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Article

X-ray Crystal Structure and Hirshfeld Analysis of Gem-Aminals-Based Morpholine, Pyrrolidine, and Piperidine Moieties

by
Abdullah Mohammed Al-Majid
1,
Matti Haukka
2,
Saied M. Soliman
3,
Abdullah Saleh Alamary
1,
Saeed Alshahrani
1,
M. Ali
1,
Mohammad Shahidul Islam
1 and
Assem Barakat
1,3,*
1
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
2
Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
3
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, P.O. Box 426, Ibrahimia, Alexandria 21321, Egypt
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Symmetry 2021, 13(1), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13010020
Submission received: 12 November 2020 / Revised: 15 December 2020 / Accepted: 23 December 2020 / Published: 24 December 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry and Molecular Spectroscopy)
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The gem-aminals of 1,2-dimorpholinoethane (1) and 1-morpholino-3-morpholinium bromide propane (2) were synthesized by reaction of two molar ratio of morpholine with the halogenating agents in the presence of basic condition (K2CO3) in acetone at room temperature (RT) overnight. The structures of the centro-symmetric compound 1 and the morpholinium salt derivative 2 were assigned unambiguous by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and compared with the 1,2-di(pyrrolidin-1-yl)ethane 3 and 1,2-di(piperidin-1-yl)ethane 4. The 1,2-dimorpholinoethane molecule has a center of symmetry at the midpoint of the C-C bond of the ethyl moiety leading to two equivalent halves. It crystallized in monoclinic crystal system and P21/n space group, while the unit cell parameters are determined to be a = 6.0430(3), b = 8.0805(3), c = 11.1700(4) Å, and β = 97.475(2)° with unit cell volume of 540.80(4) Å3 and Z = 2 at 170(2) K. The less symmetric analogue 2 crystallized in the lower space group P21 with unit cell parameters of a = 6.37450(10), b = 11.1378(2), c = 9.6549(2) Å, and β = 93.358(2)°, while the unit cell volume is 684.30(2)Å3 at 120(2) K. Using Hirshfeld analysis, the molecules of 1 are mainly packed by weak N…H (4.2%), O…H (16.8%), and H…H (79.0%) interactions. In contrast, the molecules of 2 are packed by significantly short O…H (14.4%) and Br…H (11.6%) interactions in addition to the relatively long H…H (73.3%) interactions. DFT calculations predicted the molecular geometry of the studied compounds showing a good agreement with the experimental X-ray structures. Due to symmetry considerations, compounds 1, 3, and 4 are nonpolar with zero dipole moment, while the less symmetric molecule 2 has a dipole moment of 6.914 Debye. Their electronic aspects, such as natural population charges, HOMO, and LUMO energies as well as the corresponding reactivity descriptors, were also calculated and discussed.

1. Introduction

Aminals (gem-dimaines) linked with a spacer were studied extensively in a wide area of chemistry aspects. Aminals were employed as building blocks for the synthesis of gemini basic ionic liquids. This type of ionic liquids was recently investigated as environmental benign catalysts in organic synthesis due to high chemical and thermal stability with low vapor pressure and low viscosities [1,2,3,4,5,6].
Indeed, the diamines worked as N-donor ligands and chiral auxiliaries with many of metal ions such as Ca [7], Fe [8], Ag [9], Ni [10], Pd [11], and Rh [12], indeed, it explored in various catalyzed protocols and were successively employed as efficient catalysts for many transformations in organic synthesis. In this aspect, the aminals (gem-diamines) have been considered as promising electrophiles in metal-catalyzed nucleophilic addition reactions [13].
Nevertheless, gem-diamines are widely used in medicinal products, because the existence of a lone pair on the nitrogen atom will increase and improve the lipophilicity and the solubility of the pharmaceutical targets [14,15,16]. Given to the prevalence of diamines, there is a need for doing structure elucidation and also studying their chemical insights [17]. The symmetric as well as asymmetric catalysis, in particular in pharmaceutical industry, are continually seeking for rapid synthetic routes to novel heterocyclic structures for early-stage drug discovery, as well as safe, robust and environmentally friendly routes for large scale production. General tactics for the structure elucidations of the aminals based on morpholine, pyrrolidine and piperidine as examples for gem-diamines are discussed in this text (Figure 1).

2. Materials and Methods

“The topology analyses were performed using Crystal Explorer 17.5 program [18]. All DFT calculations were performed using Gaussian 09 software package [19,20] utilizing B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) method. Natural charge populations were calculated using NBO 3.1 program as implemented in the Gaussian 09W package [21]”.

2.1. Synthesis of 1,2-Dimorpholinoethane 1 and 1-Morpholino-3-Morpholinium Bromide Propane 2

The appropriate morpholine (10 mmol, 870 mg) and K2CO3 (11 mmol, 1.520 gm) were stirred in acetone (10 mL) for 1 h, then 1,2-dibromoethane (5 mmol, 935 mg) or 1,3-dibromopropane (5 mmol,1005 mg) was added followed by continuous stirring overnight. K2CO3 in the reaction mixture was removed by simple filtration, and the product was washed with acetone. The solvent was removed under vacuum, and the crystalline compounds were obtained upon standing at room temperature after three and five days for compounds 1 and 2, respectively.

2.2. X-ray Structure Determinations of 1 and 2

The crystals of 1,2-dimorpholinoethane 1 or 1-morpholino-3-morpholinium bromide propane 2 were immersed in cryo-oil, mounted in a loop and measured at a temperature of 170 K in case of 1 and at 120 K for 2. The X-ray diffraction data were collected on a Bruker Kappa Apex II and Rigaku Oxford Diffraction Supernova diffractometers for the aminals 1 and 2, respectively. The Denzo-Scalepack [22] or CrysAlisPro [23] software packages were used for cell refinements and data reductions for 1 and 2, respectively. A multi-scan or Gaussian absorption correction based on equivalent reflections (SADABS [24] (1) or CrysAlisPro [23] (2) was applied to all data. The structures were solved by intrinsic phasing method using the SHELXT [25] software. Structural refinements were carried out using SHELXL [25] software. In 2, the NH hydrogen atom was located from the difference Fourier map and refined isotropically. Other hydrogen atoms were positioned geometrically and constrained to ride on their parent atoms, with C-H = 0.99 Å and Uiso = 1.2 Ueq (parent atom). The structure of 2 was solved in Sohncke space group P21. The Flack parameter was determined to be −0.039(9), indicating the presence of just one enantiomer. The crystallographic details are summarized in Table 1.

3. Results

3.1. Chemistry

The aminals compounds 1,2-dimorpholinoethane 1 and 1-morpholino-3-morpholinium bromide propane 2 were synthesized according to Scheme 1 [26,27,28]. The target compounds proved to be synthesized in high chemical yield (83 and 87% for 1 and 2, respectively) at room temperature (25 °C). Their chemical features were elucidated based on the single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.

3.2. X-ray Structure Description of 1 and 2

The X-ray structures of 1 and 2 with atom numbering and thermal ellipsoids drawn at 50% probability level are shown in Figure 2. The aminal 1 as an example for gem-diamine is crystallized in the monoclinic crystal system and centro-symmetric P21/n space group with Z = 2. The asymmetric unit comprised half molecule due to the presence of inversion center located at the midpoint of the C-C of the ethane moiety. The molecules of 1 in the crystal are packed mainly by weak C5-H5A...O1 interactions leading to the hydrogen bonding network shown in Figure 3.
Similarly, 2 crystallized in the monoclinic crystal system and the less symmetric P21 space group with Z = 2 and n-propyl moiety connecting the morpholine fragments where one of the morpholine moieties comprised a protonated nitrogen site. As a result, the compound is crystallized as 1-morpholino-3-morpholinium bromide propane. In this compound, there is no inversion center at the aliphatic n-propyl moiety. The molecular units in the crystal are packed by relatively short N-H...Br hydrogen bonding interactions as well as longer C-H...O and C-H...Br interactions. The details of the hydrogen bond parameters are listed in Table 2. The hydrogen bonding network showing these interactions is shown in Figure 4.

