organic compounds
tert-Butyl 2-methyl-2-(4-nitrobenzoyl)propanoate
aDepartment of Chemistry, 1400 Townsend Drive, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: rluck@mtu.edu
The title compound, C15H19NO5, is bent with a dihedral angle of 61.8 (2)° between the mean planes of the benzene ring and a group encompassing the ester functionality (O=C—O—C). The dihedral angle of 0.8 (2)° between the mean planes of the nitro group and the benzene ring indicates near coplanarity. In the crystal, each molecule is linked to four adjacent molecules by weak C—H⋯O hydrogen-bonding interactions. Both benzene H atoms ortho to the ketone O atom form C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds with the keto O atoms of two neighboring molecules (of the keto and ester groups, respectively), and the two other interactions involve the H atoms from a methyl group of the dimethyl residue, displaying C—H⋯O interactions with the O atoms of the nitro groups. These four interactions for each molecule lead to the formation of two-dimensional sheets with a hydrophilic interior, held together by weak hydrogen-bonded interactions, and a hydrophobic exterior composed of protruding methyl groups which interstack with the methyl groups in adjacent sheets.
Related literature
For the synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and reactivity of the title compound, see: Logue (1974); Logue et al. (1975). For related structures, see: Crosse et al. (2010); Gould et al. (2010); Logue et al. (2010). For the syntheses and characterization of structurally similar indanone-derived β-keto ester derivatives, see: Alemán et al. (2007); Elsner et al. (2008); Mouri et al. (2009); Noritake et al. (2008); Rigby & Dixon (2008); Wang et al. (2006). For weak hydrogen-bonded interactions, see: Karle et al. (2009).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: CAD-4 EXPRESS (Enraf–Nonius, 1994); cell CAD-4 EXPRESS; data reduction: XCAD4 (Harms & Wocadlo, 1995); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810003119/zl2264sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810003119/zl2264Isup2.hkl
Crystals of the material were synthesized as reported earlier and were grown by evaporation of a solution in hexane (Logue, 1974). M.p. 605-610 K. IR (KBr pellet, cm-1): 3113, 2986, 2937 (m, C—H), 1734 (v.s., ester C=O), 1687 (v.s., ketone C=O) 1601 (m, C—C), 1524 (v.s., NO2), 1458 (m), 1389 (m), 1369 (s), 1345 (v.s., NO2), 1282 (s, alkyl methyl C—H), 1254 (s), 1152 (v.s., ester C—O), 989 (s), 932 (m), 847 (s, C—H bend), 721 (s). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ: 1.28 (s, 9H), 1.50 (s, 6H), 7.99 (d, 2H, J=9.2 Hz), 8.24 (d, 2H, J=9.2 Hz). 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ: 23.8, 27.8, 54.6, 82.6, 129.9, 130.9, 140.5, 150.1, 173.4, 196.9.
All H atoms were placed at calculated positions, with C—H = 0.93 Å (aromatic) or 0.96 Å (methyl) and refined using a riding model with Uiso(H) constrained to be 1.5 Ueq(C) for methyl groups and 1.2 Ueq(C) for all other C atoms. The quality of the data as reflected by only 66% of the reflections observed, large ADP's and inaccurate C—C bond lengths is low. The data had been collected on a 30 year old single point detector instrument not equipped with a low temperature device as part of a class project with undergraduate students. Due to the time constraints imposed by the class schedule a maximum exposure time of 60 s had to be alloted for measuring each reflection.
Treatment of 2,2-disubstituted t-butyl β-keto with trifluoroacetic acid at room temperature quantitatively generates the corresponding 2,2-disubstituted β-keto acids, which were used to probe the nature of the transition state of their thermal decarboxylation (Logue et al., 1975). Structurally similar indanone-derived β-keto ester derivatives have been prepared recently (Alemán et al., 2007; Elsner et al., 2008; Mouri et al., 2009; Noritake et al., 2008; Rigby & Dixon, 2008; Wang et al., 2006). The directing nature of weak C—H···O H-bonds has been noted to be of importance to afford the three dimensional structure observed in these kinds of molecules (Karle et al., 2009).
