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. 2009 Jul 11;65(Pt 8):o1830. doi: 10.1107/S1600536809026336

1,1′,2,2′-Tetra­methyl-3,3′-(p-phenyl­enedimethyl­ene)diimidazol-1-ium bis­(hexa­fluoridophosphate)

Subramaniam Puvaneswary a, Yatimah Alias a, Seik Weng Ng a,*
PMCID: PMC2977199  PMID: 21583532

Abstract

The title imidazolium-based ionic-liquid salt, C18H24N4 2+·2PF6 , has the cation lying about a center of inversion. The five-membered imidazole ring is disordered over two positions (the methyl substituents are ordered). This imidazole ring is approximately perpendicular to the six-membered phenyl­ene ring [dihedral angle = 81.3 (8)° for one disorder component and 83.8 (8)° for the other; the two components are off-set by 2.7 (8)°]. The crystal is a non-merohedral twin with a twin component of 23%.

Related literature

For background to imidazolium-based ionic liquid salts, see: Ganesan et al. (2008). For the procedure to manipulate twinned diffraction data, see: Spek (2003). graphic file with name e-65-o1830-scheme1.jpg

Experimental

Crystal data

  • C18H24N4 2+·2PF6

  • M r = 586.35

  • Triclinic, Inline graphic

  • a = 7.3808 (3) Å

  • b = 8.2169 (4) Å

  • c = 11.0553 (5) Å

  • α = 73.435 (3)°

  • β = 71.173 (3)°

  • γ = 73.897 (3)°

  • V = 595.43 (5) Å3

  • Z = 1

  • Mo Kα radiation

  • μ = 0.29 mm−1

  • T = 140 K

  • 0.35 × 0.03 × 0.03 mm

Data collection

  • Bruker SMART APEX diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) T min = 0.905, T max = 0.991

  • 4724 measured reflections

  • 2654 independent reflections

  • 1654 reflections with I > 2σ(I)

  • R int = 0.037

Refinement

  • R[F 2 > 2σ(F 2)] = 0.071

  • wR(F 2) = 0.224

  • S = 1.08

  • 2654 reflections

  • 158 parameters

  • 41 restraints

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • Δρmax = 0.53 e Å−3

  • Δρmin = −0.48 e Å−3

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2008); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2008); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: X-SEED (Barbour, 2001); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2009).

Supplementary Material

Crystal structure: contains datablocks global, I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809026336/tk2496sup1.cif

e-65-o1830-sup1.cif (18.8KB, cif)

Structure factors: contains datablocks I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809026336/tk2496Isup2.hkl

e-65-o1830-Isup2.hkl (130.3KB, hkl)

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

Acknowledgments

We thank the University of Malaya (grant Nos. TA 0009/2008 A and FS343/2008 A) for supporting this study.

supplementary crystallographic information

Experimental

α,α-Dibromo-p-xylene (0.78 g, 3 mmol) and 1,2-dimethylimidazole (0.58 g, 7.6 mmol) were refluxed in DMF (50 ml) for 3 h. The product that separated from solution was collected and washed with ether. Crystals were grown from its solution in water.

The bromide salt (0.46 g, 1 mmol) and sodium hexafluorophosphate (0.17 g, 1 mol) were stirred in water (100 ml) for 24 h. The product that separated from solution was collected and washed with ethanol. Crystals were grown from its solution in DMF.

Refinement

The imidazolyl ring is disordered over two positions (the two methyl groups are ordered). The ring was refined as a regular pentagon of 1.35 Å sides; the occupancy could not be refined, so the ring was assumed to be disordered in a 1:1 ratio. The C–Cmethyl, N–Cmethyl and N–Cmethylene pairs of distances were restrained to within 0.01 Å of each other. The anisotropic displacement parameters of the primed atoms were restrained to those of the unprimed ones; these were restrained to be nearly isotropic. The two dimethylimidazolyl units were each restrained to be nearly planar.

Carbon-bound H-atoms were placed in calculated positions (C—H 0.95 to 0.99 Å) and were included in the refinement in the riding model approximation, with U(H) set to 1.2 to 1.5Ueq(C).

