Synthesis and structural characterization of N,N′-diarylpiperazine N,N′-dioxide tetrahydrates (aryl = o-tolyl, p-tolyl, p-chlorophenyl)

Abstract

The synthesis and X-ray structure determination of N,N′-di(o-tolyl)piperazine N,N′-dioxide tetrahydrate, I, N,N′-di(p-tolyl)piperazine N,N′-dioxide tetrahydrate, II, and N,N′-di(p-chlorophenyl)piperazine N,N′-dioxide tetrahydrate, III, are described. Compound I crystallizes in space group [Formula: see text] with a = 7.778(1), b = 7.915(2), c = 8.919(2) Å, α = 106.25(2), β = 99.56(1), γ = 108.80(2)°, and Z = 1. Compound II crystallizes in space group [Formula: see text] with a = 6.558(1), b = 7.134(2), c = 11.610(3) Å; α = 73.23(2), β = 78.08(2), γ = 72.67(2)°, and Z = 1. Compound III crystallizes in space group P21/c with a = 9.159(3), b = 12.390(4), c = 8.339(4) Å, β = 97.38(3)°, and Z = 2. The structures of I–III were solved by the direct method and refined to R = 0.049 (1749 observed MoKα reflections), 0.055 (2651 observed reflections), and 0.035 (1827 observed reflections), respectively. In each case, the N,N′-dioxide molecule occupies a site of symmetry [Formula: see text]. The piperazine ring takes the chair form, with two N—O bonds oriented axially in a trans configuration. The structures are characterized by strong hydrogen bonding between the water molecules, as well as between the N-oxide groups and water molecules, giving rise to puckered layers composed of various combinations of edge-sharing four-membered, six-membered, ten-membered, and twelve-membered rings. The aryl rings, which protrude on both sides of each puckered layer, constitute hydrophobic regions separating the hydrophilic layers in the crystal packing.

Piperazine: a promising building block for aggregation-induced emission materials

“…12 This was inspired by the established approach that the TICT state can be used to modulate the brightness of fluorescent dyes due to its weakened emission intensity and red-shifted fluorescence color compared to that of the locally excited (LE) state. 13 On the other hand, despite piperazine derivatives being reported as early as the last century, 14 their photophysical properties have obtained little attention. In particular, the influences of substitutions with different electronic structures on the fluorescent characteristics of piperazine derivations have yet to be studied.…”