organic compounds
4-Hydroxy-5-(4-methoxyphenyl)pyrrolidin-2-one
aInstitute of Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, bX-ray Crystallography Unit, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia, and cDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand
*Correspondence e-mail: hkfun@usm.my
In the title compound, C11H13NO3, the pyrrolidin-2-one ring is in an with the hydroxyl and 4-methoxyphenyl substituents mutually cis. The methoxy group is slighty twisted away from the mean plane of the attached benzene ring. The molecules are arranged into screw chains along the c axis. These chains are interconnected via intermolecular O—H⋯O and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds into sheets parallel to the ac plane. The is further stabilized by weak intermolecular C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π interactions.
Related literature
For details of ring conformations, see: Cremer & Pople (1975). For the biological properties of pyrrolidine see for example: Iida et al. (1986); Royles (1996). For the syntheses of compounds containing the tetramic acid ring, see for example: Chandrasekhar et al. (2006); Gurjar et al. (2006); Yoda et al. (1996). For bond-length data, see: Allen et al. (1987).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005); cell APEX2; data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2005); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: SHELXTL; software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL and PLATON (Spek, 2003).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536808003899/sj2463sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536808003899/sj2463Isup2.hkl
The synthetic approach to the title compound began with the esterification of p-hydroxyphenylglycine (10.00 g, 60.10 mmol) and thionyl chloride in methanol to give the ester product (10.30 g, 95%). Amine protection (10.00 g, 54.9 mmol) was then carried out using tert-butoxycarbonyl (Boc2O) and triethylamine (Et3N) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) to give the N-Boc protected product in 85% yield (13.12 g). The hydroxyl β,β diketoester in 45% yield (1.65 g). Demethoxycarbonylation of the β,β diketoester (0.30 g, 1.1 mmol) was successfully carried out by refluxing in 50 ml acetonitrile to give the basic pyrrolidinone ring skeleton (0.23 g, 99%). Reduction of this diketone (0.16 g, 0.77 mmol) was then carried out in sodium borohydride/methanol at 273 K to give the title compound (0.04 g, 24%). Single crystals suitable for X-ray were obtained by slow evaporation of an ethyl acetate-petroleum ether (2:1 v/v) solution after several days.
(13.01 g, 46.66 mmol) was protected by converting it to the methyl ether using potassium carbonate and methyl iodide (12.72 g, 93%). Condensation between the N-Boc methyl ester (8.30 g, 28.30 mmol) and methyl malonyl chloride in equimolar amounts furnished an intermediate diester (10.60 g, 95%). Dieckmann of this intermediate diester (5.50 g, 13.99 mmol) with potassium tert-butoxide (t-BuOK) in toluene gave the carbon skeletonH atoms attached to O and N atoms were located in a difference Fourier map and were refined isotropically. H atoms bound to C were placed in calculated positions with d(C—H) = 0.93 Å, Uiso=1.2Ueq (C) for aromatic 0.98 Å, Uiso = 1.2Ueq (C) for CH, 0.97 Å, Uiso = 1.2Ueq (C) for CH2, 0.96 Å, Uiso = 1.5Ueq (C) for CH3 atoms. A rotating group model was used for the methyl groups. A total of 1121 Friedel pairs were merged before final
