organic compounds
3-Methylamino-3-phenylpropan-1-ol
aUniversität Stuttgart, Institut für Organische Chemie, Pfaffenwaldring 55, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany, and bDepartment of Chemistry, Al al-Bayt University, Mafraq 25113, Jordan
*Correspondence e-mail: jager.ioc@oc.uni-stuttgart.de
The title compound, C10H15NO, is an amino alcohol with the hydroxy group residing on the terminal C atom. Apart from the hydroxy group and the phenyl ring, all non-H atoms are almost coplanar. In the crystal, classical O—H⋯N and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds connect the molecules into centrosymmetric dimers [R22(12) descriptor] and tetrameric units [R44(8) descriptor] as ring motifs, consolidating a three-dimensional network.
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For the syntheses of amino ); Henneböhle et al. (2004); Ibrahim (2009); Jäger & Buss, (1980); Jäger et al. (1985, 2010); Jäger & Colinas (2002); Lubell et al. (1991). For hydrogen-bond motifs see: Bernstein et al. (1995). For standard bond lengths, see: Allen et al. (1987).
from isoxazolidines, isoxazolines and isoxazolinium salts, see: DeShong & Leginus, (1983Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection
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Refinement
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Data collection: XSCANS (Bruker, 1996); cell XSCANS; data reduction: XSCANS; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: XP in SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: XP in SHELXTL-Plus.
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S160053681203694X/im2389sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S160053681203694X/im2389Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S160053681203694X/im2389Isup3.cml
A solution of 2-methyl-3-phenylisoxazolidine-3-carbonitrile (150 mg, 0.80 mmol) in anhydrous diethylether (5 ml) at 0°C was added to a suspension of LiAlH4 (61.0 mg, 1.6 mmol, 2 eq) in anhydrous diethylether (15 ml) and stirred for 30 min. The mixture was allowed to warm up to room temperature and stirred for 1 h. The reaction mixture was then heated to reflux for 12 h. The solution was cooled to r.t., then at 0°C with vigorous stirring. H2O (0.5 ml), 5% NaOH (0.5 ml), and H2O (1.5 ml) were added sequentially. The reaction mixture was extracted with ether (4 x 15 ml) and CH2Cl2 (2 x 10 ml). The organic layers were dried over Na2SO4. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo (5 mbar, 40°C) to afford the amino alcohol I in analytically and spectroscopically pure form as a colorless solid [100 mg, 84%, m.p. 56–57°C; lit. 56–57°C (Lubell et al., 1991)]. Crystallization of the solid from ether afforded colorless crystals suitable for
determination. Analysis for C10H15NO, Calc.: C 72.69, H 9.15, N 8.48; Found: C 72.39, H 9.11, N 8.07.Hydrogen atoms were located from the difference fourier map, but refined with fixed individual displacement parameters, using a riding model with d(C—H) ranging from 0.93 to 0.98 Å and Uiso(H) = 1.2 Ueq(C) or Uiso(H) = 1.5 Ueq(Cmethyl). In addition, the methyl group is allowed to rotate but not to tip. Hydrogen atoms attached to the hydroxy function and to the amino moiety are refined freely because of their relevance in hydrogen bonding.