3.3. Analysis of Molecular Packing

The Hirshfeld surfaces of 1 are shown in Figure 5. The molecules are mainly packed by weak N…H (4.2%), O…H (16.8%), and H…H (79.0%) interactions. The decomposed dnorm maps and fingerprint plots indicated that all these interactions are weak (Figure 6). All appeared as white or blue regions in the corresponding dnorm maps, indicating equal or longer distances than the vdW radii sum of the interacting atoms, respectively.
Structure CCDC search returned with two structurally related compounds, which are the 1,2-di(pyrrolidin-1-yl)ethane 3 [29] and 1,2-di(piperidin-1-yl)ethane 4 (CCDC: 840298). Their Hirshfeld analyses are presented in Figure 7. Additionally, the molecular packing of 3 is mainly controlled by weak N…H (4.7%) and H…H (95.3%) interactions (Figure 8). Similarly, the packing in case of 4 is dominated by N…H (3.5%) and H…H (96.5%) interactions.
On the other hand, Hirshfeld surfaces of 2 are shown in Figure 9. In contrast to 1, 3, and 4, the molecules of 2 are packed by significantly short O…H (14.4%) and Br…H (11.6%) interactions in addition to the relatively long H…H (73.3%) interactions. The decomposed dnorm maps showed intense red spots corresponding to these interactions (Figure 9). Additionally, the fingerprint plot has one sharp spike for the Br...H contacts due to the interaction between the N-H proton inside the surface and the bromide anion outside the surface with H...Br distance of 2.197 Å (Br1...H2). On the other hand, the O...H contacts appeared as two relatively sharp spikes, indicating that the surface acting as hydrogen bond donor as well as hydrogen bond acceptor (Figure 10). The shortest O...H contacts are O1...H5B (2.431 Å) and O1...H10B (2.539 Å), while the shortest H...H contact is H1A...H9A (2.281 Å). All these interactions stabilized the crystal structure of the studied molecules, where 2 has a higher melting point than 1 as a consequence of the stronger intermolecular interactions in the former compared to the latter compound.

3.4. DFT Studies

The optimized geometries of the studied molecules are presented in Figure 11. Structure matching between the computed molecular geometries with the experimental ones indicated very well the agreement between them (Table S1, Supplementary Materials). The maximum deviations in the bond distances do not exceed 0.013 Ǻ, while for angles, the maximum deviation is 3.2° for 1. In the case of the 1,2-di(pyrrolidin-1-yl)ethane 3, the corresponding values are 0.098 Ǻ and 1.5°, respectively, while they are 0.019 Ǻ and 2.46° for 2 and 0.014 Ǻ and 2.9° in 4, respectively. Generally, the root mean square deviations (RMSD) for bond distances are 0.008, 0.008, 0.027, and 0.007 Å in case of compounds 1–4, respectively. Due to symmetry considerations, compounds 1, 3, and 4 are nonpolar with zero dipole moment, while the less symmetric 2 is polar and has a net dipole moment of 6.914 Debye.
The partial atomic charges using the NBO method revealed the high electronegative nature of nitrogen and oxygen atoms where the partial charges are −0.520 and −0.577 e, respectively, for 1. All hydrogen atoms have positive partial charges while carbon atoms have negative partial charges (Figure 12). Similar results were obtained for the bis-pyrrolidino 3 and bis-piperidino 4 analogues, where the partial charges at the pyrrolidine and piperidine N-atoms are −0.511 and −0.518 e, respectively. The map of molecular electrostatic potential over electron density revealed these results very well (Figure 13; MESP). On the other hand, the bromide anion has a partial charge of −0.703 e in 2, indicating some charge transfer from the bromide anion to the organic fragment. The amount of charge transference is 0.297 e. In this case, the red region of MESP is located over the bromide anion, while the most intense blue region is located over the protonated morpholine moiety.
In addition, the HOMO and LUMO frontier molecular orbitals shown in Figure 12 are important for the molecule reactivity [30,31,32,33,34,35,36]. Their energies in case of compound 1 were calculated to be −5.889 and 2.323 eV, respectively. The relatively high HOMO–LUMO energy gap suggests a low tendency for the system to undergo intramolecular charge transfer (8.212 eV). The corresponding values in case of the bis-pyrrolidino-analogue 3 are −5.660, 2.305, and 7.872 eV, respectively. In this regard, the ionization potential (I) and electron affinity (A) for 1 are 5.889 and −2.323 eV, respectively, while the hardness (η), electrophilicity index (ω), and chemical potential (μ) are 8.212, 0.194, and −1.783 eV, respectively (Table 3). The corresponding values in the bis-pyrrolidino-analogue 3 are 5.660, −2.305, 7.872, 0.169, and −1.630 eV, respectively. Similar results were obtained for compound 4. The high stability of the system towards intramolecular charge transfer could be attributed to the absence of delocalized π-system, where 1 is slightly more stable than the bis-pyrrolidino-analogue 3. On the other hand, the HOMO (−5.422 eV) of 2 is located over the bromide ion, while the LUMO (1.361 eV) is located over the protonated morpholine moiety indicating an intramolecular charge transfer from the former to the latter. The energy of this transition is 6.783 eV. The other reactivity descriptors for 2 are listed in the same table.