The crystal is a non-merohedral twin; the twin law as given by PLATON is (Spek, 2003) (-1 0 0, -0.461 1 - 0.325, 0 0 - 1); the refinement with the inclusion of this gave a twin component of 23%.

Figures

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1.

Thermal ellipsoid plot (Barbour, 2001) of [C18H24N4]2+ 2[PF6]- at the 70% probability level; hydrogen atoms are drawn as spheres of arbitrary radius. The imidazolyl ring is disordered; only one component (unprimed) of the disorder is shown. The non-H atoms comprising the asymmetric unit are labelled and the unlabelled atoms are related by 2-x, 2-y, -z.

Crystal data

C18H24N42+·2PF6 Z = 1
Mr = 586.35 F(000) = 298
Triclinic, P1 Dx = 1.635 Mg m3
Hall symbol: -P 1 Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
a = 7.3808 (3) Å Cell parameters from 951 reflections
b = 8.2169 (4) Å θ = 2.6–23.6°
c = 11.0553 (5) Å µ = 0.29 mm1
α = 73.435 (3)° T = 140 K
β = 71.173 (3)° Prism, colorless
γ = 73.897 (3)° 0.35 × 0.03 × 0.03 mm
V = 595.43 (5) Å3

Data collection

Bruker SMART APEX diffractometer 2654 independent reflections
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube 1654 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
graphite Rint = 0.037
ω scans θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 2.0°
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) h = −9→9
Tmin = 0.905, Tmax = 0.991 k = −10→10
4724 measured reflections l = −14→14

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)] = 0.071 Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
wR(F2) = 0.224 H-atom parameters constrained
S = 1.08 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0937P)2 + 1.0627P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
2654 reflections (Δ/σ)max = 0.001
158 parameters Δρmax = 0.53 e Å3
41 restraints Δρmin = −0.48 e Å3

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

x y z Uiso*/Ueq Occ. (<1)
P1 0.27195 (18) 0.30311 (17) 0.76433 (12) 0.0235 (3)
F6 0.2767 (5) 0.4311 (4) 0.6246 (3) 0.0364 (8)
F4 0.3686 (5) 0.1439 (4) 0.6946 (3) 0.0428 (8)
F5 0.2653 (5) 0.1760 (4) 0.9036 (3) 0.0400 (8)
F3 0.0593 (4) 0.2794 (5) 0.7741 (3) 0.0417 (8)
F2 0.1736 (5) 0.4638 (4) 0.8340 (3) 0.0494 (10)
F1 0.4829 (4) 0.3294 (5) 0.7547 (3) 0.0440 (9)
C1 1.1492 (7) 1.0037 (6) 0.3848 (4) 0.0233 (10)
H1 1.2518 1.0052 0.3063 0.028*
C2 1.0666 (7) 0.8581 (7) 0.4421 (5) 0.0259 (10)
H2 1.1122 0.7612 0.4018 0.031*
C3 0.9177 (6) 0.8525 (6) 0.5581 (5) 0.0218 (10)
C4 0.8353 (7) 0.6892 (6) 0.6166 (5) 0.0263 (11)
H4A 0.7815 0.6670 0.5530 0.032* 0.50
H4B 0.9412 0.5891 0.6352 0.032* 0.50
H4C 0.7946 0.6625 0.5486 0.032* 0.50
H4D 0.9413 0.5921 0.6398 0.032* 0.50
N1 0.683 (2) 0.706 (4) 0.7365 (15) 0.0231 (17) 0.50
C5 0.493 (3) 0.753 (2) 0.7349 (14) 0.0216 (14) 0.50
N2 0.3833 (7) 0.7643 (18) 0.858 (2) 0.0250 (13) 0.50
C6 0.505 (3) 0.724 (4) 0.9349 (6) 0.034 (2) 0.50
H6 0.4677 0.7219 1.0259 0.040* 0.50
C7 0.690 (2) 0.688 (5) 0.860 (2) 0.031 (3) 0.50
H7 0.8057 0.6562 0.8892 0.038* 0.50
N1' 0.670 (2) 0.695 (4) 0.7318 (14) 0.0231 (17) 0.50
C5' 0.477 (3) 0.749 (2) 0.7430 (16) 0.0216 (14) 0.50
N2' 0.3852 (8) 0.7552 (19) 0.869 (2) 0.0250 (13) 0.50
C6' 0.523 (3) 0.705 (4) 0.9363 (7) 0.034 (2) 0.50
H6' 0.4993 0.6975 1.0272 0.040* 0.50
C7' 0.6988 (18) 0.668 (5) 0.851 (2) 0.031 (3) 0.50
H7' 0.8213 0.6300 0.8718 0.038* 0.50
C8 0.3963 (5) 0.7903 (4) 0.6307 (4) 0.0303 (11)
H8A 0.4926 0.7588 0.5517 0.046* 0.50
H8B 0.3380 0.9143 0.6118 0.046* 0.50
H8C 0.2937 0.7228 0.6587 0.046* 0.50
H8D 0.5010 0.7607 0.5544 0.046* 0.50
H8E 0.3388 0.9145 0.6118 0.046* 0.50
H8F 0.2953 0.7233 0.6506 0.046* 0.50
C9 0.1775 (5) 0.8077 (4) 0.9104 (4) 0.0407 (14)
H9A 0.1131 0.8479 0.8392 0.061* 0.50
H9B 0.1463 0.9001 0.9582 0.061* 0.50
H9C 0.1311 0.7052 0.9703 0.061* 0.50
H9D 0.1199 0.7958 0.8458 0.061* 0.50
H9E 0.1428 0.9291 0.9183 0.061* 0.50
H9F 0.1271 0.7344 0.9955 0.061* 0.50

