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IOMC Online Toolbox for Implementing Chemical Safety

The new version of the IOMC Toolbox for Decision Making in Chemicals Management provides a set of interactive features allowing governments to use it as a platform for collaboration among ministries, agencies, and other stakeholders such as industry. Users can save their information, add comments, and share and discuss issues with colleagues and partners.




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The OECD QSAR Toolbox

New features of the QSAR Toolbox version 4.3 include: 2 New Databases, 5 New Profilers, 2D parameters, 159 new (Q)SAR models including pre-calculated online Danish QSAR DB models and new pKa models, Toolbox Application Program Interface (API) is now publicly available.




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Jean-François van Boxmeer, Heineken CEO

The brewery chief has staved off decline with emerging market acquisitions





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BRITs 2020: Naomi Campbell, 49, is seen exiting celebrity haunt The Box with a male pal at 3:40am

She's long been celebrated as one of the world's top supermodels, as she enters her fifth decade of working as one of fashion's most celebrated figures.




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Lizzo parties at The Box until 4am after downing tequila at the BRIT Awards 2020 

Lizzo, 31, looked sensational in a sheer dress over a racy corset for her afterparty look, emerging from The Box after a night of party hopping.




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'I'm finished with boxing': Floyd Mayweather denies claims he could come out of retirement

There have been suggestions Mayweather, who beat Conor McGregor in his last fight in 2017, could return to the ring to take on Adrien Broner. However, Mayweather played down the claims.




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Predictive testing: A Pandora's box


Once a medical approach is accepted, its use tends to spread across the population and income groups. We therefore need to start preparing for the advance of personalised medicine, writes Sujatha Byravan




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Boxing their way forward


At the crux of Ekbalpur's women boxers' passion lies a sense of liberation and recognition that they do not get from anything else. Sudhiti Naskar reports.




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Just breathing during this lockdown: Boxer Vikas Krishan

In the last two months – after coming back from Amman, Jordan (where he secured Olympic quota in the 69kg category) – Vikas has been cooped up at his farmhouse in Bhiwani, Haryana, due to the pandemic-forced nationwide lockdown.




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ICICI సరికొత్త iBox: కార్డ్స్, చెక్కులు ఎలా తీసుకోవచ్చంటే?

ICICI బ్యాంకు iBox పేరుతో కొత్త సేవలను ప్రారంభించింది. ఈ సేవలు 17 నగరాల్లో 50కి పైగా ఐసీఐసీఐ బ్యాంకు బ్రాంచీల్లో అందుబాటులోకి వచ్చాయి. క్రెడిట్ కార్డు లేదా చెక్ బుక్కు లేదా బ్యాంకుకు సంబంధించి ఏమైనా కొరియర్ లేదా పోస్టల్ ద్వారా ఇంటికి వచ్చినప్పుడు మనం లేని సమయంలో తిరిగి తీసుకు వెళ్తుంటారు. దీంతో చాలామంది




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Completing Dropbox’s Dropquest 2011 in 60 seconds

Dropbox organized a scavenger hunt named Dropquest the other day. The first 81 people to complete all steps won some nice prizes, but everyone participating in the quest can get 1 GB of extra Dropbox storage space.




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How to speedrun Dropbox’s Dropquest 2012

Are you a Dropbox user? By completing this year’s Dropquest, you can get 1 GB of extra Dropbox storage space, for free. Here’s how to do that as fast as possible.




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My Mailbox Overfloweth but I Don't Have Time for Your Unsubscribe #wtfUX

September 17, 2015

"Don't you love the way companies find you and spam you daily the moment you make a sideways glance towards one of their products?" Indrani Stangl asks us. It's a good question. It's all too easy to get sucked into a newsletter situation. Some of them are good, many of them are all kinds of blight. Here, Stangl goes deeper into the unsubcribe dilemma.

My inbox, like everyone else's, is brimming with newsletters, offers, coupons, and other nonsense. Why I would take the time to read a newsletter by a staffer at 'Nothing Bundt Cakes' (don't get me started on ridiculous company names) or the place I purchased dog poop bags from, is beyond me. Generally speaking I filter these directly into my trash file, but every once in a while, enough is enough. I take the time to click the 'unsubscribe' link that is in .00001 type at the very bottom of their message.
Then starts the drill....read more
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Punjab CM announces Rs 5 lakh prize for boxer Simranjit Kaur




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Structure of Thermococcus litoralis Δ1-pyrroline-2-carboxylate reductase in complex with NADH and L-proline

The paper reports the structure of a Δ1-pyrroline-2-carboxylate reductase from the archaeon Thermococcus litoralis, a key enzyme involved in the second step of trans-4-Hydroxy-L-proline metabolism, conserved in archaea, bacteria and humans.