4. Conclusions

Compounds 1 and 2 were successfully synthesized, and their structural features were assigned based on single crystal X-ray diffraction technique, while 3 and 4 were retrieved from literature for comparison with the structurally related 1. The supramolecular structures of the studied compounds were analyzed using Hirshfeld calculations. The reactivity descriptors based on the HOMO and LUMO energies were also calculated. The calculated structures are found in good agreement with the experimentally observed X-ray structures. The molecular packing aspects and electronic properties of 1 are compared with the bis-pyrrolidino 3 and bis-piperidino 4 analogues. For 2, there is some intramolecular charge transfer from the bromide anion as electron donor fragment to the protonated morpholine moiety as electron acceptor one. The energy of this charge transfer is 6.783 eV, and the amount of electron density transferred is 0.297 e.

Supplementary Materials

The following are available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/1/20/s1. Software for X-ray determination (Tables for X-ray data); tables for computational studies; along with copies of NMR spectrum of the synthesized compounds.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, A.B.; data curation, S.M.S. and M.H.; formal analysis, M.H. and M.A.; funding acquisition, A.B.; investigation, M.S.I.; A.S.A.; S.A.; methodology, M.S.I. and M.A.; software, S.M.S. and M.H.; validation, A.M.A.-M.; Visualization, A.M.A.-M.; writing—original draft, A.B. and S.M.S.; writing—review and editing, A.B. and S.M.S. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for providing funding to this Research group NO (RGP-257).

