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Volume 66 
Part 11 
Page o2935  
November 2010  

Received 5 October 2010
Accepted 16 October 2010
Online 23 October 2010

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 293 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.003 Å
R = 0.045
wR = 0.131
Data-to-parameter ratio = 18.7
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3'-Hydroxymethyl-1'-methyl-3'-nitro-4'-(o-tolyl)spiro[indoline-3,2'-pyrrolidin]-2-one

aDepartment of Physics, Ethiraj College for Women (Autonomous), Chennai 600 008, India,bDepartment of Physics, R.K.M. Vivekananda College (Autonomous), Chennai 600 004, India,cDepartment of Organic Chemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India, and dCentre for Advanced Studies in Crystallography, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
Correspondence e-mail: ksethusankar@yahoo.co.in

The title compound, C20H21N3O4, crystallizes with two molecules in the asymmetric unit. In both molecules, the pyrrolidine ring adopts an envelope conformation. The crystal structure is stabilized by intermolecular C-H...O, N-H...O and O-H...O hydrogen bonds.

Related literature

For ring puckering parameters, see: Cremer & Pople (1975[Cremer, D. & Pople, J. A. (1975). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 97, 1354-1358.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C20H21N3O4

  • Mr = 367.40

  • Triclinic, [P \overline 1]

  • a = 10.8757 (18) Å

  • b = 13.625 (2) Å

  • c = 13.656 (2) Å

  • [alpha] = 66.116 (8)°

  • [beta] = 83.715 (8)°

  • [gamma] = 78.991 (9)°

  • V = 1814.9 (5) Å3

  • Z = 4

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.10 mm-1

  • T = 293 K

  • 0.30 × 0.26 × 0.20 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker APEXII CCD area detector diffractometer

  • 32702 measured reflections

  • 9209 independent reflections

  • 5980 reflections with I > 2[Sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.032

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

  • wR(F2) = 0.131

  • S = 1.03

  • 9209 reflections

  • 493 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.21 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.18 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
N3-H3A...O3i 0.86 2.00 2.782 (2) 151
O3-H3B...O7ii 0.82 2.11 2.7769 (17) 139
N5-H5...O8iii 0.86 2.39 3.0064 (19) 129
O7-H7...O4iv 0.82 2.24 2.9356 (19) 142
C8-H8...O1v 0.98 2.40 3.164 (2) 135
C33-H33A...O2ii 0.97 2.59 3.209 (2) 122
Symmetry codes: (i) -x+2, -y+2, -z+1; (ii) -x+1, -y+1, -z+1; (iii) -x+1, -y, -z+1; (iv) x-1, y-1, z; (v) -x+2, -y+1, -z+1.

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2007[Bruker (2007). SMART and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2007[Bruker (2007). 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: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997[Farrugia, L. J. (1997). J. Appl. Cryst. 30, 565.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 and PLATON (Spek, 2009[Spek, A. L. (2009). Acta Cryst. D65, 148-155.]).


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: BT5370 ).


Acknowledgements

RG and KS thank the Technology Business Incubator (TBI), CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) for the data collection.

References

Bruker (2007). SMART and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Cremer, D. & Pople, J. A. (1975). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 97, 1354-1358.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [ISI]
Farrugia, L. J. (1997). J. Appl. Cryst. 30, 565.  [CrossRef] [details]
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Spek, A. L. (2009). Acta Cryst. D65, 148-155.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [details]


Acta Cryst (2010). E66, o2935  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536810041917 ]

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