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Polymeric poly[[decaaquabis(μ6-1,8-disulfonato-9H-carbazole-3,6-dicarboxylato)di-μ3-hydroxy-pentazinc] decahydrate]

The asymmetric unit of the title MOF, [Zn5(C14H5NO10S2)2(OH)2(H2O)10]n comprises three ZnII atoms, one of which is located on a centre of inversion, a tetra-negative carboxyl­ate ligand, one μ3-hydroxide and five water mol­ecules, each of which is coordinated. The ZnII atom, lying on a centre of inversion, is coordinated by trans sulfoxide-O atoms and four water mol­ecules in an octa­hedral geometry. Another ZnII atom is coordinated by two carboxyl­ate-O atoms, one hy­droxy-O, one sulfoxide-O and a water-O atom to define a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal geometry; a close Zn⋯O(carboxyl­ate) inter­action derived from an asymmetrically coordinating ligand (Zn—O = 1.95 and 3.07 Å) suggests a 5 + 1 coordination geometry. The third ZnII atom is coordinated in an octa­hedral fashion by two hy­droxy-O atoms, one carboxyl­ate-O, one sulfoxide-O and two water-O atoms, the latter being mutually cis. In all, the carboxyl­ate ligand binds six ZnII ions leading to a three-dimensional architecture. In the crystal, all acidic donors form hydrogen bonds to oxygen acceptors to contribute to the stability of the three-dimensional architecture.




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Bis[benzyl 2-(heptan-4-yl­idene)hydrazine-1-carboxyl­ate]bis­(thio­cyanato)­cobalt(II)

The title compound, [Co(NCS)2(C15H22N2O2)2] or C32H44CoN6O4S2, was prepared from cobalt(II) nitrate, benzyl carbazate and ammonium thio­cyanate in the presence of 4-hepta­none. The compound crystallizes with two centrosymmetric complexes in which the cobalt(II) atoms have a trans-CoO2N4 octa­hedral coordination geometry. In the crystal, N—H⋯S, C—H⋯S and C—H⋯.π contacts stack the complex mol­ecules along the b-axis direction.




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Poly[di­aqua­[μ4-2-(carboxyl­atometh­oxy)benzoato][μ2-2-(carboxyl­atometh­oxy)benzoato]dicad­mium(II)]

In the title compound, [Cd2(C9H6O5)2(H2O)2]n, the crystallographically distinct CdII cations are coordinated in penta­gonal–bipyramidal and octa­hedral fashions. The 2-(carb­oxy­meth­oxy)benzoate (cmb) ligands connect the Cd atoms into [Cd2(cmb)2(H2O)2)]n coordination polymer ribbons that are oriented along the a-axis direction. Supra­molecular layers are formed parallel to (01overline{1}) by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding between the ribbons. The supra­molecular three-dimensional crystal structure of the title compound is then constructed by π–π stacking inter­actions with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.622 (2) Å between cmb ligands in adjacent layer motifs.




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Ethyl 4-(4-chloro-3-fluoro­phen­yl)-6-methyl-2-sulfanyl­idene-1,2,3,4-tetra­hydro­pyrimidine-5-carboxyl­ate

In the title compound, C14H14ClFN2O2S, the di­hydro­pyrimidine ring adopts a shallow-boat conformation and subtends a dihedral angle of 81.91 (17)° with the phenyl ring. In the crystal, N—H⋯O, N—H⋯S and C—H⋯F hydrogen bonds and C—H⋯π inter­actions are found.




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N-[(Pyridin-2-yl)meth­yl]thio­phene-2-carboxamide

In the title compound, C11H10N2OS, the dihedral angle between the thio­phene and pyridine rings is 77.79 (8)°. In the crystal, inversion dimers linked by pairs of N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds generate R22(10) loops. The dimers are reinforced by pairs of C—H⋯N inter­actions and C—H⋯O inter­actions link the dimers into [010] chains.




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catena-Poly[[di­aqua­cadmium(II)]-μ2-3-(4-carboxyl­atophen­yl)propionato]

In the title compound, [Cd(C10H8O4)(H2O)2)]n, the CdII cation is coordinated in a distorted trigonal–prismatic fashion. 3-(4-Carb­oxy­phen­yl)propionate (cpp) ligands connect the CdII cations into zigzag [Cd(cpp)(H2O)2)]n coordination polymer chains, which are oriented parallel to [101]. The chains aggregate into supra­molecular layers oriented parallel to (10overline{1}) by means of O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding between bound water mol­ecules and ligating cpp carboxyl­ate O atoms. The layers stack in an ABAB pattern along [100] via other O—H⋯O hydrogen-bonding mechanisms also involving the bound water mol­ecules. The crystal studied was an inversion twin.




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(Pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ato-κ3O,N,O')(2,2':6',2''- terpyridine-κ3N,N',N'')nickel(II) di­methyl­formamide monosolvate monohydrate

In the title complex, [Ni(C7H3NO4)(C15H11N3)]·C3H7NO·H2O, the NiII ion is six-coordinated within an octa­hedral geometry defined by three N atoms of the 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine ligand, and two O atoms and the N atom of the pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ate di-anion. In the crystal, the complex mol­ecules are stacked in columns parallel to the a axis being connected by π–π stacking [closest inter-centroid separation between pyridyl rings = 3.669 (3) Å]. The connections between columns and solvent mol­ecules to sustain a three-dimensional architecture are of the type water-O—H⋯O(carbon­yl) and pyridyl-, methyl-C—H⋯O(carbon­yl).




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(2,2'-Bi­pyridine-κ2N,N')(pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ato-κ2N,O)palladium(II) monohydrate

In the title compound, [Pd(C7H3NO4)(C10H8N2)]·H2O, the PdII cation is four-coordinated in a distorted square-planar coordination geometry defined by the two N atoms of the 2,2'-bi­pyridine ligand, one O atom and one N atom from the pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ate anion. The complex and solvent water mol­ecule are linked by inter­molecular hydrogen bonds. In the crystal, the complex mol­ecules are stacked in columns along the a axis.




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Diethyl 4-(3-chloro­phen­yl)-2,6-diphenyl-1,4-di­hydro­pyridine-3,5-di­carboxyl­ate

In the title compound, C29H26ClNO4, the di­hydro­pyridine ring adopts a shallow boat conformation. The mean plane of the di­hydro­pyridine ring (all atoms) subtends dihedral angles of 66.54 (1), 73.71 (1) and 79.47 (1)° with the two phenyl rings and the chloro­phenyl ring, respectively. In the crystal, N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into [001] chains.




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5,5'-(1-Phenyl­ethane-1,1-di­yl)bis­(1H-pyrrole-2-carboxaldehyde)

In the title compound, C18H16N2O2, the dihedral angle between the pyrrole rings is 79.47 (9)°, with the N—H groups approximately orthogonal (H—N⋯N—H pseudo torsion angle = −106°). In the crystal, N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into [11overline{1}] chains. A C—H⋯O inter­action is also observed.




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Diethyl 4-(1H-imidazol-2-yl)-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-di­hydro­pyridine-3,5-di­carboxyl­ate

In the title compound, C16H21N3O4, the 1,4-di­hydro­pyridine ring adopts a flattened boat conformation, with the imidazole substituent in an axial orientation [dihedral angle between ring planes = 82.9 (6)°]. In the crystal structure, pairs of N—H⋯O and N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds with graph-set notation R22(14) connect the mol­ecules into chains running along the c-axis direction.




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Crystal structure of tetra­kis­[μ-3-carboxy-1-(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)adamantane-κ2N1:N2]tetra­fluoridodi-μ2-oxido-dioxidodisilver(I)divanadium(V) tetra­hydrate

The crystal structure of the title mol­ecular complex, [Ag2{VO2F2}2(C13H17N3O2)4]·4H2O, supported by the heterofunctional ligand tr-ad-COOH [1-(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)-3-carb­oxy­adamantane] is reported. Four 1,2,4-triazole groups of the ligand link two AgI atoms, as well as AgI and VV centres, forming the heterobimetallic coordination cluster {AgI2(VVO2F2)2(tr)4}. VV exists as a vanadium oxofluoride anion and possesses a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal coordination environment [VO2F2N]. A carb­oxy­lic acid functional group of the ligand stays in a neutral form and is involved in hydrogen bonding with solvent water mol­ecules and VO2F2− ions of adjacent mol­ecules. The extended hydrogen-bonding network is responsible for the crystal packing in the structure.




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Crystal structure of butane-1,4-diyl bis­(furan-2-carboxyl­ate)

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C14H14O6, a monomeric compound of poly(butyl­ene 2,5-furandi­carboxyl­ate), consists of one half-mol­ecule, the whole all-trans mol­ecule being generated by an inversion centre. In the crystal, the mol­ecules are inter­connected via C—H⋯O inter­actions, forming a mol­ecular sheet parallel to (10overline{2}). The mol­ecular sheets are further linked by C—H⋯π inter­actions.




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Crystal structures of butyl 2-amino-5-hy­droxy-4-(4-nitro­phen­yl)benzo­furan-3-carboxyl­ate and 2-meth­oxy­ethyl 2-amino-5-hy­droxy-4-(4-nitro­phen­yl)benzo­furan-3-carboxyl­ate

The title benzo­furan derivatives 2-amino-5-hy­droxy-4-(4-nitro­phen­yl)benzo­furan-3-carboxyl­ate (BF1), C19H18N2O6, and 2-meth­oxy­ethyl 2-amino-5-hy­droxy-4-(4-nitro­phen­yl)benzo­furan-3-carboxyl­ate (BF2), C18H16N2O7, recently attracted attention because of their promising anti­tumoral activity. BF1 crystallizes in the space group Poverline{1}. BF2 in the space group P21/c. The nitro­phenyl group is inclined to benzo­furan moiety with a dihedral angle between their mean planes of 69.2 (2)° in BF1 and 60.20 (6)° in BF2. A common feature in the mol­ecular structures of BF1 and BF2 is the intra­molecular N—H⋯Ocarbon­yl hydrogen bond. In the crystal of BF1, the mol­ecules are linked head-to-tail into a one-dimensional hydrogen-bonding pattern along the a-axis direction. In BF2, pairs of head-to-tail hydrogen-bonded chains of mol­ecules along the b-axis direction are linked by O—H⋯Ometh­oxy hydrogen bonds. In BF1, the butyl group is disordered over two orientations with occupancies of 0.557 (13) and 0.443 (13).




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Zn and Ni complexes of pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ates: crystal field stabilization matters!

Six reaction products of ZnII and NiII with pyridine-2,6-di­carb­oxy­lic acid (H2Lig1), 4-chloro­pyridine-2,6-di­carb­oxy­lic acid (H2Lig2) and 4-hy­droxy­pyridine-2,6-di­carb­oxy­lic acid (H2Lig3) are used to pinpoint the structural consequences of crystal field stabilization by an incomplete d shell. The pseudo-octa­hedral ZnII coordination sphere in bis­(6-carb­oxy­picolinato)zinc(II) trihydrate, [Zn(C7H4NO4)2]·3H2O or [Zn(HLig1)2]·3H2O, (1), is significantly less regular than that about NiII in the isostructural compound bis­(6-carb­oxy­picolinato)nickel(II) trihydrate, [Ni(C7H4NO4)2]·3H2O or [Ni(HLig1)2]·3H2O, (2). The ZnII complexes poly[(4-chloro­pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ato)zinc(II)], [Zn(C7H2ClNO4)]n or [Zn(Lig2)]n, (3), and poly[[(4-hy­droxy­pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ato)zinc(II)] monohydrate], {[Zn(C7H3NO5)]·H2O}n or {[Zn(Lig3)]·H2O}n, (4), represent two-dimensional coordination polymers with chelating and bridging pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ate ligands in which the coordination polyhedra about the central cations cannot be associated with any regular shape; their coordination environments range between trigonal–bipyramidal and square-pyramidal geometries. In contrast, the corresponding adducts of the diprotonated ligands to NiII, namely tri­aqua­(4-chloro­pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ato)nickel(II), [Ni(C7H2ClNO4)(H2O)3] or [NiLig2(OH2)3)], (5), and tri­aqua­(4-hy­droxy­pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ato)nickel(II) 1.7-hydrate, [Ni(C7H3NO5)(H2O)3]·1.7H2O or [NiLig3(OH2)3)]·1.7H2O, (6), feature rather regular octa­hedral coordination spheres about the transition-metal cations, thus precluding the formation of analogous extended structures.




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Crystal structure, DFT study and Hirshfeld surface analysis of ethyl 6-chloro-2-eth­oxy­quinoline-4-carboxyl­ate

In the title quinoline derivative, C14H14ClNO3, there is an intra­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bond forming an S(6) graph-set motif. The mol­ecule is essentially planar with the mean plane of the ethyl acetate group making a dihedral angle of 5.02 (3)° with the ethyl 6-chloro-2-eth­oxy­quinoline mean plane. In the crystal, offset π–π inter­actions with a centroid-to-centroid distance of 3.4731 (14) Å link inversion-related mol­ecules into columns along the c-axis direction. Hirshfeld surface analysis indicates that H⋯H contacts make the largest contribution (50.8%) to the Hirshfeld surface.




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Crystal structure and DFT study of benzyl 1-benzyl-2-oxo-1,2-di­hydro­quinoline-4-carboxyl­ate

In the title quinoline derivative, C24H19NO3, the two benzyl rings are inclined to the quinoline ring mean plane by 74.09 (8) and 89.43 (7)°, and to each other by 63.97 (10)°. The carboxyl­ate group is twisted from the quinoline ring mean plane by 32.2 (2)°. There is a short intra­molecular C—H⋯O contact forming an S(6) ring motif. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by bifurcated C—H,H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming layers parallel to the ac plane. The layers are linked by C—H⋯π inter­actions, forming a supra­molecular three-dimensional structure.




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Multicentered hydrogen bonding in 1-[(1-de­oxy-β-d-fructo­pyranos-1-yl)aza­nium­yl]cyclo­pentane­carboxyl­ate (`d-fructose-cyclo­leucine')

The title compound, C12H21NO7, (I), is conformationally unstable; the predominant form present in its solution is the β-pyran­ose form (74.3%), followed by the β- and α-furan­oses (12.1 and 10.2%, respectively), α-pyran­ose (3.4%), and traces of the acyclic carbohydrate tautomer. In the crystalline state, the carbohydrate part of (I) adopts the 2C5 β-pyran­ose conformation, and the amino acid portion exists as a zwitterion, with the side chain cyclo­pentane ring assuming the E9 envelope conformation. All heteroatoms are involved in hydrogen bonding that forms a system of anti­parallel infinite chains of fused R33(6) and R33(8) rings. The mol­ecule features extensive intra­molecular hydrogen bonding, which is uniquely multicentered and involves the carboxyl­ate, ammonium and carbohydrate hy­droxy groups. In contrast, the contribution of inter­molecular O⋯H/H⋯O contacts to the Hirshfeld surface is relatively low (38.4%), as compared to structures of other d-fructose-amino acids. The 1H NMR data suggest a slow rotation around the C1—C2 bond in (I), indicating that the intra­molecular heteroatom contacts survive in aqueous solution of the mol­ecule as well.




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Crystal structure of poly[[[μ4-3-(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)adamantane-1-carboxyl­ato-κ5N1:N2:O1:O1,O1']silver(I)] dihydrate]

The heterobifunctional organic ligand, 3-(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)adamantane-1-carboxyl­ate (tr-ad-COO−), was employed for the synthesis of the title silver(I) coordination polymer, {[Ag(C13H16N3O2)]·2H2O}n, crystallizing in the rare ortho­rhom­bic C2221 space group. Alternation of the double μ2-1,2,4-triazole and μ2-η2:η1-COO− (chelating, bridging mode) bridges between AgI cations supports the formation of sinusoidal coordination chains. The AgI centers possess a distorted {N2O3} square-pyramidal arrangement with τ5 = 0.30. The angular organic linkers connect the chains into a tetra­gonal framework with small channels along the c-axis direction occupied by water mol­ecules of crystallization, which are inter­linked via O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds with carboxyl­ate groups, leading to right- and left-handed helical dispositions.




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Synthesis and crystal structure of tert-butyl 1-(2-iodo­benzo­yl)cyclo­pent-3-ene-1-carboxyl­ate

1-(2-Iodo­benzo­yl)-cyclo­pent-3-ene-1-carboxyl­ates are novel substrates to construct bi­cyclo­[3.2.1]octa­nes with anti­bacterial and anti­thrombotic activities. In this context, tert-butyl 1-(2-iodo­benzo­yl)-cyclo­pent-3-ene-1-carboxyl­ate, C17H19IO3, was synthesized and structurally characterized. The 2-iodo­benzoyl group is attached to the tertiary C atom of the cyclo­pent-3-ene ring. The dihedral angle between the benzene ring and the mean plane of the envelope-type cyclo­pent-3-ene ring is 26.0 (3)°. In the crystal, pairs of C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules to form inversion dimers.




