organic compounds
6-Hydroxy-7,8-dimethylchroman-2-one
aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
*Correspondence e-mail: jsimpson@alkali.otago.ac.nz
The title compound, C11H12O3, is essentially planar, with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.179 Å from the mean plane through the 14 non-H atoms in the molecule. The benzene ring and the pyranone mean plane are inclined at 13.12 (6)° to one another and the pyranone ring adopts a flattened chair conformation. In the crystal, O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C—H⋯O contacts form R12(6) rings and link molecules into chains along b. Additional C—H⋯O contacts generate inversion dimers, with R22(8) ring motifs, and form sheets parallel to (-102) which are linked by C—H⋯π interactions.
Related literature
For the synthesis, see: Lecea et al. (2010). For details of the Cambridge Structural Database, see: Allen (2002) and for related structures, see: Cameron et al. (2011); Goswami et al. (2011, 2012). For standard bond lengths, see: Allen et al. (1987) and for hydrogen-bond motifs, see: Bernstein et al. (1995).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2011); cell APEX2 (Bruker, 2011) and SAINT (Bruker, 2011); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and TITAN2000 (Hunter & Simpson, 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and TITAN2000; molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97, enCIFer (Allen et al., 2004), PLATON (Spek, 2009) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812029704/lh5497sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812029704/lh5497Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812029704/lh5497Isup3.cml
The title compound was prepared according to the literature (Lecea et al., 2010) by a Friedel-Crafts type reaction of 2,3-dimethylhydroquinone with acrylic acid. X-ray quality crystals of (I) were grown from CDCl3.
Crystals of this material were not of good quality and the results presented here represent the best of several data collections. All H-atoms bound to carbon were refined using a riding model with d(C—H) = 0.99 Å, Uiso = 1.2Ueq (C) for methylene and 0.98 Å, Uiso = 1.5Ueq (C) for CH3 H atoms. The H8O hydrogen atom was located in a difference Fourier synthesis and its coordinates refined with Uiso = 1.5Ueq (O).
Our current research is focused on the preparation of quinone/hydroquinone based monomers for utilization in redox-active polymer gels. Synthesis of such systems is a multi-step process and often passes through a hydropyranone intermediate (Lecea et al., 2010; Cameron et al., 2011; Goswami et al., 2011). The title compound illustrates one such intermediate and was isolated during the synthesis of a trifluoromethyl substituted hydroquinone.
The title compound (I), Fig 1, is almost planar with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.179 Å from the best fit plane through the 14 non-hydrogen atoms in the molecule. The maximum deviation from this plane is 0.5437 (11) Å for C2. This is in keeping with the fact that the pyranone ring adopts a flattened chair conformation with the C2 atom displaced by 0.6004 (17) Å from the plane through C1/O2/C5/C4/C3 which, in turn, has an r.m.s. deviation of 0.076 Å. This is in contrast to the closely related 5,6-dimethyl-1,2,9,10- tetrahydropyrano[3,2-f]chromene-3,8-dione (Goswami et al., 2012), where both the C2 and O2 atoms of the pyranone rings were displaced significantly from the molecular plane in opposite directions. A search of the Cambridge Structural Database (Allen, 2002) revealed only two additional tetrahydropyrano derivatives (Goswami et al., 2011, Cameron et al., 2011). However, removing the restraint on substitution at the 3 and 4 positions of the pyranone ring, reveals the structures of more than 190 chromanone derivatives. The bond distances (Allen et al., 1987) and angles in the molecule are normal and, despite the variation in the pyranone ring conformations, similar to those found in related structures (Goswami et al., 2011, 2012; Cameron et al., 2011).
In the π contacts are also present linking adjacent molecules above and below the plane of the C4···C9 benzene ring and forming columns approximately orthogonal to the (-1, 0, 2) plane and resulting in a series of stacked layers, Fig 5.