as there is no large for the determination of the absolute configuration.Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005); cell
APEX2 (Bruker, 2005); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2005); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2003).Fig. 1. The molecular structure of (I), showing 40% probability displacement ellipsoids and the atomic numbering. | |
Fig. 2. The crystal packing of (I), viewed along the b axis. Hydrogen bonds were drawn as dashed lines. |
C11H13NO3 | F(000) = 440 |
Mr = 207.22 | Dx = 1.381 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, Pca21 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2c -2ac | Cell parameters from 1562 reflections |
a = 11.9862 (6) Å | θ = 1.8–30.0° |
b = 11.6251 (6) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
c = 7.1539 (4) Å | T = 100 K |
V = 996.83 (9) Å3 | Block, colorless |
Z = 4 | 0.43 × 0.20 × 0.17 mm |
Bruker SMART APEX2 CCD area-detector diffractometer | 1562 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1218 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.066 |
Detector resolution: 8.33 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 30.0°, θmin = 1.8° |
ω scans | h = −16→13 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005) | k = −16→16 |
Tmin = 0.958, Tmax = 0.983 | l = −10→9 |
8681 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.047 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.109 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.09 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0466P)2 + 0.0367P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
1562 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
145 parameters | Δρmax = 0.22 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Δρmin = −0.24 e Å−3 |
C11H13NO3 | V = 996.83 (9) Å3 |
Mr = 207.22 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, Pca21 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 11.9862 (6) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
b = 11.6251 (6) Å | T = 100 K |
c = 7.1539 (4) Å | 0.43 × 0.20 × 0.17 mm |
Bruker SMART APEX2 CCD area-detector diffractometer | 1562 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005) | 1218 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.958, Tmax = 0.983 | Rint = 0.066 |
8681 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.047 | 1 restraint |
wR(F2) = 0.109 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.09 | Δρmax = 0.22 e Å−3 |
1562 reflections | Δρmin = −0.24 e Å−3 |
145 parameters |
Experimental. The data was collected with the Oxford Cyrosystem Cobra low-temperature attachment. |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) 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 | ||
O1 | 0.69354 (13) | 1.02873 (16) | 1.1878 (3) | 0.0282 (5) | |
O2 | 0.93282 (14) | 0.80442 (16) | 1.3464 (3) | 0.0238 (4) | |
H1O2 | 0.977 (3) | 0.742 (3) | 1.345 (6) | 0.045 (10)* | |
O3 | 0.87847 (13) | 0.33500 (15) | 0.8900 (3) | 0.0239 (4) | |
N1 | 0.76602 (18) | 0.86418 (18) | 1.0604 (3) | 0.0228 (5) | |
H1N1 | 0.704 (3) | 0.838 (3) | 1.009 (6) | 0.043 (10)* | |
C1 | 0.7727 (2) | 0.9651 (2) | 1.1524 (4) | 0.0223 (6) | |
C2 | 0.89395 (19) | 0.9844 (2) | 1.2029 (5) | 0.0243 (6) | |
H2A | 0.9012 | 1.0105 | 1.3311 | 0.029* | |
H2B | 0.9279 | 1.0408 | 1.1206 | 0.029* | |
C3 | 0.94736 (19) | 0.8665 (2) | 1.1771 (4) | 0.0222 (6) | |
H3A | 1.0262 | 0.8725 | 1.1423 | 0.027* | |
C4 | 0.8761 (2) | 0.8158 (2) | 1.0169 (4) | 0.0207 (6) | |
H4A | 0.9018 | 0.8495 | 0.8989 | 0.025* | |
C5 | 0.8762 (2) | 0.6876 (2) | 0.9962 (4) | 0.0199 (6) | |
C6 | 0.79693 (19) | 0.6171 (2) | 1.0788 (4) | 0.0221 (6) | |
H6A | 0.7435 | 0.6497 | 1.1568 | 0.027* | |
C7 | 0.79523 (19) | 0.4993 (2) | 1.0483 (4) | 0.0229 (6) | |
H7A | 0.7403 | 0.4538 | 1.1030 | 0.028* | |
C8 | 0.8756 (2) | 0.4503 (2) | 0.9363 (4) | 0.0214 (6) | |
C9 | 0.95804 (18) | 0.5175 (2) | 0.8550 (4) | 0.0226 (6) | |
H9A | 1.0130 | 0.4839 | 0.7812 | 0.027* | |
C10 | 0.95734 (19) | 0.6345 (2) | 0.8850 (4) | 0.0220 (6) | |
H10A | 1.0124 | 0.6796 | 0.8298 | 0.026* | |
C11 | 0.7980 (2) | 0.2604 (2) | 0.9764 (5) | 0.0287 (7) | |
H11A | 0.8057 | 0.1841 | 0.9266 | 0.043* | |
H11B | 0.7242 | 0.2885 | 0.9512 | 0.043* | |
H11C | 0.8103 | 0.2588 | 1.1089 | 0.043* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0208 (9) | 0.0270 (10) | 0.0367 (12) | 0.0068 (8) | −0.0016 (9) | −0.0014 (9) |
O2 | 0.0184 (8) | 0.0253 (10) | 0.0276 (11) | 0.0048 (8) | −0.0014 (8) | 0.0003 (9) |
O3 | 0.0211 (8) | 0.0217 (9) | 0.0288 (11) | 0.0006 (7) | 0.0017 (8) | −0.0027 (8) |
N1 | 0.0133 (10) | 0.0230 (11) | 0.0321 (14) | 0.0000 (9) | −0.0023 (10) | −0.0027 (10) |
C1 | 0.0202 (12) | 0.0228 (12) | 0.0238 (16) | 0.0016 (10) | −0.0008 (10) | 0.0026 (12) |
C2 | 0.0194 (12) | 0.0219 (13) | 0.0317 (16) | −0.0007 (10) | −0.0029 (11) | −0.0019 (12) |
C3 | 0.0137 (11) | 0.0240 (13) | 0.0289 (14) | 0.0009 (10) | 0.0009 (11) | −0.0020 (12) |
C4 | 0.0179 (12) | 0.0200 (13) | 0.0242 (14) | 0.0006 (10) | −0.0001 (10) | −0.0017 (11) |
C5 | 0.0137 (11) | 0.0218 (13) | 0.0243 (15) | 0.0006 (10) | 0.0000 (10) | 0.0009 (11) |
C6 | 0.0170 (11) | 0.0255 (13) | 0.0239 (14) | 0.0016 (9) | 0.0024 (11) | −0.0013 (12) |
C7 | 0.0167 (12) | 0.0243 (13) | 0.0278 (15) | −0.0008 (10) | 0.0027 (11) | 0.0001 (12) |
C8 | 0.0178 (12) | 0.0212 (13) | 0.0251 (15) | 0.0021 (10) | −0.0030 (10) | −0.0015 (11) |
C9 | 0.0173 (12) | 0.0254 (13) | 0.0252 (14) | 0.0029 (9) | 0.0040 (11) | −0.0021 (12) |
C10 | 0.0170 (12) | 0.0239 (13) | 0.0251 (14) | −0.0011 (9) | 0.0024 (11) | 0.0013 (13) |
C11 | 0.0250 (13) | 0.0263 (15) | 0.0346 (18) | −0.0003 (11) | 0.0035 (12) | 0.0030 (14) |
O1—C1 | 1.229 (3) | C4—H4A | 0.9800 |
O2—C3 | 1.420 (3) | C5—C6 | 1.387 (4) |
O2—H1O2 | 0.90 (3) | C5—C10 | 1.399 (4) |
O3—C8 | 1.381 (3) | C6—C7 | 1.387 (4) |
O3—C11 | 1.437 (3) | C6—H6A | 0.9300 |
N1—C1 | 1.347 (3) | C7—C8 | 1.376 (4) |
N1—C4 | 1.468 (3) | C7—H7A | 0.9300 |
N1—H1N1 | 0.88 (4) | C8—C9 | 1.387 (3) |
C1—C2 | 1.515 (3) | C9—C10 | 1.378 (4) |
C2—C3 | 1.524 (4) | C9—H9A | 0.9300 |
C2—H2A | 0.9700 | C10—H10A | 0.9300 |
C2—H2B | 0.9700 | C11—H11A | 0.9600 |
C3—C4 | 1.547 (4) | C11—H11B | 0.9600 |
C3—H3A | 0.9800 | C11—H11C | 0.9600 |
C4—C5 | 1.498 (3) | ||
C3—O2—H1O2 | 109 (3) | C3—C4—H4A | 108.2 |
C8—O3—C11 | 117.8 (2) | C6—C5—C10 | 117.2 (2) |
C1—N1—C4 | 112.6 (2) | C6—C5—C4 | 123.0 (2) |
