organic compounds
Methyl 3′,5′-dimethoxybiphenyl-4-carboxylate
aUniversity of Jyväskylä, Department of Chemistry, PO Box 35, FI-40014 JY, Finland, bVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, FIN-33101, Finland, and cMolecular Materials, Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Aalto University, PO Box 15100, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
*Correspondence e-mail: sami.nummelin@aalto.fi
In the title compound, C16H16O4, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 28.9 (2)°. In the crystal, molecules are packed in layers parallel to the b axis in which they are connected via weak intermolecular C—H⋯O contacts. Face-to-face π–π interactions also exist between the benzene rings of adjacent molecules, with centroid–centroid and plane-to-plane shift distances of 3.8597 (14) and 1.843 (2) Å, respectively.
Related literature
For related structures, see: Lahtinen et al. (2013); Van Eerdenbrugh et al. (2010). For the nature of hydrogen bonding, see: Steiner (2002). For synthesis details and related supramolecular structures based on biphenyls, see: Percec et al. (2006, 2007). For related synthetic biphenyl structures, see: Rosen et al. (2008); Percec et al. (2004); Wolfe et al. (1999). For polyester functionalized dendrons and dendrimers, see: Nummelin et al. (2000). For a general review on self-assembling dendrons and dendrimers, see: Rosen et al. (2009).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2010); cell CrysAlis PRO; data reduction: CrysAlis PRO; program(s) used to solve structure: SUPERFLIP (Palatinus & Chapuis, 2007); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: OLEX2.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536813005333/fj2616sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813005333/fj2616Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813005333/fj2616Isup3.cml
3',5'-dimethoxy-biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid (15.50 g, 60.00 mmol) was dissolved in methanol (300 ml) and sulfuric acid (3 ml). The solution was stirred under reflux for 16 h and then allowed to cool down to room temperature. Water (600 ml) was added, the resulting precipitate was collected by suction filtration. The solid was washed with water, dried in vacuo affording the title compound as a white crystalline solid (15.69 g, 96%). Single-crystals were obtained from a slow evaporation of ethanol.
Hydrogen atoms were calculated to their positions as riding atoms (C host) using isotropic displacement parameters that were fixed to be 1.2 or 1.5 times larger than those of the attached non-hydrogen atom.
Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2010); cell
CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2010); data reduction: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2010); program(s) used to solve structure: SUPERFLIP (Palatinus & Chapuis, 2007); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009).Fig. 1. The molecular structure and labelling of the title compound. The displacement ellipsoids are drawn with 50% probability. | |
Fig. 2. Packing scheme along a-axis. | |
Fig. 3. Weak CH···O (blue lines), CH···π and π···π interactions occurring in the structure. |
C16H16O4 | Z = 2 |
Mr = 272.29 | F(000) = 288 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.393 Mg m−3 |
