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The crystal structure of 1,2,4-tris(bromomethyl)benzene, C9H9Br3

  • Da-Chun Jiang ORCID logo EMAIL logo and Hai-Yuan Zhu
Published/Copyright: February 29, 2024

Abstract

C9H9Br3, monoclinic, P21 (no. 4), a = 8.7420(4) Å, b = 4.4696(2) Å, c = 13.3526(6) Å, β = 97.785(2)°, V = 516.92(4) Å3, Z = 2, R gt (F) = 0.0235, wR ref (F 2) = 0.0528, T = 150 K.

CCDC no.: 2332847

The molecular structure is shown in the figure. Table 1 contains crystallographic data and Table 2 contains the list of the atoms including atomic coordinates and displacement parameters.

Table 1:

Data collection and handling.

Crystal: Colourless block
Size: 0.30 × 0.22 × 0.20 mm
Wavelength: Mo Kα radiation (0.71073 Å)
μ: 11.6 mm−1
Diffractometer, scan mode: Bruker APEX-II, φ and ω
θ max, completeness: 26.5°, >99 %
N(hkl)measured, N(hkl)unique, R int: 10,045, 2137, 0.044
Criterion for I obs, N(hkl)gt: I obs > 2σ(I obs), 1945
N(param)refined: 109
Programs: Bruker [1], SHELX [2, 3]
Table 2:

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2).

Atom x y z U iso*/U eq
Br1 0.46471 (6) 0.81819 (13) 0.66601 (4) 0.04318 (16)
Br2 0.78150 (7) 0.84768 (14) 0.49710 (4) 0.04556 (17)
Br3 1.35267 (6) 0.62133 (12) 0.93039 (4) 0.04037 (16)
C1 1.0522 (6) 0.5632 (12) 0.8136 (4) 0.0345 (12)
C2 0.9421 (6) 0.5296 (12) 0.8782 (4) 0.0356 (13)
H2A 0.9624 0.4020 0.9353 0.043*
C3 0.8024 (6) 0.6806 (12) 0.8603 (4) 0.0362 (13)
H3A 0.7282 0.6561 0.9055 0.043*
C4 0.7696 (6) 0.8684 (12) 0.7765 (4) 0.0344 (12)
C5 0.8787 (6) 0.8988 (12) 0.7095 (4) 0.0333 (12)
C6 1.0185 (6) 0.7505 (11) 0.7300 (4) 0.0351 (13)
H6A 1.0938 0.7772 0.6858 0.042*
C7 1.2030 (6) 0.4038 (13) 0.8327 (5) 0.0425 (15)
H7A 1.2458 0.3813 0.7682 0.051*
H7B 1.1864 0.2012 0.8592 0.051*
C8 0.8517 (6) 1.0905 (14) 0.6177 (4) 0.0417 (13)
H8A 0.9485 1.1953 0.6083 0.050*
H8B 0.7728 1.2435 0.6267 0.050*
C9 0.6170 (6) 1.0287 (14) 0.7640 (5) 0.0411 (14)
H9A 0.6310 1.2354 0.7402 0.049*
H9B 0.5780 1.0403 0.8301 0.049*

1 Source of material

The chemical reagents 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, dibenzoyl peroxide and N-bromosuccinimide were purchased from Aladdin Biochemical Technology Co., Ltd. A mixture of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene (4.2 mL, 30 mmol), N-bromosuccinimide (16.0 g 90 mmol), dibenzoyl peroxide (0.72 g, 3 mmol) and benzene (150 mL) was stirred at 80 °C for 30 min. After refluxing under nitrogen for 3 h, the solution was allowed to cool and was filtered. The organic phase was concentrated under reduced pressure, then the crude products were purified by flash column chromatography. The single crystals of the title compound were obtained by slow volatilization of a solution in ethanol/hexane at room temperature.

1 H NMR (500 MHz, chloroform-d): δ 7.40 (d, J = 1.7 Hz, 1H), 7.35–7.33 (m, 2H), 4.64 (d, J = 1.2 Hz, 4H), 4.45 (s, 2H).

2 Experimental details

The structure of the title compound was solved with the SHELXS-2014 [2] software package and refined with the SHELXL-2018 [3] program. Hydrogen atoms were placed in idealized positions and refined as riding atoms. The U iso values were constrained to be 1.2 U eq of the parent atoms.

3 Comment

Bromine compounds are one of the most important organic building blocks in synthetic chemistry [4], [5], [6]. Many compounds containing benzyl bromide groups have been synthesized and reported, such as 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(bromomethyl)-3,6-bis(2-ethylbutoxy)benzene [7], 1,3,5-tris(bromomethyl)-2,4,6-triethylbenzene [8], 2-bromo-1,3-bis(bromormethylbenzene) [9], octakis(bromomethyl)naphthalene [10], 1,2-bis(brormomethy)benzene [11], 1,4-bis(brormomethy)benzene [11], 1,3-bis(bromomethyl)benzene [11], 1,2,3,5-tetrakis(bromomethyl)benzene [11], 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(bromomethyl)benzene [11]. 1,2,3-Tri(bromomethyl)benzene [12], 2-bromo-1,4-bis(bromomethyl)benzene [12], 1,4-bis(dibromomethyl)benzene [13], 1,3,5-tris(bromomethyl)-2,4,6-trimethylbenzene [14], and so on.

The results of single-crystal structure determination revealed that the asymmetric unit consists of a 1,2,4-tris(bromomethyl)benzene molecule. As shown in the figure, the Br atoms adopt cis, trans, trans conformations with respect to the position of the phenyl ring. The C9–Br1, C8–Br2, C7–Br3 bond lengths are 1.974(6), 1.970(6) and 1.974(5) Å, respectively. The C–C–Br bond angles lie in the range 110.7(4)–111.7(4)°. In the solid state, the neighbor molecules are linked by weak C8–H8A⋯Br2 i [symmetry codes: (i) −x + 2, y + 1/2, −z + 1]. Hydrogen bonds and Br⋯Br contacts [Br1⋯Br2 ii  = 3.540 Å, Br2⋯Br1 ii  = 3.702 Å; symmetry codes: (ii) −x + 1, y − 1/2, −z + 1], generating an extensive one-dimensional supramolecular chain.


Corresponding author: Da-Chun Jiang, School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Nanjing Polytechnic Institute, Nanjing, 210048, People’s Republic of China, E-mail:

Funding source: Scientific Research Foundation of Nanjing Polytechnic Institute

Award Identifier / Grant number: (No. NJPI-2018–14)

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: This work was financially supported by Scientific Research Foundation of Nanjing Polytechnic Institute (No. NJPI-2018–14).

  3. Competing interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2024-01-22
Accepted: 2024-02-14
Published Online: 2024-02-29
Published in Print: 2024-06-25

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