Syntheses, Crystal Structures and Antibacterial Activities of Two Heterocyclic Schiff Base Compounds

Two heterocyclic Schiff bases were synthesized via the condensation reactions of primary amines with carbonyl compounds. 2-[(4-pyridylmethylene)-amino] phenol(compound 1) was synthesized by the interaction of 4-pyridinecarboxaldehyde with o-aminophenol in ethanol solvent; N,N‘-bis(3-(furan-2-yl)allylidene)benzene-1,4-diamin(compound 2) was synthesized by the interaction of 3-(2-furyl)acrolein with p-phenylenediamine in ethanol medium. The compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, MS and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound 1(C12H10N2O) crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P21/c with a = 7.0771(7), b = 7.2820(7), c = 19.849(2),β= 96.3390(10)°, V = 1016.66(17) ?3, Z = 4, Mr = 198.22, Dc = 1.295 g/cm3, F(000) = 416, GOOF = 1.060, μ= 0.085 mm-1, the final R = 0.0371 and wR = 0.0929 for 1497 observed reflections with I > 2σ(I). Compound 2(C20H16N2O2) crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, space group Fdd2 with a = 26.344(15), b = 48.50(3), c = 5.293(3), V = 6764(7) ?3, Z = 16, Mr = 316.35, Dc = 1.243 g/cm3, F(000) = 2656, GOOF = 1.043, = 0.081 mm-1, the final R = 0.0526 and wR = 0.1267 for 2059 observed reflections with I > 2σ(I). 1 and 2 molecules are connected through hydrogen bonds to generate a 2D network and a 1D chain structure, respectively. The preliminary antibacterial activity results showed that the title compounds display excellent antibacterial activities to Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis.