
Acta Cryst. (2011). E67, o829 [ doi:10.1107/S1600536811007586 ]
The molecule of the title compound, C17H16O3, exists in the E conformation with respect to the central C=C bond, is almost planar(r.m.s. deviation = 0.003 Å) and has an intramolecular O-H
O hydrogen bond, which generates an S(6) ring. In the crystal, molecules are linked by C-H
O interactions.
The title compound was prepared by dissolving 2-hydroxy-4- methoxyacetophenone 0.05 m mol in 15 ml of ethanol taken in a conical flask. To this 5 ml of 20° aqueous sodium hydroxide was added and kept for stirring at room temperature. To this mixture, 4-methylbenzaldehyde 0.05 m mol was added and continued stirring till the completion of reaction. The progress of the reaction was monitored by TLC using n-hexane and ethyl acetate as solvent system. After completion of the reaction, the mixture was poured into ice cold water, mixed properly and acidified with dilute hydrochloric acid. The title compound separates as precipitate which was collected by filtration and crystallized from methanol. The compound was chafacterized by spectroscope technique. The IR spectrum was recorded in KBr on FTIR-8400 (Shimadzu). The 1H NMR spectrum was recorded in CdCl3 solution at 400 MHz on AMX 400 MHz High Resolution Multinuclear FT-NMR Spectrometer (Bruker) with tetramethylsilane (TMS) as internal standard.
Data collection: XPRESS (MacScience, 2002); cell refinement: SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2009) and ORTEPII (Johnson, 1976); software used to prepare material for publication: PLATON (Spek, 2009).
| Fig. 1. Crystal structure of the title compound with 50% probability displacement ellipsoids. |
| Fig. 2. The packing of the title compound, viewed down the b axis. |
| C17H16O3 | F(000) = 568 |
| Mr = 268.30 | Dx = 1.270 Mg m−3 |
| Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
| Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 4137 reflections |
| a = 11.340 (2) Å | θ = 2.2–25.0° |
| b = 6.8350 (7) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
| c = 20.449 (4) Å | T = 293 K |
| β = 117.710 (4)° | Block, yellow |
| V = 1403.2 (4) Å3 | 0.26 × 0.24 × 0.22 mm |
| Z = 4 |
| MacScience DIPLabo 32001 diffractometer | 1502 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
| Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | Rint = 0.029 |
| graphite | θmax = 25.0°, θmin = 2.2° |
| Detector resolution: 10.0 pixels mm-1 | h = −13→13 |
| ω scans | k = −7→7 |
| 4137 measured reflections | l = −24→24 |
| 2346 independent reflections |
| Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
| Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
| R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.057 | H-atom parameters constrained |
| wR(F2) = 0.184 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.1052P)2 + 0.0529P] |
| S = 1.05 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.010 |
| 2346 reflections | Δρmax = 0.15 e Å−3 |
| 184 parameters | Δρmin = −0.15 e Å−3 |
| 0 restraints | Extinction correction: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
| Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Extinction coefficient: 0.032 (8) |
| C17H16O3 | V = 1403.2 (4) Å3 |
| Mr = 268.30 | Z = 4 |
| Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
| a = 11.340 (2) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
| b = 6.8350 (7) Å | T = 293 K |
| c = 20.449 (4) Å | 0.26 × 0.24 × 0.22 mm |
| β = 117.710 (4)° |
| MacScience DIPLabo 32001 diffractometer | 1502 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
| 4137 measured reflections | Rint = 0.029 |
| 2346 independent reflections | θmax = 25.0° |
| R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.057 | H-atom parameters constrained |
| wR(F2) = 0.184 | Δρmax = 0.15 e Å−3 |
| S = 1.05 | Δρmin = −0.15 e Å−3 |
| 2346 reflections | Absolute structure: ? |
| 184 parameters | Flack parameter: ? |
| 0 restraints | Rogers parameter: ? |
Geometry. Bond distances, angles etc. have been calculated using the rounded fractional coordinates. All su's are estimated from the variances of the (full) variance-covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account in the estimation of distances, angles and torsion angles |
Refinement. Refinement on F2 for ALL reflections except those flagged by the user for potential systematic errors. Weighted R-factors wR and all goodnesses of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The observed criterion of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating -R-factor-obs etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R-factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
| x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
| O11 | 0.22698 (19) | 0.0248 (2) | 0.50576 (11) | 0.1003 (8) | |
| O18 | 0.4503 (2) | 0.1776 (2) | 0.58182 (12) | 0.1010 (8) | |
| O19 | 0.82822 (19) | −0.2381 (3) | 0.68536 (10) | 0.0952 (8) | |
| C1 | 0.2778 (3) | −0.1418 (3) | 0.51232 (13) | 0.0769 (9) | |
| C2 | 0.1894 (3) | −0.3084 (4) | 0.47598 (14) | 0.0781 (9) | |
| C3 | 0.0588 (3) | −0.2910 (4) | 0.44711 (13) | 0.0788 (9) | |
| C4 | −0.0439 (2) | −0.4376 (4) | 0.40885 (12) | 0.0745 (9) | |
| C5 | −0.0165 (3) | −0.6329 (4) | 0.40093 (13) | 0.0771 (9) | |
| C6 | −0.1187 (3) | −0.7615 (4) | 0.36199 (14) | 0.0829 (10) | |
| C7 | −0.2504 (3) | −0.7042 (4) | 0.33000 (13) | 0.0853 (10) | |
| C8 | −0.2767 (3) | −0.5123 (5) | 0.34017 (15) | 0.0941 (11) | |
| C9 | −0.1758 (3) | −0.3830 (4) | 0.37904 (14) | 0.0876 (10) | |
| C10 | −0.3608 (3) | −0.8452 (5) | 0.28614 (16) | 0.1111 (14) | |
| C12 | 0.4201 (2) | −0.1668 (3) | 0.55578 (12) | 0.0695 (8) | |
| C13 | 0.4837 (3) | −0.3491 (3) | 0.56897 (14) | 0.0777 (9) | |
| C14 | 0.6169 (3) | −0.3701 (3) | 0.61167 (14) | 0.0833 (10) | |
| C15 | 0.6964 (3) | −0.2045 (4) | 0.64370 (14) | 0.0771 (9) | |
| C16 | 0.6383 (3) | −0.0211 (3) | 0.63231 (14) | 0.0775 (10) | |
| C17 | 0.5025 (3) | −0.0035 (3) | 0.58930 (13) | 0.0735 (9) | |
| C20 | 0.9130 (3) | −0.0751 (4) | 0.71775 (17) | 0.1034 (12) | |
| H2 | 0.22610 | −0.42800 | 0.47330 | 0.0940* | |
| H3 | 0.02810 | −0.16830 | 0.45180 | 0.0950* | |
| H5 | 0.07130 | −0.67620 | 0.42210 | 0.0920* | |
| H6 | −0.09840 | −0.89080 | 0.35710 | 0.0990* | |
| H8 | −0.36460 | −0.47010 | 0.32020 | 0.1130* | |
| H9 | −0.19680 | −0.25530 | 0.38550 | 0.1050* | |
| H10A | −0.42770 | −0.83800 | 0.30230 | 0.1670* | |
| H10B | −0.32560 | −0.97570 | 0.29340 | 0.1670* | |
| H10C | −0.39960 | −0.81220 | 0.23470 | 0.1670* | |
| H13 | 0.43250 | −0.45980 | 0.54770 | 0.0930* | |
| H14 | 0.65550 | −0.49360 | 0.61970 | 0.1000* | |
| H16 | 0.69040 | 0.08900 | 0.65340 | 0.0930* | |
| H18 | 0.36950 | 0.17260 | 0.55550 | 0.1510* | |
| H20A | 0.90600 | 0.01340 | 0.67960 | 0.1550* | |
| H20B | 1.00340 | −0.11930 | 0.74500 | 0.1550* | |
| H20C | 0.88710 | −0.00910 | 0.75050 | 0.1550* |
| U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
| O11 | 0.0982 (14) | 0.0672 (11) | 0.1254 (16) | 0.0151 (9) | 0.0435 (12) | 0.0038 (10) |
| O18 | 0.1048 (15) | 0.0578 (10) | 0.1353 (16) | 0.0064 (9) | 0.0516 (12) | 0.0001 (9) |
| O19 | 0.0834 (14) | 0.0929 (13) | 0.1058 (14) | 0.0051 (10) | 0.0411 (11) | −0.0085 (10) |
| C1 | 0.0879 (18) | 0.0692 (14) | 0.0771 (15) | 0.0051 (12) | 0.0414 (14) | 0.0029 (11) |
| C2 | 0.0831 (18) | 0.0705 (14) | 0.0819 (16) | 0.0012 (12) | 0.0393 (13) | −0.0014 (11) |
| C3 | 0.0831 (19) | 0.0788 (15) | 0.0731 (15) | 0.0096 (13) | 0.0352 (14) | 0.0036 (12) |
| C4 | 0.0741 (17) | 0.0851 (16) | 0.0634 (14) | 0.0081 (12) | 0.0313 (12) | 0.0052 (11) |
| C5 | 0.0742 (16) | 0.0832 (16) | 0.0737 (15) | 0.0129 (12) | 0.0343 (13) | 0.0039 (12) |
| C6 | 0.0848 (19) | 0.0857 (16) | 0.0788 (16) | −0.0035 (14) | 0.0385 (14) | −0.0054 (13) |
| C7 | 0.0818 (19) | 0.1053 (19) | 0.0654 (15) | −0.0058 (15) | 0.0314 (13) | 0.0042 (13) |
| C8 | 0.0705 (17) | 0.114 (2) | 0.0881 (18) | 0.0105 (15) | 0.0288 (14) | 0.0126 (16) |
| C9 | 0.0760 (18) | 0.0920 (17) | 0.0909 (18) | 0.0163 (14) | 0.0355 (15) | 0.0095 (14) |
| C10 | 0.096 (2) | 0.141 (3) | 0.0857 (19) | −0.0278 (19) | 0.0334 (16) | −0.0083 (18) |
| C12 | 0.0817 (17) | 0.0599 (12) | 0.0743 (14) | 0.0020 (11) | 0.0426 (13) | 0.0004 (10) |
| C13 | 0.0884 (18) | 0.0621 (13) | 0.0843 (16) | 0.0032 (11) | 0.0415 (14) | −0.0045 (11) |
| C14 | 0.096 (2) | 0.0649 (14) | 0.0892 (17) | 0.0089 (12) | 0.0433 (15) | −0.0031 (12) |
| C15 | 0.0809 (18) | 0.0813 (15) | 0.0758 (15) | 0.0040 (13) | 0.0420 (14) | −0.0022 (12) |
| C16 | 0.0836 (19) | 0.0677 (14) | 0.0885 (17) | −0.0030 (12) | 0.0461 (15) | −0.0061 (12) |
| C17 | 0.0923 (19) | 0.0577 (13) | 0.0832 (15) | 0.0049 (11) | 0.0514 (14) | 0.0018 (11) |
| C20 | 0.087 (2) | 0.112 (2) | 0.107 (2) | −0.0097 (17) | 0.0417 (17) | −0.0209 (17) |
| O11—C1 | 1.255 (3) | C14—C15 | 1.405 (4) |
| O18—C17 | 1.350 (3) | C15—C16 | 1.385 (4) |
| O19—C15 | 1.352 (4) | C16—C17 | 1.378 (5) |
| O19—C20 | 1.419 (4) | C2—H2 | 0.9300 |
| O18—H18 | 0.8200 | C3—H3 | 0.9300 |
| C1—C2 | 1.470 (4) | C5—H5 | 0.9300 |
| C1—C12 | 1.445 (4) | C6—H6 | 0.9300 |
| C2—C3 | 1.320 (5) | C8—H8 | 0.9300 |
| C3—C4 | 1.458 (4) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
| C4—C9 | 1.379 (4) | C10—H10A | 0.9600 |
| C4—C5 | 1.397 (4) | C10—H10B | 0.9600 |
| C5—C6 | 1.375 (4) | C10—H10C | 0.9600 |
| C6—C7 | 1.380 (5) | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
| C7—C8 | 1.382 (4) | C14—H14 | 0.9300 |
| C7—C10 | 1.502 (4) | C16—H16 | 0.9300 |
| C8—C9 | 1.370 (5) | C20—H20A | 0.9600 |
| C12—C17 | 1.412 (3) | C20—H20B | 0.9600 |
| C12—C13 | 1.402 (3) | C20—H20C | 0.9600 |
| C13—C14 | 1.356 (5) | ||
| O11···O18 | 2.502 (3) | H2···C5 | 2.8200 |
| O18···O11 | 2.502 (3) | H2···C13 | 2.7100 |
| O18···C13i | 3.282 (3) | H2···H5 | 2.3100 |
| O11···H3 | 2.3900 | H2···H13 | 2.1300 |
| O11···H9ii | 2.8700 | H3···O11 | 2.3900 |
| O11···H5i | 2.7200 | H3···H9 | 2.3400 |
| O11···H18 | 1.7700 | H5···O11v | 2.7200 |
| O18···H13i | 2.5600 | H5···C2 | 2.8200 |
| C1···C7iii | 3.540 (4) | H5···H2 | 2.3100 |
| C3···C5iii | 3.398 (4) | H6···H10B | 2.3600 |
| C3···C4iii | 3.551 (4) | H8···H10A | 2.5900 |
| C4···C4iii | 3.488 (3) | H8···C10viii | 2.9800 |
| C4···C3iii | 3.551 (4) | H9···H3 | 2.3400 |
| C5···C3iii | 3.398 (4) | H9···O11ii | 2.8700 |
| C6···C20iv | 3.590 (5) | H10A···H8 | 2.5900 |
| C7···C1iii | 3.540 (4) | H10A···C12iii | 2.8600 |
| C10···C12iii | 3.596 (4) | H10A···C17iii | 2.9200 |
| C12···C10iii | 3.596 (4) | H10B···H6 | 2.3600 |
| C13···O18v | 3.282 (3) | H13···O18v | 2.5600 |
| C20···C6iv | 3.590 (5) | H13···C2 | 2.6600 |
| C1···H18 | 2.3700 | H13···H2 | 2.1300 |
| C2···H13 | 2.6600 | H16···C20 | 2.5000 |
| C2···H5 | 2.8200 | H16···H20A | 2.3100 |
| C4···H20Cvi | 2.9800 | H16···H20C | 2.2900 |
| C5···H2 | 2.8200 | H18···O11 | 1.7700 |
| C5···H20Cvi | 2.9100 | H18···C1 | 2.3700 |
| C6···H20Cvi | 2.9600 | H20A···C16 | 2.7300 |
| C7···H20Cvi | 3.0900 | H20A···H16 | 2.3100 |
| C10···H8vii | 2.9800 | H20C···C16 | 2.7300 |
| C12···H10Aiii | 2.8600 | H20C···H16 | 2.2900 |
| C13···H2 | 2.7100 | H20C···C4ix | 2.9800 |
| C16···H20A | 2.7300 | H20C···C5ix | 2.9100 |
| C16···H20C | 2.7300 | H20C···C6ix | 2.9600 |
| C17···H10Aiii | 2.9200 | H20C···C7ix | 3.0900 |
| C20···H16 | 2.5000 | ||
| C15—O19—C20 | 118.1 (2) | C3—C2—H2 | 119.00 |
| C17—O18—H18 | 109.00 | C2—C3—H3 | 116.00 |
| O11—C1—C2 | 118.5 (3) | C4—C3—H3 | 116.00 |
| O11—C1—C12 | 119.9 (2) | C4—C5—H5 | 120.00 |
| C2—C1—C12 | 121.5 (2) | C6—C5—H5 | 120.00 |
| C1—C2—C3 | 121.1 (3) | C5—C6—H6 | 119.00 |
| C2—C3—C4 | 128.9 (3) | C7—C6—H6 | 119.00 |
| C3—C4—C9 | 118.9 (3) | C7—C8—H8 | 119.00 |
| C5—C4—C9 | 117.5 (3) | C9—C8—H8 | 119.00 |
| C3—C4—C5 | 123.6 (3) | C4—C9—H9 | 119.00 |
| C4—C5—C6 | 120.3 (3) | C8—C9—H9 | 119.00 |
| C5—C6—C7 | 121.9 (3) | C7—C10—H10A | 110.00 |
| C6—C7—C8 | 117.4 (3) | C7—C10—H10B | 109.00 |
| C6—C7—C10 | 121.3 (3) | C7—C10—H10C | 109.00 |
| C8—C7—C10 | 121.4 (3) | H10A—C10—H10B | 109.00 |
| C7—C8—C9 | 121.3 (3) | H10A—C10—H10C | 109.00 |
| C4—C9—C8 | 121.6 (3) | H10B—C10—H10C | 109.00 |
| C1—C12—C13 | 123.4 (2) | C12—C13—H13 | 119.00 |
| C1—C12—C17 | 120.2 (2) | C14—C13—H13 | 119.00 |
| C13—C12—C17 | 116.4 (2) | C13—C14—H14 | 120.00 |
| C12—C13—C14 | 122.5 (2) | C15—C14—H14 | 120.00 |
| C13—C14—C15 | 119.8 (2) | C15—C16—H16 | 120.00 |
| O19—C15—C16 | 124.1 (3) | C17—C16—H16 | 120.00 |
| C14—C15—C16 | 119.9 (3) | O19—C20—H20A | 109.00 |
| O19—C15—C14 | 116.0 (3) | O19—C20—H20B | 109.00 |
| C15—C16—C17 | 119.3 (2) | O19—C20—H20C | 110.00 |
| O18—C17—C16 | 117.0 (2) | H20A—C20—H20B | 109.00 |
| C12—C17—C16 | 122.1 (2) | H20A—C20—H20C | 110.00 |
| O18—C17—C12 | 120.9 (3) | H20B—C20—H20C | 109.00 |
| C1—C2—H2 | 119.00 | ||
| C20—O19—C15—C16 | −1.9 (4) | C5—C6—C7—C10 | 178.6 (3) |
| C20—O19—C15—C14 | 178.8 (3) | C10—C7—C8—C9 | −178.8 (3) |
| C12—C1—C2—C3 | 168.4 (3) | C6—C7—C8—C9 | 1.5 (4) |
| O11—C1—C12—C13 | 176.6 (3) | C7—C8—C9—C4 | 0.9 (4) |
| C2—C1—C12—C13 | −2.5 (4) | C17—C12—C13—C14 | 0.2 (4) |
| C2—C1—C12—C17 | 179.3 (3) | C1—C12—C13—C14 | −178.0 (3) |
| O11—C1—C12—C17 | −1.7 (4) | C13—C12—C17—O18 | −178.0 (2) |
| O11—C1—C2—C3 | −10.7 (4) | C13—C12—C17—C16 | 0.4 (4) |
| C1—C2—C3—C4 | 179.5 (2) | C1—C12—C17—O18 | 0.4 (4) |
| C2—C3—C4—C9 | −176.0 (3) | C1—C12—C17—C16 | 178.8 (3) |
| C2—C3—C4—C5 | 4.5 (4) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | −0.9 (4) |
| C3—C4—C5—C6 | −177.9 (3) | C13—C14—C15—C16 | 0.8 (4) |
| C5—C4—C9—C8 | −2.9 (4) | C13—C14—C15—O19 | −179.9 (3) |
| C9—C4—C5—C6 | 2.6 (4) | O19—C15—C16—C17 | −179.4 (3) |
| C3—C4—C9—C8 | 177.6 (3) | C14—C15—C16—C17 | −0.2 (4) |
| C4—C5—C6—C7 | −0.4 (4) | C15—C16—C17—O18 | 178.0 (3) |
| C5—C6—C7—C8 | −1.7 (4) | C15—C16—C17—C12 | −0.5 (4) |
| Symmetry codes: (i) x, y+1, z; (ii) −x, −y, −z+1; (iii) −x, −y−1, −z+1; (iv) −x+1, −y−1, −z+1; (v) x, y−1, z; (vi) x−1, −y−1/2, z−1/2; (vii) −x−1, y−1/2, −z+1/2; (viii) −x−1, y+1/2, −z+1/2; (ix) x+1, −y−1/2, z+1/2. |
| D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
