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Volume 64 
Part 8 
Page o1438  
August 2008  

Received 28 June 2008
Accepted 3 July 2008
Online 9 July 2008

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 292 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.004 Å
R = 0.046
wR = 0.120
Data-to-parameter ratio = 14.4
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3-(n-Propyliminomethyl)-1,1'-bi-2-naphthol ethanol solvate

aInstitute of Homogeneous Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: sculiruixiang@163.com

In the title compound, C24H21NO2·C2H6O, the dihedral angle between the two aromatic ring systems is 87.00 (6)°. There is an intramolecular O-H...N hydrogen bond, which forms a six-membered ring. Intermolecular O-H...O hydrogen bonds stabilize the crystal structure.

Related literature

For background on the application of salen complexes to asymmetric catalysis, see: Pu (1998[Pu, L. (1998). Chem. Rev. 98, 2405-2494.]). For synthesis, see: Chin et al. (2004[Chin, J., Kim, D. C., Kim, H. J., Francis, B. P. & Kim, K. M. (2004). Org. Lett. 6, 2591-2593.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C24H21NO2·C2H6O

  • Mr = 401.49

  • Triclinic, [P \overline 1]

  • a = 10.356 (5) Å

  • b = 10.702 (4) Å

  • c = 11.681 (6) Å

  • [alpha] = 94.74 (3)°

  • [beta] = 113.53 (4)°

  • [gamma] = 110.21 (3)°

  • V = 1076.7 (10) Å3

  • Z = 2

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.08 mm-1

  • T = 292 (2) K

  • 0.42 × 0.40 × 0.38 mm

Data collection
  • Enraf-Nonius CAD-4 diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: none

  • 3981 measured reflections

  • 3973 independent reflections

  • 1867 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.002

  • 3 standard reflections every 300 reflections intensity decay: 2.1%

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.045

  • wR(F2) = 0.120

  • S = 0.94

  • 3973 reflections

  • 276 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.20 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.16 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
O1-H1...O3i 0.82 1.92 2.738 (2) 175
O2-H2...N1 0.82 1.85 2.590 (3) 149
O3-H3...O2 0.82 2.19 2.939 (3) 151
Symmetry code: (i) -x+2, -y+1, -z+1.

Data collection: DIFRAC (Gabe & White, 1993[Gabe, E. J. & White, P. S. (1993). DIFRAC. American Crystallographic Association Pittsburgh Meeting. Abstract PA104.]); cell refinement: DIFRAC; data reduction: NRCVAX (Gabe et al., 1989[Gabe, E. J., Le Page, Y., Charland, J.-P., Lee, F. L. & White, P. S. (1989). J. Appl. Cryst. 22, 384-387.]); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: BT2737 ).


References

Chin, J., Kim, D. C., Kim, H. J., Francis, B. P. & Kim, K. M. (2004). Org. Lett. 6, 2591-2593.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [PubMed] [ChemPort]
Gabe, E. J., Le Page, Y., Charland, J.-P., Lee, F. L. & White, P. S. (1989). J. Appl. Cryst. 22, 384-387.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [ISI] [details]
Gabe, E. J. & White, P. S. (1993). DIFRAC. American Crystallographic Association Pittsburgh Meeting. Abstract PA104.
Pu, L. (1998). Chem. Rev. 98, 2405-2494.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [PubMed] [ChemPort]
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]


Acta Cryst (2008). E64, o1438  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808020436 ]

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