Mason Helen E, Howard Judith A K, Sparkes Hazel A
Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
Acta Crystallogr C Struct Chem. 2021 Oct 1;77(Pt 10):659-667. doi: 10.1107/S2053229621008780. Epub 2021 Sep 29.
The synthesis, single-crystal structures and chromic behaviour of three related Schiff bases, namely, (E)-2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-{[(4-fluorophenyl)imino]methyl}phenol, CHFNO, 1, (E)-2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-{[(4-chlorophenyl)imino]methyl}phenol, CHClNO, 2, and (E)-6-{[(4-bromophenyl)imino]methyl}-2,4-di-tert-butylphenol, CHBrNO, 3, are reported. Two polymorphs of 1 were obtained, which were found to have different photochromic properties. Schiff bases 2 and 3 were found to be isostructural and underwent a phase transition upon cooling which was attributed to the dynamic disorder in one of the tert-butyl groups resolving at low temperature. All of the structures were found to exist in the enol rather than the keto form based on the C-O(H) and imine C=N bond lengths, and contained an intramolecular O-H...N hydrogen bond alongside weaker intermolecular C-H...O contacts.
报道了三种相关席夫碱的合成、单晶结构和变色行为,即(E)-2,4-二叔丁基-6-{[(4-氟苯基)亚氨基]甲基}苯酚(CHFNO,1)、(E)-2,4-二叔丁基-6-{[(4-氯苯基)亚氨基]甲基}苯酚(CHClNO,2)和(E)-6-{[(4-溴苯基)亚氨基]甲基}-2,4-二叔丁基苯酚(CHBrNO,3)。得到了1的两种多晶型物,发现它们具有不同的光致变色性质。发现席夫碱2和3结构相同,冷却时发生相变,这归因于其中一个叔丁基在低温下解聚的动态无序。根据C-O(H)和亚胺C=N键长,发现所有结构均以烯醇形式而非酮形式存在,并包含分子内O-H...N氢键以及较弱的分子间C-H...O接触。