(Z)-6-{2-[(E)-2,4-Dihydroxy-benzyl-ideneamino]phenyl-amino-methyl-ene}-3-hydroxy-cyclo-hexa-2,4-dienone toluene solvate.

ABSTRACT: The bis-Schiff base title compound, C(20)H(16)N(2)O(4)·C(7)H(8), crystallized as a toluene solvate. In the solid state, it is present as its prototropic tautomer formed by transfer of one of the ortho-hydroxyl H atoms. The proton transfer is accompanied by a shift of electron pairs, as is evident from the observed C-O and C-N bond distances of 1.305 (2) and 1.315 (2) Å, which are largely consistent with C=O and C-N distances. The actual mol-ecule present in the solid state is thus the charge-neutral β-keto amine, with a small contribution of its zwitterionic valence tautomer via partial delocalization of electron pairs along the N-C-C-C-O atom chain. The dihedral angles between the central benzene ring and the two outer benzene rings of the Schiff base are 51.99 (8) and 12.95 (9)°. Intra-m

SUBMITTER: Fun HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2960708 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature