organic compounds
Dimethyl 2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate
aCollege of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, People's Republic of China, and bCollege of Chemistry, Luoyang Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, People's Republic of China
*Correspondence e-mail: zzf5188@sohu.com
In the crystal of the title compound, C11H15NO4, the molecules are linked into sheets by N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. Within the molecule, the 1,4-dihydropyridine ring exhibits a distinctive planar conformation [r.m.s. deviation from the mean plane of 0.009 (3)Å], and the other non-H atoms are almost coplanar [r.m.s. deviation = 0.021 (3) Å] with the 1,4-dihydropyridine ring. The conformation of the latter is governed mainly by two intramolecular C—H⋯O non-classical interactions.
Related literature
For general background to the biological activity of 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives, see: Kazda & Towart (1981); Janis & Triggle (1983); Núñez-Vergara et al., (1998); Mak et al., (2002). For their synthesis, see: Hantzsch & Liebigs (1882). For related structures, see: Bai et al. (2009); Quesada et al. (2006); Ramesh et al. (2008); Zhao & Teng (2008). For hydrogen-bond motifs, see: Bernstein et al. (1995).
Experimental
Crystal data
|
Refinement
|
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1997); cell SAINT (Bruker, 1997); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536809035478/rk2162sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809035478/rk2162Isup2.hkl
Into a three-necked round-bottomed flask equipped with a stirrer were introduced methyl 3-aminobut-2-enoate (0.1 mol, 11.5 g), aqueous formaldehyde (0.05 mol, 37% 4.0 g) and ethanol (95%, 25 ml). The resulted mixture was refluxed with stirring for ca 20 min, and then the solution is cooled to room temperature. The precipitate was filtered off, washed with cool ethanol (95%), and the resulting solid product was recrystallized from hot ethanol to give crystals of I.
1H NMR (DMSO, 400 MHz) of (I): δ 8.35 (s, 1H), δ 3.59 (s, 6H), δ 3.14 (s, 2H), δ 2.12 (s, 6H).
All H atoms other than the C1- and C5-methyl H atoms were located in a difference map and then treated as riding atoms with C–H distances of 0.96Å (CH3) or 0.97Å (CH2), and N–H distance of 0.86Å with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C, N) or 1.5Ueq(methyl C). The C1- and C5-methyl H atoms was modelled as idealized disordered methyl groups over two sets offset by 60°.
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1997); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 1997); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).C11H15NO4 | Z = 2 |
Mr = 225.24 | F(000) = 240 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.339 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 7.3933 (13) Å | Cell parameters from 2071 reflections |
b = 7.8391 (14) Å | θ = 2.9–28.1° |
c = 11.1847 (19) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
α = 75.977 (2)° | T = 293 K |
β = 75.274 (2)° | Block, blue |
γ = 64.351 (2)° | 0.49 × 0.43 × 0.25 mm |
V = 558.62 (17) Å3 |
