organic compounds
E)-3-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one
of (2aPG and Research Department of Physics, Queen Mary's College, Chennai-4, Tamilnadu, India, and bDepartment of Chemistry, Madras Christian College, Chennai-59, India
*Correspondence e-mail: guqmc@yahoo.com
In the title compound, C17H16O4, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 21.22 (1)° and the mean plane of the prop-2-en-1-one group makes dihedral angles of 10.60 (1) and 11.28 (1)°, respectively, with those of the hydroxyphenyl and ethoxyphenyl rings. The ethoxy substituent forms a dihedral angle of 88.79 (2)° with the the prop-2-en-1-one group, which is found to be slightly twisted. In the crystal, phenolic O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds to the carbonyl O atom form a two-dimensional supramolecular network structure lying parallel to (010).
Keywords: crystal structure; prop-2-en-1-one; hydrogen bonding,.
CCDC reference: 1030607
1. Related literature
For the biological activity of chalcone derivatives, see: Nowakowska (2007); Ram et al. (2000); Khatib et al. (2005); Papo & Shai (2003). For related structures, see: Jasinski et al. (2011); Sathya et al. (2014); Joothamongkhon et al. (2010); Horkaew et al. (2010). For the synthesis, see: Sidharthan et al. (2012); Chitra et al. (2013); Sathya et al. (2014).
2. Experimental
2.1. Crystal data
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2.3. Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); cell APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT and XPREP (Bruker, 2004); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
CCDC reference: 1030607
10.1107/S1600536814023368/zs2316sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, New_Global_Publ_Block. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536814023368/zs2316Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536814023368/zs2316Isup3.cml
This is the acid catalyzed Claisen-Schmidt reaction and the procedure (Sidharthan et al., 2012; Chitra et al., 2013; Sathya et al., 2014) adopted in the synthesis of the typical chalcone diol is represented here. Dry HCl gas was passed for one hour through a well cooled and stirred solution of 4-hydroxyacetophenone (0.05 mol) and 4-hydroxy-3-ethoxybenzaldehyde (0.05 mol) in 120 mL of absolute alcohol in a 250 mL round-bottomed flask. A wine red coloured solution was formed. On addition of a sufficient quantity of ice cold water, a yellow precipitate of (2E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-ethoxyphenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en -1-one was formed, which was filtered, then washed with double distilled water and finally allowed to dry. The dried product was re-crystallized from hot ethanol: yield 80%.
Hydrogen atoms were positioned geometrically and treated as riding on their parent atoms, with C—H distances of 0.93 Å, O—H distances of 0.82 Å with Uiso(H)= 1.5 Ueq(c-methyl) and Uiso(H)= 1.2Ueq(C) for other H atom.
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); cell
APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT and XPREP (Bruker, 2004); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).Fig. 1. The molecular structure of the title compound, with displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 30% probability level. Fig. 2. The packing of the molecules in the Non-associative H-atoms are omitted and dashed lines indicate hydrogen bonds. |
C17H16O4 | F(000) = 1200 |
