Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/20061
Title: Diazole-based powdered cocrystal featuring a helical hydrogen-bonded network: Structure determination from PXRD, solid-state NMR and computer modeling
Author: Sardo, Mariana
Santos, Sergio M.
Babaryk, Artem A.
Lopez, Concepcion
Alkorta, Ibon
Elguero, Jose
Claramunt, Rosa M.
Mafra, Luis
Keywords: CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE PREDICTION
AB-INITIO CALCULATIONS
X-RAY-DIFFRACTION
PI-INTERACTIONS
H-1-NMR SPECTROSCOPY
MAS NMR
AROMATIC NANOCHANNELS
POLARIZATION TRANSFER
QUADRUPLE PROTON
CO-CRYSTALS
Issue Date: 2015
Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Abstract: We present the structure of a new equimolar 1:1 cocrystal formed by 3,5-d imethy1-1H-pyrazole (dmpz) and 4,5-dimethy1-1H-imidazole (dmim), determined by means of powder X-ray diffraction data combined with solid-state NMR that provided insight into topological details of hydrogen bonding connectivities and weak interactions such as C-H center dot center dot center dot pi contacts. The use of various 1D/2D C-13, N-15 and H-1 high-resolution solid-state NMR techniques provided structural insight on local length scales revealing internuclear proximities and relative orientations between the dmim and dmpz molecular building blocks of the studied cocrystal. Molecular modeling and DFT calculations were also employed to generate meaningful structures. INT refinement was able to decrease the figure of merit R(F-2) from similar to 11% (PXRD only) to 5.4%. An attempt was made to rationalize the role of N-H center dot center dot center dot N and C-H center dot center dot center dot pi contacts in stabilizing the reported cocrystal. For this purpose four imidazole derivatives with distinct placement of methyl substituents were reacted with dmpz to understand the effect of methylation in blocking or enabling certain intermolecular contacts. Only one imidazole derivative (dmim) was able to incorporate into the dmpz trimeric motif thus resulting in a cocrystal, which contains both hydrophobic (methyl groups) and hydrophilic components that self-assemble to form an atypical ID network of helicoiclal hydrogen bonded pattern, featuring structural similarities with alpha-helix arrangements in proteins. The 1:1 dmpz...dmim compound I is the first example of a cocrystal formed by two different azoles. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Peer review: yes
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/20061
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2014.12.005
ISSN: 0926-2040
Publisher Version: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2014.12.005
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