organic compounds
3-Methylideneoxolane-2,5-dione
aInstitut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Organische Materialchemie, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany, and bInstitut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Strukturchemie, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany
*Correspondence e-mail: hreuter@uos.de
The title compound (itaconic anhydride), C5H4O3, consists of a five-membered carbon–oxygen ring in a flat (the unsubstituted C atom being the flap) with three exocyclic double bonds to two O atoms and one C atom. In contrast to the bond lengths, which are very similar to those in itaconic acid in its pure form or in adducts with other molecules, the bond angles differ significantly because of the effect of ring closure giving rise to strong distortions at the C atoms involved in the exocyclic double bonds. In the crystal, C—H⋯O interactions link the molecules, forming an extended three-dimensional network.
Related literature
For the structure of the pure acid, see: Harlow & Pfluger (1973) and for the structure of the acid in combination with 2,2′-dipyridyl-N,N′-dioxide or urea, see: Smith et al. (1997); Baures et al. (2000). For the structure of succinic anhydride, see: Ferretti et al. (2002). For the preparation of the anhydride, see: Choudhary (2004); Kempf (1909) and for its polymerization, see: Otsu & Yang (1991).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2006) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536813002924/gg2110sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813002924/gg2110Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813002924/gg2110Isup3.cml
Synthesis:
The synthesis of itaconic anhydride was performed according to a procedure from Choudhary (2004), which is in close analogy to the preparation of succinic anhydride from succinic acid (Kempf, 1909). 12.4 g (95.3 mmol) itaconic acid (Aldrich) are dissolved in 100 ml of dry chloroform (Riedel). To the solution slowly under vigorous stirring 10.0 g (70.4 mmol) of phosphorus pentoxide (Aldrich) are added. Subsequently the reaction mixture is heated to 74 °C for 24 h under reflux. The reaction mixture is filtered and the filtrate is placed in an ice bath until the product (white crystals) precipitated. The precipitate is filtered off and recrystallized from 50 ml dry CHCl3. The yield is 6.9 g (60%).
Spectroscopic studies:
Elemental analysis calcd (%) for C5H4O3: C, 53.58; H, 3.6. Found: C, 52.72; H, 3.84. Melting point (DSC): 66.9 °C. 1H-NMR (CDCl3, p.p.m.): 6.567(t), 5.936 (t), 3.633(t). 13C-NMR (CDCl3, p.p.m.): 167.64 (s), 164.42 (s), 130.37 (s), 126.48 (s), 33.58 (s). IR (ATR, cm-1): 2944.78, 1843.28, 1763.01, 1697.17, 1668.89, 1437.45, 1408.03, 1384.81, 1311.18, 1274.61, 1227.05, 1167.98, 1004.77, 971.12, 927.72, 902.70, 830.47, 807.14, 783.53, 727.02, 641.88, 583.14, 532.17.
Crystallographic studies:
A suitable single-crystal was selected under a polarization microsope and mounted on a 50 µm MicroMesh MiTeGen MicromountTM using FROMBLIN Y perfluoropolyether (LVAC 16/6, Aldrich).
Hydrogen atoms were clearly identified in difference Fourier syntheses. Their positions were idealized and refined at calculated positions riding on the carbon atoms with C—H = 0.99 Å for CH2(sp3) and C—H = 0.95 Å for CH2(sp2).
In the absence of suitable
Friedel equivalents could not be used to determine the of the led to inconclusive values [0 (10)] for this parameter. Therefore, Friedel equivalents (716) were merged before final refinement.Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2006) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).C5H4O3 | Dx = 1.515 Mg m−3 |
Mr = 112.08 | Melting point: 340.05 K |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 6479 reflections |
a = 5.4854 (3) Å | θ = 3.2–27.0° |
b = 7.3498 (5) Å | µ = 0.13 mm−1 |
c = 12.1871 (7) Å | T = 100 K |
V = 491.34 (5) Å3 | Needle, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.27 × 0.09 × 0.07 mm |
F(000) = 232 |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 716 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 639 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.037 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 28.0°, θmin = 3.2° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) | h = −7→7 |
Tmin = 0.966, Tmax = 0.991 | k = −9→9 |
18134 measured reflections | l = −16→16 |
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)] = 0.026 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.065 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0343P)2 + 0.0728P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.10 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
716 reflections | Δρmax = 0.24 e Å−3 |
74 parameters | Δρmin = −0.14 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: 0.037 (9) |
C5H4O3 | V = 491.34 (5) Å3 |
Mr = 112.08 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 5.4854 (3) Å | µ = 0.13 mm−1 |
b = 7.3498 (5) Å | T = 100 K |
