organic compounds
1-(2-Fluorophenyl)-6,7-dimethoxyisochroman
aDepartment of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan, and bDepartment of Chemistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
*Correspondence e-mail: aamersaeed@yahoo.com
In the title compound, C17H17FO3, the benzene ring of the isochroman unit is inclined at 84.96 (7)° to the fluorobenzene ring plane, and the pyran ring adopts a half-boat conformation. In the C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link molecules into rows along the c axis, while C—H⋯O interactions and C—H⋯F hydrogen bonds to the fluorine acceptor stack the molecules down the b axis. In addition, the exhibits a weak C—H⋯π interaction between a methyl H atom of the methoxy group and the dimethoxybenzene ring of an adjacent molecule.
Related literature
For details of naturally occurring isochromans, see: Imamura et al. (2000); Ogawa et al. (2004); Peng et al. (1999); Kunesch et al. (1987). For the biological activity of isochromans, see: Zhang et al. (2008); Lorenz et al. (2005); Togna et al. (2003); Bianchi et al. (2004); Cutler et al. (1997); Liu et al. (2005); TenBrink et al. (1996); Frater et al. (1999); Dobson & Humber (1975); Yamato et al. (1985); McCall et al. (1982). For the synthesis of isochromans, see: Guiso et al. (2001). For related structures, see: Saeed & Flörke (2006a,b). For ring puckering analysis, see: Cremer & Pople (1975); and for reference structural data, see: Allen et al. (1987).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2006); cell APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker, 2006); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and TITAN2000 (Hunter & Simpson, 1999); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97, enCIFer (Allen et al., 2004), PLATON (Spek, 2009) and publCIF (Westrip, 2009).
Supporting information
10.1107/S160053680900926X/lx2092sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S160053680900926X/lx2092Isup2.hkl
A homogenized mixture of 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanol (0.18g, 1 mmol) and 4-fluorobenzaldehyde (0.12g 1 mmol) and a catalytic amount of p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate was irradiated for 1.3 min. The product was purified by thin layer
using petroleum ether and ethyl acetate (7:2 v:v) to afford the title compound (0.91 mmol, 91%) which was recrystallized from ethyl acetate. Analysis calculated for C17H17O3F: C, 70.82%, H, 5.94% found, 70.69%, H, 5.97%.All H-atoms were positioned geometrically and refined using a riding model with d(C—H) = 0.95 Å, Uiso=1.2Ueq (C) for aromatic 1.00 Å, Uiso = 1.2Ueq (C) for CH, 0.99 Å, Uiso = 1.2Ueq (C) for CH2 and 0.98 Å, Uiso = 1.5Ueq (C) for CH3 hydrogen atoms.
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2006); cell
APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker, 2006); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2006); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and TITAN (Hunter & Simpson, 1999); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), enCIFer (Allen et al., 2004), PLATON (Spek, 2009) and publCIF (Westrip, 2009).C17H17FO3 | F(000) = 608 |
