organic compounds
(E)-6-Methoxy-9-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9H-carbazol-4-one oxime
aDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
*Correspondence e-mail: zbqiu@shmu.edu.cn
The title compound, C14H16N2O2, is dimerized by inversion-related intermolecular O—H⋯O and O—H⋯N hydrogen bonding. There is also an intramolecular C—H⋯N bond, resulting in a six-membered ring.
Related literature
For general background, see: Hester (1967, 1970). For related literature, see: Sheng et al. (2008).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2000); cell SMART; data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2000); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: SHELXTL and ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536808020047/om2245sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536808020047/om2245Isup2.hkl
The title compound (I) was prepared in three steps as follows. Firstly, with use of a method described by Sheng et al. (2008), 6-Methoxy-1,2,3,9- tetrahydro-4H-carbazol-4-one (IV) was prepared as starting material. Then,(IV) was methylated using dimethyl sulfate in a mixed solution of acetone and NaOH aq. to give 6-methoxy-9-methyl-1,2,3,9-tetrahydro-4H-carbazol-4-one (V). A mixture of (V) and hydroxylamine hydrochloride was dissolved in methanol and the solution was refluxed with a catalytic amount of pyridine. The crude product of the title compound was recrystallized in acetone to afford colorless prismatic crystals suitable for X-ray analysis.
The H atoms bonded to N and O in the carbazolone oxime were located in a difference map and refined with distance restraints of O—H = 0.82 (2) and N—H = 0.89 (2) Å. The H atoms attached to O and all carbon-bound H atoms were placed in calculated positions and refined as riding; O—H=0.82 and C—H=0.93–0.98 Å;Uiso(H) = xUeq(parent atom) where x=1.5 for O and 1.2 for C.
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2000); cell
SMART (Bruker, 2000); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2000); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).Fig. 1. The molecular structure of the title compound, showing ellipsoids at the 20% probability level. | |
Fig. 2. A view of the crystal packing, showing the hydrogen-bonding network. |
C14H16N2O2 | F(000) = 520 |
Mr = 244.29 | Dx = 1.318 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 777 reflections |
a = 8.833 (5) Å | θ = 2.4–22.7° |
b = 6.460 (4) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
c = 22.247 (12) Å | T = 293 K |
β = 104.14 (2)° | Prism, colorless |
V = 1231.0 (12) Å3 | 0.15 × 0.08 × 0.08 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker SMART APEX CCD area-detector diffractometer | 2626 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1396 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.037 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 27.0°, θmin = 1.9° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | h = −11→11 |
Tmin = 0.987, Tmax = 0.993 | k = −8→8 |
5647 measured reflections | l = −27→17 |
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)] = 0.055 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.165 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 0.89 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0985P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2626 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
169 parameters | Δρmax = 0.61 e Å−3 |
2 restraints | Δρmin = −0.32 e Å−3 |
C14H16N2O2 | V = 1231.0 (12) Å3 |
Mr = 244.29 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 8.833 (5) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
b = 6.460 (4) Å | T = 293 K |
c = 22.247 (12) Å | 0.15 × 0.08 × 0.08 mm |
β = 104.14 (2)° |
Bruker SMART APEX CCD area-detector diffractometer | 2626 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | 1396 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.987, Tmax = 0.993 | Rint = 0.037 |
5647 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.055 | 2 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.165 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 0.89 | Δρmax = 0.61 e Å−3 |
2626 reflections | Δρmin = −0.32 e Å−3 |
169 parameters |
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 | 0.3608 (3) | −0.1623 (4) | −0.01619 (11) | 0.0908 (7) | |
H1X | 0.392 (4) | −0.054 (4) | 0.0026 (18) | 0.127 (16)* | |
O2 | 1.0030 (2) | 0.1510 (3) | −0.09437 (10) | 0.0781 (6) | |
N1 | 0.4790 (2) | −0.1762 (4) | −0.04926 (10) | 0.0618 (6) | |
C1 | 0.4333 (3) | −0.7039 (4) | −0.16677 (13) | 0.0631 (7) | |
H1A | 0.4711 | −0.8230 | −0.1409 | 0.076* | |
H1B | 0.4036 | −0.7496 | −0.2096 | 0.076* | |
C2 | 0.2945 (4) | −0.6123 (6) | −0.14878 (16) | 0.0868 (10) | |
H2A | 0.2228 | −0.7231 | −0.1455 | 0.104* | |
H2B | 0.2410 | −0.5203 | −0.1816 | 0.104* | |
C3 | 0.3335 (3) | −0.4929 (5) | −0.08831 (13) | 0.0656 (7) | |
H3A | 0.2402 | −0.4226 | −0.0834 | 0.079* | |
H3B | 0.3647 | −0.5901 | −0.0543 | 0.079* | |
C4 | 0.4606 (2) | −0.3367 (4) | −0.08413 (11) | 0.0485 (6) | |
C4' | 0.5725 (2) | −0.3745 (3) | −0.12087 (9) | 0.0422 (5) | |
C5' | 0.7093 (2) | −0.2625 (3) | −0.12699 (9) | 0.0407 (5) | |
C5 | 0.7843 (2) | −0.0819 (4) | −0.10084 (10) | 0.0445 (5) | |
H5 | 0.7437 | −0.0036 | −0.0734 | 0.053* | |
C6 | 0.9189 (3) | −0.0218 (4) | −0.11637 (11) | 0.0511 (6) | |
C7 | 0.9790 (3) | −0.1381 (4) | −0.15859 (12) | 0.0587 (7) | |
H7 | 1.0704 | −0.0947 | −0.1685 | 0.070* | |
C8 | 0.9066 (3) | −0.3127 (4) | −0.18535 (11) | 0.0536 (6) | |
H8 | 0.9468 | −0.3879 | −0.2136 | 0.064* | |
C8' | 0.7708 (2) | −0.3758 (4) | −0.16943 (9) | 0.0441 (5) | |
C9 | 0.7019 (3) | −0.6996 (4) | −0.23323 (12) | 0.0674 (8) | |
H9A | 0.6501 | −0.8262 | −0.2277 | 0.101* | |
H9B | 0.8117 | −0.7251 | −0.2273 | 0.101* | |
H9C | 0.6599 | −0.6479 | −0.2744 | 0.101* | |
N9 | 0.6779 (2) | −0.5471 (3) | −0.18818 (8) | 0.0499 (5) | |
C9' | 0.5588 (3) | −0.5450 (4) | −0.15895 (10) | 0.0477 (6) | |