a = 6.0990 (9) Å | Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.5418 Å |
b = 7.1622 (16) Å | Cell parameters from 2092 reflections |
c = 16.2408 (18) Å | θ = 5.5–76.0° |
α = 96.589 (14)° | µ = 0.82 mm−1 |
β = 91.472 (11)° | T = 123 K |
γ = 112.493 (18)° | Plate, colourless |
V = 649.27 (19) Å3 | 0.29 × 0.19 × 0.04 mm |
Agilent SuperNova (Dual, Cu at zero, Atlas) diffractometer | 2395 independent reflections |
Radiation source: SuperNova (Cu) X-ray Source | 2025 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Mirror monochromator | Rint = 0.025 |
Detector resolution: 10.3953 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 69.0°, θmin = 5.5° |
ω scans | h = −5→7 |
Absorption correction: analytical CrysAlis PRO; Agilent, 2010) | k = −8→8 |
Tmin = 0.924, Tmax = 0.983 | l = −19→19 |
3989 measured reflections |
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)] = 0.040 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.111 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.05 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0591P)2 + 0.1033P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2395 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
184 parameters | Δρmax = 0.19 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.25 e Å−3 |
C16H16O4 | γ = 112.493 (18)° |
Mr = 272.29 | V = 649.27 (19) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 6.0990 (9) Å | Cu Kα radiation |
b = 7.1622 (16) Å | µ = 0.82 mm−1 |
c = 16.2408 (18) Å | T = 123 K |
α = 96.589 (14)° | 0.29 × 0.19 × 0.04 mm |
β = 91.472 (11)° |
Agilent SuperNova (Dual, Cu at zero, Atlas) diffractometer | 2395 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: analytical CrysAlis PRO; Agilent, 2010) | 2025 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.924, Tmax = 0.983 | Rint = 0.025 |
3989 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.040 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.111 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.05 | Δρmax = 0.19 e Å−3 |
2395 reflections | Δρmin = −0.25 e Å−3 |
184 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 | ||
O4 | 0.72065 (19) | 0.88715 (17) | 1.15112 (6) | 0.0256 (3) | |
O2 | 1.01438 (18) | 0.78669 (16) | 1.11239 (6) | 0.0245 (3) | |
O18 | 0.46733 (19) | 0.23876 (16) | 0.56673 (6) | 0.0256 (3) | |
O14 | 0.1145 (2) | 0.71333 (18) | 0.59191 (7) | 0.0301 (3) | |
C3 | 0.8129 (3) | 0.8161 (2) | 1.09788 (9) | 0.0205 (3) | |
C6 | 0.5135 (3) | 0.7715 (2) | 0.98314 (9) | 0.0210 (3) | |
H6 | 0.4281 | 0.8202 | 1.0223 | 0.025* | |
C17 | 0.4269 (3) | 0.3845 (2) | 0.61901 (9) | 0.0213 (3) | |
C13 | 0.2432 (3) | 0.6276 (2) | 0.63282 (9) | 0.0220 (3) | |
C7 | 0.4295 (3) | 0.7185 (2) | 0.89982 (9) | 0.0212 (3) | |
H7 | 0.2877 | 0.7335 | 0.8827 | 0.025* | |
C11 | 0.4573 (2) | 0.5869 (2) | 0.75182 (9) | 0.0201 (3) | |
C5 | 0.7225 (3) | 0.7530 (2) | 1.00911 (9) | 0.0202 (3) | |
C12 | 0.3244 (3) | 0.6839 (2) | 0.71684 (9) | 0.0214 (3) | |
H12 | 0.2899 | 0.7865 | 0.7497 | 0.026* | |
C16 | 0.2934 (3) | 0.4787 (2) | 0.58389 (9) | 0.0226 (3) | |
H16 | 0.2370 | 0.4417 | 0.5269 | 0.027* | |
C8 | 0.5486 (2) | 0.6439 (2) | 0.84072 (9) | 0.0196 (3) | |
C9 | 0.7577 (3) | 0.6253 (2) | 0.86810 (9) | 0.0223 (3) | |
H9 | 0.8427 | 0.5753 | 0.8292 | 0.027* | |
C20 | 0.5067 (3) | 0.4362 (2) | 0.70285 (9) | 0.0211 (3) | |
H20 | 0.5948 | 0.3689 | 0.7268 | 0.025* | |
