(S)-(+)-N-Benzylidene-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine

In the title chiral aldimine, C19H17N, the azomethine group is not fully conjugated with the phenyl substituent: the dihedral angle between phenyl and C*—N=C mean planes is ϕ3 = 23.0 (2)°. Compared with the earlier DFT-B3LYP/6–31&am...

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Main Authors: Sylvain Bernès, Guadalupe Hernández, Jaime Vázquez, Alejandra Tovar, René Gutiérrez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2011-05-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811012980
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spelling doaj-6a7e465e48484cb382b9781392053d822020-11-24T20:55:58ZengInternational Union of CrystallographyActa Crystallographica Section E1600-53682011-05-01675o1257o125710.1107/S1600536811012980(S)-(+)-N-Benzylidene-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamineSylvain BernèsGuadalupe HernándezJaime VázquezAlejandra TovarRené GutiérrezIn the title chiral aldimine, C19H17N, the azomethine group is not fully conjugated with the phenyl substituent: the dihedral angle between phenyl and C*—N=C mean planes is ϕ3 = 23.0 (2)°. Compared with the earlier DFT-B3LYP/6–31 G(d) computations from the literature, the C=N—C*—C(naphthyl) torsion angle, found at ϕ2 = −118.0 (2)° in the X-ray structure, does not match the angle calculated for the potential minimum energy at ϕ2 = 0°. However, this angle is close to the second potential energy minimum at ϕ2 = −120° which is ca. 8.5 kJ mol−1 above the global energy minimum. Thus, the reported X-ray structure corresponds to the second most likely (according to DFT) conformer, allowing the existence of other polymorphs to be anticipated.http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811012980
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author Sylvain Bernès
Guadalupe Hernández
Jaime Vázquez
Alejandra Tovar
René Gutiérrez
spellingShingle Sylvain Bernès
Guadalupe Hernández
Jaime Vázquez
Alejandra Tovar
René Gutiérrez
(S)-(+)-N-Benzylidene-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine
Acta Crystallographica Section E
author_facet Sylvain Bernès
Guadalupe Hernández
Jaime Vázquez
Alejandra Tovar
René Gutiérrez
author_sort Sylvain Bernès
title (S)-(+)-N-Benzylidene-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine
title_short (S)-(+)-N-Benzylidene-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine
title_full (S)-(+)-N-Benzylidene-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine
title_fullStr (S)-(+)-N-Benzylidene-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine
title_full_unstemmed (S)-(+)-N-Benzylidene-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine
title_sort (s)-(+)-n-benzylidene-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine
publisher International Union of Crystallography
series Acta Crystallographica Section E
issn 1600-5368
publishDate 2011-05-01
description In the title chiral aldimine, C19H17N, the azomethine group is not fully conjugated with the phenyl substituent: the dihedral angle between phenyl and C*—N=C mean planes is ϕ3 = 23.0 (2)°. Compared with the earlier DFT-B3LYP/6–31 G(d) computations from the literature, the C=N—C*—C(naphthyl) torsion angle, found at ϕ2 = −118.0 (2)° in the X-ray structure, does not match the angle calculated for the potential minimum energy at ϕ2 = 0°. However, this angle is close to the second potential energy minimum at ϕ2 = −120° which is ca. 8.5 kJ mol−1 above the global energy minimum. Thus, the reported X-ray structure corresponds to the second most likely (according to DFT) conformer, allowing the existence of other polymorphs to be anticipated.
url http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811012980
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