4,5-Dibromo-2,7-di-tert-butyl-9,9-dimethyl-9H-thioxanthene

Abstract

In the title compound, C₂₃H₂₈Br₂S, the thioxanthene unit is twisted, showing a dihedral angle of 29.3 (5)° between the benzene rings. When projected along [001], the packing shows two types of channels. The crystal studied was a racemic twin.

Related literature  

For the preparation, see: Emslie et al. (2006 ▶). For the use of the title compound as a starting material in the preparation of rigid ligands for different transition metals, see: Emslie et al. (2008 ▶).

Experimental  

Crystal data  

• C₂₃H₂₈Br₂S

• M _r = 496.33

• Tetragonal,

• a = 21.8234 (2) Å

• c = 18.8025 (5) Å

• V = 8954.9 (3) ų

• Z = 16

• Cu Kα radiation

• μ = 5.48 mm⁻¹

• T = 298 K

• 0.12 × 0.10 × 0.08 mm

Data collection  

• Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer

• Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2006 ▶) T _min = 0.544, T _max = 0.645

• 26972 measured reflections

• 3272 independent reflections

• 3038 reflections with I > 2σ(I)

• R _int = 0.045

Refinement  

• R[F ² > 2σ(F ²)] = 0.040

• wR(F ²) = 0.114

• S = 1.08

• 3272 reflections

• 243 parameters

• 1 restraint

• H-atom parameters constrained

• Δρ_max = 0.34 e Å⁻³

• Δρ_min = −0.83 e Å⁻³

• Absolute structure: Flack (1983 ▶), 2739 Friedel pairs

• Flack parameter: 0.49 (3)

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker 2006 ▶); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker 2006 ▶); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008 ▶); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008 ▶); molecular graphics: Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008) ▶; software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.

Supplementary Material

Supplementary material file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812020624/ng5262Isup3.cml

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

supplementary crystallographic information

Comment

Thioxanthenes are very valuable building blocks for several purposes. Specifically, the compound described in this paper has been used as a starting material in the preparation of rigid ligands for different transitions metals as Ni, Pd, Fe, etc (Emslie et al., 2008).

The crystal contains an unique molecule as the asymmetric unit. The molecule consists of a thioxanthene framework with a tert-butyl group at C2 and C8, two methyl groups at C5 and a bromine atom at C10 and C13 as susbtituents.The thioxanthene core is twisted with a torsion angle of 29.3 (5)° (C11—S1—C12—C4). All the bond lengths and angles are within the normal ranges. The S1—C11 and S1—C12 bond lengths are 1.751 (5) Å and 1.769 (5) Å, and the C11—S1—C12 angle are 99.5 (2)°. The bromine atoms are coplanar with the thioxanthene framework; the Br1—C13—C1—C2 and Br2—C10—C9—C8 torsion angles are 179.8 (2)° and -179.8 (9)°, respectively.

The molecules in the cell unit are orientated in opposite directions forming parallel sheets along the a and b axes, which intersect perpendicularly originating two types of channels A and B, as is shown in Fig. 2 and 3.

Experimental

The title compound was obtained from thioxanthone according to a method described previously (Emslie et al., 2006). Thioxanthone reacted with AlMe₃ to gave 9,9-dimethylthioxanthene. This compound (0.75 g, 3.31 mmol) was mixed with 2-chloro-2-methylpropane (1.04 ml, 9.56 mmol) in chloroform (18 ml) at 273 K and aluminium trichloride (0.26 g, 1.95 mmol) was added in a Friedel-Crafts procedure. Reaction of this compound (0.57 g, 1.68 mmol) with bromine (0.34 ml, 6.64 mmol) in a mixture of glacial acetic acid (6.8 ml) and dichloromethane (3 ml) gave 2,7-di-tert-butyl-4,5-dibromo-9,9-dimethylthioxanthene. Crystals were obtained from a dichloromethane solution and their characterization was in agreement with the reported data.

