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Volume 64 
Part 5 
Page o841  
May 2008  

Received 7 April 2008
Accepted 8 April 2008
Online 16 April 2008

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 294 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.004 Å
R = 0.049
wR = 0.053
Data-to-parameter ratio = 14.3
Details

8-Methyl-5-methylene-2-oxotricyclo[5.3.1.13,9]dodecan-endo-8-ol

aSchool of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia, and bSchool of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: m.scudder@unsw.edu.au

The title compound, C14H20O2, crystallizes with homochiral chains of molecules hydrogen bonded together along the b axis. Adjacent chains in the ab plane contain molecules of the same chirality, leading to a chiral segregation of the molecules into layers.

Related literature

For related literature, see: Yue et al. (2002[Yue, W., Bishop, R., Craig, D. C. & Scudder, M. L. (2002). CrystEngComm, 4, 591-595.], 2006[Yue, W., Nakano, K., Bishop, R., Craig, D. C., Harris, K. D. M. & Scudder, M. L. (2006). CrystEngComm, 8, 250-256.], 2007[Yue, W., Bishop, R., Craig, D. C. & Scudder, M. L. (2007). Acta Cryst. E63, o4689.], 1997[Yue, W., Bishop, R., Scudder, M. L. & Craig, D. C. (1997). J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1, pp. 2937-2946.], 2000[Yue, W., Bishop, R., Craig, D. C. & Scudder, M. L. (2000). Tetrahedron, 56, 6667-6673.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C14H20O2

  • Mr = 220.3

  • Monoclinic, P 21 /c

  • a = 7.554 (3) Å

  • b = 13.196 (3) Å

  • c = 12.597 (5) Å

  • [beta] = 108.16 (2)°

  • V = 1193.2 (7) Å3

  • Z = 4

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.08 mm-1

  • T = 294 K

  • 0.25 × 0.20 × 0.20 mm

Data collection
  • Enraf-Nonius CAD-4 diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: none

  • 2247 measured reflections

  • 2079 independent reflections

  • 1296 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.016

  • 1 standard reflection frequency: 30 min intensity decay: none

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.049

  • wR(F2) = 0.052

  • S = 1.27

  • 2079 reflections

  • 145 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.28 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.28 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
O1-H1O1...O2i 1.00 1.87 2.867 (4) 180
Symmetry code: (i) [-x+1, y+{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{1\over 2}}].

Data collection: CAD-4 Software (Enraf-Nonius, 1989[Enraf-Nonius (1989). CAD-4 Software. Enraf-Nonius, Delft, The Netherlands.]); cell refinement: CAD-4 Software; data reduction: local program; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1994[Altomare, A., Cascarano, G., Giacovazzo, C., Guagliardi, A., Burla, M. C., Polidori, G. & Camalli, M. (1994). J. Appl. Cryst. 27, 435.]); program(s) used to refine structure: RAELS (Rae, 2000[Rae, A. D. (2000). RAELS. Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.]); molecular graphics: ORTEPII (Johnson, 1976[Johnson, C. K. (1976). ORTEPII. Report ORNL-5138. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA.]) and CrystalMaker (Palmer, 2005[Palmer, D. (2005). CrystalMaker. CrystalMaker Software Ltd, Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England. http://www.CrystalMaker.co.uk.]); software used to prepare material for publication: local programs.


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: HG2391 ).


Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Australian Research Council and the Shanghai Pujiang Program (WY).

References

Altomare, A., Cascarano, G., Giacovazzo, C., Guagliardi, A., Burla, M. C., Polidori, G. & Camalli, M. (1994). J. Appl. Cryst. 27, 435.  [CrossRef] [details]
Enraf-Nonius (1989). CAD-4 Software. Enraf-Nonius, Delft, The Netherlands.
Johnson, C. K. (1976). ORTEPII. Report ORNL-5138. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA.
Palmer, D. (2005). CrystalMaker. CrystalMaker Software Ltd, Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England. http://www.CrystalMaker.co.uk.
Rae, A. D. (2000). RAELS. Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Yue, W., Bishop, R., Craig, D. C. & Scudder, M. L. (2000). Tetrahedron, 56, 6667-6673.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Yue, W., Bishop, R., Craig, D. C. & Scudder, M. L. (2002). CrystEngComm, 4, 591-595.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Yue, W., Bishop, R., Craig, D. C. & Scudder, M. L. (2007). Acta Cryst. E63, o4689.  [CrossRef] [details]
Yue, W., Bishop, R., Scudder, M. L. & Craig, D. C. (1997). J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1, pp. 2937-2946.  [CrossRef]
Yue, W., Nakano, K., Bishop, R., Craig, D. C., Harris, K. D. M. & Scudder, M. L. (2006). CrystEngComm, 8, 250-256.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort]


Acta Cryst (2008). E64, o841  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808009677 ]

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