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Received 15 November 2008
Accepted 27 November 2008
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Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 293 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.003 Å
R = 0.056
wR = 0.184
Data-to-parameter ratio = 25.1
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1-Dichloroacetyl-r-2,c-6-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-c-3,t-3-dimethylpiperidin-4-one

aCentre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India,bDepartment of Chemistry, Government Arts College (Autonomous), Coimbatore 641 018, India, and cDepartment of Chemistry, Queen Mary's College (Autonomous), Chennai 600 004, India
Correspondence e-mail: mnpsy2004@yahoo.com

In the title compound, C23H25Cl2NO4, the piperidine ring adopts a distorted boat conformation. Inversion-related molecules are linked into centrosymmetric R22(16) dimers by paired C-H...O hydrogen bonds, and the dimers are connected via C-H...O hydrogen bonds into a chain running along [101].

Related literature

For general background, see: Eller et al.(2002[Eller, K., Henkes, E., Rossbacher, R. & Hoke, H. (2002). Amines, Aliphatic, in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Vol. 1, p. 379. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH Verlag.]); Ribeiro da Silva et al. (2007[Ribeiro da Silva, M. A. V. & Cabral, J. I. T. A. (2007). J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 90, 865-871.]). For hybridization, see: Beddoes et al. (1986[Beddoes, R. L., Dalton, L., Joule, T. A., Mills, O. S., Street, J. D. & Watt, C. I. F. (1986). J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, pp. 787-797.]) For hydrogen-bond motifs, see: Bernstein et al. (1995[Bernstein, J., Davis, R. E., Shimoni, L. & Chang, N.-L. (1995). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 34, 1555-1573.]). For ring conformational analysis, see: Cremer & Pople (1975[Cremer, D. & Pople, J. A. (1975). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 97, 1354-1358.]); Nardelli (1983[Nardelli, M. (1983). Acta Cryst. C39, 1141-1142.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C23H25Cl2NO4

  • Mr = 450.34

  • Monoclinic, C 2/c

  • a = 23.6295 (9) Å

  • b = 10.3999 (4) Å

  • c = 19.2617 (9) Å

  • [beta] = 107.734 (1)°

  • V = 4508.5 (3) Å3

  • Z = 8

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.32 mm-1

  • T = 293 (2) K

  • 0.30 × 0.25 × 0.20 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker Kappa APEXII area-detector diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2001[Sheldrick, G. M. (2001). SADABS. University of Göttingen, Germany.]) Tmin = 0.911, Tmax = 0.939

  • 29354 measured reflections

  • 6905 independent reflections

  • 4138 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.031

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.056

  • wR(F2) = 0.184

  • S = 1.00

  • 6905 reflections

  • 275 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.60 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.63 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
C6-H6...O1i 0.98 2.30 3.216 (2) 155
C13-H13...O3ii 0.93 2.58 3.453 (3) 155
Symmetry codes: (i) [-x+{\script{1\over 2}}, y-{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{1\over 2}}]; (ii) -x+1, -y+1, -z+1.

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004[Bruker (2004). APEX2 and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: APEX2; data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2004[Bruker (2004). APEX2 and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997[Farrugia, L. J. (1997). J. Appl. Cryst. 30, 565.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 and PLATON (Spek, 2003[Spek, A. L. (2003). J. Appl. Cryst. 36, 7-13.]).


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: CI2726 ).


Acknowledgements

SP thanks the UGC, India, for financial support.

References

Beddoes, R. L., Dalton, L., Joule, T. A., Mills, O. S., Street, J. D. & Watt, C. I. F. (1986). J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, pp. 787-797.
Bernstein, J., Davis, R. E., Shimoni, L. & Chang, N.-L. (1995). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 34, 1555-1573.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [ISI]
Bruker (2004). APEX2 and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Cremer, D. & Pople, J. A. (1975). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 97, 1354-1358.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [ISI]
Eller, K., Henkes, E., Rossbacher, R. & Hoke, H. (2002). Amines, Aliphatic, in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Vol. 1, p. 379. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH Verlag.
Farrugia, L. J. (1997). J. Appl. Cryst. 30, 565.  [CrossRef] [details]
Nardelli, M. (1983). Acta Cryst. C39, 1141-1142.  [CrossRef] [details]
Ribeiro da Silva, M. A. V. & Cabral, J. I. T. A. (2007). J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 90, 865-871.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Sheldrick, G. M. (2001). SADABS. University of Göttingen, Germany.
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Spek, A. L. (2003). J. Appl. Cryst. 36, 7-13.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [details]


Acta Cryst (2009). E65, o11  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808040063 ]

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