Bruker SMART CCD diffractometer | 2047 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1764 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.015 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 25.5°, θmin = 2.9° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2003) | h = −8→8 |
Tmin = 0.952, Tmax = 0.965 | k = −9→9 |
3550 measured reflections | l = −12→13 |
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)] = 0.040 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.115 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0612P)2 + 0.1212P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.05 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
2047 reflections | Δρmax = 0.16 e Å−3 |
148 parameters | Δρmin = −0.23 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: 0.26 (2) |
C11H15NO4 | γ = 64.351 (2)° |
Mr = 225.24 | V = 558.62 (17) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 7.3933 (13) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 7.8391 (14) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
c = 11.1847 (19) Å | T = 293 K |
α = 75.977 (2)° | 0.49 × 0.43 × 0.25 mm |
β = 75.274 (2)° |
Bruker SMART CCD diffractometer | 2047 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2003) | 1764 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.952, Tmax = 0.965 | Rint = 0.015 |
3550 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.040 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.115 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.05 | Δρmax = 0.16 e Å−3 |
2047 reflections | Δρmin = −0.23 e Å−3 |
148 parameters |
Geometry. All s.u.'s (except the s.u. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell s.u.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of s.u.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between s.u.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell s.u.'s is used for estimating s.u.'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 | Occ. (<1) | |
C1 | −0.2092 (2) | 0.24631 (19) | 0.60198 (13) | 0.0371 (3) | |
C2 | −0.0517 (2) | 0.24220 (18) | 0.64524 (13) | 0.0355 (3) | |
C3 | 0.1441 (2) | 0.2394 (2) | 0.55870 (13) | 0.0366 (3) | |
H3A | 0.1702 | 0.3463 | 0.5677 | 0.044* | |
H3B | 0.2561 | 0.1224 | 0.5837 | 0.044* | |
C4 | 0.13729 (19) | 0.25116 (18) | 0.42266 (12) | 0.0328 (3) | |
C5 | −0.0262 (2) | 0.25369 (18) | 0.38665 (12) | 0.0348 (3) | |
C6 | −0.4103 (2) | 0.2499 (3) | 0.67563 (16) | 0.0519 (4) | |
H6A | −0.4925 | 0.2528 | 0.6204 | 0.078* | 0.50 |
H6B | −0.4787 | 0.3618 | 0.7161 | 0.078* | 0.50 |
H6C | −0.3888 | 0.1374 | 0.7376 | 0.078* | 0.50 |
H6D | −0.4142 | 0.2485 | 0.7623 | 0.078* | 0.50 |
H6E | −0.4280 | 0.1396 | 0.6666 | 0.078* | 0.50 |
H6F | −0.5178 | 0.3639 | 0.6452 | 0.078* | 0.50 |
C7 | −0.0548 (2) | 0.2638 (2) | 0.25662 (14) | 0.0467 (4) | |
H7A | −0.1855 | 0.2633 | 0.2596 | 0.070* | 0.50 |
H7B | 0.0502 | 0.1553 | 0.2209 | 0.070* | 0.50 |
H7C | −0.0474 | 0.3794 | 0.2062 | 0.070* | 0.50 |
H7D | 0.0637 | 0.2687 | 0.1982 | 0.070* | 0.50 |
H7E | −0.1720 | 0.3767 | 0.2369 | 0.070* | 0.50 |
H7F | −0.0744 | 0.1526 | 0.2516 | 0.070* | 0.50 |
C8 | −0.0642 (2) | 0.2376 (2) | 0.77872 (14) | 0.0430 (4) | |
C9 | 0.3211 (2) | 0.25935 (19) | 0.33790 (13) | 0.0359 (3) | |
C10 | 0.1095 (4) | 0.2341 (3) | 0.93016 (16) | 0.0699 (6) | |
