2-{[(4-{[(2-Hy-droxy-phen-yl)(phen-yl)methyl-idene]amino}-but-yl)imino](phen-yl)meth-yl}phenol.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(30)H(28)N(2)O(2), comprises half of a potential tetra-dentate Schiff base ligand; an inversion centre is situtated at the center of the butane-diamine spacer. The central methyl-ene segment of the diamine spacer is disordered over two positions with a refined site-occupancy ratio of 0.651 (7):0.349 (7). The phenyl ring and the hy-droxy-substituted benzene ring are almost perpendicular to each other, with a dihedral angle of 87.90 (8) Å. Intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds make S(6) ring motifs.

Related literature

For standard bond lengths, see: Allen et al. (1987 ▶). For hydrogen bond motifs, see: Bernstein et al. (1995 ▶). For background to Schiff bases in coordination chemistry, see: Granovski et al. (1993 ▶); Kargar et al. (2009 ▶). For a related structure, see: Friscic et al. (1998 ▶).

Experimental

Crystal data

C30H28N2O2

M = 448.54

Monoclinic,

a = 11.5720 (3) Å

b = 7.7803 (2) Å

c = 13.3914 (4) Å

β = 95.774 (2)°

V = 1199.56 (6) Å3

Z = 2

Mo Kα radiation

μ = 0.08 mm−1

T = 291 K

0.25 × 0.16 × 0.12 mm

Data collection

Bruker SMART APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer

Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005 ▶) T min = 0.250, T max = 0.459

10739 measured reflections

2951 independent reflections

1706 reflections with I > 2σ(I)

R int = 0.027

Refinement

R[F 2 > 2σ(F 2)] = 0.045

wR(F 2) = 0.127

S = 1.02

2951 reflections

165 parameters

H-atom parameters constrained

Δρmax = 0.16 e Å−3

Δρmin = −0.13 e Å−3

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005 ▶); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2005 ▶); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008 ▶); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008 ▶); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008 ▶); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL and PLATON (Spek, 2009 ▶).

Crystal structure: contains datablock(s) global, I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811055905/su2355sup1.cif

Structure factors: contains datablock(s) I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811055905/su2355Isup2.hkl

Supplementary material file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811055905/su2355Isup3.cml

Additional supplementary materials: crystallographic information; 3D view; checkCIF report

C30H28N2O2	F(000) = 476
Mr = 448.54	Dx = 1.242 Mg m−3
Monoclinic, P21/n	Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
Hall symbol: -P 2yn	Cell parameters from 2370 reflections
a = 11.5720 (3) Å	θ = 2.5–27.5°
b = 7.7803 (2) Å	µ = 0.08 mm−1
c = 13.3914 (4) Å	T = 291 K
β = 95.774 (2)°	Block, yellow
V = 1199.56 (6) Å3	0.25 × 0.16 × 0.12 mm
Z = 2

Bruker SMART APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer	2951 independent reflections
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube	1706 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
graphite	Rint = 0.027
φ and ω scans	θmax = 28.3°, θmin = 2.2°
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005)	h = −15→11
Tmin = 0.250, Tmax = 0.459	k = −10→9
10739 measured reflections	l = −17→17

Refinement on F2	Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods
Least-squares matrix: full	Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.045	Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
wR(F2) = 0.127	H-atom parameters constrained
S = 1.02	w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0565P)2 + 0.0873P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
2951 reflections	(Δ/σ)max < 0.001
165 parameters	Δρmax = 0.16 e Å−3
0 restraints	Δρmin = −0.13 e Å−3

Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds involving l.s. planes.

Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > 2sigma(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger.