Mr = 288.31 | Dx = 1.414 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 3061 reflections |
a = 15.730 (2) Å | θ = 2.5–28.7° |
b = 5.2328 (8) Å | µ = 0.11 mm−1 |
c = 16.477 (2) Å | T = 89 K |
β = 93.108 (8)° | Irregular fragment, colourless |
V = 1354.3 (3) Å3 | 0.29 × 0.22 × 0.13 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 2371 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1864 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.072 |
Detector resolution: 10.0 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 25.0°, θmin = 2.6° |
ω' scans | h = −17→18 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2006) | k = −6→5 |
Tmin = 0.789, Tmax = 0.986 | l = −19→19 |
13466 measured 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)] = 0.074 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.261 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.1483P)2 + 0.6898P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.28 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
2371 reflections | Δρmax = 0.45 e Å−3 |
193 parameters | Δρmin = −0.37 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Extinction correction: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Extinction coefficient: 0.021 (8) |
C17H17FO3 | V = 1354.3 (3) Å3 |
Mr = 288.31 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 15.730 (2) Å | µ = 0.11 mm−1 |
b = 5.2328 (8) Å | T = 89 K |
c = 16.477 (2) Å | 0.29 × 0.22 × 0.13 mm |
β = 93.108 (8)° |
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 2371 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2006) | 1864 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.789, Tmax = 0.986 | Rint = 0.072 |
13466 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.074 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.261 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.28 | Δρmax = 0.45 e Å−3 |
2371 reflections | Δρmin = −0.37 e Å−3 |
193 parameters |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds 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 > 2sigma(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 | 0.23025 (15) | 0.7414 (5) | 0.31621 (15) | 0.0181 (7) | |
C1 | 0.3182 (2) | 0.7001 (7) | 0.3030 (2) | 0.0203 (9) | |
H1A | 0.3425 | 0.8551 | 0.2787 | 0.024* | |
H1B | 0.3240 | 0.5568 | 0.2644 | 0.024* | |
C2 | 0.3667 (2) | 0.6388 (7) | 0.3826 (2) | 0.0177 (9) | |
H2A | 0.3524 | 0.4635 | 0.3999 | 0.021* | |
H2B | 0.4287 | 0.6455 | 0.3749 | 0.021* | |
C3 | 0.3445 (2) | 0.8270 (7) | 0.4478 (2) | 0.0151 (8) | |
C4 | 0.3972 (2) | 0.8448 (6) | 0.5191 (2) | 0.0149 (8) | |
H4 | 0.4458 | 0.7373 | 0.5257 | 0.018* | |
C5 | 0.3797 (2) | 1.0161 (6) | 0.5799 (2) | 0.0140 (8) | |
O2 | 0.42783 (15) | 1.0436 (5) | 0.65158 (15) | 0.0173 (7) | |
C16 | 0.4888 (2) | 0.8446 (7) | 0.6690 (2) | 0.0199 (9) | |
H16A | 0.4608 | 0.6779 | 0.6626 | 0.030* | |
H16B | 0.5124 | 0.8627 | 0.7250 | 0.030* | |
