Two different products from the reaction of 1-aryl-5-chloro-3-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbaldehyde with cyclohexylamine when the aryl substituent is phenyl or pyridin-2-yl: hydrogen-bonded sheets versus dimers

Crystal structure of 5-butyl-amino-3-methyl-1-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carbaldehyde obtained from a microwave-assisted reaction using caesium carbonate as catalyst

The title compound, C14H18N4O, synthesized from an unconventional microwave-assisted method using caesium carbonate as catalyst, has an approximately planar conformation with the pyridyl and pyrazole rings inclined by a dihedral angle of 7.94 (3)°, allowing the formation of an intra-molecular N-H⋯N hydrogen bond. The supra-molecular assembly has a three-dimensional arrangement controlled mainly by weak C-H⋯O and C-H⋯π inter-actions.

Chirality at metal and helical ligand folding in optical isomers of chiral bis(naphthaldiminato)nickel(ii) complexes

Ni-Schiff base complexes combine ligand chirality, chirality at metal, and helical ligand folding in a concerted way.