In this contribution we present the solid state structure of one such 2,2-disubstituted β-keto acid, i.e. the title compound being the 4-nitrophenyl derivative, and its structure is compared with those of a series of other such compounds with different substitutents in the para-position of the phenyl ring.
The title compound, C15H19N1O5, which is the final compound in a series of four (Crosse et al., 2010; Gould et al., 2010; Logue et al., 2010), is bent and has a dihedral angle between the mean planes of the phenyl ring and the ester functionality of 61.8 (2)°. The low value of the dihedral angle, 0.8 (2)°, between the mean planes for the nitro group and the phenyl ring suggests coplanarity. Each molecule is bonded to four adjacent molecules by weak C—H···O hydrogen bonding interactions. Both phenyl H-atoms ortho to the ketone O-atom form C—H···O hydrogen bonds with keto O atoms of two neighboring molecules (of the keto and ester groups, respectively), and the two other interactions involve H-atoms on the dimethyl group displaying C—H···O interactions with the O-atoms on the nitro groups, Fig. 3. These four interactions for each molecule result in two-dimensional sheets with a hydrophilic interior held together by weak H-bonded interactions and a hydrophobic exterior composed of protruding methyl groups (from the t-butyl moiety) which interact with the same on adjacent sheets, Fig. 4. This arrangement seems to result in a more tightly packed arrangement of molecules than in the other three derivatives, which without the nitro group as another acceptor for C—H···O interactions form only C—H···O bonded chains rather than layers and this might also be the reason why the density at 1.228 g/cm-3 is greatest for the title compound compared to the other three molecules which range from 1.108—1.194 g/cm-3.
The four structures studied which differ only in the substituent on the para-position of the phenyl ring of the title compound, H–, (Logue et al., 2010), CH3–, (Gould et al., 2010), Cl-, (Crosse et al., 2010), and NO2–, (this paper) are structurally very similar and there are no significant differences in the bonding distances or bond angle measurements in these four complexes. They do however display some conformational flexibility which are expressed by the slight variations of the torsion angles of the t-butyl oxopropanoate unit, listed in Table 2 (the common atom numbering used for all four atoms is given in Figure 2). Individually these angles vary by only small amounts, the largest variation is observed for 2—1—7—8 (the torsion angle between the phenyl ring and the plane of the keto functionality) wihich differs by 35° between the NO2- and the CH3- compound with -154.6 (3) and +170.4 (2) °, respectively. The maximum deviation for the next two torsion angles along the C(=O)—C—C(=O)—O—C backbone are with 17.22 (for 1—7—8—11) and 11.42 (for 7—8—11—O3) still significant. The last of these four torsion angles (8—11—O3—12), shows no significant variation between the four compounds.
The similarity of the torsion angles leads for all four compounds to a similar molecular geometry. They are all bent and the t-butyl 2,2-dimethyl units are folding back on the phenyl moiety with angles between the two units between 61.8 (2) and 75.3 (1)° at the extreme for the NO2– and CH3– substituted derivatives. The variations of the torsional angles result however in slightly different conformations for the four molecules, as can be seen in overlays between the various molecules as shown in Figs. 5 to 10. In all figures the six phenyl C-atoms in the two molecules depicted were positioned on top of one another in the overlay using the program Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008). The figures depict overlays of the H–derivative (in red) with one of the molecules containing a CH3–substituent Fig. 5, Cl- Fig. 6 and NO2– group Fig. 7 (each in blue); the CH3–substituent (red) overlayed with Cl- (blue), Fig. 8 and the NO2–group (blue), Fig. 9 and the Cl– (red) and NO2–derivative (blue) overlay, Fig 10.
The effect of the torsional angle defined as 2—1—7—8 is then apparent as this displays the greatest variation among the other selected torsional angles listed in Table 2. As discussed above, the greatest difference in this angle occurs between the CH3– and the NO2–derivative, Fig. 9, and in this drawing the t-butyl groups display the greatest separation compared to the others. On the other hand the overlay displayed in Fig. 7 featuring the H– and NO2– derivatives show the largest overlap between the two molecules with equivalent 2—1—7—8 torsional angles of -160.6 (2) and -154.6 (3)°.
These different conformations and the resultant shapes necessarily lead to different packing of the molecules, caused by different combinations of weak C-H···O interactions. These result in infinite chains of vastly different linkage arrangements in the case of the H–, (Logue et al., 2010), CH3–, (Gould et al., 2010), and Cl-, (Crosse et al., 2010), derivatives and a 2-dimensional sheet for the NO2– derivative (this paper). One constant theme in all of these structures is the acidity of one of the hydrogen atoms in the dimethyl moiety as one of the H atoms is involved in hydrogen bonding in all of them as is the case for other β-keto (Alemán et al., 2007; Elsner et al., 2008; Mouri et al., 2009; Noritake et al., 2008; Rigby & Dixon, 2008; Wang et al., 2006).
For the synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and reactivity of the title compound, see: Logue (1974); Logue et al. (1975). For related structures see: Crosse et al. (2010); Gould et al. (2010); Logue et al. (2010). For the syntheses and characterization of structurally similar indanone-derived β-keto ester derivatives, see: Alemán et al. (2007); Elsner et al. (2008); Mouri et al. (2009); Noritake et al. (2008); Rigby & Dixon (2008); Wang et al. (2006). For weak hydrogen-bonded interactions see: Karle et al. (2009). Paper is 4th in series (ZL2265, ZL2266, ZL2267, ZL2264)
Data collection: CAD-4 EXPRESS (Enraf–Nonius, 1994); cell
CAD-4 EXPRESS (Enraf–Nonius, 1994); data reduction: XCAD4 (Harms & Wocadlo, 1995); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).C15H19NO5 | F(000) = 624 |
Mr = 293.31 | Dx = 1.228 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 25 reflections |
a = 11.379 (4) Å | θ = 10–15° |
b = 11.393 (4) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
c = 12.283 (5) Å | T = 291 K |
β = 94.88 (3)° | Prism, colourless |
V = 1586.6 (10) Å3 | 0.50 × 0.20 × 0.05 mm |
Z = 4 |
Enraf–Nonius TurboCAD-4 diffractometer | 1196 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: Enraf Nonius FR590 | Rint = 0.072 |
Graphite monochromator | θmax = 25.0°, θmin = 1.8° |
non–profiled ω/2τ scans | h = 0→13 |
Absorption correction: ψ scan (North et al., 1968) | k = 0→13 |
Tmin = 0.931, Tmax = 0.993 | l = −14→14 |
2933 measured reflections | 3 standard reflections every 166 min |
2785 independent reflections | intensity decay: 3% |
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)] = 0.061 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.171 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.98 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0756P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2785 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
