Crystal structure of 2-chloro-3-(di-meth-oxy-meth-yl)-6-meth-oxy-quinoline.

ABSTRACT: The title compound, C13H14ClNO3, crystallizes with Z' = 2 in the space group Pca21, but a search for possible additional crystallographic symmetry found none. However, the crystal structure exhibits pseudosymmetry as the two independent mol-ecules are related by an approximate but non-crystallographic inversion located close to (0.38, 0.26, 1/2) in the selected asymmetric unit, and the structure exhibits partial inversion twinning. The approximate inversion relationship between the two mol-ecules in the selected asymmetric unit is clearly shown by comparison of the relevant torsion angle in the two mol-ecules; the corresponding torsion angles have similar, although not identical magnitudes but with opposite signs. The mean planes of the quinoline rings in the two independent mol-ecules are almost parallel, with a dihedral angle of only 0.16?(3)° between them, and the mutual orientation of these rings permits significant ?-? stacking inter-actions between them [centroid-centroid distances = 3.7579?(15) and 3.7923?(15)?Å]. In addition, the bimolecular aggregates which are related by translation along [010] are linked by a further ?-? stacking inter-action [centroid-centroid distance = 3.7898?(15)?Å], so forming a ?-stacked chain running parallel to [010]. However, there are no C-H?N hydrogen bonds in the structure nor, despite the number of independent aromatic rings, are there any C-H?? hydrogen bonds; hence there are no direction-specific inter-actions between adjacent ?-stacked chains.

SUBMITTER: Chandrika N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4420130 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature