Tris{2-[4-(2-pyridyl)pyrimidin-2-ylsulfanyl]ethyl}amine

• Main Authors: Jian-Quan Wang, Ya-Wen Zhang, Lin Cheng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2009-08-01
• Series: Acta Crystallographica Section E
• Online Access: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S160053680902741X

The tripodal character of the title compound, C33H30N10S3, arises from the three thioether arms surrounding a central amine N atom. The three arms have approximately the same conformation but distinct geometries in a trans–trans–cis conformation, resulting in a short pyridine–sulfanyl N...S distance of 4.320 (7) Å. The distances of the central N atom to the N atoms of three pyridine rings in the arms are 8.305 (7), 8.032 (7) and 5.076 (9)Å. In the crystal, molecules are joined into a three-dimensional supramolecular network via effective π–π stacking between adjacent heterocycles [centroid–centroid distances of 3.700 (3)–4.118 (4) Å between adjacent interlayer pyrimidine rings and 3.676 (4) Å between the pyridine rings].