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Crystal structure, Hirshfeld surface analysis and inter­action energy and DFT studies of 2-chloro­ethyl 2-oxo-1-(prop-2-yn-1-yl)-1,2-di­hydro­quinoline-4-carboxyl­ate

The title compound, C15H12ClNO3, consists of a 1,2-di­hydro­quinoline-4-carb­oxyl­ate unit with 2-chloro­ethyl and propynyl substituents, where the quinoline moiety is almost planar and the propynyl substituent is nearly perpendicular to its mean plane. In the crystal, the mol­ecules form zigzag stacks along the a-axis direction through slightly offset π-stacking inter­actions between inversion-related quinoline moieties which are tied together by inter­molecular C—HPrpn­yl⋯OCarbx and C—HChlethy⋯OCarbx (Prpnyl = propynyl, Carbx = carboxyl­ate and Chlethy = chloro­eth­yl) hydrogen bonds. The Hirshfeld surface analysis of the crystal structure indicates that the most important contributions for the crystal packing are from H⋯H (29.9%), H⋯O/O⋯H (21.4%), H⋯C/C⋯ H (19.4%), H⋯Cl/Cl⋯H (16.3%) and C⋯C (8.6%) inter­actions. Hydrogen bonding and van der Waals inter­actions are the dominant inter­actions in the crystal packing. Computational chemistry indicates that in the crystal, the C—HPrpn­yl⋯OCarbx and C—HChlethy⋯OCarbx hydrogen bond energies are 67.1 and 61.7 kJ mol−1, respectively. Density functional theory (DFT) optimized structures at the B3LYP/ 6–311 G(d,p) level are compared with the experimentally determined mol­ecular structure in the solid state. The HOMO–LUMO behaviour was elucidated to determine the energy gap.




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Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 5-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hy­droxy­phen­yl)-3-phenyl-4,5-di­hydro-1H-pyrazole-1-carboxamide

In the title compound, C24H31N3O2, the mean plane of the central pyrazole ring [r.m.s. deviation = 0.095 Å] makes dihedral angles of 11.93 (9) and 84.53 (8)°, respectively, with the phenyl and benzene rings. There is a short intra­molecular N—H⋯N contact, which generates an S(5) ring motif. In the crystal, pairs of N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link inversion-related mol­ecules into dimers, generating an R22(8) ring motif. The Hirshfeld surface analysis indicates that the most significant contribution involves H⋯H contacts of 68.6%




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Crystal structure of benzo[h]quinoline-3-carbox­amide

The title com­pound, C14H10N2O, crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c with four mol­ecules in the unit cell. All 17 non-H atoms of one mol­ecule lie essentially in one plane. In the unit cell, two pairs of mol­ecules are exactly coplanar, while the angle between these two orientations is close to perfectly perpendicular at 87.64 (6)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules adopt a 50:50 crisscross arrangement, which is held together by two nonclassical and two classical inter­molecular hydrogen bonds. The hydrogen-bonding network together with off-centre π–π stacking inter­actions between the pyridine and outermost benzene rings, stack the mol­ecules along the b-axis direction.




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Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of poly[tris­(μ4-benzene-1,4-di­carboxyl­ato)tetra­kis­(di­methyl­formamide)­trinickel(II)]: a two-dimensional coordination network

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Ni3(C8H4O4)3(C3H7NO)4], is a two-dimensional coordination network formed by trinuclear linear Ni3(tp)3(DMF)4 units (tp = terephthalate = benzene-1,4-di­carboxyl­ate and DMF = di­methyl­formamide) displaying a characteristic coordination mode of acetate groups in polynuclear metal–organic compounds. Individual trinuclear units are connected through tp anions in a triangular network that forms layers. One of the DMF ligands points outwards and provides inter­actions with equivalent planes above and below, leaving the second ligand in a structural void much larger than the DMF mol­ecule, which shows positional disorder. Parallel planes are connected mainly through weak C—H⋯O, H⋯H and H⋯C inter­actions between DMF mol­ecules, as shown by Hirshfeld surface analysis.




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Synthesis, crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of diethyl 2,6-dimethyl-4-(thio­phen-3-yl)-1,4-di­hydro­pyridine-3,5-di­carboxyl­ate

In the title compound, C17H21NO4S, the 1,4-di­hydro­pyridine ring has an envelope conformation with the Csp3 atom at the flap. The thio­phene ring is nearly perpendicular to the best plane through the 1,4-di­hydro­pyridine ring, the dihedral angle being 82.19 (13)°. In the crystal, chains running along the b-axis direction are formed through N—H⋯O inter­actions between the 1,4-di­hydro­pyridine N atom and one of the O atoms of the ester groups. Neighbouring chains are linked by C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π inter­actions. A Hirshfeld surface analysis shows that the most prominent contributuion to the surface contacts are H⋯H contacts (55.1%).




