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Volume 65 
Part 9 
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September 2009  

Received 2 June 2009
Accepted 14 August 2009
Online 22 August 2009

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 293 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.004 Å
R = 0.061
wR = 0.164
Data-to-parameter ratio = 14.8
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4-[(2-Methyl-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol-4-ylidene)methyl]phenyl acetate

aSchool of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China, and bGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Emergency Testing for Dangerous Chemicals, China National Analytical Center, Guangzhou 510070, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: guopengran@gmail.com

In the title compound, C13H11NO4, an intramolecular C-H...N interaction helps to establish the conformation. In the crystal, two C-H...O contacts stack adjacent molecules into a one-dimensional double chain running in the a-axis direction.

Related literature

The title compound is an important medical intermediate, see: Baker (1951[Baker, L. E. (1951). J. Biol. Chem. 193, 809-819.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C13H11NO4

  • Mr = 245.23

  • Triclinic, [P \overline 1]

  • a = 5.5802 (15) Å

  • b = 7.446 (2) Å

  • c = 15.012 (4) Å

  • [alpha] = 94.322 (4)°

  • [beta] = 93.156 (4)°

  • [gamma] = 108.136 (4)°

  • V = 589.1 (3) Å3

  • Z = 2

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.10 mm-1

  • T = 293 K

  • 0.14 × 0.13 × 0.08 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker SMART APEX CCD area-detector diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SAINT-Plus; Bruker, 2003[Bruker (2003). SAINT-Plus. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsion, USA.]) Tmin = 0.985, Tmax = 0.992

  • 3324 measured reflections

  • 2264 independent reflections

  • 1707 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.016

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.061

  • wR(F2) = 0.164

  • S = 1.04

  • 2264 reflections

  • 153 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.15 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.14 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
C4-H4...N1 0.93 2.45 3.098 (4) 127
C7-H7...O2i 0.93 2.53 3.417 (4) 160
C13-H13B...O4ii 0.96 2.50 3.382 (4) 152
Symmetry codes: (i) -x+1, -y+1, -z; (ii) x+1, y, z.

Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1998[Bruker (1998). SMART and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 1998[Bruker (1998). SMART and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); data reduction: SAINT-Plus; 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: KJ2130 ).


Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Emergency Testing for Dangerous Chemicals, China National Analytical Center (Guangzhou), People's Republic of China.

References

Baker, L. E. (1951). J. Biol. Chem. 193, 809-819.  [PubMed] [ChemPort]
Bruker (1998). SMART and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Bruker (2003). SAINT-Plus. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsion, USA.
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]


Acta Cryst (2009). E65, o2215  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809032243 ]

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