2018 Volume 34 Pages 31-32
Compound 1, namely 1,2-bis[N,N′-6-(3-pyridylmethylamido)pyridyl-2-carboxyamido]ethane, crystallizes in the space group C2/c, with cell parameters a = 13.669(6)Å, b = 17.763(7)Å, c = 11.013(4)Å, β = 108.857(16), Z = 4, and V = 2530.5(17)Å3. The asymmetric unit comprises half of the title compound with the compound adopting a U-shaped conformation stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonding. Crystal packing is governed by N–H···N and C–H···O hydrogen bonds. The structure has been solved and refined to reach R and wR indices for all data of 0.0514 and 0.1366, respectively.