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Crystal structure, Hirshfeld analysis and a mol­ecular docking study of a new inhibitor of the Hepatitis B virus (HBV): ethyl 5-methyl-1,1-dioxo-2-{[5-(pentan-3-yl)-1,2,4-oxa­diazol-3-yl]meth­yl}-2H-1,2,6-thia­diazine-4-carboxyl­a

The title compound, C15H22N4O5S, was prepared via alkyl­ation of 3-(chloro­meth­yl)-5-(pentan-3-yl)-1,2,4-oxa­diazole in anhydrous dioxane in the presence of tri­ethyl­amine. The thia­diazine ring has an envelope conformation with the S atom displaced by 0.4883 (6) Å from the mean plane through the other five atoms. The planar 1,2,4-oxa­diazole ring is inclined to the mean plane of the thia­diazine ring by 77.45 (11)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by C—H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming chains propagating along the b-axis direction. Hirshfeld surface analysis and two-dimensional fingerprint plots have been used to analyse the inter­molecular contacts present in the crystal. Mol­ecular docking studies were use to evaluate the title compound as a potential system that inter­acts effectively with the capsid of the Hepatitis B virus (HBV), supported by an experimental in vitro HBV replication model.




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The synthesis, crystal structure and Hirshfeld analysis of 4-(3,4-di­methyl­anilino)-N-(3,4-di­methyl­phen­yl)quinoline-3-carboxamide

The structure of the title quinoline carboxamide derivative, C26H25N3O, is described. The quinoline moiety is not planar as a result of a slight puckering of the pyridine ring. The secondary amine has a slightly pyramidal geometry, certainly not planar. Both intra- and inter­molecular hydrogen bonds are present. Hirshfeld surface analysis and lattice energies were used to investigate the inter­molecular inter­actions.




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Synthesis and crystal structure of (2S,4aR,8aR)-6-oxo-2,4a,6,8a-tetra­hydro­pyrano[3,2-b]pyran-2-carboxamide

The pyran­opyran amide (2S,4aR,8aR)-6-oxo-2,4a,6,8a-tetra­hydro­pyrano[3,2-b]pyran-2-carboxamide, C9H9NO4, 3, was prepared by a chemoselective hydration of the corresponding nitrile, 2, using a heterogeneous catalytic method based on copper(II) supported on mol­ecular sieves, in the presence of acetaldoxime. Compound 3 belongs to a new class of pyran­opyrans that possess anti­bacterial and phytotoxic activity. Crystallographic analysis of 3 shows a bent structure for the cis-fused bicyclic pyran­opyran, similar to nitrile 2. Evidence of an intra­molecular hydrogen bond involving the amide group and ring oxygen was not observed; however, two separate inter­molecular hydrogen-bonding inter­actions were observed between the amide hydrogen atoms and adjacent carbonyl oxygen atoms along the b- and a-axis directions. The latter inter­action may also be supported by an inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bond. The lattice is filled out by close-packed layers of this hydrogen-bonded network along the c-axis direction, related from one to the next by a 21 screw axis.




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Syntheses and crystal structures of a new pyrazine dicarboxamide ligand, N2,N3-bis­(quinolin-8-yl)pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxamide, and of a copper perchlorate binuclear complex

The title pyrazine dicarboxamide ligand, N2,N3-bis­(quinolin-8-yl)pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxamide (H2L1), C24H16N6O2, has a twisted conformation with the outer quinoline groups being inclined to the central pyrazine ring by 9.00 (6) and 78.67 (5)°, and by 79.94 (4)° to each other. In the crystal, molecules are linked by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming layers parallel to the (10overline{1}) plane, which are in turn linked by offset π–π inter­actions [inter­centroid distances 3.4779 (9) and 3.6526 (8) Å], forming a supra­molecular three-dimensional structure. Reaction of the ligand H2L1 with Cu(ClO4)2 in aceto­nitrile leads to the formation of the binuclear complex, [μ-(3-{hy­droxy[(quinolin-8-yl)imino]­meth­yl}pyrazin-2-yl)[(quinolin-8-yl)imino]­methano­lato]bis­[diaceto­nitrile­copper(II)] tris­(per­chlor­ate) aceto­nitrile disolvate, [Cu2(C24H15N6O2)(CH3CN)4](ClO4)3·2CH3CN or [Cu2(HL1−)(CH3CN)4](ClO4)3·2CH3CN (I). In the cation of complex I, the ligand coordinates to the copper(II) atoms in a bis-tridentate fashion. A resonance-assisted O—H⋯O hydrogen bond is present in the ligand; the position of this H atom was located in a difference-Fourier map. Both copper(II) atoms are fivefold coordinate, being ligated by three N atoms of the ligand and by the N atoms of two aceto­nitrile mol­ecules. The first copper atom has a perfect square-pyramidal geometry while the second copper atom has a distorted shape. In the crystal, the cation and perchlorate anions are linked by a number of C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a supra­molecular three-dimensional structure.