Refinement

The hydrogen atoms were positioned geometrically, with C—H distances constrained to 0.93 Å (aromatic CH) and 0.96 Å (methyl CH₃) and refined in riding mode with U_iso(H) = xUeq(C), where x =1.5 for methyl H atoms and x = 1.2 for all other atoms.

Figures

Fig. 1.

Molecular structure of C23H28Br2S. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level. Hydrogen atoms are shown as spheres of arbitrary radius.

Fig. 2.

Crystal packing of C23H28Br2S view along c-axis, showing two kind of channels.

Fig. 3.

Crystal packing showed in Figure 2 moved along x axis.

Crystal data

C23H28Br2S	Dx = 1.473 Mg m−3
Mr = 496.33	Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.54178 Å
Tetragonal, I41cd	Cell parameters from 6340 reflections
Hall symbol: I 4bw -2c	θ = 4.1–65.0°
a = 21.8234 (2) Å	µ = 5.48 mm−1
c = 18.8025 (5) Å	T = 298 K
V = 8954.9 (3) Å3	Prism, brown
Z = 16	0.12 × 0.10 × 0.08 mm
F(000) = 4032

Data collection

Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer	3272 independent reflections
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube	3038 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Graphite monochromator	Rint = 0.045
phi and ω scans	θmax = 67.1°, θmin = 4.1°
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2006)	h = −24→24
Tmin = 0.544, Tmax = 0.645	k = −25→24
26972 measured reflections	l = −21→19

Refinement

Refinement on F2	Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map
Least-squares matrix: full	Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.040	H-atom parameters constrained
wR(F2) = 0.114	w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.069P)2 + 8.551P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
S = 1.08	(Δ/σ)max < 0.001
3272 reflections	Δρmax = 0.34 e Å−3
243 parameters	Δρmin = −0.83 e Å−3
1 restraint	Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 2739 Friedel pairs
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods	Flack parameter: 0.49 (3)

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.

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

	x	y	z	Uiso*/Ueq
Br1	0.00721 (3)	0.08500 (2)	0.15791 (4)	0.0637 (2)
Br2	−0.01257 (4)	0.08030 (3)	0.44522 (4)	0.0759 (3)
S1	0.01309 (5)	0.15662 (5)	0.30465 (9)	0.0469 (3)
C1	−0.0512 (2)	0.1937 (2)	0.1083 (2)	0.0399 (10)
H1	−0.0539	0.1723	0.0657	0.048*
C2	−0.07413 (19)	0.2520 (2)	0.1132 (3)	0.0397 (10)
C3	−0.0652 (2)	0.2836 (2)	0.1773 (3)	0.0396 (10)
H3	−0.0796	0.3235	0.1808	0.048*
C4	−0.03594 (19)	0.25826 (19)	0.2354 (3)	0.0351 (9)
C5	−0.0220 (2)	0.29427 (18)	0.3048 (3)	0.0414 (9)
C6	−0.0430 (2)	0.2563 (2)	0.3677 (2)	0.0377 (10)
C7	−0.07826 (19)	0.2811 (2)	0.4233 (3)	0.0416 (10)
H7	−0.0916	0.3214	0.4192	0.050*
C8	−0.0943 (2)	0.2484 (2)	0.4845 (3)	0.0417 (10)
C9	−0.0731 (2)	0.1878 (2)	0.4897 (3)	0.0463 (11)
H9	−0.0815	0.1645	0.5299	0.056*
C10	−0.0395 (2)	0.1630 (2)	0.4339 (3)	0.0442 (11)
C11	−0.02527 (19)	0.1948 (2)	0.3734 (3)	0.0393 (10)
C12	−0.0171 (2)	0.1968 (2)	0.2308 (3)	0.0384 (10)
C13	−0.02398 (19)	0.1666 (2)	0.1671 (3)	0.0416 (10)
C14	−0.1076 (2)	0.2842 (2)	0.0513 (3)	0.0436 (9)
C15	−0.1193 (3)	0.2409 (3)	−0.0107 (3)	0.0638 (15)
H15A	−0.1418	0.2621	−0.0471	0.096*
H15B	−0.1427	0.2064	0.0055	0.096*
H15C	−0.0809	0.2270	−0.0296	0.096*
C16	−0.0707 (3)	0.3385 (3)	0.0251 (3)	0.0598 (15)
H16A	−0.0629	0.3659	0.0640	0.090*
H16B	−0.0933	0.3596	−0.0113	0.090*
H16C	−0.0324	0.3244	0.0059	0.090*
C17	−0.1701 (2)	0.3078 (3)	0.0782 (3)	0.0581 (14)
H17A	−0.1639	0.3342	0.1184	0.087*
H17B	−0.1951	0.2736	0.0921	0.087*
H17C	−0.1902	0.3302	0.0410	0.087*
C18	0.0481 (2)	0.3047 (2)	0.3083 (3)	0.0550 (12)
H18A	0.0577	0.3303	0.3483	0.083*
H18B	0.0616	0.3243	0.2654	0.083*
H18C	0.0686	0.2660	0.3134	0.083*
C19	−0.0520 (3)	0.35770 (19)	0.3027 (4)	0.0557 (12)
H19A	−0.0956	0.3532	0.2975	0.084*
H19B	−0.0361	0.3805	0.2632	0.084*
H19C	−0.0433	0.3791	0.3461	0.084*
C20	−0.1332 (2)	0.2772 (3)	0.5422 (3)	0.0521 (13)
C21	−0.1930 (3)	0.3015 (4)	0.5106 (4)	0.080 (2)
H21A	−0.2188	0.3164	0.5482	0.119*
H21B	−0.2136	0.2691	0.4857	0.119*
H21C	−0.1841	0.3343	0.4782	0.119*
C22	−0.0982 (3)	0.3323 (4)	0.5735 (5)	0.093 (3)
H22A	−0.0622	0.3180	0.5977	0.140*
H22B	−0.1241	0.3537	0.6065	0.140*
H22C	−0.0865	0.3596	0.5358	0.140*
C23	−0.1493 (4)	0.2334 (4)	0.6019 (4)	0.091 (2)
H23A	−0.1132	0.2244	0.6291	0.136*
H23B	−0.1655	0.1962	0.5823	0.136*
H23C	−0.1795	0.2520	0.6322	0.136*

Atomic displacement parameters (Ų)