O8—H8O···O1 hydrogen bonds, augmented by non-classical C9—H9···O1 contacts, form R21(6) rings (Bernstein et al., 1995) and link molecules into rows along b, Fig 2. C2—H2A···O1 hydrogen bonds form inversion dimers generating R22(8) rings, Fig 3, which further connect the molecules into sheets approximately parallel to the (-1, 0, 2) plane, Fig 4. C—H···For the synthesis, see: Lecea et al. (2010). For details of the Cambridge Structural Database, see: Allen (2002) and for related structures, see: Cameron et al. (2011); Goswami et al. (2011, 2012). For standard bond lengths, see: Allen et al. (1987) and for hydrogen-bond motifs, see: Bernstein et al. (1995).
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2011); cell
APEX2 (Bruker, 2011) and SAINT (Bruker, 2011); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2011); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and TITAN2000 (Hunter & Simpson, 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and TITAN2000 (Hunter & Simpson, 1999); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), enCIFer (Allen et al., 2004), PLATON (Spek, 2009) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).Fig. 1. The structure of (I) with ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level. | |
Fig. 2. Rows of molecules along b linked by O—H···O and C—H···O hydrogen bonds drawn as dashed lines. | |
Fig. 3. Inversion dimers formed by C—H···O hydrogen bonds drawn as dashed lines. | |
Fig. 4. Sheets of molecules in the (-1,0,2) plane. Hydrogen bonds are drawn as dashed lines. | |
Fig. 5. Overall packing of (I) showing representative C–H···π contacts as dotted lines. The red spheres represent the centroids of the C4···C9 benzene rings and hydrogen bonds are drawn as dashed lines. |
C11H12O3 | Z = 2 |
Mr = 192.21 | F(000) = 204 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.351 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 6.2808 (14) Å | Cell parameters from 4269 reflections |
b = 8.630 (2) Å | θ = 2.5–35.1° |
c = 9.389 (2) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
α = 88.603 (6)° | T = 92 K |
β = 83.638 (5)° | Triangular plate, yellow |
γ = 69.088 (5)° | 0.34 × 0.32 × 0.12 mm |
V = 472.40 (19) Å3 |
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3963 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 3368 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.035 |
φ and ω scans | θmax = 35.1°, θmin = 2.2° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2011) | h = −9→9 |
Tmin = 0.656, Tmax = 0.747 | k = −13→12 |
9073 measured reflections | l = −14→15 |
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)] = 0.065 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.188 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.11 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0874P)2 + 0.1584P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3963 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
132 parameters | Δρmax = 0.60 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.28 e Å−3 |
C11H12O3 | γ = 69.088 (5)° |
Mr = 192.21 | V = 472.40 (19) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 6.2808 (14) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 8.630 (2) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