c = 12.1871 (7) Å | 0.27 × 0.09 × 0.07 mm |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 716 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) | 639 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.966, Tmax = 0.991 | Rint = 0.037 |
18134 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.026 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.065 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.10 | Δρmax = 0.24 e Å−3 |
716 reflections | Δρmin = −0.14 e Å−3 |
74 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 | 1.00411 (19) | 0.79021 (13) | 0.61376 (8) | 0.0188 (3) | |
C2 | 0.8967 (3) | 0.9113 (2) | 0.54015 (12) | 0.0163 (3) | |
O2 | 0.99390 (19) | 0.94361 (14) | 0.45473 (8) | 0.0224 (3) | |
C3 | 0.6656 (3) | 0.9775 (2) | 0.58826 (12) | 0.0154 (3) | |
C4 | 0.6393 (3) | 0.8894 (2) | 0.69856 (12) | 0.0173 (3) | |
H4A | 0.4873 | 0.8171 | 0.7028 | 0.021* | |
H4B | 0.6390 | 0.9814 | 0.7579 | 0.021* | |
C5 | 0.8600 (3) | 0.7691 (2) | 0.70585 (12) | 0.0194 (3) | |
O5 | 0.9200 (2) | 0.66606 (17) | 0.77659 (9) | 0.0299 (3) | |
C6 | 0.5202 (3) | 1.0912 (2) | 0.53599 (12) | 0.0203 (3) | |
H6A | 0.5626 | 1.1335 | 0.4648 | 0.024* | |
H6B | 0.3731 | 1.1309 | 0.5695 | 0.024* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0164 (5) | 0.0215 (5) | 0.0185 (5) | 0.0036 (5) | 0.0003 (5) | −0.0016 (4) |
C2 | 0.0165 (7) | 0.0155 (7) | 0.0168 (7) | −0.0018 (6) | −0.0029 (6) | −0.0029 (6) |
O2 | 0.0215 (6) | 0.0279 (6) | 0.0176 (5) | −0.0033 (5) | 0.0038 (6) | −0.0018 (4) |
C3 | 0.0143 (7) | 0.0157 (7) | 0.0163 (6) | −0.0021 (6) | −0.0004 (6) | −0.0040 (6) |
C4 | 0.0172 (7) | 0.0176 (7) | 0.0171 (6) | 0.0001 (6) | 0.0005 (6) | −0.0006 (6) |
C5 | 0.0206 (8) | 0.0212 (8) | 0.0166 (7) | 0.0006 (7) | −0.0012 (7) | −0.0036 (6) |
O5 | 0.0335 (7) | 0.0330 (7) | 0.0231 (6) | 0.0123 (6) | −0.0013 (5) | 0.0077 (5) |
C6 | 0.0177 (7) | 0.0187 (7) | 0.0245 (7) | −0.0005 (7) | −0.0009 (7) | 0.0011 (6) |
O1—C5 | 1.382 (2) | C4—C5 | 1.502 (2) |
O1—C2 | 1.394 (2) | C4—H4A | 0.9900 |
C2—O2 | 1.193 (2) | C4—H4B | 0.9900 |
C2—C3 | 1.479 (2) | C5—O5 | 1.194 (2) |
C3—C6 | 1.319 (2) | C6—H6A | 0.9500 |
C3—C4 | 1.499 (2) | C6—H6B | 0.9500 |
C2—O1—C5 | 110.65 (11) | O1—C5—C4 | 110.31 (12) |
O1—C2—O2 | 119.98 (13) | C3—C4—H4A | 111.1 |
O2—C2—C3 | 131.52 (14) | C5—C4—H4A | 111.1 |
O1—C2—C3 | 108.49 (12) | C3—C4—H4B | 111.1 |
C2—C3—C6 | 122.35 (13) | C5—C4—H4B | 111.1 |
C4—C3—C6 | 130.45 (14) | H4A—C4—H4B | 109.1 |
C2—C3—C4 | 107.19 (13) | C3—C6—H6A | 120.0 |
C3—C4—C5 | 103.29 (13) | C3—C6—H6B | 120.0 |
O1—C5—O5 | 120.01 (14) | H6A—C6—H6B | 120.0 |
O5—C5—C4 | 129.68 (15) | ||
O1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.65 (15) | C4—C5—O1—C2 | −2.28 (16) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −1.86 (15) | C5—O1—C2—C3 | 1.00 (15) |
C3—C4—C5—O1 | 2.54 (16) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C6—H6A···O5i | 0.95 | 2.73 | 3.645 (2) | 162 |
C6—H6B···O5ii | 0.95 | 2.48 | 3.369 (2) | 155 |
C4—H4B···O2iii | 0.99 | 2.57 | 3.433 (2) | 146 |
C4—H4A···O2iv | 0.99 | 2.71 | 3.181 (2) | 109 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+3/2, −y+2, z−1/2; (ii) −x+1, y+1/2, −z+3/2; (iii) −x+3/2, −y+2, z+1/2; (iv) x−1/2, −y+3/2, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C5H4O3 |
Mr | 112.08 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, P212121 |
Temperature (K) | 100 |
a, b, c (Å) | 5.4854 (3), 7.3498 (5), 12.1871 (7) |
V (Å3) | 491.34 (5) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.13 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.27 × 0.09 × 0.07 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.966, 0.991 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 18134, 716, 639 |
Rint | 0.037 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.660 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.026, 0.065, 1.10 |
No. of reflections | 716 |
No. of parameters | 74 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.24, −0.14 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009), SAINT (Bruker, 2009), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2006) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
C2—O1—C5 | 110.65 (11) | C2—C3—C4 | 107.19 (13) |
O1—C2—O2 | 119.98 (13) | C3—C4—C5 | 103.29 (13) |
O2—C2—C3 | 131.52 (14) | O1—C5—O5 | 120.01 (14) |
O1—C2—C3 | 108.49 (12) | O5—C5—C4 | 129.68 (15) |
C2—C3—C6 | 122.35 (13) | O1—C5—C4 | 110.31 (12) |
C4—C3—C6 | 130.45 (14) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C6—H6A···O5i | 0.95 | 2.73 | 3.645 (2) | 162 |
C6—H6B···O5ii | 0.95 | 2.48 | 3.369 (2) | 155 |
C4—H4B···O2iii | 0.99 | 2.57 | 3.433 (2) | 146 |
C4—H4A···O2iv | 0.99 | 2.71 | 3.181 (2) | 109 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+3/2, −y+2, z−1/2; (ii) −x+1, y+1/2, −z+3/2; (iii) −x+3/2, −y+2, z+1/2; (iv) x−1/2, −y+3/2, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
We thanks the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Government of Lower Saxony for their financial support in the acquisition of the diffractometer.