195 parameters | Δρmax = 0.17 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.18 e Å−3 |
C15H19NO5 | V = 1586.6 (10) Å3 |
Mr = 293.31 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 11.379 (4) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
b = 11.393 (4) Å | T = 291 K |
c = 12.283 (5) Å | 0.50 × 0.20 × 0.05 mm |
β = 94.88 (3)° |
Enraf–Nonius TurboCAD-4 diffractometer | 1196 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Absorption correction: ψ scan (North et al., 1968) | Rint = 0.072 |
Tmin = 0.931, Tmax = 0.993 | 3 standard reflections every 166 min |
2933 measured reflections | intensity decay: 3% |
2785 independent reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.061 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.171 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.98 | Δρmax = 0.17 e Å−3 |
2785 reflections | Δρmin = −0.18 e Å−3 |
195 parameters |
Experimental. (North et al., 1968) Number of psi-scan sets used was 2. Theta correction was applied. Averaged transmission function was used. No Fourier smoothing was applied. |
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 > 2σ(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 | ||
N1 | 0.1227 (3) | 0.3124 (4) | 0.1368 (4) | 0.0837 (12) | |
O1 | 0.1312 (4) | 0.2370 (3) | 0.0679 (4) | 0.1350 (15) | |
O2 | 0.1050 (3) | 0.2912 (3) | 0.2318 (3) | 0.1021 (11) | |
C1 | 0.1353 (3) | 0.4356 (3) | 0.1031 (3) | 0.0577 (10) | |
C2 | 0.1269 (3) | 0.5237 (4) | 0.1783 (3) | 0.0604 (11) | |
H2 | 0.1122 | 0.5059 | 0.2498 | 0.073* | |
C3 | 0.1404 (3) | 0.6375 (4) | 0.1472 (3) | 0.0564 (10) | |
H3 | 0.1357 | 0.6976 | 0.198 | 0.068* | |
C4 | 0.1613 (3) | 0.6645 (3) | 0.0391 (3) | 0.0502 (9) | |
C5 | 0.1682 (3) | 0.5738 (4) | −0.0348 (3) | 0.0624 (11) | |
H5 | 0.181 | 0.5911 | −0.1068 | 0.075* | |
C6 | 0.1564 (3) | 0.4586 (4) | −0.0042 (3) | 0.0679 (12) | |
H6 | 0.1625 | 0.3979 | −0.054 | 0.082* | |
C7 | 0.1776 (3) | 0.7879 (4) | −0.0005 (3) | 0.0570 (10) | |
O3 | 0.1533 (3) | 0.8083 (3) | −0.0971 (2) | 0.0886 (10) | |
C8 | 0.2210 (3) | 0.8869 (3) | 0.0759 (3) | 0.0506 (9) | |
C9 | 0.2737 (4) | 0.9859 (3) | 0.0097 (3) | 0.0721 (12) | |
H9A | 0.3002 | 1.0485 | 0.058 | 0.108* | |
H9B | 0.2145 | 1.015 | −0.044 | 0.108* | |
H9C | 0.3391 | 0.9559 | −0.0262 | 0.108* | |
C10 | 0.1165 (3) | 0.9360 (4) | 0.1339 (3) | 0.0759 (13) | |
H10A | 0.142 | 1.003 | 0.1769 | 0.114* | |
H10B | 0.088 | 0.8766 | 0.1806 | 0.114* | |
H10C | 0.0543 | 0.9587 | 0.0803 | 0.114* | |
C11 | 0.3195 (3) | 0.8458 (3) | 0.1591 (3) | 0.0480 (9) | |
O4 | 0.3323 (2) | 0.8769 (2) | 0.2523 (2) | 0.0727 (8) | |
O5 | 0.3918 (2) | 0.7753 (2) | 0.11076 (18) | 0.0583 (7) | |
C12 | 0.4942 (3) | 0.7164 (4) | 0.1705 (4) | 0.0714 (12) | |
C13 | 0.5390 (6) | 0.6385 (6) | 0.0848 (5) | 0.165 (3) | |
H13A | 0.4792 | 0.5827 | 0.0607 | 0.248* | |
H13B | 0.6081 | 0.5976 | 0.1148 | 0.248* | |
H13C | 0.5586 | 0.6854 | 0.0239 | 0.248* | |
C14 | 0.4540 (5) | 0.6455 (4) | 0.2639 (5) | 0.123 (2) | |
H14A | 0.3995 | 0.5862 | 0.2359 | 0.184* | |
H14B | 0.4158 | 0.6961 | 0.3124 | 0.184* | |
H14C | 0.5209 | 0.6088 | 0.3028 | 0.184* | |
C15 | 0.5827 (4) | 0.8075 (5) | 0.2131 (5) | 0.134 (2) | |
