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. 2009 Nov 21;65(Pt 12):o3182. doi: 10.1107/S1600536809049253

4-(4-Bromo­phen­yl)-2,6-diphenyl­pyridine

Qun Cao a, Yu Xie a,b,*, Jie Jia a, Xiao-Wei Hong a
PMCID: PMC2972060  PMID: 21578894

Abstract

In the title compound, C23H16BrN, the three benzene rings show a disrotatory counter-rotating arrangement around the central pyridine ring and are twisted with respect to the pyridine ring with dihedral angles of 19.56 (13), 27.54 (13) and 30.51 (13)°.

Related literature

For applications of the title compound, see: Verma et al. (2007 ▶); Vellis et al. (2008 ▶). For related structures, see: Lv & Huang (2008 ▶); Ondrá˘cek et al. (1994 ▶). For the synthesis, see: Verma et al. (2007 ▶).graphic file with name e-65-o3182-scheme1.jpg

Experimental

Crystal data

  • C23H16BrN

  • M r = 386.28

  • Monoclinic, Inline graphic

  • a = 8.9837 (4) Å

  • b = 21.5202 (10) Å

  • c = 9.6108 (4) Å

  • β = 105.5940 (10)°

  • V = 1789.67 (14) Å3

  • Z = 4

  • Mo Kα radiation

  • μ = 2.30 mm−1

  • T = 293 K

  • 0.30 × 0.22 × 0.20 mm

Data collection

  • Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996 ▶) T min = 0.542, T max = 0.652

  • 13423 measured reflections

  • 4325 independent reflections

  • 2433 reflections with I > 2σ(I)

  • R int = 0.027

Refinement

  • R[F 2 > 2σ(F 2)] = 0.038

  • wR(F 2) = 0.105

  • S = 1.01

  • 4325 reflections

  • 226 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • Δρmax = 0.42 e Å−3

  • Δρmin = −0.43 e Å−3

Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1998 ▶); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 1998 ▶); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008 ▶); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: SHELXTL; software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.

Supplementary Material

Crystal structure: contains datablocks global, I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809049253/xu2640sup1.cif

e-65-o3182-sup1.cif (19.7KB, cif)

Structure factors: contains datablocks I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809049253/xu2640Isup2.hkl

e-65-o3182-Isup2.hkl (211.9KB, hkl)

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

Acknowledgments

The authors thank the Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, TIPC, CAS and Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education for financial support for this work. In addition, the Materials Chemistry Department of Nanchang Hangkong University is acknowleged.

supplementary crystallographic information

Comment

The title compound, 4-(4-bromophenyl)-2,6-diphenylpyridine (I), is an useful intermediate in the synthesis of electroluminescent materials or new supramolecules (Verma et al., 2007; Vellis et al., 2008). It has been synthesized previously. We reported its structure here.

In (I) (Fig. 1), the bond lengths and angles are normal and comparable to those observed in reported the compound (Ondrá˘cek et al., 1994; Lv & Huang, 2008). The three phenyl rings display a disrotatory conformation and form different angles with the pyridine ring. The dihedral angles between the pyridine ring and the two phenyls in 2- and 6- position are 19.56 (13) and 27.54 (13) ° respectively, while the phenyl ring in 4- position forms the largest angle with the heterocycle, 30.51 (13)°.

Experimental

The title compound was prepared by literature method (Verma et al., 2007). Colorless single crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction were obtained from the solution of dichloromethane by vapor diffusion with hexane.

Refinement

All H atoms were positioned geomertrically and treated as riding (C—H = 0.93 Å) with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C).

Figures

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1.

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: The molecular structure of compound (I). Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 30% probability level. The H atoms are omitted for clarity.

Crystal data

C23H16BrN F(000) = 784
Mr = 386.28 Dx = 1.434 Mg m−3
Monoclinic, P21/c Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc Cell parameters from 987 reflections
a = 8.9837 (4) Å θ = 2.9–25.1°
b = 21.5202 (10) Å µ = 2.30 mm−1
c = 9.6108 (4) Å T = 293 K
β = 105.594 (1)° Block, colorless
V = 1789.67 (14) Å3 0.30 × 0.22 × 0.20 mm
Z = 4
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Data collection

Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer 4325 independent reflections
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube 2433 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
graphite Rint = 0.027
φ and ω scans θmax = 28.3°, θmin = 1.9°
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) h = −11→11
Tmin = 0.542, Tmax = 0.652 k = −28→27
13423 measured reflections l = −11→12
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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)] = 0.038 Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
wR(F2) = 0.105 H-atom parameters constrained
S = 1.01 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0449P)2 + 0.3089P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
4325 reflections (Δ/σ)max = 0.001
226 parameters Δρmax = 0.42 e Å−3
0 restraints Δρmin = −0.43 e Å−3
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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.
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger.
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Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2)

x y z Uiso*/Ueq
Br1 0.28459 (4) 0.440827 (13) 0.83895 (4) 0.08918 (16)
N1 −0.0501 (2) 0.82145 (8) 0.9831 (2) 0.0538 (5)
C7 −0.1196 (2) 0.76960 (11) 1.0130 (2) 0.0518 (6)
C12 0.1459 (2) 0.87312 (11) 0.8977 (3) 0.0530 (6)
C21 0.2129 (3) 0.52227 (11) 0.8610 (3) 0.0597 (6)
C23 0.2619 (3) 0.62976 (12) 0.9073 (3) 0.0599 (6)
H23A 0.3310 0.6628 0.9268 0.072*
C16 0.2240 (3) 0.97801 (12) 0.9653 (3) 0.0733 (7)
H16A 0.2220 1.0125 1.0230 0.088*
C9 0.0510 (3) 0.70294 (10) 0.9250 (3) 0.0527 (6)
C11 0.0680 (3) 0.81496 (10) 0.9238 (3) 0.0527 (6)
C10 0.1200 (3) 0.75706 (11) 0.8935 (3) 0.0570 (6)
H10A 0.2019 0.7545 0.8517 0.068*
C8 −0.0713 (3) 0.71067 (10) 0.9864 (3) 0.0556 (6)
H8A −0.1212 0.6759 1.0098 0.067*
C19 0.0068 (3) 0.59007 (11) 0.8679 (3) 0.0617 (6)
H19A −0.0978 0.5962 0.8591 0.074*
C18 0.1063 (3) 0.64034 (10) 0.8985 (3) 0.0526 (6)
C17 0.1437 (3) 0.92504 (11) 0.9818 (3) 0.0629 (7)
H17A 0.0876 0.9243 1.0502 0.076*
C15 0.3066 (3) 0.98002 (13) 0.8645 (3) 0.0718 (8)
H15A 0.3629 1.0154 0.8555 0.086*
C13 0.2264 (3) 0.87648 (12) 0.7932 (3) 0.0620 (6)
H13A 0.2266 0.8425 0.7335 0.074*
C5 −0.3104 (3) 0.73186 (13) 1.1431 (3) 0.0683 (7)
H5A −0.2590 0.6939 1.1585 0.082*
C20 0.0587 (3) 0.53108 (11) 0.8502 (3) 0.0628 (6)
H20A −0.0096 0.4977 0.8313 0.075*
C6 −0.2546 (3) 0.77920 (11) 1.0728 (3) 0.0525 (6)
C1 −0.3309 (3) 0.83534 (12) 1.0563 (3) 0.0681 (7)
H1B −0.2942 0.8681 1.0117 0.082*
C2 −0.4611 (3) 0.84380 (13) 1.1047 (3) 0.0772 (8)
H2A −0.5110 0.8821 1.0926 0.093*
C14 0.3058 (3) 0.92962 (13) 0.7769 (3) 0.0716 (8)
H14A 0.3591 0.9313 0.7063 0.086*
C4 −0.4407 (3) 0.74032 (14) 1.1904 (3) 0.0748 (8)
H4A −0.4774 0.7080 1.2361 0.090*
C22 0.3151 (3) 0.57114 (12) 0.8876 (3) 0.0640 (7)
H22A 0.4187 0.5648 0.8924 0.077*
C3 −0.5166 (3) 0.79637 (13) 1.1701 (3) 0.0731 (8)
H3A −0.6054 0.8019 1.2009 0.088*
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Atomic displacement parameters (Å2)

