The regioselective Mannich-type aminomethylation of hydroquinone afforded a nitrogen-containing compound, 2,5-bis-(morpholinomethyl)hydroquinone A, and its crystal structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Crystal data for A: C16H24N2O4, Mr = 308.37, orthorhombic, space group Pbca, a = 10.479(4), b = 10.298(4), c = 14.865(5) ?, V = 1604.3(11) ?3, Z = 4, Dc = 1.277 g/cm3, F(000) = 664, μ = 0.092 mm-1, GOF = 1.078, the final R = 0.0508 and wR = 0.1075 for 1416 observed reflections with I > 2σ(I). There exist two intramolecular O–H…N hy- drogen bonds between the phenolic O atoms and the morpholine N donors and the morpholino rings assume the preferred chair conformation.
The crystal structure of the title complex, [Cu(C23H26N2)Cl2]2·2CH2Cl2, has been determined by single-crystal, X-ray diffraction techniques. The compound crystallizes as dark-green prisms in space group P21/c of the monoclinic system, with Z=4 and unit cell dimensions a=1.710 9(7) nm, b=2.395 2(11) nm, c=1.348 9(6) nm and β=110.651(8)°. The complex consists of two similar but crystallographically independent dimers, of which Cu(Ⅱ) centers display five-coordinated trigonal-bipyramidal geometry with Cu-Cu separations in two centrosymmetric dimers are 0.345 1 and 0.347 8 nm, respectively, and in each dimer the two copper centers share a common edge formed by two bridging chloride ions, each being equatorial. Solvent molecules of CH2Cl2 are packed together in the crystal lattice. CCDC: 253299.