H15A | 0.6016 | 0.8576 | 0.1542 | 0.2* | |
H15B | 0.6531 | 0.7692 | 0.2438 | 0.2* | |
H15C | 0.5498 | 0.8536 | 0.2684 | 0.2* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
N1 | 0.061 (2) | 0.069 (3) | 0.124 (4) | 0.001 (2) | 0.023 (2) | −0.001 (3) |
O1 | 0.176 (4) | 0.063 (2) | 0.174 (4) | 0.011 (2) | 0.062 (3) | −0.010 (2) |
O2 | 0.102 (3) | 0.086 (2) | 0.121 (3) | −0.008 (2) | 0.025 (2) | 0.028 (2) |
C1 | 0.043 (2) | 0.050 (3) | 0.080 (3) | −0.005 (2) | 0.005 (2) | 0.003 (2) |
C2 | 0.064 (3) | 0.069 (3) | 0.049 (2) | −0.013 (2) | 0.0057 (19) | −0.002 (2) |
C3 | 0.066 (3) | 0.065 (3) | 0.039 (2) | −0.011 (2) | 0.0061 (18) | −0.0035 (19) |
C4 | 0.046 (2) | 0.069 (3) | 0.0356 (19) | −0.0047 (19) | 0.0026 (16) | −0.003 (2) |
C5 | 0.063 (3) | 0.081 (3) | 0.044 (2) | 0.000 (2) | 0.0116 (19) | −0.006 (2) |
C6 | 0.058 (3) | 0.076 (3) | 0.071 (3) | 0.004 (2) | 0.015 (2) | −0.018 (2) |
C7 | 0.061 (2) | 0.070 (3) | 0.041 (2) | 0.003 (2) | 0.0055 (18) | 0.007 (2) |
O3 | 0.127 (3) | 0.096 (2) | 0.0395 (16) | −0.0103 (19) | −0.0110 (16) | 0.0177 (15) |
C8 | 0.057 (2) | 0.052 (2) | 0.0442 (19) | 0.0064 (19) | 0.0082 (18) | 0.0069 (18) |
C9 | 0.091 (3) | 0.058 (3) | 0.068 (3) | 0.003 (2) | 0.009 (2) | 0.017 (2) |
C10 | 0.068 (3) | 0.089 (3) | 0.071 (3) | 0.029 (3) | 0.012 (2) | 0.007 (2) |
C11 | 0.050 (2) | 0.047 (2) | 0.047 (2) | −0.0044 (19) | 0.0103 (19) | −0.0005 (19) |
O4 | 0.0762 (19) | 0.093 (2) | 0.0472 (16) | 0.0111 (16) | −0.0022 (13) | −0.0140 (15) |
O5 | 0.0554 (16) | 0.0646 (16) | 0.0550 (15) | 0.0147 (14) | 0.0055 (13) | −0.0037 (13) |
C12 | 0.050 (2) | 0.069 (3) | 0.094 (3) | 0.012 (2) | −0.002 (2) | 0.004 (3) |
C13 | 0.148 (6) | 0.181 (6) | 0.164 (6) | 0.102 (5) | −0.002 (5) | −0.049 (5) |
C14 | 0.096 (4) | 0.098 (4) | 0.172 (5) | 0.012 (3) | 0.000 (4) | 0.071 (4) |
C15 | 0.059 (3) | 0.127 (5) | 0.210 (6) | −0.021 (3) | −0.021 (4) | 0.015 (5) |
N1—O1 | 1.216 (5) | C9—H9B | 0.96 |
N1—O2 | 1.225 (4) | C9—H9C | 0.96 |
N1—C1 | 1.474 (5) | C10—H10A | 0.96 |
C1—C2 | 1.373 (5) | C10—H10B | 0.96 |
C1—C6 | 1.384 (5) | C10—H10C | 0.96 |
C2—C3 | 1.365 (5) | C11—O4 | 1.195 (4) |
C2—H2 | 0.93 | C11—O5 | 1.326 (4) |
C3—C4 | 1.403 (4) | O5—C12 | 1.483 (4) |
C3—H3 | 0.93 | C12—C13 | 1.499 (6) |
C4—C5 | 1.381 (5) | C12—C14 | 1.506 (6) |
C4—C7 | 1.505 (5) | C12—C15 | 1.509 (6) |
C5—C6 | 1.375 (5) | C13—H13A | 0.96 |
C5—H5 | 0.93 | C13—H13B | 0.96 |
C6—H6 | 0.93 | C13—H13C | 0.96 |
C7—O3 | 1.218 (4) | C14—H14A | 0.96 |
C7—C8 | 1.523 (5) | C14—H14B | 0.96 |
C8—C11 | 1.525 (5) | C14—H14C | 0.96 |
C8—C9 | 1.541 (5) | C15—H15A | 0.96 |
C8—C10 | 1.543 (5) | C15—H15B | 0.96 |
C9—H9A | 0.96 | C15—H15C | 0.96 |
O1—N1—O2 | 123.6 (4) | H9B—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
O1—N1—C1 | 117.5 (4) | C8—C10—H10A | 109.5 |
O2—N1—C1 | 118.9 (4) | C8—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
C2—C1—C6 | 122.0 (4) | H10A—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
C2—C1—N1 | 119.5 (4) | C8—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C6—C1—N1 | 118.5 (4) | H10A—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C3—C2—C1 | 119.4 (4) | H10B—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C3—C2—H2 | 120.3 | O4—C11—O5 | 125.4 (3) |
C1—C2—H2 | 120.3 | O4—C11—C8 | 125.0 (3) |
