organic compounds
2-Oxo-2H-chromen-4-yl 4-ethylbenzoate
aLaboratory of Molecular Chemistry and Materials (LC2M), Research Team: Organic Chemistry and Phytochemistry, University Joseph KI-ZERBO, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso, bJoint Research and Innovation Unit for Engineering Sciences and Techniques (UMRI STI), Research Team: Instrumentation, Image and Spectroscopy, Félix Houphouet-Boigny National Polytechnic Institute, BP 1093 Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, and cLaboratory of Drug Development, Center of Training, Research and Expertise in Pharmaceutical Sciences (CFOREM), University Joseph KI-ZERBO, 03 BP 7021, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso
*Correspondence e-mail: [email protected]
In the title compound, C18H14O4, the dihedral angle between the coumarin moiety and the phenyl fragment is 63.46 (5)°. In the crystal, the molecules are linked by weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and aromatic π–π stacking interactions. A short C=O⋯π [O⋯π = 3.2667 (10) Å] contact is also observed.
Keywords: crystal structure; hydrogen bonding; π–π stacking; centrosymmetric dimer.
CCDC reference: 2481234
Structure description
are a broad class of over 800 naturally occurring chemicals and are frequently found in plants like sweet clover and tonka beans (Ziarani et al., 2018
). Some coumarins have therapeutic potential due to their wide range of biological activities (Akkol et al. 2020
) such as anti-inflammatory action (Tuan Anh et al., 2017
; Tosun et al., 2009
). As part of our work in this area, we now describe the synthesis and structure of the title compound (I).
As expected, the C1–C9/O1 coumarin ring system in (I) (Fig. 1
) is almost planar (r.m.s deviation = 0.004 Å) and is oriented at an angle of 63.46 (5)° with respect to the C11–C16 ring. Atom C18 lies close to the latter ring plane [deviation = −0.166 (1) Å]. The pyrone ring shows the usual asymmetric bond lengths for C3—C2 [1.3443 (15) Å] and C2—C1 [1.4508 (15) Å], which are shorter and longer, respectively, than would be expected for a Car—Car bond (Gomes et al., 2016
; Koulabiga et al., 2024
).
| Figure 1 The molecular structure of (I) with displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level. |
In the extended structure of (I) (Figs. 2
and 3
), the molecules are linked by weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds (Table 1
). The C2—H2⋯O2 interaction results in the formation of inversion dimers, which are characterized by an R22(8) graph-set motif. Subsequently, these dimers combine with the C9—H9⋯O4 and C16—H16⋯O2 hydrogen bonds to form an R22(16) graph-set motif. An aromatic π–π stacking interaction is observed between the C1–C5/O1 and C4–C9 rings [centroid–centroid separation = 3.6514 (7) Å, slippage = 1.613 Å] and a short C=O⋯π contact of 3.2667 (10) Å occurs (Table 1
).
|
| Figure 2 A view of the crystal packing of (I), showing C=O⋯π and π–π stacking interactions (dashed lines). The green dots are centroids of rings. |
| Figure 3 Detail of the packing of (I) showing the association of molecules into centrosymmetric dimers through pairwise C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. This generates R22(8) and R22(16) graph-set motifs that extend along the a-axis direction. H atoms not involved in hydrogen bonding have been omitted for clarity. |
Synthesis and crystallization
To a solution of 4-ethylbenzoyl chloride (0.95 ml, 6.2 mmol, 1 equiv.) in dried tetrahydrofuran (30 ml) was added dried triethylamine (2.6 ml, 3 equiv.) and 4-hydroxycoumarin (1.00 g, 6.17 mmol, 1 equiv.) in small portions over 30 min. The mixture was then refluxed for 4 h under stirring and poured into 40 ml of chloroform. The solution was acidified with dilute hydrochloric acid until its discoloration. The organic layer was extracted, concentrated in a vacuum until a slight cloudiness was obtained and then cooled in an ice bath. The resulting precipitate was filtered off with suction, washed with petroleum ether and recrystallized from a chloroform–hexane solvent mixture (1:3) giving the title compound (1.12 g, yield 68%, m.p. 459–461 K). Colorless prisms appropriate for single-crystal X-ray were obtained by slow evaporation of an acetone solution.
Refinement
Crystal data, data collection and structure details are summarized in Table 2
.
|
Structural data
CCDC reference: 2481234
contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314625007345/hb4531sup1.cif
Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314625007345/hb4531Isup3.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314625007345/hb4531Isup3.cml
| C18H14O4 | F(000) = 308 |
| Mr = 294.29 | Dx = 1.405 Mg m−3 |
| Triclinic, P1 | Melting point = 459–461 K |
| a = 4.2781 (4) Å | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
| b = 10.7096 (9) Å | Cell parameters from 4332 reflections |
| c = 15.3525 (13) Å | θ = 4.5–61.7° |
| α = 84.816 (3)° | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
| β = 86.728 (3)° | T = 296 K |
| γ = 83.925 (3)° | Prism, colorless |
| V = 695.79 (11) Å3 | 0.33 × 0.16 × 0.07 mm |
| Z = 2 |
| SuperNova, Dual, Cu at home/near, AtlasS2 diffractometer | 4332 independent reflections |
| Radiation source: micro-focus sealed X-ray tube | 3675 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
| Detector resolution: 5.3048 pixels mm-1 | Rint = 0.037 |
| ω scans | θmax = 30.8°, θmin = 2.2° |
| Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlisPro; Rigaku OD, 2022) | h = −6→6 |
| Tmin = 0.956, Tmax = 1.000 | k = −15→15 |
| 59779 measured reflections | l = −22→22 |
| Refinement on F2 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
| Least-squares matrix: full | H-atom parameters constrained |
| R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.049 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0753P)2 + 0.2292P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
| wR(F2) = 0.144 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
| S = 1.11 | Δρmax = 0.32 e Å−3 |
| 4332 reflections | Δρmin = −0.28 e Å−3 |
| 200 parameters | Extinction correction: SHELXL2018/3 (Sheldrick, 2015b), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
| 0 restraints | Extinction coefficient: 0.016 (6) |
| Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
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. The H atoms were placed at calculated positions [C—H = 0.93–0.97 Å] and refined using the riding model approximation with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C) or 1.5Ueq(methyl C). |
| x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
| O1 | 1.33648 (19) | 0.16608 (7) | 0.02913 (5) | 0.02074 (17) | |
| O3 | 0.87511 (19) | 0.43581 (7) | 0.18225 (5) | 0.02160 (18) | |