Isoxazolidines, isoxazolines, and isoxazolinium salts are useful intermediates for syntheses of 1,3-amino
by reduction with cleavage of the N–O bond (DeShong & Leginus, 1983; Jäger & Buss, 1980; Jäger et al., 1985; Jäger & Colinas, 2002; Henneböhle et al., 2004; Jäger et al., 2010). The structures and conformations of previously synthesized amino were all assigned on the basis of analytical as well as IR, 13C and 1H NMR data. When the 2-methyl-3-phenylisoxazolidine-3-carbonitrile was heated to reflux with lithium aluminium hydride in ether (abs.), the title compound I was formed in good yield. The starting isoxazolidine had been obtained from the corresponding N-methyl-isoxazolinium salt by cyanide addition (Henneböhle et al., 2004; Ibrahim, 2009; Jäger et al. 2010). The formation of the amino alcohol I was rationalized elsewhere (Ibrahim, 2009). The title compound I is already known from other routes (Lubell et al., 1991), yet, the of I has not been published so far. We herein report the synthesis and the of I, along with the supramolecular motifs present in the crystal lattice.The
of I consists of one amino alcohol molecule with bond distances and angles in the normal range (Allen et al., 1987). The molecule, a primary alcohol and a secondary amine, adopts a planar zigzag-chain conformation (C1/C2/C3/N1/C4 almost coplanar), with both the hydroxy and the phenyl group being out-of-plane. The hydroxy and the phenyl group enclose dihedral angles of -60.3 (4)° and -63.0 (3)°, respectively, with the atoms of the carbon-chain (hydroxyl-O1/phenyl-C5-C1-C2-C3), see Fig. 1. In the molecules are hydrogen-bonded through the hydroxy groups as well as the amino groups (Table 1) giving rise to a three-dimensional network. The cooperative hydrogen bonds (alternating between hydroxy and amino groups) connect the molecules into chains down the crystallographic a axis (Fig. 2). These chains consist of alternating centrosymmetric dimers, with each dimer further interacting through the hydroxyl and amino groups with the adjacent one to form tetrameric units (Fig. 2). In terms of graph-set description, the hydrogen-bonded molecules might be described as forming two types of rings (Bernstein et al., 1995), the centrosymmetric dimers being R22(12) while R44(8) represents the descriptor for the tetramer units. These interactions consolidate a three-dimensional network.This amino alcohol conformation in the crystal found here is in contrast to the conformations elucidated in solution on the basis of IR dilution experiments and extensive collections of 13C and 1H NMR data, notably coupling constants and substituent increments - there intramolecular hydrogen bonds O—H···N prevail to form monomers with chair-like arrangements (Jäger & Buss, 1980).
For the syntheses of amino
from isoxazolidines, ioxazolines and isoxazolinium salts, see: DeShong & Leginus, (1983); Henneböhle et al. (2004); Ibrahim (2009); Jäger & Buss, (1980); Jäger et al. (1985, 2010); Jäger & Colinas (2002); Lubell et al. (1991). For hydrogen-bond motifs see: Bernstein et al. (1995). For standard bond lengths, see: Allen et al. (1987).Data collection: XSCANS (Bruker, 1996); cell
XSCANS (Bruker, 1996); data reduction: XSCANS (Bruker, 1996); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: XP in SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: XP in SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008).C10H15NO | F(000) = 360 |
Mr = 165.23 | Dx = 1.103 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.54178 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2yn | Cell parameters from 30 reflections |
a = 5.9816 (8) Å | θ = 21.0–22.5° |
b = 23.8962 (19) Å | µ = 0.56 mm−1 |
c = 7.4653 (8) Å | T = 293 K |
β = 111.119 (7)° | Block, colourless |
