Abstract
The title compounds, 8-{1-[3-(cyclopent-1-en-1-yl)benzyl]piperidin-4-yl}-2-methoxyquinoline, C27H30N2O (I), and 8-{4-[3-(cyclopent-1-en-1-yl)benzyl]piperazin-1-yl}-2-methoxyquinoline, C26H29N3O (II), differ only in the nature of the central six-membered ring: piperidine in I and piperazine in II. They are isoelectronic (CH cf. N) and isotypic; they both crystallize in the triclinic space group P\overline{1} with very similar unit-cell parameters. Both molecules have a curved shape and very similar conformations. In the biaryl group, the phenyl ring is inclined to the cyclopentene mean plane (r.m.s. deviations = 0.089 Å for I and 0.082 Å for II) by 15.83 (9) and 13.82 (6)° in I and II, respectively, and by 67.68 (6) and 69.47 (10)°, respectively, to the mean plane of the quinoline moiety (r.m.s. deviations = 0.034 Å for I and 0.038 Å for II). The piperazine ring in I and the piperidine ring in II have chair conformations. In the crystals of both compounds, molecules are linked by C—H...π interactions, forming chains in I and ribbons in II, both propagating along the b-axis direction. The principal contributions to the overall Hirshfeld surfaces involve H...H contacts at 67.5 and 65.9% for I and II, respectively. The major contribution to the intermolecular interactions in the crystals is from dispersion forces (E
dis), reflecting the absence of classical hydrogen bonds.
Publisher
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science,General Chemistry