	U11	U22	U33	U12	U13	U23
Br1	0.0755 (4)	0.0508 (3)	0.0647 (5)	0.0202 (2)	−0.0148 (4)	−0.0147 (3)
Br2	0.1107 (6)	0.0513 (3)	0.0655 (5)	0.0278 (3)	−0.0034 (5)	0.0074 (3)
S1	0.0510 (6)	0.0474 (5)	0.0423 (6)	0.0192 (4)	−0.0057 (7)	−0.0050 (6)
C1	0.045 (2)	0.046 (2)	0.029 (2)	−0.0015 (18)	−0.0009 (19)	−0.0120 (19)
C2	0.035 (2)	0.045 (2)	0.039 (3)	0.0011 (16)	0.0009 (19)	0.001 (2)
C3	0.044 (2)	0.036 (2)	0.039 (3)	0.0047 (17)	0.002 (2)	−0.0038 (18)
C4	0.036 (2)	0.036 (2)	0.033 (2)	−0.0014 (16)	−0.0028 (17)	−0.0045 (19)
C5	0.049 (2)	0.0350 (19)	0.040 (2)	−0.0015 (15)	0.000 (2)	−0.008 (2)
C6	0.040 (2)	0.038 (2)	0.035 (2)	0.0025 (16)	−0.0108 (19)	−0.0035 (18)
C7	0.044 (2)	0.038 (2)	0.043 (3)	0.0067 (16)	−0.005 (2)	−0.006 (2)
C8	0.039 (2)	0.049 (2)	0.037 (3)	0.0031 (18)	−0.0048 (18)	−0.003 (2)
C9	0.052 (3)	0.044 (2)	0.043 (3)	−0.0006 (19)	−0.007 (2)	−0.002 (2)
C10	0.050 (2)	0.038 (2)	0.045 (3)	0.0033 (18)	−0.009 (2)	0.002 (2)
C11	0.035 (2)	0.043 (2)	0.039 (3)	0.0047 (17)	−0.0084 (19)	−0.008 (2)
C12	0.037 (2)	0.043 (2)	0.035 (3)	0.0047 (17)	−0.0027 (19)	−0.005 (2)
C13	0.040 (2)	0.036 (2)	0.049 (3)	0.0064 (16)	0.002 (2)	−0.005 (2)
C14	0.048 (2)	0.048 (2)	0.035 (2)	0.0067 (18)	0.000 (3)	−0.001 (2)
C15	0.082 (4)	0.067 (3)	0.042 (3)	0.023 (3)	−0.015 (3)	−0.010 (3)
C16	0.063 (3)	0.069 (4)	0.048 (3)	0.010 (3)	0.005 (3)	0.013 (3)
C17	0.043 (3)	0.088 (4)	0.043 (3)	0.016 (3)	0.001 (2)	−0.001 (3)
C18	0.055 (3)	0.059 (3)	0.051 (3)	−0.012 (2)	−0.012 (3)	−0.004 (3)
C19	0.084 (3)	0.034 (2)	0.048 (3)	0.009 (2)	−0.001 (3)	−0.006 (3)
C20	0.049 (2)	0.063 (3)	0.044 (3)	0.011 (2)	0.009 (2)	−0.006 (2)
C21	0.061 (4)	0.099 (5)	0.078 (5)	0.027 (3)	0.011 (3)	0.007 (4)
C22	0.086 (5)	0.103 (5)	0.091 (6)	−0.004 (4)	0.021 (4)	−0.059 (5)
C23	0.103 (5)	0.102 (5)	0.066 (4)	0.035 (5)	0.030 (4)	0.010 (4)

Geometric parameters (Å, º)

Br1—C13	1.915 (4)	C14—C17	1.543 (6)
Br2—C10	1.909 (4)	C15—H15A	0.9600
S1—C11	1.751 (5)	C15—H15B	0.9600
S1—C12	1.769 (5)	C15—H15C	0.9600
C1—C2	1.371 (7)	C16—H16A	0.9600
C1—C13	1.386 (7)	C16—H16B	0.9600
C1—H1	0.9300	C16—H16C	0.9600
C2—C3	1.402 (7)	C17—H17A	0.9600
C2—C14	1.544 (7)	C17—H17B	0.9600
C3—C4	1.381 (7)	C17—H17C	0.9600
C3—H3	0.9300	C18—H18A	0.9600
C4—C12	1.406 (7)	C18—H18B	0.9600
C4—C5	1.553 (7)	C18—H18C	0.9600
C5—C6	1.515 (7)	C19—H19A	0.9600
C5—C19	1.532 (6)	C19—H19B	0.9600
C5—C18	1.549 (6)	C19—H19C	0.9600
C6—C11	1.400 (7)	C20—C23	1.515 (10)
C6—C7	1.406 (7)	C20—C21	1.529 (8)
C7—C8	1.397 (7)	C20—C22	1.542 (9)
C7—H7	0.9300	C21—H21A	0.9600
C8—C9	1.405 (7)	C21—H21B	0.9600
C8—C20	1.514 (7)	C21—H21C	0.9600
C9—C10	1.389 (7)	C22—H22A	0.9600
C9—H9	0.9300	C22—H22B	0.9600
C10—C11	1.369 (7)	C22—H22C	0.9600
C12—C13	1.376 (7)	C23—H23A	0.9600
C14—C16	1.516 (8)	C23—H23B	0.9600
C14—C15	1.522 (8)	C23—H23C	0.9600
C11—S1—C12	99.5 (2)	C14—C15—H15C	109.5
C2—C1—C13	119.9 (4)	H15A—C15—H15C	109.5
C2—C1—H1	120.0	H15B—C15—H15C	109.5
C13—C1—H1	120.0	C14—C16—H16A	109.5
C1—C2—C3	117.6 (4)	C14—C16—H16B	109.5
C1—C2—C14	123.0 (4)	H16A—C16—H16B	109.5
C3—C2—C14	119.4 (4)	C14—C16—H16C	109.5
C4—C3—C2	123.3 (4)	H16A—C16—H16C	109.5
C4—C3—H3	118.4	H16B—C16—H16C	109.5
C2—C3—H3	118.4	C14—C17—H17A	109.5
C3—C4—C12	117.9 (4)	C14—C17—H17B	109.5
C3—C4—C5	123.6 (4)	H17A—C17—H17B	109.5
C12—C4—C5	118.5 (4)	C14—C17—H17C	109.5
C6—C5—C19	112.7 (4)	H17A—C17—H17C	109.5
C6—C5—C18	110.3 (4)	H17B—C17—H17C	109.5
C19—C5—C18	106.9 (4)	C5—C18—H18A	109.5
C6—C5—C4	108.6 (3)	C5—C18—H18B	109.5
C19—C5—C4	110.6 (4)	H18A—C18—H18B	109.5
C18—C5—C4	107.7 (4)	C5—C18—H18C	109.5
C11—C6—C7	117.5 (4)	H18A—C18—H18C	109.5
C11—C6—C5	120.0 (4)	H18B—C18—H18C	109.5
C7—C6—C5	122.4 (4)	C5—C19—H19A	109.5
C8—C7—C6	123.6 (4)	C5—C19—H19B	109.5
C8—C7—H7	118.2	H19A—C19—H19B	109.5
C6—C7—H7	118.2	C5—C19—H19C	109.5
C7—C8—C9	117.0 (4)	H19A—C19—H19C	109.5
C7—C8—C20	121.3 (4)	H19B—C19—H19C	109.5
C9—C8—C20	121.7 (5)	C8—C20—C23	113.6 (5)
C10—C9—C8	119.3 (5)	C8—C20—C21	110.1 (5)
C10—C9—H9	120.4	C23—C20—C21	108.0 (5)
C8—C9—H9	120.4	C8—C20—C22	108.6 (5)
C11—C10—C9	123.3 (4)	C23—C20—C22	108.9 (6)
C11—C10—Br2	120.2 (4)	C21—C20—C22	107.5 (6)
C9—C10—Br2	116.5 (4)	C20—C21—H21A	109.5
C10—C11—C6	119.2 (4)	C20—C21—H21B	109.5
C10—C11—S1	118.7 (4)	H21A—C21—H21B	109.5
C6—C11—S1	122.1 (4)	C20—C21—H21C	109.5
C13—C12—C4	118.6 (4)	H21A—C21—H21C	109.5
C13—C12—S1	119.2 (3)	H21B—C21—H21C	109.5
C4—C12—S1	122.2 (4)	C20—C22—H22A	109.5
C12—C13—C1	122.5 (4)	C20—C22—H22B	109.5
C12—C13—Br1	119.0 (3)	H22A—C22—H22B	109.5
C1—C13—Br1	118.5 (4)	C20—C22—H22C	109.5
C16—C14—C15	109.0 (5)	H22A—C22—H22C	109.5
C16—C14—C17	108.4 (4)	H22B—C22—H22C	109.5
C15—C14—C17	108.1 (4)	C20—C23—H23A	109.5
C16—C14—C2	110.4 (4)	C20—C23—H23B	109.5
C15—C14—C2	112.0 (4)	H23A—C23—H23B	109.5
C17—C14—C2	108.8 (4)	C20—C23—H23C	109.5
C14—C15—H15A	109.5	H23A—C23—H23C	109.5
C14—C15—H15B	109.5	H23B—C23—H23C	109.5
H15A—C15—H15B	109.5