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Volume 65 
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March 2009  

Received 10 December 2008
Accepted 12 February 2009
Online 25 February 2009

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 298 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.003 Å
R = 0.057
wR = 0.155
Data-to-parameter ratio = 14.4
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trans-1,2,3-Tris(4-methoxybenzoyl)cyclopropane

aKey Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: ajsun@mails.ccnu.edu.cn

In the title compound, C27H24O6, the packing of the molecules is mainly governed by C-H...O interactions.

Related literature

For related structures, see: Saba (1990[Saba, A. (1990). J. Chem. Res. Synop. 9, 288-289.]). For background to the chemistry of cyclopropanes as a versatile tool in organic synthesis, see: Wong (1989[Wong, H. N. C. (1989). Chem. Rev. 89, 165-198.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C27H24O6

  • Mr = 444.46

  • Triclinic, [P \overline 1]

  • a = 10.1897 (6) Å

  • b = 10.626 (6) Å

  • c = 10.6931 (6) Å

  • [alpha] = 90.736 (1)°

  • [beta] = 103.194 (1)°

  • [gamma] = 92.432 (1)°

  • V = 1125.9 (6) Å3

  • Z = 2

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.09 mm-1

  • T = 298 K

  • 0.30 × 0.20 × 0.10 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: none

  • 9852 measured reflections

  • 4349 independent reflections

  • 2862 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.031

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.057

  • wR(F2) = 0.155

  • S = 1.06

  • 4349 reflections

  • 301 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.19 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.17 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
C26-H26...O2i 0.93 2.54 3.467 (3) 175
C11-H11...O6ii 0.98 2.51 3.270 (3) 134
C7-H7...O5iii 0.93 2.52 3.171 (3) 128
C9-H9...O3iii 0.98 2.55 3.497 (3) 164
C27-H27B...O4iv 0.96 2.58 3.136 (3) 117
Symmetry codes: (i) -x+1, -y+2, -z+1; (ii) x+1, y, z; (iii) -x+1, -y+2, -z; (iv) -x, -y+1, -z+1.

Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2001[Bruker (2001). SMART and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2001[Bruker (2001). SMART and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); data reduction: SAINT; 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: RK2123 ).


Acknowledgements

The authors thank Professor An-Xin Wu for technical assistance and Dr Xiang-Gao Meng for the data collection.

References

Bruker (2001). SMART and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Saba, A. (1990). J. Chem. Res. Synop. 9, 288-289.
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Wong, H. N. C. (1989). Chem. Rev. 89, 165-198.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [ISI]


Acta Cryst (2009). E65, o588  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809005145 ]

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