Understanding the conformational changes and molecular structure of furoyl thioureas upon substitution.
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2017
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1-Acyl thioureas [R1C(O)NHC(S)NR2R3] are shown to display conformational flexibility depending on the degree
of substitution at the nitrogen atom. The conformational landscape and structural features for two closely related
thioureas having R1=2-furoyl have been studied. The un-substituted 2-furoyl thiourea (I) and its dimethyl analogue,
i.e. 1-(2-furoyl)-3,3-dimethyl thiourea (II), have been synthesized and fully characterized by spectroscopic
(FT-IR, 1H and 13C NMR) and elemental analysis. According to single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis,
compounds I and II crystallize in the monoclinic space group P21/c. In the compound I, the trans–cis geometry
of the almost planar thiourea unit is stabilized by intramolecular N\\H⋯O_C hydrogen bond between the H
atom of the cis thioamide and the carbonyl O atom. In compound II, however, the acyl thiourea group is non-planar,
in good agreement with the potential energy curve computed at the B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) level of approximation.
Centrosymmetric dimers generated by intermolecular N\\H⋯S_C hydrogen bond forming R2 2 (8)
motif are present in the crystals. Intermolecular interactions have been rationalized in terms of topological partitions
of the electron distributions and Hirshfeld surface analysis, which showed the occurrence of S⋯H, O⋯H
and H⋯H contacts that display an important role to crystal packing stabilization of both thiourea derivatives.
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Thiourea derivatives, Vibrational spectroscopy, Single crystal structure determination, Molecular conformation
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RAMOS CAIRO, R. et al. Understanding the conformational changes and molecular structure of furoyl thioureas upon substitution. Spectrochimica Acta. Part A, Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, v. 176, p. 8-17, abr. 2017. Disponível em: <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1386142516307715>. Acesso em: 15 set. 2017.