Mr = 284.30 | Dx = 1.316 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, Pbca | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 3592 reflections |
a = 16.3670 (4) Å | θ = 2.5–28.4° |
b = 10.5512 (3) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
c = 16.6153 (4) Å | T = 293 K |
V = 2869.32 (13) Å3 | Block, colourless |
Z = 8 | 0.22 × 0.21 × 0.19 mm |
Bruker Kappa APEXII CCD diffractometer | 3592 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2619 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.028 |
ω and ϕ scan | θmax = 28.4°, θmin = 2.5° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004) | h = −21→21 |
Tmin = 0.970, Tmax = 0.985 | k = −11→14 |
14416 measured reflections | l = −21→22 |
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)] = 0.058 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.215 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.72 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.189P)2 + 2.3286P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3592 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
190 parameters | Δρmax = 0.74 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.43 e Å−3 |
C17H16O4 | V = 2869.32 (13) Å3 |
Mr = 284.30 | Z = 8 |
Orthorhombic, Pbca | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 16.3670 (4) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
b = 10.5512 (3) Å | T = 293 K |
c = 16.6153 (4) Å | 0.22 × 0.21 × 0.19 mm |
Bruker Kappa APEXII CCD diffractometer | 3592 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004) | 2619 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.970, Tmax = 0.985 | Rint = 0.028 |
14416 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.058 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.215 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.72 | Δρmax = 0.74 e Å−3 |
3592 reflections | Δρmin = −0.43 e Å−3 |
190 parameters |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds 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 > 2sigma(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 | ||
C8 | 0.4080 (2) | 1.4090 (4) | 0.5257 (2) | 0.0948 (11) | |
H8A | 0.4638 | 1.3812 | 0.5246 | 0.142* | |
H8B | 0.4060 | 1.4969 | 0.5404 | 0.142* | |
H8C | 0.3841 | 1.3980 | 0.4734 | 0.142* | |
C1 | 0.22651 (13) | 1.3374 (2) | 0.52630 (13) | 0.0481 (5) | |
C2 | 0.14997 (13) | 1.39834 (19) | 0.52749 (12) | 0.0459 (5) | |
C3 | 0.09113 (13) | 1.3644 (2) | 0.47328 (13) | 0.0519 (5) | |
H3 | 0.0402 | 1.4036 | 0.4748 | 0.062* | |
C4 | 0.10695 (12) | 1.2720 (2) | 0.41605 (12) | 0.0464 (5) | |
H4 | 0.0662 | 1.2491 | 0.3798 | 0.056* | |
C5 | 0.18244 (11) | 1.21328 (18) | 0.41214 (11) | 0.0405 (4) | |
C6 | 0.24215 (12) | 1.2466 (2) | 0.46881 (13) | 0.0491 (5) | |
H6 | 0.2929 | 1.2069 | 0.4676 | 0.059* | |
C7 | 0.19783 (11) | 1.11972 (18) | 0.34958 (11) | 0.0405 (4) | |
H7 | 0.1538 | 1.0987 | 0.3169 | 0.049* | |
C9 | 0.26765 (11) | 1.0613 (2) | 0.33418 (12) | 0.0424 (4) | |
H9 | 0.3122 | 1.0779 | 0.3673 | 0.051* | |
C10 | 0.27837 (10) | 0.97178 (17) | 0.26748 (11) | 0.0353 (4) | |
C11 | 0.36197 (10) | 0.93496 (16) | 0.24468 (10) | 0.0331 (4) | |
C12 | 0.37395 (11) | 0.83378 (18) | 0.19164 (12) | 0.0404 (4) | |
H12 | 0.3289 | 0.7928 | 0.1695 | 0.048* | |
C13 | 0.45150 (11) | 0.79391 (19) | 0.17169 (12) | 0.0439 (5) | |
H13 | 0.4586 | 0.7265 | 0.1363 | 0.053* | |
C14 | 0.51931 (10) | 0.85457 (17) | 0.20461 (11) | 0.0369 (4) | |
C15 | 0.50858 (11) | 0.95616 (18) | 0.25631 (12) | 0.0388 (4) | |
H15 | 0.5537 | 0.9978 | 0.2777 | 0.047* | |
C16 | 0.43087 (11) | 0.99521 (17) | 0.27588 (11) | 0.0383 (4) | |
H16 | 0.4241 | 1.0634 | 0.3107 | 0.046* | |
C17 | 0.36220 (17) | 1.3339 (3) | 0.58491 (17) | 0.0685 (7) | |
H17A | 0.3649 | 1.2449 | 0.5706 | 0.082* | |
H17B | 0.3866 | 1.3443 | 0.6377 | 0.082* | |
O1 | 0.13388 (11) | 1.48915 (16) | 0.58349 (10) | 0.0614 (5) | |
H1 | 0.1742 | 1.4996 | 0.6120 | 0.092* | |
O2 | 0.27758 (11) | 1.3744 (2) | 0.58724 (11) | 0.0693 (5) | |
O3 | 0.59416 (8) | 0.81036 (15) | 0.18410 (10) | 0.0521 (4) | |
H3A | 0.6294 | 0.8522 | 0.2071 | 0.078* | |
O4 | 0.21879 (8) | 0.92718 (14) | 0.23142 (9) | 0.0459 (4) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C8 | 0.073 (2) | 0.102 (3) | 0.109 (3) | −0.0156 (18) | 0.0008 (18) | −0.020 (2) |
C1 | 0.0428 (10) | 0.0523 (11) | 0.0490 (11) | 0.0000 (8) | 0.0078 (8) | −0.0092 (8) |
C2 | 0.0484 (11) | 0.0444 (9) | 0.0447 (10) | 0.0038 (8) | 0.0164 (8) | 0.0003 (8) |
C3 | 0.0447 (11) | 0.0565 (12) | 0.0546 (12) | 0.0179 (9) | 0.0094 (9) | 0.0036 (9) |
C4 | 0.0383 (10) | 0.0543 (11) | 0.0468 (11) | 0.0080 (8) | 0.0016 (8) | 0.0021 (9) |
C5 | 0.0352 (9) | 0.0435 (9) | 0.0430 (10) | 0.0025 (7) | 0.0056 (7) | 0.0001 (7) |
C6 | 0.0351 (9) | 0.0587 (12) | 0.0536 (12) | 0.0053 (8) | 0.0009 (8) | −0.0135 (9) |
C7 | 0.0327 (8) | 0.0458 (9) | 0.0429 (10) | 0.0003 (7) | −0.0004 (7) | −0.0022 (7) |
C9 | 0.0291 (8) | 0.0559 (11) | 0.0423 (10) | 0.0000 (7) | −0.0010 (7) | −0.0087 (8) |
C10 | 0.0264 (8) | 0.0425 (9) | 0.0370 (9) | −0.0010 (6) | 0.0000 (6) | 0.0016 (7) |
C11 | 0.0265 (8) | 0.0395 (8) | 0.0334 (8) | −0.0017 (6) | −0.0007 (6) | −0.0007 (6) |
C12 | 0.0300 (8) | 0.0465 (10) | 0.0447 (10) | −0.0037 (7) | −0.0052 (7) | −0.0093 (7) |
C13 | 0.0347 (9) | 0.0460 (9) | 0.0510 (11) | 0.0021 (7) | −0.0030 (7) | −0.0160 (8) |
C14 | 0.0266 (8) | 0.0411 (8) | 0.0428 (9) | 0.0009 (6) | 0.0008 (6) | 0.0003 (7) |
C15 | 0.0262 (8) | 0.0459 (9) | 0.0444 (10) | −0.0062 (7) | −0.0030 (7) | −0.0063 (7) |
C16 | 0.0302 (9) | 0.0414 (9) | 0.0433 (10) | −0.0036 (7) | 0.0007 (7) | −0.0081 (7) |
C17 | 0.0640 (16) | 0.0714 (16) | 0.0699 (16) | 0.0077 (12) | −0.0186 (12) | −0.0210 (13) |
O1 | 0.0625 (10) | 0.0616 (9) | 0.0600 (10) | 0.0136 (8) | 0.0132 (8) | −0.0155 (7) |
O2 | 0.0556 (10) | 0.0857 (12) | 0.0666 (11) | 0.0044 (9) | −0.0012 (8) | −0.0341 (10) |
O3 | 0.0292 (7) | 0.0553 (8) | 0.0719 (10) | 0.0039 (6) | 0.0018 (6) | −0.0147 (7) |
O4 | 0.0266 (6) | 0.0603 (9) | 0.0508 (8) | −0.0045 (6) | −0.0024 (5) | −0.0078 (6) |
C8—C17 | 1.469 (5) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
C8—H8A | 0.9600 | C10—O4 | 1.237 (2) |
C8—H8B | 0.9600 | C10—C11 | 1.472 (2) |
C8—H8C | 0.9600 | C11—C16 | 1.394 (2) |
C1—O2 | 1.370 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.398 (2) |
C1—C6 | 1.377 (3) | C12—C13 | 1.378 (3) |
C1—C2 | 1.408 (3) | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C2—O1 | 1.361 (2) | C13—C14 | 1.393 (3) |
C2—C3 | 1.366 (3) | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
C3—C4 | 1.387 (3) | C14—O3 | 1.354 (2) |
C3—H3 | 0.9300 | C14—C15 | 1.385 (3) |
C4—C5 | 1.384 (3) | C15—C16 | 1.376 (3) |
C4—H4 | 0.9300 | C15—H15 | 0.9300 |
C5—C6 | 1.402 (3) | C16—H16 | 0.9300 |
C5—C7 | 1.455 (3) | C17—O2 | 1.450 (3) |
C6—H6 | 0.9300 | C17—H17A | 0.9700 |
C7—C9 | 1.323 (3) | C17—H17B | 0.9700 |
C7—H7 | 0.9300 | O1—H1 | 0.8200 |
C9—C10 | 1.467 (3) | O3—H3A | 0.8200 |
C17—C8—H8A | 109.5 | O4—C10—C9 | 121.10 (16) |
