title: A two-dimensional layer in N,N'-bis[2-(hydroxymethyl)benzyl]ethylenediamine and a three-dimensional network in N,N'-bis[2-(hydroxymethyl)benzyl]ethylenediammonium bis(perchlorate).
abstract: In both title compounds, C(18)H(24)N(2)O(2), (Ia), and C(18)H(26)N(2)O(2)(2+) x 2 ClO(4)(-), (II), respectively, the two aryl rings are strictly parallel, with an inversion centre lying at the mid-point of each central CH(2)-CH(2) bond. Molecules in (Ia) are linked into two-dimensional layers by N-H...O hydrogen bonds. The component ions in (II) are joined together by a combination of N/O/C-H...O hydrogen bonds and C-H...pi and anion...pi interactions, forming a three-dimensional network. A structural understanding of (Ia) and (II) may provide some useful information about how and why their metal-organic complexes display various biological activities and function in catalytic processes.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiang-Gao
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Zong-Qiu
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Xing-Man
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003460:Crystallization; D005029:Ethylenediamines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005029:Ethylenediamines; C529755:N,N'-bis(2-(hydroxymethyl)benzyl)ethylenediamine; D010636:Phenols