Structural and spectroscopic characterization of 2,2′-methylenedi-8-quinolinol dihydrochloride dihydrate

The crystal structure of the title compound, a promising ligand for chelatoterapies in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffractometry. The compound crystallized in the monoclinic space group C2/c with Z = 4. The dimeric 8-quinolinol molecule is sited on a crystallographic twofold axis passing through the CH2 carbon atom that links the symmetry related molecular halves, giving rise to a two-bladed propeller-like conformation. The 1H and 13C NMR as well as the FT-IR and Raman spectra of the compound were also recorded and are briefly discussed. Some comparisons with spectra of related species are made.