C17—C8—H8B | 109.5 | O4—C10—C11 | 120.50 (16) |
H8A—C8—H8B | 109.5 | C9—C10—C11 | 118.40 (15) |
C17—C8—H8C | 109.5 | C16—C11—C12 | 117.97 (16) |
H8A—C8—H8C | 109.5 | C16—C11—C10 | 122.39 (16) |
H8B—C8—H8C | 109.5 | C12—C11—C10 | 119.61 (15) |
O2—C1—C6 | 126.71 (19) | C13—C12—C11 | 120.93 (16) |
O2—C1—C2 | 113.72 (18) | C13—C12—H12 | 119.5 |
C6—C1—C2 | 119.5 (2) | C11—C12—H12 | 119.5 |
O1—C2—C3 | 119.90 (19) | C12—C13—C14 | 119.96 (17) |
O1—C2—C1 | 120.2 (2) | C12—C13—H13 | 120.0 |
C3—C2—C1 | 119.88 (18) | C14—C13—H13 | 120.0 |
C2—C3—C4 | 120.31 (19) | O3—C14—C15 | 122.50 (16) |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.8 | O3—C14—C13 | 117.62 (17) |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.8 | C15—C14—C13 | 119.88 (16) |
C5—C4—C3 | 120.91 (19) | C16—C15—C14 | 119.71 (16) |
C5—C4—H4 | 119.5 | C16—C15—H15 | 120.1 |
C3—C4—H4 | 119.5 | C14—C15—H15 | 120.1 |
C4—C5—C6 | 118.62 (18) | C15—C16—C11 | 121.54 (16) |
C4—C5—C7 | 119.44 (18) | C15—C16—H16 | 119.2 |
C6—C5—C7 | 121.93 (17) | C11—C16—H16 | 119.2 |
C1—C6—C5 | 120.71 (19) | O2—C17—C8 | 110.3 (3) |
C1—C6—H6 | 119.6 | O2—C17—H17A | 109.6 |
C5—C6—H6 | 119.6 | C8—C17—H17A | 109.6 |
C9—C7—C5 | 127.10 (18) | O2—C17—H17B | 109.6 |
C9—C7—H7 | 116.4 | C8—C17—H17B | 109.6 |
C5—C7—H7 | 116.4 | H17A—C17—H17B | 108.1 |
C7—C9—C10 | 123.31 (17) | C2—O1—H1 | 109.5 |
C7—C9—H9 | 118.3 | C1—O2—C17 | 118.63 (17) |
C10—C9—H9 | 118.3 | C14—O3—H3A | 109.5 |
O2—C1—C2—O1 | 2.9 (3) | O4—C10—C11—C16 | 171.05 (18) |
C6—C1—C2—O1 | −179.4 (2) | C9—C10—C11—C16 | −9.5 (3) |
O2—C1—C2—C3 | −175.8 (2) | O4—C10—C11—C12 | −10.8 (3) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 1.9 (3) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | 168.66 (18) |
O1—C2—C3—C4 | −179.95 (19) | C16—C11—C12—C13 | 0.8 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −1.3 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | −177.40 (18) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.6 (3) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | 0.1 (3) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 1.8 (3) | C12—C13—C14—O3 | 178.93 (19) |
C3—C4—C5—C7 | −177.92 (19) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | −1.1 (3) |
O2—C1—C6—C5 | 176.6 (2) | O3—C14—C15—C16 | −178.90 (18) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | −0.7 (3) | C13—C14—C15—C16 | 1.1 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | −1.1 (3) | C14—C15—C16—C11 | −0.1 (3) |
C7—C5—C6—C1 | 178.6 (2) | C12—C11—C16—C15 | −0.8 (3) |
C4—C5—C7—C9 | 175.3 (2) | C10—C11—C16—C15 | 177.37 (18) |
C6—C5—C7—C9 | −4.5 (3) | C6—C1—O2—C17 | 12.3 (4) |
C5—C7—C9—C10 | −177.43 (18) | C2—C1—O2—C17 | −170.2 (2) |
C7—C9—C10—O4 | −14.2 (3) | C8—C17—O2—C1 | 76.2 (3) |
C7—C9—C10—C11 | 166.32 (19) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···O4i | 0.82 | 2.25 | 2.958 (2) | 145 |
O3—H3A···O4ii | 0.82 | 1.95 | 2.766 (2) | 171 |
C7—H7···O4 | 0.93 | 2.53 | 2.846 (2) | 100 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, −y+5/2, z+1/2; (ii) x+1/2, y, −z+1/2. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···O4i | 0.82 | 2.25 | 2.958 (2) | 145 |
O3—H3A···O4ii | 0.82 | 1.95 | 2.766 (2) | 171 |
C7—H7···O4 | 0.93 | 2.53 | 2.846 (2) | 100. |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, −y+5/2, z+1/2; (ii) x+1/2, y, −z+1/2. |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank Professor D. Velmurugan, Centre for Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, for providing data-collection facilities.