| O18—H18···O11 | 0.82 | 1.77 | 2.502 (3) | 148 |
| C3—H3···O11 | 0.93 | 2.39 | 2.758 (3) | 103 |
| C13—H13···O18v | 0.93 | 2.56 | 3.282 (3) | 135 |
| Symmetry codes: (v) x, y−1, z. |
| D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
| O18—H18···O11 | 0.82 | 1.77 | 2.502 (3) | 148 |
| C13—H13···O18i | 0.93 | 2.56 | 3.282 (3) | 135 |
| Symmetry codes: (i) x, y−1, z. |
The authors are grateful to the DST/CSIR, New Delhi, for financial support under projects SP/I2/FOO/93 and 01/1904/03/EMR-II 2004. The authors duly acknowledge Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, for providing facilities to carry out the synthetic work.
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Chalcones (1,3-diarylpropenones) are well known intermediates for the synthesis of various heterocyclic compounds. The compounds with chalcone backbone have been reported to possess various biological activities such as anti-oxidant (Jayashree et al., 2009), anti-inflammatory (Hsieh et al., 2000), anti-cancer (Epifano et al., 2007), anti-hyperglycemic (Satyanarayana et al., 2004), anti-viral (Onyilagna et al., 1997), anti-leishmanial (Nielsen et al.,1995), anti-tubercular (Siva Kumar et al., 2007), immunomodulatory (Barford et al., 2002), inhibition of various enzymes like leukotriene B (Deshpande et al., 1999), tyrosinase kinase (Khatib et al., 2005) and aldose reductase (Severi et al., 1998) etc. The presence of a reactive alph, beta-unsaturated ketone function in chalcones is found to be responsible for their activity. In the present communication, we report the synthesis and crystal structure of substituted 2-hydroxy-chalcone. In the title compound, C17H16O3, the dihedral angle between the ring systems is 9.57 (13)°. The central prop-2-en-1-oneunit is planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.003 Å) and is oriented at a dihedral angle of 2.46 (10)° with respect to the methoxyphenyl ring and at 7.46 (10)° with respect to the methylphenyl ring. The angles C2—C1—O11, C12—C1—O11 and C2—C1—C12 are 118.5 (3)°, 119.9 (2)° and 121.5 (2)° respectively which indicate that the position of C1 atom is nearly in trigonal geometry. The bond lengths and bond angles of the molecule are comparable with the values reported for 1-(2-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)-3-(3-methylthiophen-2-yl) prop-2-en-1-one (Thippeswamy et al.,2010). The atoms C4, C7 in methylphenyl ring deviate by -0.018 (2) Å, -0.014 (3) Å, and the atoms C12, C15 in methoxyphenyl ring deviate by -0.002 (2) Å, -0.003 (3)Å respectively from Cremer and Pople plane (Cremer et al.,1975) which show that the two six-membered rings are in planar conformation. The packing of the molecules is characterized by intramolecular hydrogen bond of type O–H–O.