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February 2011  

Received 30 November 2010
Accepted 14 December 2010
Online 22 January 2011

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 293 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.003 Å
R = 0.045
wR = 0.146
Data-to-parameter ratio = 17.7
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4,9-Dioxa-1,3(1,2)-dibenzena-2(4,5)-1,3-oxazolidinacyclononaphane

aDepartment of Physics, P. T. Lee Chengalvaraya Naicker College of Engineering & Technology, Kancheepuram 631 502, India,bPostGraduate & Research Department of Physics, Agurchand Manmull Jain College, Chennai 600 114, India, and cDepartment of Organic Chemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
Correspondence e-mail: seshadri_pr@yahoo.com

The oxazole ring in the title compound, C20H23NO3, adopts an envelope conformation while the 12-membered ring is in a chair conformation. The dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 37.8 (1)°. The crystal structure displays intermolecular C-H...O hydrogen bonding.

Related literature

For general background to cyclophanes and 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions, see: Whelligan et al. (2006[Whelligan, D. K. & Bolm, C. (2006). J. Org. Chem. 71, 4609-4618.]); Poornachandran et al. (2008[Poornachandran, M. & Raghunathan, R. (2008). Tetrahedron, 64, 6461-6474.]). For the chemistry of azomethine ylides, see; Longeon et al. (1990[Longeon, A., Guyot, M. & Vacelet, J. (1990). Experentia, 46, 548-550.]). For descriptions of ring conformations, 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
  • C20H23NO3

  • Mr = 325.39

  • Monoclinic, P 21 /c

  • a = 9.5193 (7) Å

  • b = 13.0996 (8) Å

  • c = 13.6000 (9) Å

  • [beta] = 96.704 (3)°

  • V = 1684.3 (2) Å3

  • Z = 4

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.09 mm-1

  • T = 293 K

  • 0.30 × 0.20 × 0.20 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker Kappa APEXII area-detector diffractometer

  • 33618 measured reflections

  • 3864 independent reflections

  • 2937 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.053

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

  • wR(F2) = 0.146

  • S = 1.02

  • 3864 reflections

  • 218 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.30 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.19 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
C14-H14...O1i 0.93 2.56 3.396 (2) 150
Symmetry code: (i) [-x+1, y-{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{1\over 2}}].

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004[Bruker (2004). APEX2 and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2004[Bruker (2004). APEX2 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.]) and PLATON (Spek, 2009[Spek, A. L. (2009). Acta Cryst. D65, 148-155.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 and PLATON.


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: BT5428 ).


Acknowledgements

BB thanks Dr Babu Varghese, SAIF, IIT-Madras, India, for his help with the data collection.

References

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]
Farrugia, L. J. (1997). J. Appl. Cryst. 30, 565.  [CrossRef] [details]
Longeon, A., Guyot, M. & Vacelet, J. (1990). Experentia, 46, 548-550.  [ChemPort]
Nardelli, M. (1983). Acta Cryst. C39, 1141-1142.  [CrossRef] [details]
Poornachandran, M. & Raghunathan, R. (2008). Tetrahedron, 64, 6461-6474.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Spek, A. L. (2009). Acta Cryst. D65, 148-155.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [details]
Whelligan, D. K. & Bolm, C. (2006). J. Org. Chem. 71, 4609-4618.  [CrossRef] [PubMed] [ChemPort]


Acta Cryst (2011). E67, o469  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536810052517 ]

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