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Synthesis, crystal structure, and thermal properties of poly[aqua­(μ5-2,5-di­carb­oxy­benzene-1,4-di­carboxyl­ato)strontium]

A coordination polymer formulated as [Sr(H2BTEC)(H2O)]n (H4BTEC = benzene-1,2,4,5-tetra­carb­oxy­lic acid, C10H6O8), was synthesized hydro­thermally and characterized by single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and thermal analysis. Its crystal structure is made up of a zigzag inorganic chain formed by edge-sharing of [SrO8] polyhedra running along [001]. Adjacent chains are connected to each other via the carboxyl­ate groups of the ligand, resulting in a double-layered network extending parallel to (100). O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds of medium-to-weak strength between the layers consolidate the three-dimensional structure. One of the carb­oxy­lic OH functions was found to be disordered over two sets of sites with half-occupancy.




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Crystal structure analysis of ethyl 3-(4-chloro­phen­yl)-1,6-dimethyl-4-methyl­sulfanyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine-5-carboxyl­ate

In the title compound, C18H18ClN3O2S, the dihedral angle between the fused pyrazole and pyridine rings is 3.81 (9)°. The benzene ring forms dihedral angles of 35.08 (10) and 36.26 (9)° with the pyrazole and pyridine rings, respectively. In the crystal, weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds connect mol­ecules along [100].




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Structural investigation of methyl 3-(4-fluoro­benzo­yl)-7-methyl-2-phenyl­indolizine-1-carboxyl­ate, an inhibitory drug towards Mycobacterium tuberculosis

The title compound, C24H18FNO3, crystallizes in the monoclinic centrosymmetric space group P21/n and its mol­ecular conformation is stabilized via C—H⋯O intra­molecular inter­actions. The supra­molecular network mainly comprises C—H⋯O, C—H⋯F and C—H⋯π inter­actions, which contribute towards the formation of the crystal structure. The different inter­molecular inter­actions have been further analysed via Hirshfeld surface analysis and fingerprint plots.




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Synthesis, crystal structure and Hirshfeld and thermal analysis of bis[benzyl 2-(heptan-4-yl­idene)hydrazine-1-carboxyl­ate-κ2N2,O]bis(thio­cyanato)­nickel(II)

The title centrosymmetric NiII complex, [Ni(NCS)2(C15H22N2O2)2], crystallizes with one half mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit of the monoclinic unit cell. The complex adopts an octa­hedral coordination geometry with two mutually trans benzyl-2-(heptan-4-yl­idene)hydrazine-1-carboxyl­ate ligands in the equatorial plane with the axial positions occupied by N-bound thio­cyanato ligands. The overall conformation of the mol­ecule is also affected by two, inversion-related, intra­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The crystal structure features N—H⋯S, C—H⋯S and C—H⋯N hydrogen bonds together with C—H⋯π contacts that stack the complexes along the b-axis direction. The packing was further explored by Hirshfeld surface analysis. The thermal properties of the complex were also investigated by simultaneous TGA–DTA analyses.




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Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of hexyl 1-hexyl-2-oxo-1,2-di­hydro­quinoline-4-carboxyl­ate

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C22H31NO3, comprises of one mol­ecule. The mol­ecule is not planar, with the carboxyl­ate ester group inclined by 33.47 (4)° to the heterocyclic ring. Individual mol­ecules are linked by aromaticC—H⋯Ocarbon­yl hydrogen bonds into chains running parallel to [001]. Slipped π–π stacking inter­actions between quinoline moieties link these chains into layers extending parallel to (100). Hirshfeld surface analysis, two-dimensional fingerprint plots and mol­ecular electrostatic potential surfaces were used to qu­antify the inter­molecular inter­actions present in the crystal, indicating that the most important contributions for the crystal packing are from H⋯H (72%), O⋯H/H⋯O (14.5%) and C⋯H/H⋯C (5.6%) inter­actions.