The present article
comprehensively examines six
N
′-(adamantan-2-ylidene)hydrazide
derivatives using the Hirshfeld
surface analysis, PIXEL energy for molecular dimers, lattice energies
for crystal packing, and topological analysis for intramolecular and
intermolecular interactions. The crystal structure of one of the
N
′-(adamantan-2-ylidene)hydrazide derivatives, namely,
N
′-(adamantan-2-ylidene)-5-bromothiophene-2-carbohydrazide
1
, C
15
H
17
N
2
OSBr, has been
determined and analyzed in detail along with five closely related
structures. The molecular conformation of
1
is locked
by an intramolecular C–S···N chalcogen bond
as found in one of its closely related structure, namely,
N
′-(adamantan-2-ylidene)thiophene-2-carbohydrazide.
Furthermore, a detailed potential energy surface scan analysis has
been performed to highlight the importance of a chalcogen bond. Two
of these compounds possess syn-orientation for amide units, whereas
the corresponding moiety exhibits anti-conformations in the remaining
four structures. The Hirshfeld surface and its decomposed fingerprint
plots provide a qualitative picture of acyl substituent effects on
the intermolecular interactions toward crystal packing of these six
structures. Intermolecular interaction energies for dimers observed
in these structures calculated by density functional theory (B97D3/def2-TZVP)
and PIXEL (MP2/6-31G**) methods are comparable. This study also identifies
that multiple hydrogen bonds, including N/C–H···O/N
and C–H···π interactions, are collectively
responsible for a self-assembled synthon. The nature and strength
of these interactions have been studied using atoms in molecule topological
analysis. The
in vitro
antiproliferative activity
of compound
1
was assessed against five human tumor cell
lines and showed marked antiproliferative activity.