U11 U22 U33 U12 U13 U23
Br1 0.0970 (3) 0.0623 (2) 0.1124 (3) 0.02012 (15) 0.0353 (2) 0.00041 (16)
N1 0.0535 (11) 0.0557 (11) 0.0563 (13) −0.0001 (9) 0.0215 (9) −0.0006 (9)
C7 0.0517 (13) 0.0565 (13) 0.0503 (15) 0.0016 (10) 0.0190 (11) 0.0046 (11)
C12 0.0506 (13) 0.0571 (14) 0.0539 (15) −0.0012 (10) 0.0185 (11) −0.0006 (11)
C21 0.0681 (16) 0.0547 (14) 0.0591 (16) 0.0088 (12) 0.0220 (13) 0.0018 (11)
C23 0.0553 (14) 0.0605 (15) 0.0697 (17) −0.0020 (11) 0.0268 (13) 0.0006 (12)
C16 0.0888 (19) 0.0562 (15) 0.078 (2) −0.0075 (14) 0.0275 (16) −0.0077 (13)
C9 0.0499 (13) 0.0569 (13) 0.0530 (15) −0.0002 (10) 0.0169 (11) 0.0002 (11)
C11 0.0538 (13) 0.0556 (13) 0.0518 (15) −0.0034 (10) 0.0193 (11) −0.0010 (11)
C10 0.0540 (14) 0.0617 (14) 0.0616 (16) −0.0008 (11) 0.0264 (12) −0.0023 (12)
C8 0.0550 (14) 0.0519 (13) 0.0642 (17) −0.0024 (11) 0.0233 (12) 0.0033 (11)
C19 0.0509 (13) 0.0642 (15) 0.0719 (18) 0.0019 (12) 0.0199 (12) −0.0034 (13)
C18 0.0546 (14) 0.0536 (13) 0.0534 (15) 0.0016 (11) 0.0211 (11) 0.0022 (11)
C17 0.0676 (15) 0.0623 (15) 0.0651 (18) −0.0021 (12) 0.0283 (13) −0.0044 (12)
C15 0.0720 (17) 0.0625 (16) 0.082 (2) −0.0154 (13) 0.0233 (16) 0.0028 (14)
C13 0.0646 (15) 0.0619 (15) 0.0654 (17) −0.0070 (12) 0.0276 (13) −0.0063 (12)
C5 0.0726 (17) 0.0617 (15) 0.080 (2) 0.0029 (13) 0.0366 (15) 0.0087 (13)
C20 0.0646 (16) 0.0544 (14) 0.0713 (18) −0.0029 (12) 0.0214 (13) −0.0035 (12)
C6 0.0484 (13) 0.0567 (13) 0.0560 (15) 0.0003 (10) 0.0199 (11) −0.0019 (11)
C1 0.0663 (16) 0.0598 (15) 0.088 (2) 0.0006 (12) 0.0375 (15) 0.0012 (14)
C2 0.0694 (17) 0.0671 (17) 0.106 (2) 0.0104 (13) 0.0426 (17) −0.0017 (16)
C14 0.0718 (17) 0.0760 (18) 0.076 (2) −0.0115 (13) 0.0353 (15) 0.0028 (15)
C4 0.0745 (18) 0.0799 (19) 0.083 (2) −0.0101 (15) 0.0439 (16) 0.0053 (15)
C22 0.0567 (14) 0.0686 (17) 0.0702 (18) 0.0105 (12) 0.0231 (13) 0.0039 (13)
C3 0.0576 (16) 0.087 (2) 0.084 (2) 0.0001 (14) 0.0350 (15) −0.0095 (16)
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Geometric parameters (Å, °)

Br1—C21 1.899 (2) C19—C20 1.379 (3)
N1—C11 1.340 (3) C19—C18 1.383 (3)
N1—C7 1.347 (3) C19—H19A 0.9300
C7—C8 1.386 (3) C17—H17A 0.9300
C7—C6 1.490 (3) C15—C14 1.372 (4)
C12—C17 1.382 (3) C15—H15A 0.9300
C12—C13 1.389 (3) C13—C14 1.379 (3)
C12—C11 1.488 (3) C13—H13A 0.9300
C21—C20 1.374 (3) C5—C4 1.377 (3)
C21—C22 1.374 (4) C5—C6 1.388 (3)
C23—C22 1.380 (3) C5—H5A 0.9300
C23—C18 1.397 (3) C20—H20A 0.9300
C23—H23A 0.9300 C6—C1 1.377 (3)
C16—C15 1.371 (4) C1—C2 1.383 (3)
C16—C17 1.381 (3) C1—H1B 0.9300
C16—H16A 0.9300 C2—C3 1.362 (4)
C9—C8 1.390 (3) C2—H2A 0.9300
C9—C10 1.390 (3) C14—H14A 0.9300
C9—C18 1.481 (3) C4—C3 1.374 (4)
C11—C10 1.389 (3) C4—H4A 0.9300
C10—H10A 0.9300 C22—H22A 0.9300
C8—H8A 0.9300 C3—H3A 0.9300
C11—N1—C7 118.03 (19) C16—C17—H17A 119.6
N1—C7—C8 122.17 (19) C12—C17—H17A 119.6
N1—C7—C6 116.1 (2) C16—C15—C14 119.6 (2)
C8—C7—C6 121.7 (2) C16—C15—H15A 120.2
C17—C12—C13 118.2 (2) C14—C15—H15A 120.2
C17—C12—C11 120.1 (2) C14—C13—C12 120.8 (2)
C13—C12—C11 121.7 (2) C14—C13—H13A 119.6
C20—C21—C22 121.2 (2) C12—C13—H13A 119.6
C20—C21—Br1 118.97 (19) C4—C5—C6 120.9 (3)
C22—C21—Br1 119.85 (19) C4—C5—H5A 119.5
C22—C23—C18 121.2 (2) C6—C5—H5A 119.5
C22—C23—H23A 119.4 C21—C20—C19 119.0 (2)
C18—C23—H23A 119.4 C21—C20—H20A 120.5
C15—C16—C17 120.4 (2) C19—C20—H20A 120.5
C15—C16—H16A 119.8 C1—C6—C5 117.8 (2)
C17—C16—H16A 119.8 C1—C6—C7 120.6 (2)
C8—C9—C10 116.2 (2) C5—C6—C7 121.6 (2)
C8—C9—C18 121.4 (2) C6—C1—C2 121.1 (2)
C10—C9—C18 122.3 (2) C6—C1—H1B 119.4
N1—C11—C10 122.1 (2) C2—C1—H1B 119.4
N1—C11—C12 116.48 (19) C3—C2—C1 120.3 (3)
C10—C11—C12 121.3 (2) C3—C2—H2A 119.8
C11—C10—C9 120.8 (2) C1—C2—H2A 119.8
C11—C10—H10A 119.6 C15—C14—C13 120.2 (3)
C9—C10—H10A 119.6 C15—C14—H14A 119.9
C7—C8—C9 120.7 (2) C13—C14—H14A 119.9
C7—C8—H8A 119.7 C3—C4—C5 120.2 (3)
C9—C8—H8A 119.7 C3—C4—H4A 119.9
C20—C19—C18 121.7 (2) C5—C4—H4A 119.9
C20—C19—H19A 119.1 C21—C22—C23 119.1 (2)
C18—C19—H19A 119.1 C21—C22—H22A 120.4
C19—C18—C23 117.7 (2) C23—C22—H22A 120.4
C19—C18—C9 121.4 (2) C2—C3—C4 119.6 (2)
C23—C18—C9 120.9 (2) C2—C3—H3A 120.2
C16—C17—C12 120.7 (2) C4—C3—H3A 120.2
C11—N1—C7—C8 1.0 (3) C13—C12—C17—C16 −2.2 (4)
C11—N1—C7—C6 −177.4 (2) C11—C12—C17—C16 175.7 (2)
C7—N1—C11—C10 −0.3 (4) C17—C16—C15—C14 1.8 (4)
C7—N1—C11—C12 −177.6 (2) C17—C12—C13—C14 2.0 (4)
C17—C12—C11—N1 26.4 (3) C11—C12—C13—C14 −175.9 (2)
C13—C12—C11—N1 −155.7 (2) C22—C21—C20—C19 −0.6 (4)
C17—C12—C11—C10 −150.9 (2) Br1—C21—C20—C19 179.22 (19)
C13—C12—C11—C10 27.0 (4) C18—C19—C20—C21 −1.1 (4)
N1—C11—C10—C9 −0.4 (4) C4—C5—C6—C1 2.0 (4)
C12—C11—C10—C9 176.8 (2) C4—C5—C6—C7 −176.2 (3)
C8—C9—C10—C11 0.4 (3) N1—C7—C6—C1 19.2 (3)
C18—C9—C10—C11 −178.1 (2) C8—C7—C6—C1 −159.2 (2)
N1—C7—C8—C9 −1.0 (4) N1—C7—C6—C5 −162.6 (2)
C6—C7—C8—C9 177.3 (2) C8—C7—C6—C5 19.0 (4)
C10—C9—C8—C7 0.2 (4) C5—C6—C1—C2 −1.6 (4)
C18—C9—C8—C7 178.7 (2) C7—C6—C1—C2 176.6 (3)
C20—C19—C18—C23 1.6 (4) C6—C1—C2—C3 −0.1 (5)
C20—C19—C18—C9 −176.7 (2) C16—C15—C14—C13 −2.0 (4)
C22—C23—C18—C19 −0.6 (4) C12—C13—C14—C15 0.1 (4)
C22—C23—C18—C9 177.8 (2) C6—C5—C4—C3 −0.8 (4)
C8—C9—C18—C19 30.6 (4) C20—C21—C22—C23 1.6 (4)
C10—C9—C18—C19 −151.0 (2) Br1—C21—C22—C23 −178.2 (2)
C8—C9—C18—C23 −147.7 (2) C18—C23—C22—C21 −0.9 (4)
C10—C9—C18—C23 30.7 (3) C1—C2—C3—C4 1.3 (5)
C15—C16—C17—C12 0.4 (4) C5—C4—C3—C2 −0.9 (5)
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Footnotes

Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: XU2640).

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Associated Data

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Supplementary Materials

Crystal structure: contains datablocks global, I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809049253/xu2640sup1.cif

e-65-o3182-sup1.cif (19.7KB, cif)

Structure factors: contains datablocks I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809049253/xu2640Isup2.hkl

e-65-o3182-Isup2.hkl (211.9KB, hkl)

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

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