organic compounds
4-Hydroxy-1-methyl-3-phenylquinolin-2(1H)-one
aDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Zlin 76272, Czech Republic, and bFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
*Correspondence e-mail: andrej.pevec@fkkt.uni-lj.si
In the title compound, C16H13NO2, the quinoline system is approximately planar with a maximum deviation from the least-squares plane of 0.059 (1) Å for the N atom. The phenyl ring is rotated by 62.16 (4)° with respect to the plane of the quinoline system. In the crystal, O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link molecules into infinite chains running along the b-axis direction.
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For the preparation of the title compound and other 4-hydroxyquinolin-2-ones, see: Baumgarten & Kärgel (1927); Lange et al., (2001); Martensson & Nilsson (1960); Bezuglyi et al. (1992). For synthetic utilization of the title compound, see: Kafka et al. (2002); Klásek et al. (2002).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 1998); cell DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO and SCALEPACK; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2009) and DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 1999); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 2012).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536813000226/fy2079sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813000226/fy2079Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813000226/fy2079Isup3.cml
Title compound was prepared according to a modified procedure published by Baumgarten & Kärgel (1927). A mixture of N-methylaniline (10.7 g, 100 mmol) and diethyl phenylmalonate (24.8 g, 105 mmol) was gradually heated in a Wood's metal bath at 200–290 °C for 4.5 h (until the distillation of ethanol stopped; reached 8.57 g, i.e. 93% of theoretical mass of distillate). The hot reaction mixture was poured into a mortar, crushed after cooling and dissolved in the mixture of aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (0.5 M, 300 ml) and toluene (50 ml). The aqueous phase was separated, washed with toluene, shortly stirred with active carbon, filtered and acidified by addition of 10% hydrochloric acid to Kongo red. The precipitated white solid was filtered off, washed with water and air dried affording 23.4 g (93% of theory) of crude product, m. p. 223–225 C. Crystallization of the crude product from ethanol afforded 20.1 g (80% of theoretical yield) of the title compound (I), m. p. 222–226 °C. In the literature (Martensson & Nilsson, 1960), the same m. p. is given.
All H atoms were included in the model at geometrically calculated positions and refined using a riding model, with C—H bond lengths constrained to 0.93 Å (aromatic CH), 0.96 Å (methyl CH3), and O—H = 0.82 Å, and with Uiso(H) values of 1.2Ueq(C) [for aromatic CH] or 1.5Ueq(C) [for OH and methyl groups]. In the absence of significant
the could not be determined reliably. Therefore Friedel-pairs were merged prior to the final cycle. 16 low angle reflections were dropped by the integration routines because of detector saturation.Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 1998); cell
DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2009) and DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 1999); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 2012).C16H13NO2 | F(000) = 264 |
Mr = 251.27 | Dx = 1.348 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Melting point = 495–499 K |
Hall symbol: P 2yb | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 6.1787 (2) Å | Cell parameters from 1471 reflections |
b = 8.2696 (2) Å | θ = 1.0–27.5° |
c = 12.3665 (4) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
β = 101.632 (2)° | T = 293 K |
V = 618.89 (3) Å3 | Prism, colorless |
Z = 2 | 0.50 × 0.25 × 0.10 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD area-detector diffractometer | 1479 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1235 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.017 |