H10A | −0.0084 | 0.3384 | 0.9621 | 0.105* | |
H10B | 0.2303 | 0.2470 | 0.9358 | 0.105* | |
H10C | 0.1084 | 0.1152 | 0.9784 | 0.105* | |
C11 | 0.5033 (3) | 0.2757 (3) | 0.13100 (16) | 0.0647 (5) | |
H11A | 0.5180 | 0.3911 | 0.1320 | 0.097* | |
H11B | 0.4925 | 0.2720 | 0.0480 | 0.097* | |
H11C | 0.6199 | 0.1669 | 0.1563 | 0.097* | |
N1 | −0.19256 (17) | 0.24966 (18) | 0.47535 (11) | 0.0401 (3) | |
H1 | −0.2931 | 0.2492 | 0.4504 | 0.048* | |
O1 | 0.10679 (18) | 0.23698 (18) | 0.80131 (9) | 0.0537 (3) | |
O2 | −0.2029 (2) | 0.2326 (2) | 0.86306 (11) | 0.0705 (4) | |
O3 | 0.32231 (16) | 0.27138 (19) | 0.21605 (10) | 0.0547 (3) | |
O4 | 0.46494 (15) | 0.25501 (17) | 0.37415 (10) | 0.0499 (3) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.0345 (7) | 0.0403 (7) | 0.0361 (7) | −0.0168 (6) | −0.0018 (6) | −0.0055 (5) |
C2 | 0.0353 (7) | 0.0396 (7) | 0.0318 (7) | −0.0161 (6) | −0.0029 (5) | −0.0060 (5) |
C3 | 0.0323 (7) | 0.0479 (8) | 0.0329 (7) | −0.0183 (6) | −0.0047 (5) | −0.0082 (6) |
C4 | 0.0314 (7) | 0.0376 (7) | 0.0307 (7) | −0.0148 (5) | −0.0047 (5) | −0.0062 (5) |
C5 | 0.0341 (7) | 0.0384 (7) | 0.0338 (7) | −0.0161 (5) | −0.0059 (5) | −0.0052 (5) |
C6 | 0.0397 (8) | 0.0718 (11) | 0.0470 (9) | −0.0287 (7) | 0.0017 (7) | −0.0108 (7) |
C7 | 0.0443 (8) | 0.0679 (10) | 0.0366 (8) | −0.0290 (7) | −0.0102 (6) | −0.0063 (7) |
C8 | 0.0458 (8) | 0.0471 (8) | 0.0353 (8) | −0.0201 (6) | −0.0011 (6) | −0.0077 (6) |
C9 | 0.0329 (7) | 0.0415 (7) | 0.0341 (7) | −0.0157 (6) | −0.0052 (5) | −0.0058 (5) |
C10 | 0.0973 (15) | 0.0926 (14) | 0.0354 (9) | −0.0492 (12) | −0.0171 (9) | −0.0088 (8) |
C11 | 0.0512 (10) | 0.1089 (15) | 0.0386 (9) | −0.0428 (10) | 0.0079 (7) | −0.0144 (9) |
N1 | 0.0324 (6) | 0.0575 (7) | 0.0369 (7) | −0.0239 (5) | −0.0061 (5) | −0.0066 (5) |
O1 | 0.0599 (7) | 0.0802 (8) | 0.0319 (6) | −0.0359 (6) | −0.0090 (5) | −0.0106 (5) |
O2 | 0.0668 (8) | 0.1125 (11) | 0.0357 (6) | −0.0465 (8) | 0.0095 (6) | −0.0153 (6) |
O3 | 0.0457 (6) | 0.0966 (9) | 0.0316 (6) | −0.0411 (6) | 0.0011 (4) | −0.0101 (5) |
O4 | 0.0356 (6) | 0.0772 (8) | 0.0430 (6) | −0.0284 (5) | −0.0049 (4) | −0.0103 (5) |
C1—C2 | 1.356 (2) | C7—H7B | 0.9600 |
C1—N1 | 1.3848 (18) | C7—H7C | 0.9600 |
C1—C6 | 1.4976 (19) | C7—H7D | 0.9600 |
C2—C8 | 1.465 (2) | C7—H7E | 0.9600 |
C2—C3 | 1.5172 (18) | C7—H7F | 0.9600 |
C3—C4 | 1.5142 (18) | C8—O2 | 1.2114 (19) |
C3—H3A | 0.9700 | C8—O1 | 1.3489 (19) |
C3—H3B | 0.9700 | C9—O4 | 1.2154 (17) |
C4—C5 | 1.3587 (19) | C9—O3 | 1.3411 (17) |
C4—C9 | 1.4634 (18) | C10—O1 | 1.4410 (19) |
C5—N1 | 1.3771 (17) | C10—H10A | 0.9600 |
C5—C7 | 1.5007 (19) | C10—H10B | 0.9600 |
C6—H6A | 0.9600 | C10—H10C | 0.9600 |
C6—H6B | 0.9600 | C11—O3 | 1.4396 (18) |
C6—H6C | 0.9600 | C11—H11A | 0.9600 |
C6—H6D | 0.9600 | C11—H11B | 0.9600 |
C6—H6E | 0.9600 | C11—H11C | 0.9600 |
C6—H6F | 0.9600 | N1—H1 | 0.8600 |
C7—H7A | 0.9600 | ||
C2—C1—N1 | 119.37 (12) | C5—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
C2—C1—C6 | 127.69 (13) | H7A—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
N1—C1—C6 | 112.93 (12) | H7B—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
C1—C2—C8 | 120.67 (12) | C5—C7—H7D | 109.5 |
C1—C2—C3 | 121.77 (12) | H7A—C7—H7D | 141.1 |
C8—C2—C3 | 117.56 (12) | H7B—C7—H7D | 56.3 |