C10 | 0.8431 (3) | 0.6785 (2) | 0.95095 (9) | 0.0222 (3) | |
H10 | 0.9851 | 0.6639 | 0.9682 | 0.027* | |
C1 | 1.1197 (3) | 0.8460 (2) | 1.19672 (9) | 0.0255 (3) | |
H1A | 1.2785 | 0.8419 | 1.1987 | 0.038* | |
H1B | 1.0194 | 0.7518 | 1.2325 | 0.038* | |
H1C | 1.1328 | 0.9848 | 1.2163 | 0.038* | |
C19 | 0.6415 (3) | 0.1676 (3) | 0.59536 (10) | 0.0271 (3) | |
H19A | 0.6742 | 0.0828 | 0.5495 | 0.041* | |
H19B | 0.5810 | 0.0866 | 0.6406 | 0.041* | |
H19C | 0.7884 | 0.2845 | 0.6156 | 0.041* | |
C15 | 0.0299 (3) | 0.8481 (3) | 0.64007 (10) | 0.0279 (4) | |
H15A | −0.0638 | 0.8943 | 0.6035 | 0.042* | |
H15B | 0.1656 | 0.9662 | 0.6678 | 0.042* | |
H15C | −0.0700 | 0.7764 | 0.6820 | 0.042* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O4 | 0.0290 (6) | 0.0305 (6) | 0.0189 (5) | 0.0141 (5) | 0.0027 (4) | −0.0002 (4) |
O2 | 0.0254 (6) | 0.0301 (6) | 0.0191 (5) | 0.0135 (5) | −0.0029 (4) | −0.0018 (4) |
O18 | 0.0309 (6) | 0.0269 (6) | 0.0208 (5) | 0.0150 (5) | −0.0011 (4) | −0.0025 (4) |
O14 | 0.0377 (6) | 0.0365 (6) | 0.0232 (6) | 0.0235 (5) | −0.0032 (5) | 0.0010 (5) |
C3 | 0.0208 (7) | 0.0181 (7) | 0.0214 (7) | 0.0059 (6) | 0.0011 (6) | 0.0039 (6) |
C6 | 0.0231 (7) | 0.0198 (7) | 0.0201 (7) | 0.0084 (6) | 0.0038 (6) | 0.0012 (6) |
C17 | 0.0219 (7) | 0.0198 (7) | 0.0201 (7) | 0.0064 (6) | 0.0033 (6) | 0.0008 (6) |
C13 | 0.0217 (7) | 0.0231 (8) | 0.0218 (7) | 0.0087 (6) | 0.0004 (6) | 0.0051 (6) |
C7 | 0.0213 (7) | 0.0232 (8) | 0.0199 (7) | 0.0094 (6) | 0.0013 (6) | 0.0036 (6) |
C11 | 0.0181 (7) | 0.0202 (7) | 0.0194 (7) | 0.0044 (6) | 0.0026 (6) | 0.0034 (6) |
C5 | 0.0221 (7) | 0.0182 (7) | 0.0187 (7) | 0.0060 (6) | 0.0019 (6) | 0.0029 (5) |
C12 | 0.0211 (7) | 0.0221 (8) | 0.0202 (7) | 0.0079 (6) | 0.0013 (6) | 0.0015 (6) |
C16 | 0.0246 (8) | 0.0237 (8) | 0.0180 (7) | 0.0081 (6) | 0.0006 (6) | 0.0017 (6) |
C8 | 0.0202 (7) | 0.0169 (7) | 0.0199 (7) | 0.0050 (6) | 0.0021 (6) | 0.0029 (5) |
C9 | 0.0223 (7) | 0.0254 (8) | 0.0192 (7) | 0.0099 (6) | 0.0033 (6) | 0.0006 (6) |
C20 | 0.0208 (7) | 0.0211 (7) | 0.0210 (7) | 0.0077 (6) | 0.0007 (6) | 0.0031 (6) |
C10 | 0.0195 (7) | 0.0242 (8) | 0.0229 (8) | 0.0091 (6) | 0.0011 (6) | 0.0019 (6) |
C1 | 0.0276 (8) | 0.0288 (8) | 0.0190 (7) | 0.0107 (7) | −0.0046 (6) | 0.0008 (6) |
C19 | 0.0272 (8) | 0.0302 (8) | 0.0258 (8) | 0.0147 (7) | 0.0010 (6) | −0.0017 (6) |
C15 | 0.0299 (8) | 0.0294 (8) | 0.0284 (8) | 0.0164 (7) | 0.0004 (6) | 0.0021 (6) |
O4—C3 | 1.2107 (18) | C11—C20 | 1.397 (2) |
O2—C3 | 1.3436 (17) | C5—C10 | 1.392 (2) |
O2—C1 | 1.4427 (17) | C12—H12 | 0.9500 |
O18—C17 | 1.3694 (17) | C16—H16 | 0.9500 |
O18—C19 | 1.4308 (18) | C8—C9 | 1.399 (2) |
O14—C13 | 1.3676 (18) | C9—H9 | 0.9500 |
O14—C15 | 1.4278 (18) | C9—C10 | 1.386 (2) |
C3—C5 | 1.485 (2) | C20—H20 | 0.9500 |
C6—H6 | 0.9500 | C10—H10 | 0.9500 |
C6—C7 | 1.391 (2) | C1—H1A | 0.9800 |
C6—C5 | 1.391 (2) | C1—H1B | 0.9800 |
C17—C16 | 1.389 (2) | C1—H1C | 0.9800 |
C17—C20 | 1.393 (2) | C19—H19A | 0.9800 |
C13—C12 | 1.399 (2) | C19—H19B | 0.9800 |
C13—C16 | 1.389 (2) | C19—H19C | 0.9800 |
C7—H7 | 0.9500 | C15—H15A | 0.9800 |
C7—C8 | 1.396 (2) | C15—H15B | 0.9800 |
C11—C12 | 1.400 (2) | C15—H15C | 0.9800 |
C11—C8 | 1.487 (2) | ||
C3—O2—C1 | 115.97 (11) | C7—C8—C11 | 121.35 (13) |
C17—O18—C19 | 117.27 (11) | C7—C8—C9 | 117.57 (13) |
C13—O14—C15 | 117.93 (12) | C9—C8—C11 | 121.09 (13) |
O4—C3—O2 | 123.42 (13) | C8—C9—H9 | 119.4 |