| O2 | 1.5944 (2) | 0.31182 (8) | −0.04602 (5) | 0.0267 (2) | |
| O4 | 1.1515 (2) | 0.36404 (8) | 0.30123 (5) | 0.02480 (19) | |
| C11 | 0.7673 (2) | 0.54303 (9) | 0.30997 (7) | 0.0195 (2) | |
| C3 | 1.0391 (3) | 0.34377 (10) | 0.13411 (7) | 0.0193 (2) | |
| C5 | 1.1274 (2) | 0.12891 (10) | 0.09534 (7) | 0.0187 (2) | |
| C10 | 0.9530 (2) | 0.43848 (10) | 0.26765 (7) | 0.0194 (2) | |
| C2 | 1.2424 (3) | 0.38058 (10) | 0.06923 (7) | 0.0215 (2) | |
| H2 | 1.280225 | 0.464811 | 0.060129 | 0.026* | |
| C14 | 0.4429 (3) | 0.73961 (10) | 0.39781 (7) | 0.0207 (2) | |
| C4 | 0.9691 (2) | 0.21466 (9) | 0.15046 (7) | 0.0190 (2) | |
| C7 | 0.8695 (3) | −0.03992 (10) | 0.16993 (7) | 0.0232 (2) | |
| H7 | 0.834208 | −0.124535 | 0.176664 | 0.028* | |
| C13 | 0.6335 (3) | 0.64501 (11) | 0.44302 (7) | 0.0242 (2) | |
| H13 | 0.652704 | 0.646856 | 0.502909 | 0.029* | |
| C6 | 1.0813 (3) | 0.00155 (10) | 0.10473 (7) | 0.0209 (2) | |
| H6 | 1.190075 | −0.054437 | 0.068072 | 0.025* | |
| C17 | 0.2679 (3) | 0.84887 (10) | 0.44238 (8) | 0.0251 (2) | |
| H17A | 0.050253 | 0.857056 | 0.426309 | 0.030* | |
| H17B | 0.356950 | 0.925553 | 0.419603 | 0.030* | |
| C15 | 0.4150 (3) | 0.73322 (10) | 0.30800 (7) | 0.0230 (2) | |
| H15 | 0.287568 | 0.795705 | 0.277112 | 0.028* | |
| C16 | 0.5729 (3) | 0.63586 (10) | 0.26384 (7) | 0.0214 (2) | |
| H16 | 0.549281 | 0.632588 | 0.204266 | 0.026* | |
| C1 | 1.4032 (3) | 0.28936 (10) | 0.01336 (7) | 0.0211 (2) | |
| C12 | 0.7957 (3) | 0.54759 (10) | 0.39939 (7) | 0.0243 (2) | |
| H12 | 0.923771 | 0.485241 | 0.430213 | 0.029* | |
| C9 | 0.7567 (3) | 0.17035 (10) | 0.21634 (7) | 0.0214 (2) | |
| H9 | 0.648923 | 0.225798 | 0.253545 | 0.026* | |
| C8 | 0.7082 (3) | 0.04399 (11) | 0.22575 (7) | 0.0239 (2) | |
| H8 | 0.567671 | 0.014693 | 0.269405 | 0.029* | |
| C18 | 0.2734 (3) | 0.83910 (12) | 0.54170 (8) | 0.0312 (3) | |
| H18A | 0.156830 | 0.912340 | 0.563515 | 0.047* | |
| H18B | 0.179577 | 0.765055 | 0.565512 | 0.047* | |
| H18C | 0.487067 | 0.833730 | 0.558788 | 0.047* |
| U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
| O1 | 0.0244 (4) | 0.0187 (3) | 0.0191 (4) | −0.0020 (3) | 0.0021 (3) | −0.0037 (3) |
| O3 | 0.0271 (4) | 0.0181 (3) | 0.0193 (4) | 0.0023 (3) | −0.0017 (3) | −0.0051 (3) |
| O2 | 0.0312 (4) | 0.0266 (4) | 0.0220 (4) | −0.0046 (3) | 0.0046 (3) | −0.0019 (3) |
| O4 | 0.0271 (4) | 0.0226 (4) | 0.0243 (4) | 0.0039 (3) | −0.0043 (3) | −0.0053 (3) |
| C11 | 0.0217 (5) | 0.0159 (4) | 0.0211 (5) | −0.0017 (3) | −0.0009 (4) | −0.0030 (3) |
| C3 | 0.0222 (5) | 0.0175 (4) | 0.0180 (4) | 0.0011 (3) | −0.0030 (3) | −0.0038 (3) |