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to extend their sincere appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for providing funding to this Research group NO (RGP-257). The authors thank the Deanship of Scientific Research and RSSU at King Saud University for their technical support.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Scheme 1. Synthesis of 1,2-dimorpholinoethane 1 and 1-morpholino-3-morpholinium bromide propane 2.
Scheme 1. Synthesis of 1,2-dimorpholinoethane 1 and 1-morpholino-3-morpholinium bromide propane 2.
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Figure 1. Gem-diamines used in this study.
Figure 1. Gem-diamines used in this study.
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Figure 2. X-ray structure showing atom numbering and thermal ellipsoids at 50% probability level for compounds 1 (upper) and 2 (lower).
Figure 2. X-ray structure showing atom numbering and thermal ellipsoids at 50% probability level for compounds 1 (upper) and 2 (lower).
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Figure 3. Packing of the molecular units in 1 via weak C5-H5A...O1 {C5-H5A: 0.990 Å, H5A...O1: 2.683 Å, C5...O1: 3.577(1) Å, and C5-H5A...O1:150.2 Å; Symm. code: 1/2 − x, −1/2 + y,1/2 − z}.
Figure 3. Packing of the molecular units in 1 via weak C5-H5A...O1 {C5-H5A: 0.990 Å, H5A...O1: 2.683 Å, C5...O1: 3.577(1) Å, and C5-H5A...O1:150.2 Å; Symm. code: 1/2 − x, −1/2 + y,1/2 − z}.
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Figure 4. Packing of the molecular units in 2.
Figure 4. Packing of the molecular units in 2.
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Figure 5. Hirshfeld surfaces of 1.
Figure 5. Hirshfeld surfaces of 1.
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Figure 6. Fingerprint plots (upper) and dnorm surfaces (lower) of the N...H, O...H and H…H contacts in 1 (di and de in Å).
Figure 6. Fingerprint plots (upper) and dnorm surfaces (lower) of the N...H, O...H and H…H contacts in 1 (di and de in Å).
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Figure 7. Hirshfeld surfaces of 1,2-di(pyrrolidin-1-yl)ethane 3 and 1,2-di(piperidin-1-yl)ethane 4.
Figure 7. Hirshfeld surfaces of 1,2-di(pyrrolidin-1-yl)ethane 3 and 1,2-di(piperidin-1-yl)ethane 4.
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Figure 8. Fingerprint plots (upper) and dnorm surfaces (lower) of the N...H, and H…H contacts in 1,2-di(pyrrolidin-1-yl)ethane 3 and 1,2-di(piperidin-1-yl)ethane 4 (di and de in Å).
Figure 8. Fingerprint plots (upper) and dnorm surfaces (lower) of the N...H, and H…H contacts in 1,2-di(pyrrolidin-1-yl)ethane 3 and 1,2-di(piperidin-1-yl)ethane 4 (di and de in Å).
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Figure 9. Hirshfeld surfaces of 2.
Figure 9. Hirshfeld surfaces of 2.
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Figure 10. Fingerprint plots (upper) and dnorm surfaces (lower) of the Br...H, O...H, and H…H contacts in 2 (di and de in Å).
Figure 10. Fingerprint plots (upper) and dnorm surfaces (lower) of the Br...H, O...H, and H…H contacts in 2 (di and de in Å).
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Figure 11. The optimized geometries (left) and overlay of the optimized with experimental structures (right) for the studied molecules.
Figure 11. The optimized geometries (left) and overlay of the optimized with experimental structures (right) for the studied molecules.
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Figure 12. Partial atomic charges in the studied molecular systems.
Figure 12. Partial atomic charges in the studied molecular systems.
Symmetry 13 00020 g012
Symmetry 13 00020 g013 550
Figure 13. The MESP, HOMO, and LUMO of the studied molecular systems. Compounds 1, 2, 3, and 4 from up to down, respectively.
Figure 13. The MESP, HOMO, and LUMO of the studied molecular systems. Compounds 1, 2, 3, and 4 from up to down, respectively.
Symmetry 13 00020 g013
Table
Table 1. Crystal data of 1,2-dimorpholinoethane 1 and 1-morpholino-3-morpholinium bromide propane 2.
Table 1. Crystal data of 1,2-dimorpholinoethane 1 and 1-morpholino-3-morpholinium bromide propane 2.
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empirical formulaC10H20N2O2C11H23BrN2O2
fw200.28295.22
temp (K)170(2)120(2)
λ (Å) 0.710731.54184
cryst systMonoclinicMonoclinic
space groupP21/nP21
a (Å)6.0430(3)6.37450(10)
b (Å)8.0805(3)11.1378(2)
c (Å)11.1700(4)9.6549(2)
β (deg)97.475(2)93.358(2)
V (Å3)540.80(4)684.30(2)
Z22
ρcalc (Mg/m3)1.2301.433
μ (Mo Kα) (mm−1)0.0864.021
No. reflns.1246114253
Unique reflns.15922811
GOOF (F2)1.0741.054
Rint0.03100.0266
R1 a (I ≥ 2σ)0.04190.0195
wR2 b (I ≥ 2σ)0.10960.0491
CCDC2,022,3602,039,255
aR1 = Σ||Fo| − |Fc||/Σ|Fo|. b wR2 = [Σ[w(Fo2 − Fc2)2]/Σ[w(Fo2)2]]1/2.
Table
Table 2. Hydrogen bond (Å, °) details in 2 a.
Table 2. Hydrogen bond (Å, °) details in 2 a.
AtomsD-HH…AD…AD-H…A
N2-H2...Br10.92(3)2.29(3)3.205(2)178(2)
C5-H5B…O10.992.523.457(3)158
C11-H11B...Br10.992.753.580(3)142
a D: hydrogen bond donor and A: hydrogen bond acceptor.
Table
Table 3. Reactivity descriptors (eV) of the studied molecular systems.
Table 3. Reactivity descriptors (eV) of the studied molecular systems.
Parameter1234
I5.8895.4225.5665.594
A−2.323−1.361−2.305−2.337
η8.2126.7837.8727.931
μ−1.783−2.031−1.630−1.629
ω0.1940.3040.1690.167
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