Abstract

The synthesis, spectroscopic data and crystal and mol-ecular structures of four 3-(3-phenyl-prop-1-ene-3-one-1-yl)thio-phene derivatives, namely 1-(4-hydroxy-phen-yl)-3-(thio-phen-3-yl)prop-1-en-3-one, C13H10O2S, (1), 1-(4-meth-oxy-phen-yl)-3-(thio-phen-3-yl)prop-1-en-3-one, C14H12O2S, (2), 1-(4-eth-oxy-phen-yl)-3-(thio-phen-3-yl)prop-1-en-3-one, C15H14O2S, (3), and 1-(4--bromophen-yl)-3-(thio-phen-3-yl)prop-1-en-3-one, C13H9BrOS, (4), are described. The four chalcones have been synthesized by reaction of thio-phene-3-carbaldehyde with an aceto-phenone derivative in an absolute ethanol solution containing potassium hydroxide, and differ in the substituent at the para position of the phenyl ring: -OH for 1, -OCH3 for 2, -OCH2CH3 for 3 and -Br for 4. The thio-phene ring in 4 was found to be disordered over two orientations with occupancies 0.702 (4) and 0.298 (4). The configuration about the C=C bond is E. The thio-phene and phenyl rings are inclined by 4.73 (12) for 1, 12.36 (11) for 2, 17.44 (11) for 3 and 46.1 (6) and 48.6 (6)° for 4, indicating that the -OH derivative is almost planar and the -Br derivative deviates the most from planarity. However, the substituent has no real influence on the bond distances in the α,β-unsaturated carbonyl moiety. The mol-ecular packing of 1 features chain formation in the a-axis direction by O-H⋯O contacts. In the case of 2 and 3, the packing is characterized by dimer formation through C-H⋯O inter-actions. In addition, C-H⋯π(thio-phene) inter-actions in 2 and C-H⋯S(thio-phene) inter-actions in 3 contribute to the three-dimensional architecture. The presence of C-H⋯π(thio-phene) contacts in the crystal of 4 results in chain formation in the c-axis direction. The Hirshfeld surface analysis shows that for all four derivatives, the highest contribution to surface contacts arises from contacts in which H atoms are involved.

Highlights

  • Chalcones, typically referred to as Michael acceptors, can react with nucleophiles at the electrophilic -position of the unsaturated system (Amslinger, 2010)

  • The addition of the thiophene ring to an, unsaturated carbonyl group has been investigated for a substitution at the C atom of the thiophene ring (Harrison et al, 2006)

  • We present the synthesis and crystal structure of four chalcones (1–4) containing a thiophene ring: 3-(3phenylprop-1-ene-3-one-1-yl)thiophene derivatives containing –OH, –OCH3, –OCH2CH3 and –Br at the para position of the phenyl ring

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Summary

Chemical context

Typically referred to as Michael acceptors, can react with nucleophiles at the electrophilic -position of the unsaturated system (Amslinger, 2010). Many chalcone derivatives containing an , -unsaturated carbonyl show potential biological applications such as being effective against amyloid -induced cytotoxicity (Bukhari et al, 2014) and irreversibly angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (Hea-Young Park Choo et al, 2000). The addition of the thiophene ring to an , unsaturated carbonyl group has been investigated for a substitution at the C atom of the thiophene ring (Harrison et al, 2006). Some thiophene derivatives, such as N-(4-oxo-2sulfanylidene-1,3-thiazolidin-3-yl)-2-(thiophen-3-yl)acetamide (Vu Quoc et al, 2017) and 4-phenyl-3-(thiophen-3-ylmethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-5(4H)-thione (Vu Quoc et al, 2018), were synthesized by us and their crystal structures were investigated by X-ray diffraction. We present the synthesis and crystal structure of four chalcones (1–4) containing a thiophene ring: 3-(3phenylprop-1-ene-3-one-1-yl)thiophene derivatives containing –OH, –OCH3, –OCH2CH3 and –Br at the para position of the phenyl ring

Structural commentary
Supramolecular features
Database survey
Hirshfeld surface analysis
Refinement
Findings
C13 C14 H14 C15 H15 O16 C17 H17A H17B C18 H18A H18B H18C

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