ϕ scans + ω scans | θmax = 27.4°, θmin = 5.5° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) | h = −7→7 |
Tmin = 0.957, Tmax = 0.991 | k = −10→8 |
2580 measured reflections | l = −16→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)] = 0.039 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.102 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.02 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0575P)2 + 0.0786P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
1479 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.0001 |
174 parameters | Δρmax = 0.13 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Δρmin = −0.16 e Å−3 |
C16H13NO2 | V = 618.89 (3) Å3 |
Mr = 251.27 | Z = 2 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 6.1787 (2) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
b = 8.2696 (2) Å | T = 293 K |
c = 12.3665 (4) Å | 0.50 × 0.25 × 0.10 mm |
β = 101.632 (2)° |
Nonius KappaCCD area-detector diffractometer | 1479 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) | 1235 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.957, Tmax = 0.991 | Rint = 0.017 |
2580 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.039 | 1 restraint |
wR(F2) = 0.102 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.02 | Δρmax = 0.13 e Å−3 |
1479 reflections | Δρmin = −0.16 e Å−3 |
174 parameters |
Experimental. 216 frames in 4 sets of ϕ scans + ω scans. Rotation/frame = 2.0 °. Crystal-detector distance = 31 mm. Measuring time = 200 s/°. |
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 | −0.3506 (3) | 0.6870 (2) | 0.76995 (14) | 0.0421 (5) | |
O1 | −0.3484 (2) | 0.6084 (2) | 0.94498 (12) | 0.0461 (4) | |
O2 | 0.2230 (3) | 0.9476 (3) | 0.86700 (12) | 0.0527 (5) | |
H2O | 0.2433 | 0.9751 | 0.9320 | 0.079* | |
C1 | −0.2491 (4) | 0.7574 (3) | 0.69150 (17) | 0.0408 (5) | |
C2 | −0.3367 (5) | 0.7420 (4) | 0.57760 (19) | 0.0563 (7) | |
H2 | −0.4659 | 0.6833 | 0.5536 | 0.068* | |
C3 | −0.2321 (5) | 0.8131 (4) | 0.50211 (19) | 0.0640 (8) | |
H3 | −0.2903 | 0.8004 | 0.4272 | 0.077* | |
C4 | −0.0430 (6) | 0.9027 (4) | 0.5350 (2) | 0.0631 (7) | |
H4 | 0.0251 | 0.9512 | 0.4827 | 0.076* | |
C5 | 0.0453 (5) | 0.9202 (3) | 0.64626 (19) | 0.0531 (6) | |
H5 | 0.1720 | 0.9821 | 0.6688 | 0.064* | |
C6 | −0.0539 (4) | 0.8458 (3) | 0.72531 (17) | 0.0408 (5) | |
C7 | 0.0393 (4) | 0.8579 (3) | 0.84224 (17) | 0.0392 (5) | |
C8 | −0.0553 (4) | 0.7782 (3) | 0.91735 (16) | 0.0374 (5) | |
C9 | −0.2559 (3) | 0.6871 (3) | 0.88098 (16) | 0.0374 (5) | |
C10 | −0.5599 (4) | 0.6003 (4) | 0.7363 (2) | 0.0558 (6) | |
H10A | −0.5330 | 0.4973 | 0.7057 | 0.084* | |
H10B | −0.6579 | 0.6625 | 0.6817 | 0.084* | |
H10C | −0.6261 | 0.5843 | 0.7994 | 0.084* | |
C11 | 0.0412 (3) | 0.7767 (3) | 1.03788 (15) | 0.0374 (5) | |
C12 | 0.2473 (4) | 0.7070 (3) | 1.07702 (19) | 0.0456 (5) | |
H12 | 0.3288 | 0.6669 | 1.0274 | 0.055* | |
C13 | 0.3319 (4) | 0.6971 (4) | 1.1895 (2) | 0.0537 (6) | |
H13 | 0.4682 | 0.6483 | 1.2151 | 0.064* | |
C14 | 0.2142 (5) | 0.7594 (4) | 1.26318 (19) | 0.0568 (7) | |
H14 | 0.2709 | 0.7523 | 1.3386 | 0.068* | |
C15 | 0.0133 (4) | 0.8321 (4) | 1.22571 (19) | 0.0535 (6) | |
H15 | −0.0640 | 0.8764 | 1.2758 | 0.064* | |
C16 | −0.0749 (4) | 0.8396 (3) | 1.11342 (18) | 0.0460 (6) | |
H16 | −0.2124 | 0.8871 | 1.0886 | 0.055* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
N1 | 0.0427 (10) | 0.0467 (10) | 0.0362 (9) | 0.0025 (9) | 0.0062 (7) | 0.0040 (9) |
O1 | 0.0438 (8) | 0.0554 (10) | 0.0408 (8) | 0.0007 (8) | 0.0124 (6) | 0.0101 (7) |
O2 | 0.0653 (10) | 0.0598 (10) | 0.0366 (8) | −0.0198 (9) | 0.0191 (8) | −0.0084 (8) |
C1 | 0.0524 (12) | 0.0392 (11) | 0.0311 (10) | 0.0092 (10) | 0.0095 (9) | 0.0020 (9) |
C2 | 0.0630 (15) | 0.0639 (17) | 0.0397 (12) | 0.0002 (13) | 0.0047 (11) | 0.0030 (12) |
C3 | 0.087 (2) | 0.0729 (19) | 0.0299 (11) | 0.0020 (17) | 0.0058 (12) | 0.0045 (12) |
C4 | 0.0925 (19) | 0.0656 (17) | 0.0352 (11) | −0.0053 (16) | 0.0220 (12) | 0.0065 (12) |
