Aromatic secondary amides such as benzanilide (1) exist in trans-amide form both in the crystal and in solution, whereas
N-methylbenzanilide (2) exists in
cis form in the crystal, and predominantly in
cis form in various solutions. Similar
cis conformational preferences were observed in the aromatic
N,
N'-dimethylated urea (4) and guanidine (7), in which two aromatic rings are located face-to-face. The
cis conformations of
N-methylated amides, ureas and guanidines could be utilized to construct interesting aromatic architecture. First,
N,
N',
N″-trimethyl-
N,
N',
N″-triphenyl-1, 3, 5-benzenetricarboxamide (12) and a cyclic triamide 14 have crystal structures in which three N-phenyl groups exist with the same orientation (
syn conformation). Second, several aromatic amides which have no fixed asymmetric center afforded chiral crystals by simple recrystallization. In the case of 1, 2-bis (
N-benzoyl-
N-methylamino) benzene (18), two enantiomeric crystals could be distinguished morphologically or on the basis of symmetrical CD spectra in KBr, and by
1H-NMR in the presence of chiral 1, 1'-bi-2-naphthol. Third, aromatic multi-layered structures could be constructed by using
N,
N'-dimethylated urea or guanidino bonds. These unique layered structures could be applied to obtain aromatic molecules with potent DNA-binding ability.
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