V = 995.40 (19) Å3 | 0.80 × 0.50 × 0.20 mm |
Z = 4 |
Siemens P4 diffractometer | Rint = 0.087 |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | θmax = 67.5°, θmin = 3.7° |
Graphite monochromator | h = −7→7 |
ω scans | k = −28→28 |
3535 measured reflections | l = −8→8 |
1704 independent reflections | 3 standard reflections every 100 reflections |
896 reflections with I > 2σ(I) | intensity decay: 3% |
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)] = 0.071 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.201 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0232P)2 + 0.9564P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.04 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
1704 reflections | Δρmax = 0.22 e Å−3 |
119 parameters | Δρmin = −0.22 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: 0.026 (2) |
C10H15NO | V = 995.40 (19) Å3 |
Mr = 165.23 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Cu Kα radiation |
a = 5.9816 (8) Å | µ = 0.56 mm−1 |
b = 23.8962 (19) Å | T = 293 K |
c = 7.4653 (8) Å | 0.80 × 0.50 × 0.20 mm |
β = 111.119 (7)° |
Siemens P4 diffractometer | Rint = 0.087 |
3535 measured reflections | 3 standard reflections every 100 reflections |
1704 independent reflections | intensity decay: 3% |
896 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.071 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.201 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.04 | Δρmax = 0.22 e Å−3 |
1704 reflections | Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3 |
119 parameters |
Experimental. 1H NMR (500.2 MHz, MeOD): d = 1.82 (dddd, 3J1a,2a = 7.9 Hz, 3J1b,2a = 5.6 Hz, 2J2a,2b = 14.0 Hz, 3J2a,3 = 5.2 Hz, 1 H, 2-Ha), 2.06 (dddd, 3J1a,2b = 6.2 Hz, 3J1b,2b = 7.5 Hz, 2J2a,2b = 14.2 Hz, 3J2b,3 = 5.8 Hz, 1 H, 2-Hb), 2.18 (s, 3 H, NCH3), 3.42 (ddd, 2J1a,1b = 10.8 Hz, 3J1a,2a = 8.1 Hz, 3J1a,2b = 6.1 Hz, 1 H, 1-Ha), 3.49 (ddd, 2J1a,1b = 8.0 Hz, 3J1b,2a = 5.0 Hz, 3J1b,2b = 6.8 Hz, 1 H, 1-Hb), 3.65 (dd, 3J2a,3 = 8.3 Hz, 3J2b,3 = 6.0 Hz, 1 H, 3-H), 7.23-7.35 (m, 5 H, C6H5); 13C NMR (125.8 MHz, MeOD): d = 34.0 (q, NCH3), 40.7 (t, C-2), 60.4 (t, C-1), 63.7 (d, C-3), 128.2, 128.4, 129.6 (3 d, o-, m-, p-C of C6H5), 143.8 (s, i-C of C6H5). |
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 | 0.6223 (4) | 0.02730 (9) | 0.2754 (3) | 0.0633 (7) | |
H1A | 0.622 (7) | −0.0130 (18) | 0.351 (6) | 0.111 (14)* | |
N1 | 1.3595 (5) | 0.07300 (10) | 0.5221 (4) | 0.0610 (8) | |
H1B | 1.458 (6) | 0.0688 (12) | 0.436 (5) | 0.063 (9)* | |
C1 | 0.7636 (6) | 0.02462 (14) | 0.1583 (5) | 0.0639 (9) | |
H1C | 0.7208 | 0.0555 | 0.0681 | 0.077* | |
H1D | 0.7277 | −0.0099 | 0.0849 | 0.077* | |
C2 | 1.0300 (5) | 0.02701 (12) | 0.2739 (4) | 0.0564 (8) | |
H2A | 1.1168 | 0.0238 | 0.1868 | 0.068* | |
H2B | 1.0732 | −0.0049 | 0.3599 | 0.068* | |
C3 | 1.1102 (5) | 0.08083 (12) | 0.3929 (4) | 0.0565 (8) | |
H3 | 1.0121 | 0.0848 | 0.4727 | 0.068* | |
C4 | 1.4610 (8) | 0.11951 (15) | 0.6516 (6) | 0.0922 (14) | |
H4A | 1.4654 | 0.1522 | 0.5782 | 0.138* | |
H4B | 1.6207 | 0.1102 | 0.7351 | 0.138* | |
H4C | 1.3637 | 0.1268 | 0.7270 | 0.138* | |
C5 | 1.0643 (6) | 0.13176 (12) | 0.2623 (5) | 0.0603 (9) | |
C6 | 0.8826 (7) | 0.16881 (14) | 0.2513 (6) | 0.0790 (11) | |
H6 | 0.7948 | 0.1640 | 0.3307 | 0.095* | |
C7 | 0.8291 (8) | 0.21376 (16) | 0.1211 (7) | 0.0936 (14) | |
H7 | 0.7072 | 0.2387 | 0.1152 | 0.112* | |
C8 | 0.9553 (9) | 0.22067 (16) | 0.0047 (7) | 0.0925 (14) | |
H8 | 0.9167 | 0.2496 | −0.0844 | 0.111* | |
C9 | 1.1390 (8) | 0.18531 (15) | 0.0176 (6) | 0.0851 (12) | |
H9 | 1.2292 | 0.1911 | −0.0595 | 0.102* | |
C10 | 1.1927 (7) | 0.14055 (14) | 0.1451 (5) | 0.0737 (10) | |
H10 | 1.3169 | 0.1163 | 0.1511 | 0.088* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0526 (13) | 0.0690 (14) | 0.0665 (15) | 0.0047 (10) | 0.0194 (11) | 0.0030 (11) |