C5 | 0.0719 (15) | 0.0535 (15) | 0.0376 (11) | −0.0069 (13) | 0.0201 (11) | −0.0013 (12) |
C6 | 0.0531 (13) | 0.0377 (11) | 0.0339 (10) | 0.0027 (10) | 0.0143 (9) | −0.0009 (9) |
C7 | 0.0472 (12) | 0.0402 (12) | 0.0325 (10) | −0.0009 (9) | 0.0136 (9) | −0.0039 (9) |
C8 | 0.0448 (11) | 0.0383 (11) | 0.0312 (10) | 0.0041 (9) | 0.0128 (8) | −0.0010 (9) |
C9 | 0.0418 (11) | 0.0392 (11) | 0.0327 (10) | 0.0083 (10) | 0.0115 (8) | 0.0030 (9) |
C10 | 0.0476 (12) | 0.0669 (16) | 0.0497 (13) | −0.0029 (13) | 0.0022 (10) | 0.0035 (13) |
C11 | 0.0432 (11) | 0.0398 (11) | 0.0315 (10) | −0.0029 (10) | 0.0127 (9) | 0.0005 (9) |
C12 | 0.0439 (12) | 0.0535 (14) | 0.0410 (11) | 0.0019 (11) | 0.0126 (9) | −0.0017 (11) |
C13 | 0.0470 (13) | 0.0618 (15) | 0.0492 (13) | 0.0024 (12) | 0.0019 (10) | 0.0052 (13) |
C14 | 0.0621 (15) | 0.0732 (17) | 0.0317 (11) | −0.0115 (14) | 0.0017 (10) | 0.0033 (11) |
C15 | 0.0594 (15) | 0.0693 (16) | 0.0353 (11) | −0.0037 (13) | 0.0177 (10) | −0.0062 (12) |
C16 | 0.0483 (12) | 0.0557 (14) | 0.0354 (11) | 0.0045 (11) | 0.0118 (9) | −0.0011 (11) |
N1—C9 | 1.380 (3) | C7—C8 | 1.363 (3) |
N1—C1 | 1.385 (3) | C8—C9 | 1.443 (3) |
N1—C10 | 1.464 (3) | C8—C11 | 1.490 (3) |
O1—C9 | 1.248 (3) | C10—H10A | 0.9600 |
O2—C7 | 1.339 (3) | C10—H10B | 0.9600 |
O2—H2O | 0.8200 | C10—H10C | 0.9600 |
C1—C6 | 1.400 (3) | C11—C16 | 1.389 (3) |
C1—C2 | 1.409 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.393 (3) |
C2—C3 | 1.370 (4) | C12—C13 | 1.386 (3) |
C2—H2 | 0.9300 | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C3—C4 | 1.374 (4) | C13—C14 | 1.376 (4) |
C3—H3 | 0.9300 | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
C4—C5 | 1.382 (3) | C14—C15 | 1.373 (4) |
C4—H4 | 0.9300 | C14—H14 | 0.9300 |
C5—C6 | 1.397 (3) | C15—C16 | 1.387 (3) |
C5—H5 | 0.9300 | C15—H15 | 0.9300 |
C6—C7 | 1.448 (3) | C16—H16 | 0.9300 |
C9—N1—C1 | 122.40 (19) | O1—C9—N1 | 118.3 (2) |
C9—N1—C10 | 117.14 (19) | O1—C9—C8 | 123.29 (18) |
C1—N1—C10 | 120.37 (18) | N1—C9—C8 | 118.40 (18) |
C7—O2—H2O | 109.5 | N1—C10—H10A | 109.5 |
N1—C1—C6 | 119.64 (18) | N1—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
N1—C1—C2 | 121.7 (2) | H10A—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
C6—C1—C2 | 118.7 (2) | N1—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C3—C2—C1 | 120.2 (2) | H10A—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C3—C2—H2 | 119.9 | H10B—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C1—C2—H2 | 119.9 | C16—C11—C12 | 118.78 (19) |
C2—C3—C4 | 121.3 (2) | C16—C11—C8 | 120.87 (19) |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.3 | C12—C11—C8 | 120.32 (18) |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.3 | C13—C12—C11 | 120.4 (2) |
C3—C4—C5 | 119.5 (2) | C13—C12—H12 | 119.8 |
C3—C4—H4 | 120.3 | C11—C12—H12 | 119.8 |
C5—C4—H4 | 120.3 | C14—C13—C12 | 120.0 (2) |
C4—C5—C6 | 120.7 (2) | C14—C13—H13 | 120.0 |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.7 | C12—C13—H13 | 120.0 |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.7 | C15—C14—C13 | 120.2 (2) |
C5—C6—C1 | 119.60 (19) | C15—C14—H14 | 119.9 |
C5—C6—C7 | 121.7 (2) | C13—C14—H14 | 119.9 |
C1—C6—C7 | 118.66 (19) | C14—C15—C16 | 120.2 (2) |
O2—C7—C8 | 124.90 (19) | C14—C15—H15 | 119.9 |
O2—C7—C6 | 114.51 (18) | C16—C15—H15 | 119.9 |
C8—C7—C6 | 120.6 (2) | C15—C16—C11 | 120.3 (2) |
C7—C8—C9 | 119.96 (18) | C15—C16—H16 | 119.8 |
C7—C8—C11 | 123.1 (2) | C11—C16—H16 | 119.8 |
C9—C8—C11 | 116.93 (18) | ||
C9—N1—C1—C6 | −6.3 (3) | C6—C7—C8—C11 | 175.7 (2) |
C10—N1—C1—C6 | 177.3 (2) | C1—N1—C9—O1 | −173.6 (2) |
C9—N1—C1—C2 | 173.3 (2) | C10—N1—C9—O1 | 2.9 (3) |
C10—N1—C1—C2 | −3.0 (3) | C1—N1—C9—C8 | 6.6 (3) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −180.0 (2) | C10—N1—C9—C8 | −177.0 (2) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | −0.3 (4) | C7—C8—C9—O1 | 178.3 (2) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −1.1 (5) | C11—C8—C9—O1 | −0.4 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.7 (5) | C7—C8—C9—N1 | −1.8 (3) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 1.0 (5) | C11—C8—C9—N1 | 179.48 (19) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | −2.3 (4) | C7—C8—C11—C16 | 118.9 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | 178.0 (3) | C9—C8—C11—C16 | −62.4 (3) |