O4—C3—C5 | 125.19 (13) | C10—C9—C8 | 121.19 (13) |
O2—C3—C5 | 111.38 (12) | C10—C9—H9 | 119.4 |
C7—C6—H6 | 120.0 | C17—C20—C11 | 120.10 (13) |
C5—C6—H6 | 120.0 | C17—C20—H20 | 119.9 |
C5—C6—C7 | 119.98 (13) | C11—C20—H20 | 119.9 |
O18—C17—C16 | 115.76 (13) | C5—C10—H10 | 119.7 |
O18—C17—C20 | 123.83 (13) | C9—C10—C5 | 120.53 (14) |
C16—C17—C20 | 120.40 (13) | C9—C10—H10 | 119.7 |
O14—C13—C12 | 124.10 (13) | O2—C1—H1A | 109.5 |
O14—C13—C16 | 114.75 (13) | O2—C1—H1B | 109.5 |
C16—C13—C12 | 121.14 (13) | O2—C1—H1C | 109.5 |
C6—C7—H7 | 119.2 | H1A—C1—H1B | 109.5 |
C6—C7—C8 | 121.62 (13) | H1A—C1—H1C | 109.5 |
C8—C7—H7 | 119.2 | H1B—C1—H1C | 109.5 |
C12—C11—C8 | 120.57 (13) | O18—C19—H19A | 109.5 |
C20—C11—C12 | 119.93 (14) | O18—C19—H19B | 109.5 |
C20—C11—C8 | 119.50 (13) | O18—C19—H19C | 109.5 |
C6—C5—C3 | 119.12 (13) | H19A—C19—H19B | 109.5 |
C6—C5—C10 | 119.11 (14) | H19A—C19—H19C | 109.5 |
C10—C5—C3 | 121.77 (13) | H19B—C19—H19C | 109.5 |
C13—C12—C11 | 119.01 (13) | O14—C15—H15A | 109.5 |
C13—C12—H12 | 120.5 | O14—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
C11—C12—H12 | 120.5 | O14—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
C17—C16—C13 | 119.41 (14) | H15A—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
C17—C16—H16 | 120.3 | H15A—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
C13—C16—H16 | 120.3 | H15B—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
O4—C3—C5—C6 | −1.2 (2) | C12—C11—C8—C7 | 28.9 (2) |
O4—C3—C5—C10 | 177.90 (14) | C12—C11—C8—C9 | −150.86 (14) |
O2—C3—C5—C6 | 179.48 (13) | C12—C11—C20—C17 | 0.9 (2) |
O2—C3—C5—C10 | −1.4 (2) | C16—C17—C20—C11 | −1.4 (2) |
O18—C17—C16—C13 | 179.66 (13) | C16—C13—C12—C11 | −0.4 (2) |
O18—C17—C20—C11 | −179.97 (13) | C8—C11—C12—C13 | 179.45 (13) |
O14—C13—C12—C11 | −179.23 (13) | C8—C11—C20—C17 | −178.56 (13) |
O14—C13—C16—C17 | 178.85 (13) | C8—C9—C10—C5 | −0.3 (2) |
C3—C5—C10—C9 | −178.42 (14) | C20—C17—C16—C13 | 1.0 (2) |
C6—C7—C8—C11 | 179.75 (13) | C20—C11—C12—C13 | 0.0 (2) |
C6—C7—C8—C9 | −0.4 (2) | C20—C11—C8—C7 | −151.58 (14) |
C6—C5—C10—C9 | 0.7 (2) | C20—C11—C8—C9 | 28.6 (2) |
C7—C6—C5—C3 | 178.20 (13) | C1—O2—C3—O4 | −0.2 (2) |
C7—C6—C5—C10 | −0.9 (2) | C1—O2—C3—C5 | 179.10 (12) |
C7—C8—C9—C10 | 0.2 (2) | C19—O18—C17—C16 | 167.89 (13) |
C11—C8—C9—C10 | 179.99 (13) | C19—O18—C17—C20 | −13.5 (2) |
C5—C6—C7—C8 | 0.8 (2) | C15—O14—C13—C12 | −9.0 (2) |
C12—C13—C16—C17 | −0.1 (2) | C15—O14—C13—C16 | 172.12 (13) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C6—H6···O2i | 0.95 | 2.89 | 3.7702 (19) | 154 |
C7—H7···O4ii | 0.95 | 2.85 | 3.4607 (19) | 123 |
C12—H12···O4ii | 0.95 | 2.71 | 3.644 (2) | 170 |
C16—H16···O14iii | 0.95 | 2.65 | 3.514 (2) | 151 |
C1—H1A···O4iv | 0.98 | 2.73 | 3.665 (2) | 159 |
C19—H19A···O18v | 0.98 | 2.65 | 3.538 (2) | 151 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y, z; (ii) −x+1, −y+2, −z+2; (iii) −x, −y+1, −z+1; (iv) x+1, y, z; (v) −x+1, −y, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C16H16O4 |
Mr | 272.29 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 123 |
a, b, c (Å) | 6.0990 (9), 7.1622 (16), 16.2408 (18) |
α, β, γ (°) | 96.589 (14), 91.472 (11), 112.493 (18) |