H16C | 0.5348 | 0.8571 | 0.6314 | 0.030* | |
C6 | 0.3085 (2) | 1.1783 (6) | 0.5699 (2) | 0.0143 (8) | |
O3 | 0.29623 (15) | 1.3416 (5) | 0.63316 (15) | 0.0167 (7) | |
C17 | 0.2271 (2) | 1.5183 (7) | 0.6224 (2) | 0.0167 (8) | |
H17A | 0.2353 | 1.6245 | 0.5745 | 0.025* | |
H17B | 0.2251 | 1.6275 | 0.6706 | 0.025* | |
H17C | 0.1734 | 1.4238 | 0.6148 | 0.025* | |
C7 | 0.2562 (2) | 1.1589 (6) | 0.4993 (2) | 0.0143 (8) | |
H7 | 0.2078 | 1.2665 | 0.4922 | 0.017* | |
C8 | 0.2740 (2) | 0.9841 (6) | 0.4389 (2) | 0.0143 (8) | |
C9 | 0.2186 (2) | 0.9759 (7) | 0.3601 (2) | 0.0154 (8) | |
H9 | 0.2368 | 1.1196 | 0.3250 | 0.019* | |
C10 | 0.1238 (2) | 1.0018 (6) | 0.3687 (2) | 0.0146 (8) | |
C11 | 0.0776 (2) | 0.8291 (6) | 0.4129 (2) | 0.0145 (8) | |
F1 | 0.12090 (13) | 0.6419 (4) | 0.45485 (12) | 0.0202 (6) | |
C12 | −0.0089 (2) | 0.8363 (6) | 0.4168 (2) | 0.0164 (8) | |
H12 | −0.0378 | 0.7140 | 0.4479 | 0.020* | |
C13 | −0.0540 (2) | 1.0280 (7) | 0.3740 (2) | 0.0185 (9) | |
H13 | −0.1142 | 1.0358 | 0.3750 | 0.022* | |
C14 | −0.0104 (2) | 1.2076 (7) | 0.3300 (2) | 0.0193 (9) | |
H14 | −0.0409 | 1.3394 | 0.3014 | 0.023* | |
C15 | 0.0770 (2) | 1.1947 (7) | 0.3276 (2) | 0.0162 (8) | |
H15 | 0.1061 | 1.3190 | 0.2975 | 0.019* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0232 (14) | 0.0159 (14) | 0.0156 (14) | −0.0003 (10) | 0.0048 (10) | −0.0068 (11) |
C1 | 0.0219 (19) | 0.021 (2) | 0.018 (2) | 0.0006 (15) | 0.0063 (14) | −0.0041 (16) |
C2 | 0.0219 (19) | 0.0131 (18) | 0.019 (2) | −0.0007 (14) | 0.0067 (14) | −0.0015 (15) |
C3 | 0.0200 (18) | 0.0126 (18) | 0.0135 (19) | −0.0019 (13) | 0.0069 (13) | 0.0019 (14) |
C4 | 0.0190 (18) | 0.0121 (18) | 0.0139 (19) | 0.0019 (13) | 0.0034 (13) | 0.0016 (14) |
C5 | 0.0183 (18) | 0.0131 (17) | 0.0106 (18) | −0.0022 (13) | 0.0020 (13) | 0.0020 (14) |
O2 | 0.0204 (13) | 0.0169 (13) | 0.0145 (14) | 0.0043 (10) | −0.0012 (9) | −0.0007 (11) |
C16 | 0.0218 (19) | 0.0155 (19) | 0.022 (2) | 0.0026 (14) | −0.0017 (14) | 0.0030 (16) |
C6 | 0.0232 (19) | 0.0093 (17) | 0.0111 (18) | −0.0017 (13) | 0.0061 (13) | −0.0018 (13) |
O3 | 0.0233 (14) | 0.0151 (14) | 0.0116 (13) | 0.0065 (10) | −0.0012 (9) | −0.0042 (10) |
C17 | 0.0215 (18) | 0.0127 (18) | 0.0159 (19) | 0.0030 (14) | 0.0013 (13) | −0.0051 (14) |
C7 | 0.0188 (18) | 0.0094 (17) | 0.0148 (19) | 0.0014 (13) | 0.0023 (13) | 0.0026 (14) |
C8 | 0.0222 (19) | 0.0108 (17) | 0.0104 (18) | −0.0027 (13) | 0.0047 (13) | 0.0012 (14) |
C9 | 0.0247 (19) | 0.0114 (17) | 0.0105 (18) | −0.0005 (14) | 0.0040 (13) | −0.0022 (14) |
C10 | 0.0238 (19) | 0.0103 (17) | 0.0096 (18) | −0.0011 (13) | 0.0004 (13) | −0.0041 (14) |
C11 | 0.026 (2) | 0.0077 (17) | 0.0091 (18) | 0.0035 (13) | −0.0024 (13) | −0.0006 (13) |
F1 | 0.0249 (12) | 0.0154 (12) | 0.0202 (12) | 0.0025 (8) | 0.0001 (8) | 0.0071 (9) |
C12 | 0.029 (2) | 0.0109 (18) | 0.0099 (19) | −0.0009 (14) | 0.0029 (14) | −0.0023 (14) |
C13 | 0.0215 (19) | 0.0170 (19) | 0.0169 (19) | 0.0021 (14) | 0.0009 (14) | −0.0038 (15) |
C14 | 0.030 (2) | 0.0125 (18) | 0.0148 (19) | 0.0064 (14) | −0.0032 (14) | −0.0016 (15) |
C15 | 0.031 (2) | 0.0090 (16) | 0.0085 (18) | −0.0008 (14) | 0.0011 (13) | 0.0015 (13) |
O1—C1 | 1.429 (4) | O3—C17 | 1.432 (4) |
O1—C9 | 1.441 (4) | C17—H17A | 0.9800 |
C1—C2 | 1.516 (5) | C17—H17B | 0.9800 |
C1—H1A | 0.9900 | C17—H17C | 0.9800 |
C1—H1B | 0.9900 | C7—C8 | 1.391 (5) |
C2—C3 | 1.512 (5) | C7—H7 | 0.9500 |
C2—H2A | 0.9900 | C8—C9 | 1.525 (5) |
C2—H2B | 0.9900 | C9—C10 | 1.511 (5) |
C3—C8 | 1.382 (5) | C9—H9 | 1.0000 |
C3—C4 | 1.404 (5) | C10—C11 | 1.391 (5) |
C4—C5 | 1.384 (5) | C10—C15 | 1.401 (5) |
C4—H4 | 0.9500 | C11—F1 | 1.360 (4) |
C5—O2 | 1.375 (4) | C11—C12 | 1.367 (5) |
C5—C6 | 1.408 (5) | C12—C13 | 1.397 (5) |
O2—C16 | 1.434 (4) | C12—H12 | 0.9500 |
C16—H16A | 0.9800 | C13—C14 | 1.391 (6) |
C16—H16B | 0.9800 | C13—H13 | 0.9500 |
C16—H16C | 0.9800 | C14—C15 | 1.379 (5) |
C6—O3 | 1.370 (4) | C14—H14 | 0.9500 |
C6—C7 | 1.391 (5) | C15—H15 | 0.9500 |
C1—O1—C9 | 110.9 (3) | H17A—C17—H17B | 109.5 |
O1—C1—C2 | 110.2 (3) | O3—C17—H17C | 109.5 |
O1—C1—H1A | 109.6 | H17A—C17—H17C | 109.5 |
C2—C1—H1A | 109.6 | H17B—C17—H17C | 109.5 |
O1—C1—H1B | 109.6 | C6—C7—C8 | 120.9 (3) |
C2—C1—H1B | 109.6 | C6—C7—H7 | 119.5 |
H1A—C1—H1B | 108.1 | C8—C7—H7 | 119.5 |
C3—C2—C1 | 110.6 (3) | C3—C8—C7 | 120.4 (3) |
C3—C2—H2A | 109.5 | C3—C8—C9 | 119.5 (3) |
C1—C2—H2A | 109.5 | C7—C8—C9 | 120.0 (3) |
C3—C2—H2B | 109.5 | O1—C9—C10 | 106.1 (3) |
C1—C2—H2B | 109.5 | O1—C9—C8 | 111.6 (3) |
H2A—C2—H2B | 108.1 | C10—C9—C8 | 116.0 (3) |
C8—C3—C4 | 118.9 (3) | O1—C9—H9 | 107.6 |
C8—C3—C2 | 121.8 (3) | C10—C9—H9 | 107.6 |
C4—C3—C2 | 119.3 (3) | C8—C9—H9 | 107.6 |
C5—C4—C3 | 121.2 (3) | C11—C10—C15 | 116.5 (3) |
C5—C4—H4 | 119.4 | C11—C10—C9 | 122.5 (3) |
C3—C4—H4 | 119.4 | C15—C10—C9 | 120.9 (3) |
O2—C5—C4 | 124.6 (3) | F1—C11—C12 | 117.9 (3) |
O2—C5—C6 | 115.8 (3) | F1—C11—C10 | 118.2 (3) |
C4—C5—C6 | 119.6 (3) | C12—C11—C10 | 123.8 (3) |
C5—O2—C16 | 115.3 (3) | C11—C12—C13 | 118.4 (3) |
O2—C16—H16A | 109.5 | C11—C12—H12 | 120.8 |
O2—C16—H16B | 109.5 | C13—C12—H12 | 120.8 |
H16A—C16—H16B | 109.5 | C14—C13—C12 | 119.9 (3) |
O2—C16—H16C | 109.5 | C14—C13—H13 | 120.1 |
H16A—C16—H16C | 109.5 | C12—C13—H13 | 120.1 |
H16B—C16—H16C | 109.5 | C15—C14—C13 | 120.1 (3) |
O3—C6—C7 | 125.5 (3) | C15—C14—H14 | 119.9 |
O3—C6—C5 | 115.5 (3) | C13—C14—H14 | 119.9 |
C7—C6—C5 | 119.0 (3) | C14—C15—C10 | 121.3 (3) |
C6—O3—C17 | 116.5 (3) | C14—C15—H15 | 119.4 |
O3—C17—H17A | 109.5 | C10—C15—H15 | 119.4 |
O3—C17—H17B | 109.5 | ||
C9—O1—C1—C2 | 69.6 (4) | C6—C7—C8—C9 | −176.7 (3) |
O1—C1—C2—C3 | −47.7 (4) | C1—O1—C9—C10 | 178.8 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—C8 | 15.5 (5) | C1—O1—C9—C8 | −54.0 (4) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −164.0 (3) | C3—C8—C9—O1 | 20.5 (4) |
C8—C3—C4—C5 | −0.1 (5) | C7—C8—C9—O1 | −163.2 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 179.4 (3) | C3—C8—C9—C10 | 142.2 (3) |
C3—C4—C5—O2 | 179.5 (3) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | −41.5 (4) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | −0.9 (5) | O1—C9—C10—C11 | 64.0 (4) |
C4—C5—O2—C16 | −13.0 (5) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | −60.5 (4) |
C6—C5—O2—C16 | 167.4 (3) | O1—C9—C10—C15 | −111.9 (3) |
O2—C5—C6—O3 | −0.4 (4) | C8—C9—C10—C15 | 123.6 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—O3 | −179.9 (3) | C15—C10—C11—F1 | −178.8 (3) |
O2—C5—C6—C7 | −179.2 (3) | C9—C10—C11—F1 | 5.1 (5) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | 1.2 (5) | C15—C10—C11—C12 | 1.1 (5) |
C7—C6—O3—C17 | −4.7 (5) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −174.9 (3) |
C5—C6—O3—C17 | 176.6 (3) | F1—C11—C12—C13 | 179.9 (3) |
O3—C6—C7—C8 | −179.3 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 0.0 (5) |
C5—C6—C7—C8 | −0.6 (5) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | −1.0 (5) |
C4—C3—C8—C7 | 0.8 (5) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | 0.8 (5) |
C2—C3—C8—C7 | −178.7 (3) | C13—C14—C15—C10 | 0.3 (5) |
C4—C3—C8—C9 | 177.1 (3) | C11—C10—C15—C14 | −1.3 (5) |
C2—C3—C8—C9 | −2.4 (5) | C9—C10—C15—C14 | 174.8 (3) |
C6—C7—C8—C3 | −0.5 (5) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C1—H1B···O2i | 0.99 | 2.59 | 3.360 (5) | 134 |
C7—H7···F1ii | 0.95 | 2.45 | 3.360 (4) | 160 |
C17—H17B···O1iii | 0.98 | 2.49 | 3.430 (4) | 160 |
C17—H17A···Cgii | 0.98 | 2.70 | 3.557 (3) | 146 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, −y+3/2, z−1/2; (ii) x, y+1, z; (iii) x, −y+5/2, z+1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C17H17FO3 |
Mr | 288.31 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 89 |
a, b, c (Å) | 15.730 (2), 5.2328 (8), 16.477 (2) |
β (°) | 93.108 (8) |
V (Å3) | 1354.3 (3) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.11 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.29 × 0.22 × 0.13 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2006) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.789, 0.986 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 13466, 2371, 1864 |
Rint | 0.072 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.595 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.074, 0.261, 1.28 |
No. of reflections | 2371 |
No. of parameters | 193 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.45, −0.37 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2006), APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker, 2006), SAINT (Bruker, 2006), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and TITAN (Hunter & Simpson, 1999), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), enCIFer (Allen et al., 2004), PLATON (Spek, 2009) and publCIF (Westrip, 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C1—H1B···O2i | 0.99 | 2.59 | 3.360 (5) | 134.1 |
C7—H7···F1ii | 0.95 | 2.45 | 3.360 (4) | 159.8 |
C17—H17B···O1iii | 0.98 | 2.49 | 3.430 (4) | 159.9 |
C17—H17A···Cgii | 0.98 | 2.70 | 3.557 (3) | 146.2 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, −y+3/2, z−1/2; (ii) x, y+1, z; (iii) x, −y+5/2, z+1/2. |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the University of Otago for the purchase of the diffractometer.
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Isochroman is a common structural motif found in many natural products. For example 1,6,8-trihydroxy-3-heptyl-7-carboxyisochroman, is an antibiotic and topoisomerase II inhibitor from Penicillum sp. (Imamura et al., 2000), pseudodeflectusin is a selective human cancer cytotoxin from Aspergillus pseudodeflectus, (Ogawa et al., 2004), in softwood lignin (Peng et al., 1999) and in the male wing gland pheromone of Aphomia sociella (Kunesch et al., 1987). A novel isochroman derivative inhibited apoptosis in vascular endothelial cells by depressing the levels of integrin 4, p53 and ROS (Zhang et al., 2008). 1-Phenyl- and 1-(3-methoxy-4-hydroxy)phenyl-6,7-dihydroxyisochromans identified in extra-virgin olive oil exhibit beneficial antioxidant effects (Lorenz et al., 2005) and antiplatelet activity (Togna et al., 2003). Isochroman derivatives also show plant-growth regulatory and herbicidal activities (Bianchi et al., 2004; Cutler et al., 1997), these are oestrogen receptors (Liu et al., 2005), dopamine receptor ligands (TenBrink et al., 1996), and fragrances, such as galaxolide (Frater et al., 1999). 1-Aryl-6,7-dimethoxyisochromans are known to demonstrate analgesic, muscle relaxant, antidepressant, antiinflammatory, antihistaminic and anticoagulant activity and are adrenergic antagonists (Dobson & Humber 1975; Yamato et al., 1985; McCall et al., 1982). The title dimethoxyisochroman derivative (I), Fig. 1, was prepared by the oxa-Pictet–Spengler reaction for the preparation of isochromans (Guiso et al., 2001) using 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanol and 2-fluorobenzaldehyde.
The pyran ring of (I) adopts a half-boat conformation (Cremer & Pople, 1975) with the O1 atom 0.639 (3) Å from the least-squares plane through atoms C1–C3, C8, C9. The r.m.s. deviation from this plane was 0.083 Å. The benzene ring of the isochroman unit is inclined at 84.96 (7) ° to the fluorobenzene ring plane. Both the C and O atoms of the two methoxy substituents lie close to the aromatic ring plane (maximum deviation 0.310 (5) Å for C16).
In the molecular packing (Fig. 2), C17—H17B···O1 hydrogen bonds link the molecules into rows along the c axis (Fig. 2 and Table 1; symmetry codes as in Fig. 2). The F1 atom acts as an acceptor in a C7—H7···F1 hydrogen bond that, together with C1—H1B···O2 interactions, stacks molecules from individual rows down the the b axis (Fig. 2, Fig 3 and Table 1; symmetry codes as in Fig. 2). Additionally, a weak C—H···π interaction in the structure was observed between a methyl H atom of the methoxy group and the dimethoxybenzene ring of an adjacent molecule, with a C17—H17A···Cgi separation of 2.70 Å (Table 1 and Fig. 2; Cg is the centroid of the C3–C8 benzene ring, symmetry codes as in Fig. 2).)