C2—C3—C4 | 120.3 (4) | O5—C11—C8 | 109.5 (3) |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.8 | C11—O5—C12 | 122.9 (3) |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.8 | O5—C12—C13 | 102.7 (3) |
C5—C4—C3 | 118.8 (4) | O5—C12—C14 | 110.0 (3) |
C5—C4—C7 | 118.1 (3) | C13—C12—C14 | 111.2 (4) |
C3—C4—C7 | 123.1 (3) | O5—C12—C15 | 109.5 (3) |
C6—C5—C4 | 121.5 (4) | C13—C12—C15 | 113.2 (5) |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.3 | C14—C12—C15 | 110.0 (4) |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.3 | C12—C13—H13A | 109.5 |
C5—C6—C1 | 118.0 (4) | C12—C13—H13B | 109.5 |
C5—C6—H6 | 121 | H13A—C13—H13B | 109.5 |
C1—C6—H6 | 121 | C12—C13—H13C | 109.5 |
O3—C7—C4 | 118.0 (3) | H13A—C13—H13C | 109.5 |
O3—C7—C8 | 119.6 (3) | H13B—C13—H13C | 109.5 |
C4—C7—C8 | 122.4 (3) | C12—C14—H14A | 109.5 |
C7—C8—C11 | 111.5 (3) | C12—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
C7—C8—C9 | 109.7 (3) | H14A—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
C11—C8—C9 | 106.4 (3) | C12—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C7—C8—C10 | 109.3 (3) | H14A—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C11—C8—C10 | 110.7 (3) | H14B—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C9—C8—C10 | 109.2 (3) | C12—C15—H15A | 109.5 |
C8—C9—H9A | 109.5 | C12—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
C8—C9—H9B | 109.5 | H15A—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
H9A—C9—H9B | 109.5 | C12—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
C8—C9—H9C | 109.5 | H15A—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
H9A—C9—H9C | 109.5 | H15B—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C3—H3···O3i | 0.93 | 2.51 | 3.191 (4) | 130 |
C5—H5···O4ii | 0.93 | 2.57 | 3.387 (5) | 147 |
C10—H10B···O2iii | 0.96 | 2.71 | 3.535 (5) | 145 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, −y+3/2, z+1/2; (ii) x, −y+3/2, z−1/2; (iii) −x, y+1/2, −z+1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C15H19NO5 |
Mr | 293.31 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 291 |
a, b, c (Å) | 11.379 (4), 11.393 (4), 12.283 (5) |
β (°) | 94.88 (3) |
V (Å3) | 1586.6 (10) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.09 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.50 × 0.20 × 0.05 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Enraf–Nonius TurboCAD-4 |
Absorption correction | ψ scan (North et al., 1968) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.931, 0.993 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 2933, 2785, 1196 |
Rint | 0.072 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.594 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.061, 0.171, 0.98 |
No. of reflections | 2785 |
No. of parameters | 195 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.17, −0.18 |
Computer programs: CAD-4 EXPRESS (Enraf–Nonius, 1994), XCAD4 (Harms & Wocadlo, 1995), SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008), WinGX (Farrugia, 1999) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C3—H3···O3i | 0.93 | 2.51 | 3.191 (4) | 130.4 |
C5—H5···O4ii | 0.93 | 2.57 | 3.387 (5) | 147.1 |