V (Å3) | 649.27 (19) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Cu Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.82 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.29 × 0.19 × 0.04 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Agilent SuperNova (Dual, Cu at zero, Atlas) diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Analytical CrysAlis PRO; Agilent, 2010) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.924, 0.983 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 3989, 2395, 2025 |
Rint | 0.025 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.605 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.040, 0.111, 1.05 |
No. of reflections | 2395 |
No. of parameters | 184 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.19, −0.25 |
Computer programs: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2010), SUPERFLIP (Palatinus & Chapuis, 2007), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006), OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C6—H6···O2i | 0.95 | 2.89 | 3.7702 (19) | 154 |
C7—H7···O4ii | 0.95 | 2.85 | 3.4607 (19) | 123 |
C12—H12···O4ii | 0.95 | 2.71 | 3.644 (2) | 170 |
C16—H16···O14iii | 0.95 | 2.65 | 3.514 (2) | 151 |
C1—H1A···O4iv | 0.98 | 2.73 | 3.665 (2) | 159 |
C19—H19A···O18v | 0.98 | 2.65 | 3.538 (2) | 151 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y, z; (ii) −x+1, −y+2, −z+2; (iii) −x, −y+1, −z+1; (iv) x+1, y, z; (v) −x+1, −y, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
SN acknowledges the Academy of Finland for financial support (No. 138850).
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Biphenyls represent a new class of arylmethyl ethers and esters that serve as building blocks for the construction of amphiphilic dendrons. These dendrons, synthesized in a multi-step reaction sequence, self-assemble into hollow and non-hollow supramolecular dendrimers that further self-organize into periodic assemblies (Percec et al. 2006, 2007). The key synthetic step is the C—C bond formation between the aromatic rings. This is accomplished with metal catalyzed cross-coupling reaction (Percec et al. 2004, 2006; Rosen et al. 2008, Wolfe et al. 1999). As a contribution to a structural study of biphenyl ester derivatives we report here the title compound methyl-(3',5'-dimethoxy-biphenyl)-4-carboxylate (I).
Compound (I) crystallizes in triclinic space group P-1 (No. 2) without any solvent molecules, and having a single molecule in an asymmetric unit (Fig. 1). The intramolecular dihedral angle between the phenyl rings is 28.9 (2)°, similar to that of reported for analogous methyl 3',4',5'-trimethoxybiphenyl-4- carboxylate (Lahtinen et al. 2013). The molecules are packed in antiparallel arrangement (Fig. 2). Weak intermolecular π-π interactions (face-to-face) exist between adjacent aromatic rings having centroid-centroid and plane to plane shift distances of 3.8597 (14) and 1.843 (2) Å, respectively. Whereas weak CH-π interaction occurs between a methoxy group and nearby phenyl ring with a d(D···centroid) of 3.8303 (19) Å. Additionally, weak intermolecular CH···O hydrogen bonds occur between aromatic H atoms and neighboring methoxy O atoms with d(D···A) varying between 3.4607 (19), and 3.7702 (19) Å. Moreover, weak hydrogen bond exist between the carbonyl oxygen and aromatic ring hydrogen (C12—H12···O4) with d(D···A) of 3.644 (2) Å. The methyl ester and the two methoxy groups show characteristic geometries, typical bond distances and angles for these groups (see Tables) and are in planar orientation towards their host rings.