c = 9.389 (2) Å | T = 92 K |
α = 88.603 (6)° | 0.34 × 0.32 × 0.12 mm |
β = 83.638 (5)° |
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3963 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2011) | 3368 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.656, Tmax = 0.747 | Rint = 0.035 |
9073 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.065 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.188 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.11 | Δρmax = 0.60 e Å−3 |
3963 reflections | Δρmin = −0.28 e Å−3 |
132 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 | 0.26085 (18) | 1.00639 (11) | 0.13645 (11) | 0.0271 (2) | |
C1 | 0.2601 (2) | 0.86709 (14) | 0.15707 (13) | 0.0195 (2) | |
O2 | 0.44911 (14) | 0.75378 (10) | 0.20340 (9) | 0.01890 (18) | |
C2 | 0.0627 (2) | 0.81355 (14) | 0.13980 (13) | 0.0198 (2) | |
H2A | −0.0395 | 0.8915 | 0.0761 | 0.024* | |
H2B | −0.0265 | 0.8178 | 0.2344 | 0.024* | |
C3 | 0.14248 (19) | 0.63811 (13) | 0.07686 (12) | 0.0175 (2) | |
H3A | 0.0114 | 0.5993 | 0.0819 | 0.021* | |
H3B | 0.2033 | 0.6378 | −0.0251 | 0.021* | |
C4 | 0.32642 (18) | 0.52366 (13) | 0.15984 (11) | 0.01564 (19) | |
C5 | 0.46469 (18) | 0.58834 (13) | 0.22549 (11) | 0.01568 (19) | |
C6 | 0.63239 (18) | 0.49425 (14) | 0.31075 (11) | 0.0165 (2) | |
C61 | 0.7683 (2) | 0.57324 (16) | 0.38576 (13) | 0.0213 (2) | |
H61A | 0.7096 | 0.6933 | 0.3707 | 0.032* | |
H61B | 0.9300 | 0.5266 | 0.3468 | 0.032* | |
H61C | 0.7538 | 0.5514 | 0.4886 | 0.032* | |
C7 | 0.66848 (19) | 0.32489 (14) | 0.32618 (12) | 0.0179 (2) | |
C71 | 0.8441 (2) | 0.21682 (16) | 0.41777 (14) | 0.0247 (2) | |
H71A | 0.9982 | 0.1949 | 0.3685 | 0.037* | |
H71B | 0.8197 | 0.1116 | 0.4349 | 0.037* | |
H71C | 0.8290 | 0.2735 | 0.5096 | 0.037* | |
C8 | 0.53406 (19) | 0.25683 (13) | 0.25696 (12) | 0.0181 (2) | |
O8 | 0.57401 (17) | 0.09172 (11) | 0.27400 (11) | 0.0255 (2) | |
H8O | 0.472 (4) | 0.070 (3) | 0.226 (2) | 0.038* | |
C9 | 0.36335 (19) | 0.35568 (13) | 0.17644 (12) | 0.0175 (2) | |
H9 | 0.2715 | 0.3080 | 0.1326 | 0.021* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0341 (5) | 0.0165 (4) | 0.0344 (5) | −0.0117 (3) | −0.0113 (4) | 0.0055 (3) |
C1 | 0.0231 (5) | 0.0153 (4) | 0.0197 (5) | −0.0058 (4) | −0.0048 (4) | 0.0014 (3) |
O2 | 0.0213 (4) | 0.0159 (4) | 0.0221 (4) | −0.0087 (3) | −0.0064 (3) | 0.0024 (3) |
C2 | 0.0190 (5) | 0.0157 (4) | 0.0241 (5) | −0.0046 (4) | −0.0059 (4) | 0.0015 (4) |
C3 | 0.0189 (5) | 0.0166 (4) | 0.0176 (4) | −0.0060 (4) | −0.0059 (4) | 0.0012 (3) |
C4 | 0.0162 (4) | 0.0146 (4) | 0.0159 (4) | −0.0048 (3) | −0.0028 (3) | −0.0008 (3) |
C5 | 0.0172 (4) | 0.0147 (4) | 0.0154 (4) | −0.0058 (3) | −0.0028 (3) | 0.0008 (3) |
C6 | 0.0148 (4) | 0.0193 (5) | 0.0147 (4) | −0.0052 (3) | −0.0021 (3) | −0.0003 (3) |
C61 | 0.0191 (5) | 0.0271 (6) | 0.0200 (5) | −0.0102 (4) | −0.0050 (4) | 0.0002 (4) |
C7 | 0.0165 (4) | 0.0189 (5) | 0.0162 (4) | −0.0036 (4) | −0.0034 (3) | 0.0020 (3) |
C71 | 0.0237 (5) | 0.0241 (5) | 0.0228 (5) | −0.0027 (4) | −0.0087 (4) | 0.0046 (4) |
C8 | 0.0191 (5) | 0.0145 (4) | 0.0194 (5) | −0.0041 (3) | −0.0026 (4) | 0.0011 (3) |
O8 | 0.0281 (5) | 0.0139 (4) | 0.0342 (5) | −0.0052 (3) | −0.0101 (4) | 0.0039 (3) |
C9 | 0.0177 (5) | 0.0146 (4) | 0.0197 (5) | −0.0048 (3) | −0.0038 (4) | −0.0001 (3) |
O1—C1 | 1.2145 (14) | C6—C61 | 1.5039 (16) |
C1—O2 | 1.3489 (14) | C61—H61A | 0.9800 |
C1—C2 | 1.4948 (17) | C61—H61B | 0.9800 |
O2—C5 | 1.4076 (13) | C61—H61C | 0.9800 |
C2—C3 | 1.5261 (16) | C7—C8 | 1.4051 (16) |
C2—H2A | 0.9900 | C7—C71 | 1.5044 (16) |
C2—H2B | 0.9900 | C71—H71A | 0.9800 |
C3—C4 | 1.5049 (15) | C71—H71B | 0.9800 |
C3—H3A | 0.9900 | C71—H71C | 0.9800 |
C3—H3B | 0.9900 | C8—O8 | 1.3644 (14) |
C4—C5 | 1.3882 (15) | C8—C9 | 1.3943 (15) |
C4—C9 | 1.3916 (15) | O8—O1i | 2.7788 (15) |
C5—C6 | 1.3979 (15) | O8—H8O | 0.89 (2) |
C6—C7 | 1.4032 (16) | C9—H9 | 0.9500 |
O1—C1—O2 | 117.42 (11) | C7—C6—C61 | 120.86 (10) |
O1—C1—C2 | 124.89 (11) | C6—C61—H61A | 109.5 |
O2—C1—C2 | 117.65 (10) | C6—C61—H61B | 109.5 |
C1—O2—C5 | 120.91 (9) | H61A—C61—H61B | 109.5 |
C1—C2—C3 | 111.78 (9) | C6—C61—H61C | 109.5 |
C1—C2—H2A | 109.3 | H61A—C61—H61C | 109.5 |
C3—C2—H2A | 109.3 | H61B—C61—H61C | 109.5 |
C1—C2—H2B | 109.3 | C6—C7—C8 | 119.04 (10) |
C3—C2—H2B | 109.3 | C6—C7—C71 | 121.15 (10) |
H2A—C2—H2B | 107.9 | C8—C7—C71 | 119.79 (10) |
C4—C3—C2 | 109.49 (9) | C7—C71—H71A | 109.5 |
C4—C3—H3A | 109.8 | C7—C71—H71B | 109.5 |
C2—C3—H3A | 109.8 | H71A—C71—H71B | 109.5 |
C4—C3—H3B | 109.8 | C7—C71—H71C | 109.5 |
C2—C3—H3B | 109.8 | H71A—C71—H71C | 109.5 |
H3A—C3—H3B | 108.2 | H71B—C71—H71C | 109.5 |
C5—C4—C9 | 117.89 (10) | O8—C8—C9 | 121.51 (10) |
C5—C4—C3 | 118.78 (9) | O8—C8—C7 | 117.50 (10) |
C9—C4—C3 | 123.32 (10) | C9—C8—C7 | 120.98 (10) |
C4—C5—C6 | 123.13 (10) | C8—O8—H8O | 105.9 (13) |
C4—C5—O2 | 120.75 (9) | C4—C9—C8 | 120.53 (10) |
C6—C5—O2 | 116.05 (9) | C4—C9—H9 | 119.7 |
C5—C6—C7 | 118.36 (10) | C8—C9—H9 | 119.7 |
C5—C6—C61 | 120.77 (10) |
Symmetry code: (i) x, y−1, z. |
Cg is the centroid of the C4–C9 benzene ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O8—H8O···O1i | 0.89 (2) | 1.89 (2) | 2.7788 (15) | 175 (2) |
C9—H9···O1i | 0.95 | 2.63 | 3.3371 (16) | 132 |
C2—H2A···O1ii | 0.99 | 2.52 | 3.4626 (16) | 159 |
C3—H3B···Cgiii | 0.99 | 2.54 | 3.4771 (15) | 157 |
C61—H61C···Cgiv | 0.98 | 2.79 | 3.6956 (16) | 153 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y−1, z; (ii) −x, −y+2, −z; (iii) −x+1, −y+1, −z; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C11H12O3 |
Mr | 192.21 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 92 |
a, b, c (Å) | 6.2808 (14), 8.630 (2), 9.389 (2) |
α, β, γ (°) | 88.603 (6), 83.638 (5), 69.088 (5) |
V (Å3) | 472.40 (19) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.10 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.34 × 0.32 × 0.12 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2011) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.656, 0.747 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 9073, 3963, 3368 |
Rint | 0.035 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.809 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.065, 0.188, 1.11 |
No. of reflections | 3963 |
No. of parameters | 132 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.60, −0.28 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2011) and SAINT (Bruker, 2011), SAINT (Bruker, 2011), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and TITAN2000 (Hunter & Simpson, 1999), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and TITAN2000 (Hunter & Simpson, 1999), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), enCIFer (Allen et al., 2004), PLATON (Spek, 2009) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
