1-{( E )-[4-(4-Hy-droxy-phen-yl)butan-2-yl-idene]amino}-3-phenyl-thio-urea: crystal structure, Hirshfeld surface analysis and computational study

• Published in: Acta crystallographica. Section E, Crystallographic communications Crystallographic communications, 2021-08, Vol.77 (Pt 8), p.788-794
• Main Authors: Tan, Ming Yueh, Kwong, Huey Chong, Crouse, Karen A, Ravoof, Thahira B S A, Tiekink, Edward R T
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Research Communications
• ISSN: 2056-9890; 2056-9890
• DOI: 10.1107/S2056989021006666

The title thio-urea derivative, C H N OS, adopts a U-shaped conformation with the dihedral angle between the terminal aromatic rings being 73.64 (5)°. The major twist in the mol-ecule occurs about the ethane bond with the C -C -C -C torsion angle being -78.12 (18)°; i = imine, e = ethane and b = benzene. The configuration about the imine bond is , the N-bound H atoms lie on opposite sides of the mol-ecule and an intra-molecular amine-N-H⋯N(imine) hydrogen bond is evident. In the mol-ecular packing, hydroxyl-O-H⋯S(thione) and amine-N-H⋯O hydrogen bonding feature within a linear, supra-molecular chain. The chains are connected into a layer in the plane by a combination of methyl-ene-C-H⋯S(thione), methyl-ene-C-H⋯O(hydrox-yl), methyl-C-H⋯π(phen-yl) and phenyl-C-H⋯π(hy-droxy-benzene) inter-actions. The layers stack without directional inter-actions between them. The analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surface highlights the presence of weak methyl-C-H⋯O(hydrox-yl) and H⋯H inter-actions in the inter-layer region. Computational chemistry indicates that dispersion energy is the major contributor to the overall stabilization of the mol-ecular packing.