Diamide and amide-ester derivatives of imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylic acid form reliable hydrogen-bondingmotifs in the solid state. The crystal structures of symmetrically substituted and dissymmetrically substituteddiamides as
well as amide-ester combinations
were analyzed in order to identify the intermolecular hydrogen-bondingpatterns. An intramolecular seven-membered hydrogen-bonded conformation forms in all derivatives
where thepossibility existed due to the functionality present. The motifs observed for the diamides include intermolecularNH···O and NH···N hydrogen-bonded dimers,
with the exceptions to these motifs occurring in compounds havingbenzylamine substituents. The amines
with a higher classification (i.e., 3
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> 2
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> 1
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) in the dissymmetricallysubstituted diamides are the intramolecular hydrogen bond donors in the solid state, consistent
with the capacityof the alkyl group to stabilize developing carbocation character resulting from bond polarization. The amide-esterderivatives also form an intramolecular hydrogen bond and an intermolecular motif based on NH···N and t
wo differentC2-H···O hydrogen bonds. A pyrrole amide-ester derivative forms an intramolecular NH···O hydrogen bond in thesolid state and an intermolecular NH···O hydrogen-bonded chain. With the exception of the benzylamine-substituteddiamides, the intermolecular hydrogen-bonded motifs appear reliable for these imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylic acidderivatives and
will be useful in the design of analogues for specific applications.