Atomic displacement parameters (Å2)

U11 U22 U33 U12 U13 U23
P1 0.0225 (6) 0.0259 (7) 0.0221 (6) −0.0038 (5) −0.0050 (5) −0.0074 (5)
F6 0.0438 (18) 0.0321 (17) 0.0305 (16) −0.0089 (14) −0.0136 (14) 0.0030 (13)
F4 0.051 (2) 0.0294 (17) 0.0420 (19) 0.0005 (14) −0.0048 (15) −0.0157 (15)
F5 0.0462 (19) 0.046 (2) 0.0278 (16) −0.0157 (15) −0.0126 (14) 0.0012 (14)
F3 0.0283 (17) 0.060 (2) 0.0410 (19) −0.0154 (15) −0.0101 (14) −0.0102 (16)
F2 0.056 (2) 0.044 (2) 0.050 (2) −0.0074 (17) −0.0001 (17) −0.0294 (17)
F1 0.0302 (17) 0.064 (2) 0.0415 (19) −0.0187 (16) −0.0123 (14) −0.0048 (17)
C1 0.020 (2) 0.030 (3) 0.019 (2) −0.0075 (19) −0.0014 (17) −0.0062 (19)
C2 0.022 (2) 0.027 (3) 0.028 (3) −0.0026 (19) −0.0044 (19) −0.010 (2)
C3 0.017 (2) 0.024 (2) 0.025 (2) 0.0003 (18) −0.0121 (18) −0.0026 (19)
C4 0.020 (2) 0.027 (3) 0.031 (3) −0.005 (2) −0.0047 (19) −0.006 (2)
N1 0.020 (2) 0.026 (3) 0.026 (2) −0.010 (2) −0.0078 (19) −0.0027 (18)
C5 0.022 (3) 0.022 (2) 0.021 (3) −0.009 (2) −0.003 (2) −0.0026 (19)
N2 0.027 (2) 0.025 (2) 0.024 (3) −0.0109 (17) −0.0049 (17) −0.003 (2)
C6 0.046 (4) 0.042 (5) 0.017 (2) −0.019 (4) −0.010 (2) −0.001 (2)
C7 0.035 (3) 0.036 (7) 0.032 (4) −0.014 (3) −0.017 (3) −0.003 (3)
N1' 0.020 (2) 0.026 (3) 0.026 (2) −0.010 (2) −0.0078 (19) −0.0027 (18)
C5' 0.022 (3) 0.022 (2) 0.021 (3) −0.009 (2) −0.003 (2) −0.0026 (19)
N2' 0.027 (2) 0.025 (2) 0.024 (3) −0.0109 (17) −0.0049 (17) −0.003 (2)
C6' 0.046 (4) 0.042 (5) 0.017 (2) −0.019 (4) −0.010 (2) −0.001 (2)
C7' 0.035 (3) 0.036 (7) 0.032 (4) −0.014 (3) −0.017 (3) −0.003 (3)
C8 0.033 (3) 0.027 (3) 0.034 (3) −0.006 (2) −0.015 (2) −0.004 (2)
C9 0.032 (3) 0.042 (3) 0.041 (3) −0.011 (2) 0.008 (2) −0.016 (3)

Geometric parameters (Å, °)

P1—F4 1.586 (3) C6—C7 1.3500
P1—F5 1.590 (3) C6—H6 0.9500
P1—F1 1.597 (3) C7—H7 0.9500
P1—F2 1.597 (3) N1'—C5' 1.3500
P1—F6 1.598 (3) N1'—C7' 1.3500
P1—F3 1.600 (3) C5'—N2' 1.3500
C1—C2 1.388 (7) C5'—C8 1.459 (7)
C1—C3i 1.393 (6) N2'—C6' 1.3500
C1—H1 0.9500 N2'—C9 1.428 (6)
C2—C3 1.392 (6) C6'—C7' 1.3500
C2—H2 0.9500 C6'—H6' 0.9500
C3—C1i 1.393 (6) C7'—H7' 0.9500
C3—C4 1.514 (7) C8—H8A 0.9800
C4—N1 1.449 (7) C8—H8B 0.9800
C4—N1' 1.452 (7) C8—H8C 0.9800
C4—H4A 0.9900 C8—H8D 0.9800
C4—H4B 0.9900 C8—H8E 0.9800
C4—H4C 0.9900 C8—H8F 0.9800
C4—H4D 0.9900 C9—H9A 0.9800
N1—C5 1.3500 C9—H9B 0.9800
N1—C7 1.3500 C9—H9C 0.9800
C5—N2 1.3500 C9—H9D 0.9800
C5—C8 1.462 (7) C9—H9E 0.9800
N2—C6 1.3500 C9—H9F 0.9800
N2—C9 1.422 (6)
F4—P1—F5 90.52 (18) C5'—N1'—C4 131 (2)
F4—P1—F1 90.71 (19) C7'—N1'—C4 121 (2)
F5—P1—F1 90.42 (18) N1'—C5'—N2' 108.0
F4—P1—F2 179.6 (2) N1'—C5'—C8 122 (2)
F5—P1—F2 89.74 (19) N2'—C5'—C8 130 (2)
F1—P1—F2 89.58 (19) C6'—N2'—C5' 108.0
F4—P1—F6 89.62 (18) C6'—N2'—C9 132 (2)
F5—P1—F6 179.52 (18) C5'—N2'—C9 120 (2)
F1—P1—F6 90.04 (18) N2'—C6'—C7' 108.0
F2—P1—F6 90.11 (18) N2'—C6'—H6' 126.0
F4—P1—F3 89.98 (19) C7'—C6'—H6' 126.0
F5—P1—F3 89.90 (18) C6'—C7'—N1' 108.0
F1—P1—F3 179.2 (2) C6'—C7'—H7' 126.0
F2—P1—F3 89.73 (19) N1'—C7'—H7' 126.0
F6—P1—F3 89.64 (17) C5'—C8—H8A 113.7
C2—C1—C3i 120.3 (4) C5—C8—H8A 109.5
C2—C1—H1 119.8 C5'—C8—H8B 109.7
C3i—C1—H1 119.8 C5—C8—H8B 109.5
C1—C2—C3 120.7 (4) H8A—C8—H8B 109.5
C1—C2—H2 119.7 C5'—C8—H8C 104.9
C3—C2—H2 119.7 C5—C8—H8C 109.5
C2—C3—C1i 119.0 (4) H8A—C8—H8C 109.5
C2—C3—C4 118.2 (4) H8B—C8—H8C 109.5
C1i—C3—C4 122.8 (4) C5'—C8—H8D 109.5
N1—C4—C3 110.7 (13) C5—C8—H8D 105.1
N1'—C4—C3 115.8 (13) C5'—C8—H8E 109.5
N1—C4—H4A 109.5 C5—C8—H8E 109.2
N1'—C4—H4A 103.2 H8A—C8—H8E 109.4
C3—C4—H4A 109.5 H8C—C8—H8E 109.9
N1—C4—H4B 109.5 H8D—C8—H8E 109.5
N1'—C4—H4B 110.3 C5'—C8—H8F 109.5
C3—C4—H4B 109.5 C5—C8—H8F 114.0
H4A—C4—H4B 108.1 H8A—C8—H8F 105.3
N1—C4—H4C 114.7 H8B—C8—H8F 109.1
N1'—C4—H4C 108.3 H8D—C8—H8F 109.5
C3—C4—H4C 108.3 H8E—C8—H8F 109.5
N1—C4—H4D 107.2 N2—C9—H9A 109.5
N1'—C4—H4D 108.3 N2'—C9—H9A 114.6