C4—C3—C2 | 112.94 (11) | H7C—C7—H7D | 56.3 |
C4—C3—H3A | 109.0 | C5—C7—H7E | 109.5 |
C2—C3—H3A | 109.0 | H7A—C7—H7E | 56.3 |
C4—C3—H3B | 109.0 | H7B—C7—H7E | 141.1 |
C2—C3—H3B | 109.0 | H7C—C7—H7E | 56.3 |
H3A—C3—H3B | 107.8 | H7D—C7—H7E | 109.5 |
C5—C4—C9 | 124.99 (12) | C5—C7—H7F | 109.5 |
C5—C4—C3 | 121.76 (12) | H7A—C7—H7F | 56.3 |
C9—C4—C3 | 113.25 (11) | H7B—C7—H7F | 56.3 |
C4—C5—N1 | 119.50 (12) | H7C—C7—H7F | 141.1 |
C4—C5—C7 | 127.93 (12) | H7D—C7—H7F | 109.5 |
N1—C5—C7 | 112.57 (11) | H7E—C7—H7F | 109.5 |
C1—C6—H6A | 109.5 | O2—C8—O1 | 121.07 (14) |
C1—C6—H6B | 109.5 | O2—C8—C2 | 127.86 (15) |
H6A—C6—H6B | 109.5 | O1—C8—C2 | 111.06 (12) |
C1—C6—H6C | 109.5 | O4—C9—O3 | 121.45 (12) |
H6A—C6—H6C | 109.5 | O4—C9—C4 | 122.90 (13) |
H6B—C6—H6C | 109.5 | O3—C9—C4 | 115.65 (11) |
C1—C6—H6D | 109.5 | O1—C10—H10A | 109.5 |
H6A—C6—H6D | 141.1 | O1—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
H6B—C6—H6D | 56.3 | H10A—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
H6C—C6—H6D | 56.3 | O1—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C1—C6—H6E | 109.5 | H10A—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
H6A—C6—H6E | 56.3 | H10B—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
H6B—C6—H6E | 141.1 | O3—C11—H11A | 109.5 |
H6C—C6—H6E | 56.3 | O3—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
H6D—C6—H6E | 109.5 | H11A—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
C1—C6—H6F | 109.5 | O3—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
H6A—C6—H6F | 56.3 | H11A—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
H6B—C6—H6F | 56.3 | H11B—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
H6C—C6—H6F | 141.1 | C5—N1—C1 | 124.57 (11) |
H6D—C6—H6F | 109.5 | C5—N1—H1 | 117.7 |
H6E—C6—H6F | 109.5 | C1—N1—H1 | 117.7 |
C5—C7—H7A | 109.5 | C8—O1—C10 | 115.57 (13) |
C5—C7—H7B | 109.5 | C9—O3—C11 | 116.70 (12) |
H7A—C7—H7B | 109.5 | ||
N1—C1—C2—C8 | −179.68 (12) | C1—C2—C8—O1 | −179.05 (12) |
C6—C1—C2—C8 | 1.0 (2) | C3—C2—C8—O1 | 1.79 (18) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −0.6 (2) | C5—C4—C9—O4 | −179.32 (13) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | −179.85 (13) | C3—C4—C9—O4 | 0.73 (19) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 2.74 (19) | C5—C4—C9—O3 | 0.4 (2) |
C8—C2—C3—C4 | −178.11 (11) | C3—C4—C9—O3 | −179.52 (11) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −3.18 (18) | C4—C5—N1—C1 | 1.1 (2) |
C2—C3—C4—C9 | 176.77 (11) | C7—C5—N1—C1 | −177.92 (12) |
C9—C4—C5—N1 | −178.51 (12) | C2—C1—N1—C5 | −1.6 (2) |
C3—C4—C5—N1 | 1.4 (2) | C6—C1—N1—C5 | 177.80 (12) |
C9—C4—C5—C7 | 0.4 (2) | O2—C8—O1—C10 | −1.3 (2) |
C3—C4—C5—C7 | −179.65 (13) | C2—C8—O1—C10 | 179.51 (13) |
C1—C2—C8—O2 | 1.8 (2) | O4—C9—O3—C11 | 1.0 (2) |
C3—C2—C8—O2 | −177.38 (15) | C4—C9—O3—C11 | −178.77 (14) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1···O4i | 0.86 | 2.15 | 3.006 (2) | 176 |
C11—H11B···O2ii | 0.96 | 2.60 | 3.219 (2) | 122 |
C6—H6D···O2 | 0.96 | 2.09 | 2.843 (2) | 134 |
C7—H7D···O3 | 0.96 | 1.98 | 2.733 (2) | 134 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y, z; (ii) x+1, y, z−1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C11H15NO4 |
