Structure and stabilization factors of the 2-aminobenzimidazolium–3,3′-(phenylmethylene)- bis(4-hydroxy-2H-chromen-2-one) anion associate in the system 4-hydroxy-2H-chromen-2-one–benzimidazol-2-amine–benzaldehyde

Abstract

The molecular and crystal structures of the ionic associate formed by 2-aminobenzimidazolium cation solvated by one dimethyl sulfoxide molecule and 3,3′-(phenylmethylene)bis(4-hydroxy-2H-chromen-2- one) anion were determined by X-ray analysis. This associate was isolated in the acid-catalyzed three-component reaction of 4-hydroxy-2H-chromen-2-one with benzimidazol-2-amine and benzaldehyde together with regioisomeric dihydrochromenopyrimidobenzimidazolones resulting from the classical Biginelli condensation. The steric and electronic structures of the cation and anion were calculated at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory in combination with NBO analysis. Factors stabilizing the ion pair and crystal field effects on the stability of the associate and its constituents were considered. The formation of 3-[(2,4-dioxo-3H-chromen-3-yl)(phenyl)methyl]-2-oxo-2H-chromen-4-olate anion in the one-pot reaction was shown to be irreversible.