authors thank the Australian Research Council for financial assistance.

supplementary crystallographic information

Comment

Bidentate tertiary phosphine ligands with pyridyl substituents, such as 1,2-bis(di-2-pyridylphosphino)ethane (d2pype) are of interest because a number of studies have shown that metal complexes with these ligands exhibit selective anti-tumour properties (McKeage et al., 2000; Barnard and Berners-Price 2007; Liu et al., 2008). During the course of our work in this area, we obtained crystals of the phosphine oxide d2pypeO2 (I), which were suitable for X-ray diffraction studies.

Experimental

1,2-bis(di-2-pyridylphosphino)ethane (d2pype) was obtained from Strem Chemicals Inc. Single crystals of the title compound d2pypeO2 (I) suitable for X-ray crystallographic analysis were obtained as a by-product of slow evaporation of a solution of d2pype and copper (I) iodide (molar ratio 2:1) in acetonitrile-tetrahydrofuran mixture.

Refinement

The assignments of the py ring N,C atoms were made on the basis of refinement and location of the H atoms. All H atoms were positioned geometrically and refined using a riding model with C—H = 0.95–0.99 Å and with Uiso(H) = 1.2 times Ueq(C).

Figures

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1.

ORTEP drawing and atom labelling for molecule n = 1. Displacement ellipsoids of non-H atoms are drawn at the 50% probablility level. The structure of the second, n = 2, molecule is very similar.

Crystal data

C22H20N4O2P2 Z = 2
Mr = 434.36 F(000) = 452
Triclinic, P1 Dx = 1.366 Mg m3
Hall symbol: -p 1 Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
a = 8.3760 (6) Å Cell parameters from 2539 reflections
b = 8.8496 (8) Å θ = 3.3–32.6°
c = 16.2332 (11) Å µ = 0.23 mm1
α = 105.627 (7)° T = 110 K
β = 92.429 (5)° Plate, colourless
γ = 112.559 (7)° 0.22 × 0.10 × 0.06 mm
V = 1055.67 (16) Å3

Data collection

Oxford Diffraction Gemini diffractometer 4842 independent reflections
Radiation source: sealed tube 2698 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
graphite Rint = 0.059
ω scans θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 3.3°
Absorption correction: gaussian (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2008) h = −10→10
Tmin = 0.968, Tmax = 0.988 k = −11→11
10983 measured reflections l = −21→21

Refinement

Refinement on F2 Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods
Least-squares matrix: full Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.052 Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
wR(F2) = 0.112 H-atom parameters constrained
S = 0.86 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0495P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
4842 reflections (Δ/σ)max = 0.002
271 parameters Δρmax = 0.43 e Å3
0 restraints Δρmin = −0.34 e Å3

Special details

Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2)

