N,N'-Bis[(E)-2,4,6-trimethyl-benzyl-idene]ethane-1,2-diamine

Nonzaliseko Yumata; Thomas Gerber; Eric Hosten; Richard Betz

doi:10.1107/S1600536811029424

N,N'-Bis[(E)-2,4,6-trimethyl-benzyl-idene]ethane-1,2-diamine

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2011 Aug 1;67(Pt 8):o2175. doi: 10.1107/S1600536811029424. Epub 2011 Jul 30.

Authors

Nonzaliseko Yumata¹, Thomas Gerber, Eric Hosten, Richard Betz

Affiliation

¹ Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Summerstrand Campus, Department of Chemistry, University Way, Summerstrand, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa.

Abstract

The title compound, C(22)H(28)N(2), which is a double imine derived from ethane-1,2-diamine and mesityl aldehyde, has crystallographic inversion symmetry, with both C=N bonds E configured. The dihedral angle between the mesityl ring system and the imide functional group is 23.89 (17)°.