N1—C1—C6—C5 | −178.4 (2) | C7—C8—C11—C12 | −63.2 (3) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | 1.9 (3) | C9—C8—C11—C12 | 115.5 (2) |
N1—C1—C6—C7 | 1.4 (3) | C16—C11—C12—C13 | 1.7 (4) |
C2—C1—C6—C7 | −178.3 (2) | C8—C11—C12—C13 | −176.3 (2) |
C5—C6—C7—O2 | 1.2 (3) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | −1.4 (4) |
C1—C6—C7—O2 | −178.5 (2) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | −0.2 (5) |
C5—C6—C7—C8 | −177.1 (2) | C13—C14—C15—C16 | 1.6 (5) |
C1—C6—C7—C8 | 3.2 (3) | C14—C15—C16—C11 | −1.3 (4) |
O2—C7—C8—C9 | 179.0 (2) | C12—C11—C16—C15 | −0.3 (4) |
C6—C7—C8—C9 | −2.9 (3) | C8—C11—C16—C15 | 177.6 (2) |
O2—C7—C8—C11 | −2.4 (4) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O2—H2O···O1i | 0.82 | 1.89 | 2.655 (2) | 156 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, y+1/2, −z+2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C16H13NO2 |
Mr | 251.27 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21 |
Temperature (K) | 293 |
a, b, c (Å) | 6.1787 (2), 8.2696 (2), 12.3665 (4) |
β (°) | 101.632 (2) |
V (Å3) | 618.89 (3) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.09 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.50 × 0.25 × 0.10 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Nonius KappaCCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.957, 0.991 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 2580, 1479, 1235 |
Rint | 0.017 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.648 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.039, 0.102, 1.02 |
No. of reflections | 1479 |
No. of parameters | 174 |
No. of restraints | 1 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.13, −0.16 |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Nonius, 1998), DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), PLATON (Spek, 2009) and DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 1999), WinGX (Farrugia, 2012).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O2—H2O···O1i | 0.82 | 1.89 | 2.655 (2) | 155.9 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, y+1/2, −z+2. |
Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the internal grant of the TBU in Zlin (No. IGA/FT/2012/043) funded from the resources of specific university research and the Slovenian Research Agency (Project P1–0230–0103 and Joint Project BI—CZ/07–08–018). This work was also partly supported through the infrastructure of the EN–FIST Centre of Excellence, Ljubljana.
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The title compound, (I) (Fig. 1), was first prepared by the thermal condensation of diethyl phenylmalonate with N-methylaniline (Baumgarten & Kärgel 1927). This reaction, performed with various malonates and anilines, is still the most widely used general method for the preparation of 4-hydroxyquinolin-2-ones, including compound I. The performance of the reaction under microwave irradiation was described by Lange et al. (2001). Among other approaches to the preparation of compound I and other 4-hydroxyquinoline-2-diones, intramolecular condensations of 2-acylaminobenzoates could be particularly feasible (Martensson & Nilsson, 1960; Bezuglyi et al., 1992). Recently, compound I was utilized for the preparation of the corresponding 3-bromo- and 3-chloro-1-methyl-3-phenylquinoline-2,4(1H,3H)-diones, from which other compounds were prepared by nucleophilic substitution of the halogen atom (Kafka et al., 2002; Klásek et al., 2002).
In the crystal structure of the title compound (I) (Fig. 2) 4-hydroxy-1-methyl-3-phenylquinolin-2(1H)-one molecules are connected by intermolecular O—H···O hydrogen bonds between the hydroxyl and carbonyl groups (Table 1). These connections form linear chains along the b-axis in the crystal structure.