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Chalcones belonging to the flavonoid family constitute an important group of natural products due to their unforseen pharmacological potential. Chemically they consist of open-chain flavonoids in which the two aromatic rings are joined by a three-carbon α,β-unsaturated carbonyl system. The radical quenching properties of the phenolic groups present in many chalcones have raised interest in using the compounds or chalcone-rich plant extracts as drugs or food preservatives. Chalcones have been reported to possess many exciting activities which include anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antifungal, antioxidant, cytotoxic, anti-tumor and anticancer (Nowakowska, 2007). A number of chalcones having hydroxy or alkoxy groups in different position have been observed to possess vasodilatory (Ram et al., 2000), antimitotic (Khatib et al., 2005) and antimalarial activities (Papo & Shai, 2003). The crystal structures of closely related chalcones, viz., (E)-3-(4-ethoxyphenyl)-1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-one (Horkaew et al., 2010) (Z)-3-(anthracen-9-yl)-1-(2-ethoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-one (Joothamongkhon et al., 2010) have been reported. The enormous research potentials of this group of compounds prompted us to synthesize an analogous compound, the chalcone derivative C17H16O4 and we report the crystal structure in this communication.
In the title compound, the C—C bond lengths of the hydroxyphenyl and ethoxyphenyl rings are in the range of 1.376 (3)–1.398 (3)Å and 1.366 (3)–1.408 (3) Å, respectively, and are in good agreement with similar reported values [1.374 (3)–1.389 (3) Å and 1.369 (3)–1.401 (3) Å] (Sathya et al., 2014). The C—O bond lengths 1.354 (2)–1.450 (3)Å and 1.237 (2)Å, respectively, indicate the single and double bond characters and are comparable with literature values. The bond angles C9—C10—C11 [118.40 (15)°], C5—C7—C9 [127.10 (19)°] are comparable with those in similar reported structure (Sathya et al., 2014; Jasinski et al., 2011). The prop-2-en-1-one group is twisted slightly with O4—C10—C11—C12 and C7—C9—C10—O4 torsion angles of -10.8 (3) and -14.2 (3)°, respectively, and are comparable with those in similar reported structures (Sathya et al., 2014; Jasinski et al., 2011). The torsion angle C1—O2—C17—C1 [76.2 (3)°] indicates that the ethoxy group is in a +synclinal (+sc) orientation with respect to the benzene ring. The dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 21.22 (1)°. The prop-2-en-one group makes dihedral angles of 10.60 (1) and 11.28 (1)° with the hydroxyphenyl and ethoxyphenyl rings, respectively. The ethoxy substituent forms a dihedral angle of 88.79 (2)° with the prop-2-en-one group. The molecular conformation is stabilized by interamolecular O1—H···O2 and C7—H···O4 interactions (Table 1).
In the crystal packing (Fig. 2), the molecule are linked through hydroxyl O1—H···O4i and O3—H···O4ii hydrogen bonds to the carbonyl O-atom acceptor (Table 1). Atom O4 acts as a tricentre being involved also in the previously mentioned intramolecular interaction with C7—H7. The overall structure is a two-dimensional supramolecular network lying parallel to (010).