	x	y	z	Uiso*/Ueq	Occ. (<1)
O1	0.08671 (10)	−0.51502 (14)	0.09514 (8)	0.0613 (3)
H1	0.0426	−0.4348	0.0797	0.092*
N1	−0.04017 (10)	−0.25674 (14)	0.12091 (9)	0.0500 (3)
C1	0.04494 (11)	−0.42065 (16)	0.25836 (10)	0.0428 (3)
C2	0.10105 (12)	−0.53074 (17)	0.19507 (11)	0.0469 (4)
C3	0.17362 (13)	−0.6602 (2)	0.23703 (13)	0.0595 (4)
H3	0.2106	−0.7332	0.1954	0.071*
C4	0.19106 (14)	−0.6812 (2)	0.33870 (13)	0.0654 (5)
H4	0.2400	−0.7681	0.3655	0.078*
C5	0.13674 (14)	−0.5747 (2)	0.40225 (12)	0.0631 (4)
H5	0.1488	−0.5897	0.4714	0.076*
C6	0.06477 (13)	−0.44660 (19)	0.36208 (11)	0.0535 (4)
H6	0.0283	−0.3752	0.4049	0.064*
C7	−0.03030 (11)	−0.28060 (16)	0.21646 (10)	0.0436 (3)
C8	−0.09188 (12)	−0.17392 (18)	0.28775 (10)	0.0481 (4)
C9	−0.19981 (14)	−0.2220 (2)	0.31276 (13)	0.0633 (4)
H9	−0.2363	−0.3183	0.2830	0.076*
C10	−0.25395 (17)	−0.1277 (3)	0.38186 (15)	0.0814 (6)
H10	−0.3269	−0.1610	0.3982	0.098*
C11	−0.2023 (2)	0.0122 (3)	0.42610 (15)	0.0852 (6)
H11	−0.2384	0.0731	0.4741	0.102*
C12	−0.0963 (2)	0.0639 (3)	0.39977 (16)	0.0891 (6)
H12	−0.0615	0.1621	0.4288	0.107*
C13	−0.04048 (15)	−0.0282 (2)	0.33051 (13)	0.0701 (5)
H13	0.0313	0.0080	0.3129	0.084*
C14	−0.11235 (13)	−0.1200 (2)	0.07252 (12)	0.0592 (4)
H14A	−0.1640	−0.0764	0.1194	0.071*	0.651 (7)
H14B	−0.1598	−0.1670	0.0152	0.071*	0.651 (7)
H14C	−0.1226	−0.0301	0.1200	0.071*	0.349 (7)
H14D	−0.1874	−0.1654	0.0494	0.071*	0.349 (7)
C15	−0.0405 (3)	0.0257 (4)	0.0383 (3)	0.0529 (10)	0.651 (7)
H15A	0.0050	0.0741	0.0963	0.063*	0.651 (7)
H15B	−0.0923	0.1148	0.0096	0.063*	0.651 (7)
C15A	−0.0554 (5)	−0.0468 (8)	−0.0156 (5)	0.0503 (19)	0.349 (7)
H15C	−0.0394	−0.1399	−0.0604	0.060*	0.349 (7)
H15D	−0.1092	0.0314	−0.0525	0.060*	0.349 (7)

	U11	U22	U33	U12	U13	U23
O1	0.0729 (8)	0.0651 (7)	0.0466 (7)	0.0139 (5)	0.0090 (5)	−0.0025 (5)
N1	0.0544 (8)	0.0472 (7)	0.0489 (8)	0.0007 (5)	0.0084 (6)	0.0125 (5)
C1	0.0432 (8)	0.0421 (7)	0.0436 (8)	−0.0038 (6)	0.0061 (6)	0.0031 (6)
C2	0.0466 (8)	0.0459 (8)	0.0481 (9)	−0.0032 (6)	0.0045 (6)	−0.0001 (6)
C3	0.0580 (10)	0.0555 (9)	0.0646 (11)	0.0104 (7)	0.0036 (8)	−0.0051 (8)
C4	0.0620 (11)	0.0620 (10)	0.0700 (12)	0.0148 (8)	−0.0038 (8)	0.0092 (9)
C5	0.0661 (11)	0.0728 (11)	0.0488 (9)	0.0081 (8)	−0.0019 (8)	0.0126 (8)
C6	0.0565 (10)	0.0591 (9)	0.0455 (9)	0.0037 (7)	0.0084 (7)	0.0026 (7)
C7	0.0418 (8)	0.0423 (8)	0.0473 (9)	−0.0051 (6)	0.0080 (6)	0.0048 (6)
C8	0.0497 (9)	0.0467 (8)	0.0483 (8)	0.0060 (6)	0.0074 (7)	0.0050 (6)
C9	0.0580 (10)	0.0638 (10)	0.0709 (11)	0.0014 (8)	0.0199 (8)	0.0080 (8)
C10	0.0747 (13)	0.0904 (15)	0.0849 (14)	0.0239 (11)	0.0370 (11)	0.0235 (12)
C11	0.1070 (17)	0.0843 (15)	0.0679 (13)	0.0450 (13)	0.0262 (12)	0.0066 (11)
C12	0.1096 (17)	0.0709 (12)	0.0858 (15)	0.0154 (11)	0.0050 (12)	−0.0255 (10)
C13	0.0653 (11)	0.0635 (10)	0.0822 (13)	−0.0011 (8)	0.0106 (9)	−0.0142 (9)
C14	0.0587 (10)	0.0596 (10)	0.0599 (10)	0.0060 (7)	0.0080 (7)	0.0204 (8)
C15	0.063 (2)	0.0466 (16)	0.0497 (19)	0.0073 (13)	0.0104 (14)	0.0057 (15)
C15A	0.057 (4)	0.048 (3)	0.044 (4)	0.008 (2)	−0.003 (2)	0.009 (3)