C10 | 0.9545 (3) | 0.2735 (4) | −0.04983 (13) | 0.0669 (7) | |
H10A | 0.8514 | 0.3259 | −0.0673 | 0.100* | |
H10B | 1.0254 | 0.3872 | −0.0379 | 0.100* | |
H10C | 0.9536 | 0.1907 | −0.0141 | 0.100* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0865 (15) | 0.1012 (18) | 0.1098 (17) | −0.0189 (14) | 0.0724 (14) | −0.0310 (15) |
O2 | 0.0703 (12) | 0.0740 (13) | 0.1042 (15) | −0.0285 (10) | 0.0485 (11) | −0.0276 (11) |
N1 | 0.0588 (13) | 0.0686 (15) | 0.0708 (14) | −0.0054 (11) | 0.0408 (11) | −0.0104 (12) |
C1 | 0.0635 (15) | 0.0564 (16) | 0.0647 (16) | −0.0101 (13) | 0.0067 (13) | −0.0052 (13) |
C2 | 0.0733 (18) | 0.091 (2) | 0.101 (2) | −0.0302 (17) | 0.0300 (17) | −0.0095 (18) |
C3 | 0.0569 (15) | 0.0730 (19) | 0.0708 (17) | −0.0128 (14) | 0.0233 (13) | 0.0026 (14) |
C4 | 0.0447 (12) | 0.0537 (15) | 0.0499 (13) | 0.0003 (11) | 0.0167 (10) | 0.0059 (12) |
C4' | 0.0406 (11) | 0.0448 (13) | 0.0413 (12) | 0.0003 (10) | 0.0104 (9) | 0.0019 (10) |
C5' | 0.0384 (11) | 0.0489 (13) | 0.0354 (11) | 0.0046 (10) | 0.0100 (9) | 0.0029 (10) |
C5 | 0.0441 (12) | 0.0484 (14) | 0.0448 (12) | −0.0004 (10) | 0.0185 (10) | −0.0026 (10) |
C6 | 0.0472 (12) | 0.0525 (15) | 0.0574 (14) | −0.0061 (11) | 0.0198 (11) | −0.0045 (12) |
C7 | 0.0480 (13) | 0.0679 (18) | 0.0688 (16) | −0.0044 (13) | 0.0311 (12) | −0.0021 (14) |
C8 | 0.0530 (13) | 0.0642 (17) | 0.0496 (13) | 0.0078 (12) | 0.0243 (11) | −0.0033 (12) |
C8' | 0.0434 (12) | 0.0499 (14) | 0.0391 (11) | 0.0055 (10) | 0.0102 (9) | −0.0019 (10) |
C9 | 0.0851 (19) | 0.0615 (17) | 0.0577 (15) | 0.0048 (14) | 0.0216 (14) | −0.0169 (13) |
N9 | 0.0531 (11) | 0.0521 (12) | 0.0450 (11) | 0.0026 (10) | 0.0132 (9) | −0.0093 (9) |
C9' | 0.0473 (12) | 0.0495 (14) | 0.0444 (12) | 0.0018 (11) | 0.0074 (10) | 0.0019 (11) |
C10 | 0.0744 (17) | 0.0602 (17) | 0.0676 (17) | −0.0170 (14) | 0.0204 (14) | −0.0140 (14) |
O1—N1 | 1.419 (3) | C5'—C5 | 1.397 (3) |
O1—H1X | 0.827 (18) | C5'—C8' | 1.405 (3) |
O2—C6 | 1.364 (3) | C5—C6 | 1.373 (3) |
O2—C10 | 1.414 (3) | C5—H5 | 0.9300 |
N1—C4 | 1.281 (3) | C6—C7 | 1.404 (3) |
C1—C9' | 1.489 (3) | C7—C8 | 1.360 (3) |
C1—C2 | 1.502 (4) | C7—H7 | 0.9300 |
C1—H1A | 0.9700 | C8—C8' | 1.392 (3) |
C1—H1B | 0.9700 | C8—H8 | 0.9300 |
C2—C3 | 1.516 (4) | C8'—N9 | 1.380 (3) |
C2—H2A | 0.9700 | C9—N9 | 1.457 (3) |
C2—H2B | 0.9700 | C9—H9A | 0.9599 |
C3—C4 | 1.495 (3) | C9—H9B | 0.9599 |
C3—H3A | 0.9700 | C9—H9C | 0.9599 |
C3—H3B | 0.9700 | N9—C9' | 1.365 (3) |
C4—C4' | 1.449 (3) | C10—H10A | 0.9599 |
C4'—C9' | 1.377 (3) | C10—H10B | 0.9599 |
C4'—C5' | 1.443 (3) | C10—H10C | 0.9599 |
N1—O1—H1X | 97 (3) | C5'—C5—H5 | 120.6 |
C6—O2—C10 | 118.53 (19) | O2—C6—C5 | 124.8 (2) |
C4—N1—O1 | 111.4 (2) | O2—C6—C7 | 114.6 (2) |
C9'—C1—C2 | 109.3 (2) | C5—C6—C7 | 120.6 (2) |
C9'—C1—H1A | 109.8 | C8—C7—C6 | 121.5 (2) |
C2—C1—H1A | 109.8 | C8—C7—H7 | 119.3 |
C9'—C1—H1B | 109.8 | C6—C7—H7 | 119.3 |
C2—C1—H1B | 109.8 | C7—C8—C8' | 118.3 (2) |
H1A—C1—H1B | 108.3 | C7—C8—H8 | 120.9 |
C1—C2—C3 | 114.4 (3) | C8'—C8—H8 | 120.9 |
C1—C2—H2A | 108.7 | N9—C8'—C8 | 130.1 (2) |
C3—C2—H2A | 108.7 | N9—C8'—C5' | 108.78 (19) |
C1—C2—H2B | 108.7 | C8—C8'—C5' | 121.1 (2) |
C3—C2—H2B | 108.7 | N9—C9—H9A | 109.5 |
H2A—C2—H2B | 107.6 | N9—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
C4—C3—C2 | 113.8 (2) | H9A—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
C4—C3—H3A | 108.8 | N9—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
C2—C3—H3A | 108.8 | H9A—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
C4—C3—H3B | 108.8 | H9B—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
C2—C3—H3B | 108.8 | C9'—N9—C8' | 108.57 (17) |
H3A—C3—H3B | 107.7 | C9'—N9—C9 | 126.4 (2) |
N1—C4—C4' | 118.3 (2) | C8'—N9—C9 | 125.0 (2) |
N1—C4—C3 | 124.5 (2) | N9—C9'—C4' | 109.8 (2) |
C4'—C4—C3 | 117.2 (2) | N9—C9'—C1 | 125.1 (2) |
C9'—C4'—C5' | 107.03 (19) | C4'—C9'—C1 | 125.0 (2) |
C9'—C4'—C4 | 120.8 (2) | O2—C10—H10A | 109.5 |
C5'—C4'—C4 | 132.2 (2) | O2—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
C5—C5'—C8' | 119.57 (19) | H10A—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
C5—C5'—C4' | 134.6 (2) | O2—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C8'—C5'—C4' | 105.8 (2) | H10A—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C6—C5—C5' | 118.9 (2) | H10B—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C6—C5—H5 | 120.6 | ||
C9'—C1—C2—C3 | −46.4 (3) | C6—C7—C8—C8' | −0.6 (4) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 50.2 (4) | C7—C8—C8'—N9 | −178.2 (2) |
O1—N1—C4—C4' | −179.6 (2) | C7—C8—C8'—C5' | 0.2 (3) |
O1—N1—C4—C3 | −1.5 (4) | C5—C5'—C8'—N9 | 179.49 (18) |
C2—C3—C4—N1 | 155.9 (3) | C4'—C5'—C8'—N9 | −0.1 (2) |
C2—C3—C4—C4' | −26.0 (3) | C5—C5'—C8'—C8 | 0.8 (3) |
N1—C4—C4'—C9' | 179.7 (2) | C4'—C5'—C8'—C8 | −178.8 (2) |
C3—C4—C4'—C9' | 1.5 (3) | C8—C8'—N9—C9' | 178.7 (2) |
N1—C4—C4'—C5' | 0.0 (4) | C5'—C8'—N9—C9' | 0.2 (2) |
C3—C4—C4'—C5' | −178.2 (2) | C8—C8'—N9—C9 | −3.0 (4) |
C9'—C4'—C5'—C5 | −179.6 (2) | C5'—C8'—N9—C9 | 178.4 (2) |
C4—C4'—C5'—C5 | 0.2 (4) | C8'—N9—C9'—C4' | −0.3 (2) |
C9'—C4'—C5'—C8' | 0.0 (2) | C9—N9—C9'—C4' | −178.4 (2) |
C4—C4'—C5'—C8' | 179.7 (2) | C8'—N9—C9'—C1 | −179.9 (2) |
C8'—C5'—C5—C6 | −1.4 (3) | C9—N9—C9'—C1 | 1.9 (4) |
C4'—C5'—C5—C6 | 178.1 (2) | C5'—C4'—C9'—N9 | 0.2 (2) |
C10—O2—C6—C5 | 3.4 (4) | C4—C4'—C9'—N9 | −179.64 (19) |
C10—O2—C6—C7 | −177.7 (2) | C5'—C4'—C9'—C1 | 179.9 (2) |
C5'—C5—C6—O2 | 179.8 (2) | C4—C4'—C9'—C1 | 0.0 (3) |
C5'—C5—C6—C7 | 1.0 (3) | C2—C1—C9'—N9 | −157.9 (2) |
O2—C6—C7—C8 | −178.9 (2) | C2—C1—C9'—C4' | 22.4 (3) |
C5—C6—C7—C8 | 0.0 (4) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C5—H5···N1 | 0.93 | 2.76 | 3.236 (3) | 113 |
O1—H1X···O1i | 0.83 (2) | 2.54 (3) | 3.177 (5) | 134 (3) |
O1—H1X···N1i | 0.83 (2) | 2.00 (2) | 2.810 (4) | 166 (4) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y, −z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C14H16N2O2 |
Mr | 244.29 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 293 |
a, b, c (Å) | 8.833 (5), 6.460 (4), 22.247 (12) |
β (°) | 104.14 (2) |
V (Å3) | 1231.0 (12) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.09 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.15 × 0.08 × 0.08 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART APEX CCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.987, 0.993 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 5647, 2626, 1396 |
Rint | 0.037 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.639 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.055, 0.165, 0.89 |
No. of reflections | 2626 |
No. of parameters | 169 |
No. of restraints | 2 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.61, −0.32 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 2000), SAINT (Bruker, 2000), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C5—H5···N1 | 0.93 | 2.76 | 3.236 (3) | 112.9 |
O1—H1X···O1i | 0.827 (18) | 2.54 (3) | 3.177 (5) | 134 (3) |
O1—H1X···N1i | 0.827 (18) | 2.00 (2) | 2.810 (4) | 166 (4) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y, −z. |
Acknowledgements
This work is funded in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No. 30472088).
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The most famous of the rearrangements in which R migrates from carbon to nitrogen is undoubtedly the conversion of ketoximes to N-subsituted amides, the Beckmann rearrangement. The most interesting feature of the rearrangement is that, it is not the nature (e.g. relative electron-releasing ability)but the stereochemical arrangment of the R and R'groups that determines which of them migrates. Almost without exception it is found to be the R group anti to the OH group that migrates from C to N. Thus, the structure of the amide produced is quite often used to establish the configuration of the oxime from which it was derived.
Surprisingly, in our study we obtained two different amides from one oxime by applying two different Beckmann conditions. This particular oxime, 6-methoxy -9-methyl-1,2,3,9-tetrahydro-4H-carbazol-4-one oxime (I), is found to yield only 6-methyl-9-methoxy-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroazepino[4,3-b]indol- 1(6H)-one (II) while treated with polyphophoric acids. However, by converting the OH group of (I) into a better leaving tosyl group followed a catalysis using Al2O3, (I) undergoes the rearrangement to 6-methyl-9- methoxy-3,4,5,6-tetrahydroazepino[3,2-b]indol-2(1H)-one (III) exclusively. Here we report the crystal structure of (I) in order to get a better understanding of the mechanism of this peculiar process.
Fig.1. shows the molecular structure of the title compound (I), which is almost planar and has the (E)-configuration. As shown in Fig. 2, the title compound is dimerized by inversion of (E)-6-methoxy-9-methyl-1,2,3,9-tetrahydro-4H-carbazol-4-one oxime through intermolecular H-bond viz O1—H1X···O1i and O1—H1X···N1i[symmetry code i = -x + 1,-y,-z]. There is also an intramolecular hydrogen bond of C5—H5···N1 resulting in a six-membered ring.