x y z Uiso*/Ueq
P1 0.18196 (9) 0.21056 (9) 0.45935 (4) 0.02233 (18)
O1 0.3253 (2) 0.3074 (2) 0.53572 (11) 0.0272 (4)
C111 0.2511 (3) 0.0876 (3) 0.37091 (16) 0.0217 (6)
N112 0.1239 (3) −0.0366 (3) 0.30732 (14) 0.0267 (5)
C113 0.1759 (4) −0.1218 (4) 0.24034 (17) 0.0320 (7)
H113 0.0879 −0.2109 0.195 0.038*
C114 0.3487 (4) −0.0891 (4) 0.23254 (18) 0.0320 (7)
H114 0.3782 −0.1528 0.1831 0.038*
C115 0.4767 (4) 0.0385 (4) 0.29857 (19) 0.0372 (8)
H115 0.5969 0.0641 0.2957 0.045*
C116 0.4284 (3) 0.1287 (4) 0.36902 (18) 0.0313 (7)
H116 0.5146 0.2172 0.4153 0.038*
C121 0.1197 (3) 0.3509 (3) 0.41523 (15) 0.0227 (6)
N122 −0.0518 (3) 0.2959 (3) 0.38395 (15) 0.0300 (6)
C123 −0.0959 (4) 0.4009 (4) 0.35135 (19) 0.0352 (7)
H123 −0.216 0.3661 0.3298 0.042*
C124 0.0236 (4) 0.5571 (4) 0.34727 (17) 0.0310 (7)
H124 −0.0142 0.6263 0.3228 0.037*
C125 0.1972 (4) 0.6111 (4) 0.37892 (17) 0.0316 (7)
H125 0.2816 0.7184 0.3773 0.038*
C126 0.2464 (3) 0.5055 (3) 0.41316 (16) 0.0256 (6)
H126 0.3659 0.5388 0.4351 0.031*
C10 −0.0180 (3) 0.0583 (3) 0.47773 (16) 0.0242 (6)
H10A −0.0786 0.121 0.5142 0.029*
H10B −0.0962 −0.0124 0.4216 0.029*
P2 0.68020 (8) 0.27338 (9) 0.04404 (4) 0.02132 (18)
O2 0.7095 (2) 0.3187 (2) −0.03767 (11) 0.0278 (4)
C211 0.6499 (3) 0.4398 (3) 0.12649 (16) 0.0213 (6)
N212 0.6135 (3) 0.4071 (3) 0.20118 (14) 0.0279 (5)
C213 0.6005 (4) 0.5335 (4) 0.26420 (18) 0.0327 (7)
H213 0.5758 0.5138 0.3179 0.039*
C214 0.6210 (3) 0.6903 (4) 0.2556 (2) 0.0358 (7)
H214 0.6111 0.7759 0.3025 0.043*
C215 0.6559 (3) 0.7211 (4) 0.1781 (2) 0.0347 (7)
H215 0.6695 0.8277 0.1702 0.042*
C216 0.6707 (3) 0.5931 (4) 0.11223 (19) 0.0299 (7)
H216 0.6949 0.61 0.058 0.036*
C221 0.8672 (3) 0.2545 (3) 0.09411 (16) 0.0218 (6)
N222 0.8365 (3) 0.1354 (3) 0.13511 (14) 0.0285 (5)
C223 0.9776 (4) 0.1286 (4) 0.17259 (18) 0.0335 (7)
H223 0.9594 0.0457 0.2022 0.04*
C224 1.1484 (4) 0.2342 (4) 0.17114 (18) 0.0330 (7)
H224 1.2439 0.2227 0.1984 0.04*
C225 1.1771 (3) 0.3559 (4) 0.12949 (18) 0.0342 (7)
H225 1.2929 0.4316 0.1281 0.041*
C226 1.0340 (3) 0.3661 (4) 0.08959 (17) 0.0278 (6)
H226 1.0498 0.4481 0.0596 0.033*
C20 0.4938 (3) 0.0766 (3) 0.03363 (16) 0.0212 (6)
H20A 0.4874 0.0554 0.0905 0.025*
H20B 0.3853 0.0876 0.0159 0.025*

Atomic displacement parameters (Å2)