C10—H10B···O2iii | 0.96 | 2.71 | 3.535 (5) | 145 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, −y+3/2, z+1/2; (ii) x, −y+3/2, z−1/2; (iii) −x, y+1/2, −z+1/2. |
Torsion | X=Hb | X=CH3c | X=Cld | X=NO2e |
2—1—7—8 | -160.6 (2) | 170.4 (2) | -175.6 (3) | -154.6 (3) |
1—7—8—11 | 43.8 (3) | 57.8 (3) | 52.8 (3) | 40.6 (4) |
7—8—11—O3 | 45.9 (2) | 34.1 (3) | 41.4 (3) | 40.6 (4) |
8—11—O3—12 | 179.50 (17) | 176.60 (19) | 179.5 (2) | 177.4 (3) |
Notes: (a) Torsion angles calculated using PARST (Nardelli, 1995). (b) Logue et al. (2010); (c) Gould et al. (2010); (d) Crosse et al. (2010); (e) this work; |
Acknowledgements
Financial assistance from the Chemistry Department of Michigan Technological University is acknowledged.
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Treatment of 2,2-disubstituted t-butyl β-keto esters with trifluoroacetic acid at room temperature quantitatively generates the corresponding 2,2-disubstituted β-keto acids, which were used to probe the nature of the transition state of their thermal decarboxylation (Logue et al., 1975). Structurally similar indanone-derived β-keto ester derivatives have been prepared recently (Alemán et al., 2007; Elsner et al., 2008; Mouri et al., 2009; Noritake et al., 2008; Rigby & Dixon, 2008; Wang et al., 2006). The directing nature of weak C—H···O H-bonds has been noted to be of importance to afford the three dimensional structure observed in these kinds of molecules (Karle et al., 2009).
In this contribution we present the solid state structure of one such 2,2-disubstituted β-keto acid, i.e. the title compound being the 4-nitrophenyl derivative, and its structure is compared with those of a series of other such compounds with different substitutents in the para-position of the phenyl ring.
The title compound, C15H19N1O5, which is the final compound in a series of four (Crosse et al., 2010; Gould et al., 2010; Logue et al., 2010), is bent and has a dihedral angle between the mean planes of the phenyl ring and the ester functionality of 61.8 (2)°. The low value of the dihedral angle, 0.8 (2)°, between the mean planes for the nitro group and the phenyl ring suggests coplanarity. Each molecule is bonded to four adjacent molecules by weak C—H···O hydrogen bonding interactions. Both phenyl H-atoms ortho to the ketone O-atom form C—H···O hydrogen bonds with keto O atoms of two neighboring molecules (of the keto and ester groups, respectively), and the two other interactions involve H-atoms on the dimethyl group displaying C—H···O interactions with the O-atoms on the nitro groups, Fig. 3. These four interactions for each molecule result in two-dimensional sheets with a hydrophilic interior held together by weak H-bonded interactions and a hydrophobic exterior composed of protruding methyl groups (from the t-butyl moiety) which interact with the same on adjacent sheets, Fig. 4. This arrangement seems to result in a more tightly packed arrangement of molecules than in the other three derivatives, which without the nitro group as another acceptor for C—H···O interactions form only C—H···O bonded chains rather than layers and this might also be the reason why the density at 1.228 g/cm-3 is greatest for the title compound compared to the other three molecules which range from 1.108—1.194 g/cm-3.
