Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of N,N′-bis(3-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-5-methylbenzylidene)ethane-1,2-diamine

Abstract

The title compound, C26H36N2O2, crystallizes in the phenol–imine form. In the molecule, there are intramolecular O—H...N hydrogen bonds forming S(6) ring motifs, and the two aromatic rings are inclined to each other by 37.9 (7)°. In the crystal, molecules are linked by pairs of weak C—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers. Hirshfeld surface analysis and two-dimensional fingerprint plots indicate that the most important contributions to the crystal packing are from H...H (77.5%), H...C/C...H (16%), H...O/O...H (3.1%) and H...N/N...H (1.7%) interactions.

Keywords

• crystal structure
• Schiff base
• hydrogen bonding
• Hirshfeld surface