U11 U22 U33 U12 U13 U23
P1 0.0206 (4) 0.0253 (4) 0.0224 (4) 0.0096 (3) 0.0051 (3) 0.0090 (3)
O1 0.0232 (9) 0.0318 (11) 0.0235 (10) 0.0099 (9) 0.0022 (8) 0.0063 (8)
C111 0.0238 (14) 0.0239 (15) 0.0205 (13) 0.0105 (12) 0.0034 (11) 0.0107 (12)
N112 0.0328 (13) 0.0261 (14) 0.0234 (12) 0.0148 (11) 0.0026 (10) 0.0073 (11)
C113 0.0433 (18) 0.0298 (17) 0.0235 (15) 0.0168 (15) 0.0002 (13) 0.0072 (13)
C114 0.0463 (18) 0.0262 (17) 0.0295 (16) 0.0186 (15) 0.0148 (14) 0.0115 (14)
C115 0.0328 (16) 0.0311 (18) 0.050 (2) 0.0137 (14) 0.0224 (15) 0.0120 (16)
C116 0.0261 (15) 0.0256 (17) 0.0358 (17) 0.0058 (13) 0.0070 (13) 0.0063 (14)
C121 0.0250 (14) 0.0237 (15) 0.0201 (14) 0.0105 (12) 0.0067 (11) 0.0066 (12)
N122 0.0216 (12) 0.0288 (14) 0.0420 (14) 0.0083 (11) 0.0007 (10) 0.0181 (12)
C123 0.0262 (15) 0.0337 (19) 0.0480 (19) 0.0103 (14) 0.0022 (13) 0.0197 (15)
C124 0.0354 (16) 0.0282 (17) 0.0341 (16) 0.0159 (14) 0.0042 (13) 0.0128 (14)
C125 0.0342 (16) 0.0201 (16) 0.0361 (17) 0.0037 (13) 0.0084 (13) 0.0126 (13)
C126 0.0239 (14) 0.0268 (16) 0.0232 (14) 0.0083 (12) 0.0031 (11) 0.0065 (12)
C10 0.0213 (14) 0.0279 (16) 0.0256 (14) 0.0110 (12) 0.0061 (11) 0.0104 (12)
P2 0.0193 (3) 0.0198 (4) 0.0227 (4) 0.0056 (3) 0.0010 (3) 0.0071 (3)
O2 0.0289 (10) 0.0251 (11) 0.0265 (10) 0.0079 (9) 0.0018 (8) 0.0084 (9)
C211 0.0125 (12) 0.0214 (15) 0.0253 (14) 0.0052 (11) −0.0033 (11) 0.0037 (12)
N212 0.0272 (12) 0.0358 (15) 0.0220 (12) 0.0161 (11) −0.0015 (10) 0.0070 (11)
C213 0.0332 (16) 0.044 (2) 0.0234 (15) 0.0229 (15) 0.0014 (12) 0.0042 (14)
C214 0.0262 (15) 0.0336 (19) 0.0426 (19) 0.0162 (14) 0.0004 (14) −0.0008 (15)
C215 0.0232 (15) 0.0180 (16) 0.057 (2) 0.0052 (12) 0.0057 (14) 0.0069 (15)
C216 0.0195 (14) 0.0267 (17) 0.0400 (17) 0.0058 (12) 0.0060 (12) 0.0104 (14)
C221 0.0225 (14) 0.0214 (15) 0.0208 (14) 0.0089 (12) 0.0039 (11) 0.0053 (12)
N222 0.0250 (12) 0.0265 (14) 0.0348 (13) 0.0087 (11) 0.0012 (10) 0.0141 (11)
C223 0.0295 (16) 0.0307 (18) 0.0421 (18) 0.0093 (14) 0.0003 (13) 0.0191 (15)
C224 0.0234 (15) 0.0388 (19) 0.0399 (18) 0.0134 (14) −0.0027 (13) 0.0169 (15)
C225 0.0196 (14) 0.0389 (19) 0.0412 (18) 0.0069 (13) 0.0058 (13) 0.0155 (15)
C226 0.0240 (14) 0.0279 (17) 0.0321 (16) 0.0069 (13) 0.0059 (12) 0.0157 (13)
C20 0.0185 (13) 0.0212 (15) 0.0226 (14) 0.0072 (11) −0.0002 (11) 0.0067 (11)

Geometric parameters (Å, °)

P1—O1 1.4917 (18) P2—O2 1.4897 (18)
P1—C10 1.799 (3) P2—C20 1.798 (2)
P1—C121 1.809 (3) P2—C211 1.811 (3)
P1—C111 1.815 (3) P2—C221 1.819 (3)
C111—N112 1.344 (3) C211—N212 1.341 (3)
C111—C116 1.391 (3) C211—C216 1.384 (4)
N112—C113 1.339 (3) N212—C213 1.340 (3)
C113—C114 1.381 (4) C213—C214 1.378 (4)
C113—H113 0.95 C213—H213 0.95
C114—C115 1.377 (4) C214—C215 1.378 (4)
C114—H114 0.95 C214—H214 0.95
C115—C116 1.380 (4) C215—C216 1.382 (4)
C115—H115 0.95 C215—H215 0.95
C116—H116 0.95 C216—H216 0.95
C121—N122 1.352 (3) C221—N222 1.343 (3)
C121—C126 1.383 (4) C221—C226 1.386 (3)
N122—C123 1.339 (3) N222—C223 1.336 (3)
C123—C124 1.382 (4) C223—C224 1.382 (4)
C123—H123 0.95 C223—H223 0.95
C124—C125 1.371 (4) C224—C225 1.372 (4)
C124—H124 0.95 C224—H224 0.95
C125—C126 1.381 (4) C225—C226 1.383 (4)
C125—H125 0.95 C225—H225 0.95
C126—H126 0.95 C226—H226 0.95
C10—C10i 1.516 (5) C20—C20ii 1.536 (5)
C10—H10A 0.99 C20—H20A 0.99
C10—H10B 0.99 C20—H20B 0.99
O1—P1—C10 115.87 (11) O2—P2—C20 115.28 (11)
O1—P1—C121 112.56 (12) O2—P2—C211 111.60 (12)
C10—P1—C121 105.88 (12) C20—P2—C211 106.06 (11)
O1—P1—C111 110.98 (11) O2—P2—C221 112.89 (11)
C10—P1—C111 105.53 (12) C20—P2—C221 106.09 (12)
C121—P1—C111 105.23 (11) C211—P2—C221 104.05 (11)
N112—C111—C116 123.1 (2) N212—C211—C216 123.4 (2)
N112—C111—P1 116.64 (18) N212—C211—P2 116.2 (2)
C116—C111—P1 120.2 (2) C216—C211—P2 120.4 (2)
C113—N112—C111 116.4 (2) C213—N212—C211 116.5 (2)
N112—C113—C114 124.6 (3) N212—C213—C214 123.8 (3)
N112—C113—H113 117.7 N212—C213—H213 118.1
C114—C113—H113 117.7 C214—C213—H213 118.1
C115—C114—C113 118.0 (3) C215—C214—C213 119.1 (3)
C115—C114—H114 121 C215—C214—H214 120.5
C113—C114—H114 121 C213—C214—H214 120.5
C114—C115—C116 119.3 (3) C214—C215—C216 118.2 (3)
C114—C115—H115 120.4 C214—C215—H215 120.9
C116—C115—H115 120.4 C216—C215—H215 120.9
C115—C116—C111 118.7 (3) C215—C216—C211 119.0 (3)
C115—C116—H116 120.6 C215—C216—H216 120.5
C111—C116—H116 120.6 C211—C216—H216 120.5
N122—C121—C126 123.0 (2) N222—C221—C226 123.4 (2)
N122—C121—P1 117.2 (2) N222—C221—P2 118.23 (18)
C126—C121—P1 119.86 (19) C226—C221—P2 118.36 (19)
C123—N122—C121 116.5 (2) C223—N222—C221 116.2 (2)
N122—C123—C124 123.6 (3) N222—C223—C224 124.3 (3)
N122—C123—H123 118.2 N222—C223—H223 117.8
C124—C123—H123 118.2 C224—C223—H223 117.8
C125—C124—C123 119.3 (3) C225—C224—C223 118.6 (2)
C125—C124—H124 120.4 C225—C224—H224 120.7
C123—C124—H124 120.4 C223—C224—H224 120.7
C124—C125—C126 118.4 (3) C224—C225—C226 118.7 (3)
C124—C125—H125 120.8 C224—C225—H225 120.6
C126—C125—H125 120.8 C226—C225—H225 120.6
C125—C126—C121 119.3 (2) C225—C226—C221 118.8 (2)
C125—C126—H126 120.4 C225—C226—H226 120.6
C121—C126—H126 120.4 C221—C226—H226 120.6
C10i—C10—P1 111.2 (2) C20ii—C20—P2 111.1 (2)
C10i—C10—H10A 109.4 C20ii—C20—H20A 109.4
P1—C10—H10A 109.4 P2—C20—H20A 109.4
C10i—C10—H10B 109.4 C20ii—C20—H20B 109.4
P1—C10—H10B 109.4 P2—C20—H20B 109.4
H10A—C10—H10B 108 H20A—C20—H20B 108

Symmetry codes: (i) −x, −y, −z+1; (ii) −x+1, −y, −z.

Footnotes

Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: FJ2193).

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Associated Data

This section collects any data citations, data availability statements, or supplementary materials included in this article.

Supplementary Materials

Crystal structure: contains datablocks I, global. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809004590/fj2193sup1.cif

e-65-0o542-sup1.cif (18.8KB, cif)

Structure factors: contains datablocks I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809004590/fj2193Isup2.hkl

e-65-0o542-Isup2.hkl (232.3KB, hkl)

Additional supplementary materials: crystallographic information; 3D view; checkCIF report


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