O1—C2	1.3373 (17)	C10—C11	1.350 (3)
O1—H1	0.8200	C10—H10	0.9300
N1—C7	1.2867 (17)	C11—C12	1.371 (3)
N1—C14	1.4631 (18)	C11—H11	0.9300
C1—C6	1.3994 (19)	C12—C13	1.382 (3)
C1—C2	1.4087 (19)	C12—H12	0.9300
C1—C7	1.4703 (19)	C13—H13	0.9300
C2—C3	1.393 (2)	C14—C15	1.504 (3)
C3—C4	1.366 (2)	C14—C15A	1.519 (6)
C3—H3	0.9300	C14—H14A	0.9700
C4—C5	1.383 (2)	C14—H14B	0.9700
C4—H4	0.9300	C14—H14C	0.9599
C5—C6	1.374 (2)	C14—H14D	0.9600
C5—H5	0.9300	C15—C15i	1.512 (7)
C6—H6	0.9300	C15—H15A	0.9700
C7—C8	1.4984 (19)	C15—H15B	0.9700
C8—C9	1.377 (2)	C15A—C15Ai	1.497 (13)
C8—C13	1.378 (2)	C15A—H15C	0.9700
C9—C10	1.380 (2)	C15A—H15D	0.9700
C9—H9	0.9300
C2—O1—H1	109.5	C8—C13—H13	120.2
C7—N1—C14	122.34 (13)	C12—C13—H13	120.2
C6—C1—C2	118.03 (12)	N1—C14—C15	112.01 (15)
C6—C1—C7	121.16 (13)	N1—C14—C15A	110.1 (2)
C2—C1—C7	120.80 (12)	C15—C14—C15A	35.4 (2)
O1—C2—C3	118.61 (13)	N1—C14—H14A	109.2
O1—C2—C1	121.88 (12)	C15—C14—H14A	109.2
C3—C2—C1	119.51 (13)	C15A—C14—H14A	135.7
C4—C3—C2	120.74 (14)	N1—C14—H14B	109.2
C4—C3—H3	119.6	C15—C14—H14B	109.2
C2—C3—H3	119.6	C15A—C14—H14B	77.4
C3—C4—C5	120.72 (14)	H14A—C14—H14B	107.9
C3—C4—H4	119.6	N1—C14—H14C	109.9
C5—C4—H4	119.6	C15—C14—H14C	76.2
C6—C5—C4	119.27 (15)	C15A—C14—H14C	109.4
C6—C5—H5	120.4	H14A—C14—H14C	36.2
C4—C5—H5	120.4	H14B—C14—H14C	134.5
C5—C6—C1	121.72 (14)	N1—C14—H14D	109.4
C5—C6—H6	119.1	C15—C14—H14D	133.6
C1—C6—H6	119.1	C15A—C14—H14D	109.7
N1—C7—C1	118.45 (12)	H14A—C14—H14D	75.0
N1—C7—C8	123.60 (12)	H14B—C14—H14D	35.3
C1—C7—C8	117.95 (12)	H14C—C14—H14D	108.3
C9—C8—C13	119.12 (15)	C14—C15—C15i	114.0 (4)
C9—C8—C7	120.37 (14)	C14—C15—H14C	36.2
C13—C8—C7	120.50 (13)	C15i—C15—H14C	148.7
C8—C9—C10	120.18 (17)	C14—C15—H15A	108.7
C8—C9—H9	119.9	C15i—C15—H15A	108.7
C10—C9—H9	119.9	H14C—C15—H15A	82.4
C11—C10—C9	120.84 (19)	C14—C15—H15B	108.7
C11—C10—H10	119.6	C15i—C15—H15B	108.7
C9—C10—H10	119.6	H14C—C15—H15B	94.6
C10—C11—C12	119.46 (18)	H15A—C15—H15B	107.6
C10—C11—H11	120.3	C15Ai—C15A—C14	113.1 (7)
C12—C11—H11	120.3	C15Ai—C15A—H15C	109.0
C11—C12—C13	120.74 (19)	C14—C15A—H15C	109.0
C11—C12—H12	119.6	C15Ai—C15A—H15D	109.0
C13—C12—H12	119.6	C14—C15A—H15D	109.0
C8—C13—C12	119.62 (18)	H15C—C15A—H15D	107.8

D—H···A	D—H	H···A	D···A	D—H···A
O1—H1···N1	0.82	1.80	2.5328 (16)	148

Table 1

Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D—H⋯A	D—H	H⋯A	D⋯A	D—H⋯A
O1—H1⋯N1	0.82	1.80	2.5328 (16)	148