N1 | 0.0552 (15) | 0.0620 (16) | 0.0583 (17) | −0.0054 (12) | 0.0114 (14) | −0.0037 (12) |
C1 | 0.0563 (18) | 0.075 (2) | 0.0562 (19) | −0.0061 (15) | 0.0158 (16) | −0.0016 (15) |
C2 | 0.0557 (17) | 0.0585 (17) | 0.0554 (18) | −0.0043 (13) | 0.0206 (15) | −0.0044 (13) |
C3 | 0.0547 (17) | 0.0579 (17) | 0.0563 (19) | 0.0004 (13) | 0.0193 (16) | −0.0015 (13) |
C4 | 0.101 (3) | 0.071 (2) | 0.079 (3) | −0.015 (2) | 0.001 (2) | −0.0142 (19) |
C5 | 0.0563 (18) | 0.0562 (17) | 0.063 (2) | 0.0016 (14) | 0.0145 (16) | 0.0007 (14) |
C6 | 0.078 (2) | 0.066 (2) | 0.092 (3) | 0.0102 (17) | 0.030 (2) | −0.0017 (19) |
C7 | 0.090 (3) | 0.065 (2) | 0.109 (4) | 0.021 (2) | 0.016 (3) | 0.005 (2) |
C8 | 0.114 (3) | 0.067 (2) | 0.082 (3) | 0.009 (2) | 0.019 (3) | 0.011 (2) |
C9 | 0.106 (3) | 0.071 (2) | 0.084 (3) | −0.001 (2) | 0.040 (3) | 0.0100 (19) |
C10 | 0.082 (2) | 0.068 (2) | 0.073 (2) | 0.0038 (17) | 0.031 (2) | 0.0077 (17) |
O1—C1 | 1.420 (4) | C4—H4B | 0.9600 |
O1—H1A | 1.12 (4) | C4—H4C | 0.9600 |
N1—C4 | 1.454 (4) | C5—C10 | 1.373 (5) |
N1—C3 | 1.468 (4) | C5—C6 | 1.381 (4) |
N1—H1B | 1.02 (4) | C6—C7 | 1.406 (5) |
C1—C2 | 1.516 (4) | C6—H6 | 0.9300 |
C1—H1C | 0.9700 | C7—C8 | 1.351 (6) |
C1—H1D | 0.9700 | C7—H7 | 0.9300 |
C2—C3 | 1.538 (4) | C8—C9 | 1.362 (6) |
C2—H2A | 0.9700 | C8—H8 | 0.9300 |
C2—H2B | 0.9700 | C9—C10 | 1.390 (5) |
C3—C5 | 1.521 (4) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
C3—H3 | 0.9800 | C10—H10 | 0.9300 |
C4—H4A | 0.9600 | ||
C1—O1—H1A | 112 (2) | N1—C4—H4B | 109.5 |
C4—N1—C3 | 114.9 (3) | H4A—C4—H4B | 109.5 |
C4—N1—H1B | 107.1 (17) | N1—C4—H4C | 109.5 |
C3—N1—H1B | 106.3 (18) | H4A—C4—H4C | 109.5 |
O1—C1—C2 | 112.6 (3) | H4B—C4—H4C | 109.5 |
O1—C1—H1C | 109.1 | C10—C5—C6 | 118.2 (3) |
C2—C1—H1C | 109.1 | C10—C5—C3 | 121.2 (3) |
O1—C1—H1D | 109.1 | C6—C5—C3 | 120.5 (3) |
C2—C1—H1D | 109.1 | C5—C6—C7 | 120.6 (4) |
H1C—C1—H1D | 107.8 | C5—C6—H6 | 119.7 |
C1—C2—C3 | 113.9 (3) | C7—C6—H6 | 119.7 |
C1—C2—H2A | 108.8 | C8—C7—C6 | 119.8 (4) |
C3—C2—H2A | 108.8 | C8—C7—H7 | 120.1 |
C1—C2—H2B | 108.8 | C6—C7—H7 | 120.1 |
C3—C2—H2B | 108.8 | C7—C8—C9 | 120.2 (4) |
H2A—C2—H2B | 107.7 | C7—C8—H8 | 119.9 |
N1—C3—C5 | 115.4 (2) | C9—C8—H8 | 119.9 |
N1—C3—C2 | 107.7 (2) | C8—C9—C10 | 120.5 (4) |
C5—C3—C2 | 110.6 (2) | C8—C9—H9 | 119.8 |
N1—C3—H3 | 107.6 | C10—C9—H9 | 119.8 |
C5—C3—H3 | 107.6 | C5—C10—C9 | 120.7 (4) |
C2—C3—H3 | 107.6 | C5—C10—H10 | 119.7 |
N1—C4—H4A | 109.5 | C9—C10—H10 | 119.7 |
O1—C1—C2—C3 | −60.3 (4) | C10—C5—C6—C7 | 0.9 (5) |
C4—N1—C3—C5 | 58.3 (4) | C3—C5—C6—C7 | −175.6 (3) |
C4—N1—C3—C2 | −177.6 (3) | C5—C6—C7—C8 | 0.4 (6) |
C1—C2—C3—N1 | 169.9 (3) | C6—C7—C8—C9 | −2.1 (7) |
C1—C2—C3—C5 | −63.0 (3) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | 2.5 (7) |
N1—C3—C5—C10 | 54.1 (4) | C6—C5—C10—C9 | −0.6 (5) |
C2—C3—C5—C10 | −68.5 (4) | C3—C5—C10—C9 | 175.9 (3) |
N1—C3—C5—C6 | −129.5 (3) | C8—C9—C10—C5 | −1.1 (6) |
C2—C3—C5—C6 | 107.9 (3) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1B···O1i | 1.02 (4) | 2.06 (3) | 3.023 (4) | 157 (2) |
O1—H1A···N1ii | 1.12 (4) | 1.70 (4) | 2.815 (3) | 176 (3) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1, y, z; (ii) −x+2, −y, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C10H15NO |
Mr | 165.23 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/n |
Temperature (K) | 293 |
a, b, c (Å) | 5.9816 (8), 23.8962 (19), 7.4653 (8) |
β (°) | 111.119 (7) |
V (Å3) | 995.40 (19) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Cu Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.56 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.80 × 0.50 × 0.20 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Siemens P4 |