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3-Methylenedihydrofuran-2,5-dione represents the anhydride of 3-methylendihydrufuran-2,5-carbonic with the trivial name itaconic acid. From this, the trivial name itaconic anhydride of the title compound is derived. Itaconic anhydride was synthesized for research projects on its polymerization to a homo-polymer (Otsu & Yang, 1991) or together with other monomers with special focus on the properties of the resulting products and the reactions of the anhydride function of the polymers with other substances. Due to the problems (hydration, decay, isomerization) that occur if itaconic anhydride is stored a longer time or under wrong conditions and to ensure its purity, the anhydride was directly synthesized from the itaconic acid and purified before polymerization.
The asymmetric unit of the title compound consists of one molecule (Fig. 1) with all atoms in general positions. Because of its three exocyclic double bonds (2 x C=O of 1.193 (2), respectively 1.194 (2) Å, 1 x C=C of 1.319 (2) Å) the backbone of the molecule is very rigid but as a result of its low symmetry not exactly planar. Deviation [O1 = 0.005 (1) Å, C2 = -0.005 (1) Å, C3 = 0.003 (1) Å, C5 = -0.003 (1) Å; flap atom: C4 = 0.035 (2) Å; exocyclic atoms: O2 = -0.024 (2) Å, O5 = -0.035 (3) Å, C6 = -0.035 (3) Å] from planarity is best described using a least-square plane through the atoms of the five-membered carbon-oxygen ring with exception of the carbon atom of the methylene group. The resulting very flat envelop conformation is defined by an angle of 2.2 (2)° between this least-squares plane and the plane formed by the flap. The C—C bonds that the methylene carbon atom is involved in are somewhat shortened [d(C4—C3) = 1.499 (2) Å, d(C4—C5) = 1.502 (2) Å] but longer than the C—C bond [d(C2—C3) = 1.479 (2) Å] between the two sp2 hybridized carbon atoms of the ring. All in all, bond lengths are very similar to those of the acid in its pure state (Harlow & Pfluger, 1973) or in adducts with other molecules like 2,2'-dipyridyl-N,N'-dioxide (Smith et al., 1997) or urea (Baures et al. 2000).
Bond angles within the ring vary between 103.3 (1)° at C4 to 110.7 (1)° at O1 indicating small differences to the angles within a regular pentagon (108°). With respect to the carbon atoms C2, C3 and C5 that are involved in an exocyclic double bond to oxygen, respectively carbon this endocyclic bond angles are very unfavorable because they prefer bond angles of 120°. As a consequence, one of the two exocyclic bond angles at these atoms is widened [O5—C5—C4 = 129.7 (1)°, C6—C3—C4 = 130.5 (1)°, O2—C2—C3 = 131.5 (1)°] whereas the other one is in the normal range [O5—C5—O1 = 120.0 (1)°, C6—C3—C2 = 122.4 (1)°, O2—C2—O1 = 120.0 (1)°].
Without the possibility of forming classical (O—H···O) bonds and in the absence of a π-ring system for π-π-interactions, intermolecular interactions are restricted to van der Waals ones (Fig. 2), dominated by C—H ···O distances from 2.48 to 2.73 Å (Fig. 3, Tab. 1). It is worthwhile to notice that succinic anhydride that differs from itaconic anhydride by replacing the exocyclic C=CH2 fragment by a second methylene group crystallizes in the same chiral orthorhombic space group P212121 with similar dimensions of the unit cell. Within its solid state structure Ferretti et al. (2002) have identified as a key feature of the crystal packing the interaction of the negatively charged carbonyl oxygen atoms with the ring atoms of two neighbouring molecules. This structure motif is also present in solid state structure of itaconic anhydride (Fig. 5) with O···C contacts in the range of 3.083 (2) to 3.419 (2) Å and O···O contacts of 3.097 (2) Å, respectively 3.389 (2) Å.