The four structures studied which differ only in the substituent on the para-position of the phenyl ring of the title compound, H–, (Logue et al., 2010), CH3–, (Gould et al., 2010), Cl-, (Crosse et al., 2010), and NO2–, (this paper) are structurally very similar and there are no significant differences in the bonding distances or bond angle measurements in these four complexes. They do however display some conformational flexibility which are expressed by the slight variations of the torsion angles of the t-butyl oxopropanoate unit, listed in Table 2 (the common atom numbering used for all four atoms is given in Figure 2). Individually these angles vary by only small amounts, the largest variation is observed for 2—1—7—8 (the torsion angle between the phenyl ring and the plane of the keto functionality) wihich differs by 35° between the NO2- and the CH3- compound with -154.6 (3) and +170.4 (2) °, respectively. The maximum deviation for the next two torsion angles along the C(=O)—C—C(=O)—O—C backbone are with 17.22 (for 1—7—8—11) and 11.42 (for 7—8—11—O3) still significant. The last of these four torsion angles (8—11—O3—12), shows no significant variation between the four compounds.
The similarity of the torsion angles leads for all four compounds to a similar molecular geometry. They are all bent and the t-butyl 2,2-dimethyl units are folding back on the phenyl moiety with angles between the two units between 61.8 (2) and 75.3 (1)° at the extreme for the NO2– and CH3– substituted derivatives. The variations of the torsional angles result however in slightly different conformations for the four molecules, as can be seen in overlays between the various molecules as shown in Figs. 5 to 10. In all figures the six phenyl C-atoms in the two molecules depicted were positioned on top of one another in the overlay using the program Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008). The figures depict overlays of the H–derivative (in red) with one of the molecules containing a CH3–substituent Fig. 5, Cl- Fig. 6 and NO2– group Fig. 7 (each in blue); the CH3–substituent (red) overlayed with Cl- (blue), Fig. 8 and the NO2–group (blue), Fig. 9 and the Cl– (red) and NO2–derivative (blue) overlay, Fig 10.
The effect of the torsional angle defined as 2—1—7—8 is then apparent as this displays the greatest variation among the other selected torsional angles listed in Table 2. As discussed above, the greatest difference in this angle occurs between the CH3– and the NO2–derivative, Fig. 9, and in this drawing the t-butyl groups display the greatest separation compared to the others. On the other hand the overlay displayed in Fig. 7 featuring the H– and NO2– derivatives show the largest overlap between the two molecules with equivalent 2—1—7—8 torsional angles of -160.6 (2) and -154.6 (3)°.
These different conformations and the resultant shapes necessarily lead to different packing of the molecules, caused by different combinations of weak C-H···O interactions. These result in infinite chains of vastly different linkage arrangements in the case of the H–, (Logue et al., 2010), CH3–, (Gould et al., 2010), and Cl-, (Crosse et al., 2010), derivatives and a 2-dimensional sheet for the NO2– derivative (this paper). One constant theme in all of these structures is the acidity of one of the hydrogen atoms in the dimethyl moiety as one of the H atoms is involved in hydrogen bonding in all of them as is the case for other β-keto esters (Alemán et al., 2007; Elsner et al., 2008; Mouri et al., 2009; Noritake et al., 2008; Rigby & Dixon, 2008; Wang et al., 2006).