1,1′-(4-Oxoheptane-1,7-diyl)bis(2-methyl-1H-benzimidazole) pentahydrate

Abstract

The title compound, C23H26N4O·5H2O, has noncrystallographic twofold rotation symmetry in the solid state. It crystallizes with five solvent water molecules in the asymmetric unit. Four of these water molecules are connected with each other via hydrogen-bonding interactions to form two types of centrosymmetric hexameric (H2O)6 rings. Via edge sharing of the hexamers, the water clusters thus build infinite chains that stretch parallel to the a axis. The fifth water molecule provides an additional connection between the two hexameric (H2O)6 units via hydrogen bonds to both rings. The water molecules in the channels along the a axis are also bonded via O—H...N hydrogen bonds to the organic units, and face-to-face π–π interactions [with centroid-to-centroid distances of 3.656 (1) Å and average face-to-face distances of 3.431 (5) Å] between the aromatic rings of adjacent molecules complete the intermolecular interactions in this structure.