C3—C4—H4D 108.3 N2—C9—H9B 109.5
C5—N1—C7 108.0 N2'—C9—H9B 108.2
C5—N1—C4 120 (2) H9A—C9—H9B 109.5
C7—N1—C4 132 (2) N2—C9—H9C 109.5
N2—C5—N1 108.0 N2'—C9—H9C 105.5
N2—C5—C8 119 (2) H9A—C9—H9C 109.5
N1—C5—C8 133 (2) H9B—C9—H9C 109.5
C6—N2—C5 108.0 N2—C9—H9D 105.5
C6—N2—C9 121 (2) N2'—C9—H9D 109.5
C5—N2—C9 131 (2) N2—C9—H9E 108.2
N2—C6—C7 108.0 N2'—C9—H9E 109.5
N2—C6—H6 126.0 H9D—C9—H9E 109.5
C7—C6—H6 126.0 N2—C9—H9F 114.6
C6—C7—N1 108.0 N2'—C9—H9F 109.5
C6—C7—H7 126.0 H9D—C9—H9F 109.5
N1—C7—H7 126.0 H9E—C9—H9F 109.5
C5'—N1'—C7' 108.0
C3i—C1—C2—C3 −0.8 (8) C9—N2—C6—C7 179.8 (3)
C1—C2—C3—C1i 0.8 (8) N2—C6—C7—N1 0.0
C1—C2—C3—C4 −179.3 (4) C5—N1—C7—C6 0.0
C2—C3—C4—N1 180.0 (11) C4—N1—C7—C6 178 (2)
C1i—C3—C4—N1 −0.1 (12) C3—C4—N1'—C5' 87.8 (19)
C2—C3—C4—N1' −175.4 (11) C3—C4—N1'—C7' −81.7 (9)
C1i—C3—C4—N1' 4.5 (12) C7'—N1'—C5'—N2' 0.0
N1'—C4—N1—C5 −44 (19) C4—N1'—C5'—N2' −170.5 (19)
C3—C4—N1—C5 97.1 (15) C7'—N1'—C5'—C8 179.9 (3)
N1'—C4—N1—C7 139 (21) C4—N1'—C5'—C8 9.4 (19)
C3—C4—N1—C7 −80.4 (10) N1'—C5'—N2'—C6' 0.0
C7—N1—C5—N2 0.0 C8—C5'—N2'—C6' −179.9 (3)
C4—N1—C5—N2 −178.0 (17) N1'—C5'—N2'—C9 −179.8 (3)
C7—N1—C5—C8 179.9 (3) C8—C5'—N2'—C9 0.3 (4)
C4—N1—C5—C8 1.9 (17) C5'—N2'—C6'—C7' 0.0
N1—C5—N2—C6 0.0 C9—N2'—C6'—C7' 179.8 (3)
C8—C5—N2—C6 −179.9 (2) N2'—C6'—C7'—N1' 0.0
N1—C5—N2—C9 −179.8 (3) C5'—N1'—C7'—C6' 0.0
C8—C5—N2—C9 0.2 (4) C4—N1'—C7'—C6' 171.6 (18)
C5—N2—C6—C7 0.0

Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, −y+2, −z+1.

Footnotes

Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: TK2496).

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Associated Data

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Supplementary Materials

Crystal structure: contains datablocks global, I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809026336/tk2496sup1.cif

e-65-o1830-sup1.cif (18.8KB, cif)

Structure factors: contains datablocks I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809026336/tk2496Isup2.hkl

e-65-o1830-Isup2.hkl (130.3KB, hkl)

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


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