C1—N1—H1N1 | 123 (2) | C10—C5—C4 | 119.7 (2) |
C4—N1—H1N1 | 123 (2) | C7—C6—C5 | 121.8 (2) |
O1—C1—N1 | 125.4 (2) | C7—C6—H6A | 119.1 |
O1—C1—C2 | 127.0 (2) | C5—C6—H6A | 119.1 |
N1—C1—C2 | 107.6 (2) | C8—C7—C6 | 119.3 (2) |
C1—C2—C3 | 103.9 (2) | C8—C7—H7A | 120.3 |
C1—C2—H2A | 111.0 | C6—C7—H7A | 120.3 |
C3—C2—H2A | 111.0 | C7—C8—O3 | 124.0 (2) |
C1—C2—H2B | 111.0 | C7—C8—C9 | 120.7 (2) |
C3—C2—H2B | 111.0 | O3—C8—C9 | 115.3 (2) |
H2A—C2—H2B | 109.0 | C10—C9—C8 | 119.1 (2) |
O2—C3—C2 | 107.6 (2) | C10—C9—H9A | 120.5 |
O2—C3—C4 | 111.8 (2) | C8—C9—H9A | 120.5 |
C2—C3—C4 | 101.6 (2) | C9—C10—C5 | 121.9 (2) |
O2—C3—H3A | 111.8 | C9—C10—H10A | 119.1 |
C2—C3—H3A | 111.8 | C5—C10—H10A | 119.1 |
C4—C3—H3A | 111.8 | O3—C11—H11A | 109.5 |
N1—C4—C5 | 113.8 (2) | O3—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
N1—C4—C3 | 101.1 (2) | H11A—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
C5—C4—C3 | 116.9 (2) | O3—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
N1—C4—H4A | 108.2 | H11A—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
C5—C4—H4A | 108.2 | H11B—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
C4—N1—C1—O1 | 172.0 (3) | N1—C4—C5—C10 | 154.0 (2) |
C4—N1—C1—C2 | −8.0 (3) | C3—C4—C5—C10 | −88.6 (3) |
O1—C1—C2—C3 | 164.1 (3) | C10—C5—C6—C7 | −2.1 (4) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −15.8 (3) | C4—C5—C6—C7 | 176.1 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—O2 | −86.1 (3) | C5—C6—C7—C8 | 1.4 (4) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 31.4 (3) | C6—C7—C8—O3 | −176.9 (2) |
C1—N1—C4—C5 | 154.0 (2) | C6—C7—C8—C9 | 0.3 (4) |
C1—N1—C4—C3 | 27.9 (3) | C11—O3—C8—C7 | −5.2 (4) |
O2—C3—C4—N1 | 79.4 (2) | C11—O3—C8—C9 | 177.4 (2) |
C2—C3—C4—N1 | −35.1 (2) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | −1.2 (4) |
O2—C3—C4—C5 | −44.7 (3) | O3—C8—C9—C10 | 176.3 (2) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −159.2 (2) | C8—C9—C10—C5 | 0.4 (4) |
N1—C4—C5—C6 | −24.2 (4) | C6—C5—C10—C9 | 1.2 (4) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 93.2 (3) | C4—C5—C10—C9 | −177.1 (2) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N1···O2i | 0.88 (4) | 2.05 (4) | 2.917 (3) | 167 (4) |
O2—H1O2···O3ii | 0.90 (4) | 1.98 (4) | 2.800 (2) | 152 (3) |
C3—H3A···O1iii | 0.98 | 2.33 | 3.193 (3) | 146 |
C11—H11A···O1iv | 0.96 | 2.49 | 3.395 (3) | 158 |
C6—H6A···Cg1v | 0.93 | 2.81 | 3.514 (3) | 133 |
C9—H9A···Cg1vi | 0.93 | 2.68 | 3.554 (3) | 157 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+3/2, y, z−1/2; (ii) −x+2, −y+1, z+1/2; (iii) x+1/2, −y+2, z; (iv) −x+3/2, y−1, z−1/2; (v) x+3/2, −y, z; (vi) −x+2, −y+1, z−1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C11H13NO3 |
Mr | 207.22 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, Pca21 |
Temperature (K) | 100 |
a, b, c (Å) | 11.9862 (6), 11.6251 (6), 7.1539 (4) |
V (Å3) | 996.83 (9) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.10 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.43 × 0.20 × 0.17 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART APEX2 CCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.958, 0.983 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 8681, 1562, 1218 |
Rint | 0.066 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.703 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.047, 0.109, 1.09 |
No. of reflections | 1562 |
No. of parameters | 145 |
No. of restraints | 1 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.22, −0.24 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005), SAINT (Bruker, 2005), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2003).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N1···O2i | 0.88 (4) | 2.05 (4) | 2.917 (3) | 167 (4) |
O2—H1O2···O3ii | 0.90 (4) | 1.98 (4) | 2.800 (2) | 152 (3) |
C3—H3A···O1iii | 0.98 | 2.3340 | 3.193 (3) | 146 |
C11—H11A···O1iv | 0.96 | 2.4861 | 3.395 (3) | 158 |
C6—H6A···Cg1v | 0.93 | 2.8091 | 3.514 (3) | 133 |
C9—H9A···Cg1vi | 0.93 | 2.6791 | 3.554 (3) | 157 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+3/2, y, z−1/2; (ii) −x+2, −y+1, z+1/2; (iii) x+1/2, −y+2, z; (iv) −x+3/2, y−1, z−1/2; (v) x+3/2, −y, z; (vi) −x+2, −y+1, z−1/2. |
Footnotes
‡Additional correspondence author, email: suchada.c@psu.ac.th.
Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the generous support of both the Universiti Teknologi MARA and Universiti Sains Malaysia as well as the financial support of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (E-Science grant No. SF0050–02-01–01). HKF and SC thank the Malaysian Government and Universiti Sains Malaysia for the Scientific Advancement Grant Allocation (SAGA) grant No. 304/PFIZIK/653003/A118.
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Many naturally occurring compounds containing a tetramic acid ring system such as radicamine, fuligorobin and codonopsinine possess potent antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, cytotoxic (Royles, 1996) as well as hypotensive activities (Iida et al., 1986). The title compound, C11H13NO3, can act as an essential intermediate in the synthesis of such tetramic acid derivatives (Chandrasekhar et al., 2006; Gurjar et al., 2006; Yoda et al., 1996), which eventually can be used as a template in multi-step syntheses of biologically active natural products. We have synthesized the title compound (I) and its structure is reported here, Fig. 1.
In (I), the pyrrolidine-2-one ring adopts an envelope conformation with atom C3 displaced from the C1/C2/C3/N1 plane by 0.219 (3) Å, and with puckering parameters (Cremer & Pople, 1975) Q = 0.357 (3) Å and ϕ = 117.9 (4)°. The bond angles around C1 atom are indicative of sp2 hybridization. The hydroxyl and 4-methoxyphenyl substituents are attached to the pyrrolidin-2-one ring at atom C3 and C4, respectively and is in cis-configuration (Fig. 1). The methoxy group is slightly twisted away from the mean plane of the phenyl ring as shown by the torsion angle C11–O3–C8–C7 = -5.2 (4)° All bond lengths and angles show normal values (Allen et al., 1987)
In the crystal packing of the title compound (Fig. 2), the molecules are arranged into screw chains along the c direction. These chains are interconnected via intermolecular O—H···O and N—H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1) into sheets parallel to the ac plane. The crystal is further stabilized by weak intermolecular C—H···O and C—H···π interactions; C6—H6A···Cg1 (symmetry code: 3/2 - x, y, 1/2 + z) and C9—H9A··· Cg1 (symmetry code: 2 - x, 1 - y, -1/2 + z), Cg1 is the centroid of C5–C10 phenyl ring.