The title compound 3,9-bis（pyridin-2-yl）-2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane 4（C17H18N2O4） has been synthesized by the reaction of 2,2-bis（hydroxymethyl）propane-1,3-diol with pyridine-2-carbaldehyde in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid,and characterized by IR,1H-NMR and X-ray single-crystal diffraction.The crystal belongs to monoclinic system,space group C2/c with a = 25.133（2）,b = 5.7219（5）,c = 21.942（2）（A°） ,β = 99.145（2）°,V = 3115.3（5）（A°）^3,Z = 8,Dc = 1.340 g/cm^3,Mr = 314.33,F（000） = 1328,μ = 0.097 mm-1,MoKa radiation（λ = 0.71073）,R = 0.0352 and wR = 0.1022 for 2486 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（I）.X-ray analysis reveals that the two 1,3-dioxane rings passing through the central spiro-C atom both adopt chair conformation.Intermolecular C-H…π,C-H…O and C-H…N weak interactions link the molecules to form a three-dimensional samdwich,which are effective in the stabilization of the crystal structure.
The title compound 1,4,7,10-tetrakis（2-（4-methoxyphenoxy）ethyl）-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane hydrobromide derivated from cyclen has been synthesized by 4-methoxyphenol via two steps and characterized by ^1H NMR and X-ray single-crystal diffraction. The crystal belongs to the orthorhombic system, space group Pbcn with a = 17.3174（15）, b = 12.9891（11）, c = 19.3379（17） A, V = 4349.8（7） ？3, Z = 4, Dc = 1.304 g/cm3, Mr = 853.87, F（000） = 1808, μ = 1.001 mm^-1, Mo Ka radiation（λ = 0.71073 A）, R = 0.0467 and w R = 0.1045 for 2774 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（I）. X-ray structural analysis reveals that the molecular structure of the title compound is stabilized by intramolecular C–H···O and C–H···Br hydrogen-bonding interactions, and a 3D 2-fold interpenetrated supramolecular framework is constructed by intermolecular C–H···O and C–H···Br hydrogen-bonding interactions.