Mr | 225.24 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 293 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.3933 (13), 7.8391 (14), 11.1847 (19) |
α, β, γ (°) | 75.977 (2), 75.274 (2), 64.351 (2) |
V (Å3) | 558.62 (17) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.10 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.49 × 0.43 × 0.25 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2003) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.952, 0.965 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 3550, 2047, 1764 |
Rint | 0.015 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.606 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.040, 0.115, 1.05 |
No. of reflections | 2047 |
No. of parameters | 148 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.16, −0.23 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 1997), SAINT (Bruker, 1997), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1···O4i | 0.86 | 2.15 | 3.006 (2) | 175.8 |
C11—H11B···O2ii | 0.96 | 2.60 | 3.219 (2) | 122.0 |
C6—H6D···O2 | 0.96 | 2.09 | 2.843 (2) | 133.7 |
C7—H7D···O3 | 0.96 | 1.98 | 2.733 (2) | 133.5 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y, z; (ii) x+1, y, z−1. |
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Innovation Scientists and Technicians Troop Construction Projects of Henan Province (2008IRTSTHN002). The authors are grateful to the Physiochemical Analysis Measurement Laboratory, College of Chemistry, Luoyang Normal University, for performing the X-ray analysis.
References
Bai, M.-S., Chen, Y.-Y., Niu, D.-L. & Peng, L. (2009). Acta Cryst. E65, o799. Web of Science CSD CrossRef IUCr Journals Google Scholar
Bernstein, J., Davis, R. E., Shimoni, L. & Chang, N.-L. (1995). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 34, 1555–1573. CrossRef CAS Web of Science Google Scholar
Bruker (1997). SMART and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Google Scholar
Hantzsch, A. & Liebigs, J. (1882). Ann. Chem. 215, 1–82. CrossRef Google Scholar
Janis, R. A. & Triggle, D. J. (1983). J. Med. Chem. 25, 775–785. CrossRef Web of Science Google Scholar
Kazda, S. & Towart, R. (1981). Br. J. Pharmacol. 72, 582–583. Google Scholar
Mak, T. C. W., Zhou, G. D. & Li, W. K. (2002). Advanced Inorganic Structural Chemistry, 2th ed. Beijing: Chinese. Google Scholar
Núñez-Vergara, L. J., Squella, J. A., Bollo-Dragnic, S., Marin-Catalán, R., Pino, L., Diaz-Araya, G. & Letelier, M. E. (1998). Gen. Pharmacol. 30, 85–87. PubMed Web of Science Google Scholar
Quesada, A., Argüello, J., Squella, J. A., Wardell, J. L., Low, J. N. & Glidewell, C. (2006). Acta Cryst. C62, o8–o12. Web of Science CSD CrossRef CAS IUCr Journals Google Scholar
Ramesh, P., Subbiahpandi, A., Thirumurugan, P., Perumal, P. T. & Ponnuswamy, M. N. (2008). Acta Cryst. E64, o1891. Web of Science CSD CrossRef IUCr Journals Google Scholar
Sheldrick, G. M. (2003). SADABS. University of Göttingen, Germany. Google Scholar
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112–122. Web of Science CrossRef CAS IUCr Journals Google Scholar
Zhao, L.-L. & Teng, D. (2008). Acta Cryst. E64, o1772–o1773. Web of Science CSD CrossRef IUCr Journals Google Scholar
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are cited.