Absorption correction | – |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 3535, 1704, 896 |
Rint | 0.087 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.599 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.071, 0.201, 1.04 |
No. of reflections | 1704 |
No. of parameters | 119 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.22, −0.22 |
Computer programs: XSCANS (Bruker, 1996), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), XP in SHELXTL-Plus (Sheldrick, 2008).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1B···O1i | 1.02 (4) | 2.06 (3) | 3.023 (4) | 157 (2) |
O1—H1A···N1ii | 1.12 (4) | 1.70 (4) | 2.815 (3) | 176 (3) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1, y, z; (ii) −x+2, −y, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
We thank the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for PhD scholarship to MMI.
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Isoxazolidines, isoxazolines, and isoxazolinium salts are useful intermediates for syntheses of 1,3-amino alcohols by reduction with cleavage of the N–O bond (DeShong & Leginus, 1983; Jäger & Buss, 1980; Jäger et al., 1985; Jäger & Colinas, 2002; Henneböhle et al., 2004; Jäger et al., 2010). The structures and conformations of previously synthesized amino alcohols were all assigned on the basis of analytical as well as IR, 13C and 1H NMR data. When the 2-methyl-3-phenylisoxazolidine-3-carbonitrile was heated to reflux with lithium aluminium hydride in ether (abs.), the title compound I was formed in good yield. The starting isoxazolidine had been obtained from the corresponding N-methyl-isoxazolinium salt by cyanide addition (Henneböhle et al., 2004; Ibrahim, 2009; Jäger et al. 2010). The formation of the amino alcohol I was rationalized elsewhere (Ibrahim, 2009). The title compound I is already known from other routes (Lubell et al., 1991), yet, the crystal structure of I has not been published so far. We herein report the synthesis and the crystal structure of I, along with the supramolecular motifs present in the crystal lattice.
The asymmetric unit of I consists of one amino alcohol molecule with bond distances and angles in the normal range (Allen et al., 1987). The molecule, a primary alcohol and a secondary amine, adopts a planar zigzag-chain conformation (C1/C2/C3/N1/C4 almost coplanar), with both the hydroxy and the phenyl group being out-of-plane. The hydroxy and the phenyl group enclose dihedral angles of -60.3 (4)° and -63.0 (3)°, respectively, with the atoms of the carbon-chain (hydroxyl-O1/phenyl-C5-C1-C2-C3), see Fig. 1. In the crystal structure, molecules are hydrogen-bonded through the hydroxy groups as well as the amino groups (Table 1) giving rise to a three-dimensional network. The cooperative hydrogen bonds (alternating between hydroxy and amino groups) connect the molecules into chains down the crystallographic a axis (Fig. 2). These chains consist of alternating centrosymmetric dimers, with each dimer further interacting through the hydroxyl and amino groups with the adjacent one to form tetrameric units (Fig. 2). In terms of graph-set description, the hydrogen-bonded molecules might be described as forming two types of rings (Bernstein et al., 1995), the centrosymmetric dimers being R22(12) while R44(8) represents the descriptor for the tetramer units. These interactions consolidate a three-dimensional network.
This amino alcohol conformation in the crystal found here is in contrast to the conformations elucidated in solution on the basis of IR dilution experiments and extensive collections of 13C and 1H NMR data, notably coupling constants and substituent increments - there intramolecular hydrogen bonds O—H···N prevail to form monomers with chair-like arrangements (Jäger & Buss, 1980).