Cg is the centroid of the C4–C9 benzene ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O8—H8O···O1i | 0.89 (2) | 1.89 (2) | 2.7788 (15) | 175 (2) |
C9—H9···O1i | 0.95 | 2.63 | 3.3371 (16) | 132 |
C2—H2A···O1ii | 0.99 | 2.52 | 3.4626 (16) | 159 |
C3—H3B···Cgiii | 0.99 | 2.54 | 3.4771 (15) | 157 |
C61—H61C···Cgiv | 0.98 | 2.79 | 3.6956 (16) | 153 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y−1, z; (ii) −x, −y+2, −z; (iii) −x+1, −y+1, −z; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
We thank the New Economy Research Fund (grant No. UOO-X0808) for support of this work and the University of Otago for the purchase of the diffractometer.
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Our current research is focused on the preparation of quinone/hydroquinone based monomers for utilization in redox-active polymer gels. Synthesis of such systems is a multi-step process and often passes through a hydropyranone intermediate (Lecea et al., 2010; Cameron et al., 2011; Goswami et al., 2011). The title compound illustrates one such intermediate and was isolated during the synthesis of a trifluoromethyl substituted hydroquinone.
The title compound (I), Fig 1, is almost planar with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.179 Å from the best fit plane through the 14 non-hydrogen atoms in the molecule. The maximum deviation from this plane is 0.5437 (11) Å for C2. This is in keeping with the fact that the pyranone ring adopts a flattened chair conformation with the C2 atom displaced by 0.6004 (17) Å from the plane through C1/O2/C5/C4/C3 which, in turn, has an r.m.s. deviation of 0.076 Å. This is in contrast to the closely related 5,6-dimethyl-1,2,9,10- tetrahydropyrano[3,2-f]chromene-3,8-dione (Goswami et al., 2012), where both the C2 and O2 atoms of the pyranone rings were displaced significantly from the molecular plane in opposite directions. A search of the Cambridge Structural Database (Allen, 2002) revealed only two additional tetrahydropyrano derivatives (Goswami et al., 2011, Cameron et al., 2011). However, removing the restraint on substitution at the 3 and 4 positions of the pyranone ring, reveals the structures of more than 190 chromanone derivatives. The bond distances (Allen et al., 1987) and angles in the molecule are normal and, despite the variation in the pyranone ring conformations, similar to those found in related structures (Goswami et al., 2011, 2012; Cameron et al., 2011).
In the crystal structure, O8—H8O···O1 hydrogen bonds, augmented by non-classical C9—H9···O1 contacts, form R21(6) rings (Bernstein et al., 1995) and link molecules into rows along b, Fig 2. C2—H2A···O1 hydrogen bonds form inversion dimers generating R22(8) rings, Fig 3, which further connect the molecules into sheets approximately parallel to the (-1, 0, 2) plane, Fig 4. C—H···π contacts are also present linking adjacent molecules above and below the plane of the C4···C9 benzene ring and forming columns approximately orthogonal to the (-1, 0, 2) plane and resulting in a series of stacked layers, Fig 5.