The 1,4-dihydropyridine, (1,4-DHP) derivatives, as analogues of NADH coenzymes, exhibit a wide range of biological activities, acting as powerful arteriolar vasodilators (Kazda & Towart, 1981) and antihypertensives (Janis & Triggle, 1983). In addition, 1,4-DHP compounds such as nifedipine, nisoldipine and nicardipine exhibit potential trypanocidal activity (Núñez-Vergara et al., 1998). The classical preparation method of 1,4-DHP is the Hantzsch (Hantzsch & Liebigs, 1882) and a number of 1,4-DHP derivatives have been synthesized via this method. We have prepared some 1,4-DHP derivatives by condensation reaction of β-enamino esters with aldehyde. As a typical example containing a planar 1,4-DHP ring, we now report the molecular and supramolecular structure of dimethyl 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethylpyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate, (I) (Fig. 1).
In the I, interestingly, 1,4-DHP ring exhibit perfectly coplanar conformation with r.m.s. deviation from the mean plane of 0.009 (3)Å. This conformation is significantly diverse from those found in other 1,4-DHP derivatives, where each of the 1,4-dihydropyrimidine rings adopts flat-boat conformation (Quesada et al., 2006; Ramesh, et al., 2008; Zhao & Teng, 2008; Bai et al., 2009). Another point of interest in the conformation concerns the ester portion of the molecule. In each molecule, there are two short non-classical intramolecular C–H···O interactions (Table 1), and these, we think, control and stabilize the conformations of the two methoxycarbonyl fragments, which are both coplanar with the 1,4-DHP ring, as shown by the torsion angles. However, for C2-methoxycarbonyl it is carbonyl atom O2 that participates in the intramolecular hydrogen bond, and for C4-methoxycarbonyl it is ethoxy O3 atom. Within the 1,4-DHP ring, the C1-C2 and C4-C5 distances shows markedly two double bonds. The N1–C1 and N1–C5 bonds are significantly shorter than the standard N–C experimental bond length of 1.47Å (Mak, et al., 2002). These features in bond distance suggest the existence of π-delocation in the C2/C1/N1/C5/C4 fragment.
Due to the above conformational features of I, its supramolecular structure exhibits some interesting feature. The molecules of the title compounds are linked into sheets by two independent intermolecular hydrogen bonds, one of N–H···O and one C–H···O type (Table 1), the formation of which is readily analyzed in terms of two one-dimensional substructures, one formed by the the N–H···O hydrogen bond and one formed by the C–H···O hydrogen bond. For the sake of simplicity, we shall omit any further consideration of other C–H···O intermolecular interaction involving C7-methyl group, which is too weak to influence the overall dimensionality of the supramolecular structure. In the first substructure, atom N1 in the molecule at (x, y, z) acts as a hydrogen-bond donor to the methoxycarbonyl atom O4 in the molecule at (x-1, y, z), thus forming by translation a C22(6) (Bernstein et al., 1995) chain running along the [1 0 0] direction (Fig. 2). In the second substructure, methyl atom C11 in the molecule at (x, y, z) acts as a hydrogen bond donor via H11B to methoxycarbonyl atom O2 in the milecule at (x+1, y, z-1), so forming by translation a C(9) (Bernstein et al., 1995) chain parallel to the [-1 0 1] direction (Fig. 2). The combination of the two chain motifs is sufficient to link all the molecules into a two-dimensional sheet parallel to (0 1 0). Two such sheets pass through each unit cell in the domains 0 < y < 1/2 and 1/2 < y < 1, and there are no direction-specific interactions between the two sheets.