Source of materialThe title compound has been synthesized from 9-chloroacridine and the commercially available dimethyl 5-hydroxyisophthalate by aW illiamson reaction. To as olution of NaOH (375 .mg, 9.4 .mmol) in t-BuOH (40 mL), dimethyl 5-hydroxy-isophthalate (1.5 g, 7mmol) in DMSO (30 mL) was added and stirred under argon atmosphere for 30 minutes. 9-Chloroacridine (1.25 . g, 5.8 .mmol) in DMSO (25 mL) was then added and the mixture was heated under reflux for 1.5 h. The solid obtained by precipitation after ice addition was solved in CHCl 3 and worked-up as usual to yield the title compound (1.5 g, 83 %), which was recrystallized from ethyl acetylacetate/methanol (1:1, v/v).
Experimental detailsThe hydrogen atoms were positioned geometrically, with C-H distances constrained to 0.93 Å (aromatic) and 0.96 Å (methyl), and refined in riding mode with U iso(H) = xUeq(C), where x =1.5 for methyl Hatoms and x =1.2 for all other Hatoms, respectively. The hydroxyl hydrogen atom was refined with adistance restraint of 0.82 Å,starting from the difference Fourier map coordinates and with U iso(H) =1.5 Ueq(O).
DiscussionThe title molecule, dimethyl 5-(acridin-9-yloxy)isophthalate, is a fluorescent molecule with astructure based on adimethyl benzene-1,3-bis-carboxylate (dimethyl isophthalate) framework and aphenolic function at C5 position derivatized as an acridine ether group. The diamine derivative of title compound has been used on supramolecular chemistry as afluorescente spacer in pyrrole receptors for the recognition and sensing of bis-carboxylate anionsThe crystal contains an unique molecule and am olecule of the solvent in the asymmetric unit. All the bond lengths and angles are within the normal ranges. The title molecule consists of abenzene ring with two methyl esters and one acridine ring as susbtituents. The planar conformation of the ester groups is established from the torsion angles O5-C22-O4-C18 (178.8(2)°)and O2-C20-O3-C16 (179.0(2)º). In the molecule, the acridine group is almost perpendicular to the aromatic ring with the torsion angle C14-O1-C10-C9 of 89.3(6)º. As trong intermolecular interaction between the hydroxyl of the solvent molecule and nitrogen atom of the acridine group is seen.