| C5 | 0.0196 (4) | 0.0188 (4) | 0.0177 (4) | −0.0009 (3) | −0.0013 (3) | −0.0023 (3) |
| C10 | 0.0218 (5) | 0.0176 (4) | 0.0191 (4) | −0.0025 (3) | −0.0008 (3) | −0.0029 (3) |
| C2 | 0.0260 (5) | 0.0180 (4) | 0.0207 (5) | −0.0026 (4) | −0.0020 (4) | −0.0023 (3) |
| C14 | 0.0228 (5) | 0.0164 (4) | 0.0231 (5) | −0.0024 (4) | 0.0008 (4) | −0.0028 (3) |
| C4 | 0.0205 (5) | 0.0179 (4) | 0.0185 (4) | −0.0008 (3) | −0.0022 (3) | −0.0025 (3) |
| C7 | 0.0262 (5) | 0.0187 (4) | 0.0248 (5) | −0.0034 (4) | −0.0041 (4) | 0.0002 (4) |
| C13 | 0.0289 (5) | 0.0221 (5) | 0.0215 (5) | 0.0023 (4) | −0.0032 (4) | −0.0057 (4) |
| C6 | 0.0232 (5) | 0.0173 (4) | 0.0223 (5) | −0.0001 (4) | −0.0033 (4) | −0.0036 (3) |
| C17 | 0.0292 (6) | 0.0182 (5) | 0.0271 (5) | 0.0011 (4) | 0.0019 (4) | −0.0042 (4) |
| C15 | 0.0277 (5) | 0.0169 (4) | 0.0235 (5) | 0.0010 (4) | −0.0018 (4) | −0.0009 (4) |
| C16 | 0.0265 (5) | 0.0183 (4) | 0.0193 (4) | −0.0013 (4) | −0.0012 (4) | −0.0015 (3) |
| C1 | 0.0239 (5) | 0.0200 (5) | 0.0192 (4) | −0.0022 (4) | −0.0016 (4) | −0.0012 (3) |
| C12 | 0.0289 (5) | 0.0205 (5) | 0.0230 (5) | 0.0037 (4) | −0.0046 (4) | −0.0041 (4) |
| C9 | 0.0220 (5) | 0.0222 (5) | 0.0200 (5) | −0.0018 (4) | −0.0006 (4) | −0.0027 (4) |
| C8 | 0.0249 (5) | 0.0249 (5) | 0.0221 (5) | −0.0057 (4) | −0.0012 (4) | 0.0004 (4) |
| C18 | 0.0400 (7) | 0.0250 (5) | 0.0277 (6) | 0.0048 (5) | 0.0022 (5) | −0.0085 (4) |
| O1—C5 | 1.3750 (13) | C7—C6 | 1.3861 (15) |
| O1—C1 | 1.3775 (13) | C7—C8 | 1.3995 (16) |
| O3—C10 | 1.3747 (13) | C7—H7 | 0.9300 |
| O3—C3 | 1.3915 (12) | C13—C12 | 1.3924 (15) |
| O2—C1 | 1.2146 (13) | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
| O4—C10 | 1.2062 (13) | C6—H6 | 0.9300 |
| C11—C12 | 1.3908 (15) | C17—C18 | 1.5202 (17) |
| C11—C16 | 1.3954 (15) | C17—H17A | 0.9700 |
| C11—C10 | 1.4802 (14) | C17—H17B | 0.9700 |
| C3—C2 | 1.3443 (15) | C15—C16 | 1.3891 (15) |
| C3—C4 | 1.4425 (14) | C15—H15 | 0.9300 |
| C5—C6 | 1.3922 (14) | C16—H16 | 0.9300 |
| C5—C4 | 1.4004 (14) | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
| C2—C1 | 1.4508 (15) | C9—C8 | 1.3842 (15) |
| C2—H2 | 0.9300 | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
| C14—C13 | 1.3912 (15) | C8—H8 | 0.9300 |
| C14—C15 | 1.3991 (15) | C18—H18A | 0.9600 |
| C14—C17 | 1.5161 (15) | C18—H18B | 0.9600 |
| C4—C9 | 1.4047 (15) | C18—H18C | 0.9600 |
| C5—O1—C1 | 122.05 (8) | C5—C6—H6 | 120.7 |
| C10—O3—C3 | 117.26 (8) | C14—C17—C18 | 115.86 (9) |
| C12—C11—C16 | 119.86 (10) | C14—C17—H17A | 108.3 |
| C12—C11—C10 | 117.31 (9) | C18—C17—H17A | 108.3 |
| C16—C11—C10 | 122.83 (9) | C14—C17—H17B | 108.3 |
| C2—C3—O3 | 118.14 (9) | C18—C17—H17B | 108.3 |
| C2—C3—C4 | 122.17 (9) | H17A—C17—H17B | 107.4 |
| O3—C3—C4 | 119.51 (9) | C16—C15—C14 | 121.64 (10) |
| O1—C5—C6 | 116.49 (9) | C16—C15—H15 | 119.2 |
| O1—C5—C4 | 121.75 (9) | C14—C15—H15 | 119.2 |
| C6—C5—C4 | 121.75 (10) | C15—C16—C11 | 119.17 (10) |
| O4—C10—O3 | 122.50 (9) | C15—C16—H16 | 120.4 |
| O4—C10—C11 | 126.07 (10) | C11—C16—H16 | 120.4 |
| O3—C10—C11 | 111.42 (9) | O2—C1—O1 | 116.76 (10) |
| C3—C2—C1 | 120.23 (10) | O2—C1—C2 | 125.71 (10) |
| C3—C2—H2 | 119.9 | O1—C1—C2 | 117.53 (9) |
| C1—C2—H2 | 119.9 | C11—C12—C13 | 120.35 (10) |
| C13—C14—C15 | 118.37 (10) | C11—C12—H12 | 119.8 |
| C13—C14—C17 | 122.29 (10) | C13—C12—H12 | 119.8 |
| C15—C14—C17 | 119.34 (10) | C8—C9—C4 | 119.86 (10) |
| C5—C4—C9 | 118.73 (9) | C8—C9—H9 | 120.1 |
| C5—C4—C3 | 116.26 (9) | C4—C9—H9 | 120.1 |
| C9—C4—C3 | 125.01 (9) | C9—C8—C7 | 120.35 (10) |
| C6—C7—C8 | 120.80 (10) | C9—C8—H8 | 119.8 |
| C6—C7—H7 | 119.6 | C7—C8—H8 | 119.8 |
| C8—C7—H7 | 119.6 | C17—C18—H18A | 109.5 |
| C14—C13—C12 | 120.59 (10) | C17—C18—H18B | 109.5 |
| C14—C13—H13 | 119.7 | H18A—C18—H18B | 109.5 |
| C12—C13—H13 | 119.7 | C17—C18—H18C | 109.5 |
| C7—C6—C5 | 118.50 (10) | H18A—C18—H18C | 109.5 |
| C7—C6—H6 | 120.7 | H18B—C18—H18C | 109.5 |
| C10—O3—C3—C2 | −110.14 (11) | C8—C7—C6—C5 | −0.71 (16) |
| C10—O3—C3—C4 | 74.63 (12) | O1—C5—C6—C7 | −179.21 (9) |
| C1—O1—C5—C6 | −179.77 (9) | C4—C5—C6—C7 | 0.81 (16) |
| C1—O1—C5—C4 | 0.22 (15) | C13—C14—C17—C18 | −8.76 (16) |
| C3—O3—C10—O4 | −0.98 (15) | C15—C14—C17—C18 | 171.64 (11) |
| C3—O3—C10—C11 | 178.33 (8) | C13—C14—C15—C16 | −0.28 (17) |
| C12—C11—C10—O4 | −8.15 (17) | C17—C14—C15—C16 | 179.33 (10) |
| C16—C11—C10—O4 | 170.94 (11) | C14—C15—C16—C11 | −0.84 (17) |
| C12—C11—C10—O3 | 172.57 (9) | C12—C11—C16—C15 | 1.29 (17) |
| C16—C11—C10—O3 | −8.34 (14) | C10—C11—C16—C15 | −177.78 (10) |
| O3—C3—C2—C1 | −175.83 (9) | C5—O1—C1—O2 | 179.08 (9) |
| C4—C3—C2—C1 | −0.73 (16) | C5—O1—C1—C2 | −0.34 (15) |
| O1—C5—C4—C9 | 179.49 (9) | C3—C2—C1—O2 | −178.76 (11) |
| C6—C5—C4—C9 | −0.53 (16) | C3—C2—C1—O1 | 0.60 (16) |
| O1—C5—C4—C3 | −0.30 (15) | C16—C11—C12—C13 | −0.62 (17) |
| C6—C5—C4—C3 | 179.68 (9) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 178.49 (10) |
| C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.57 (15) | C14—C13—C12—C11 | −0.52 (18) |
| O3—C3—C4—C5 | 175.61 (9) | C5—C4—C9—C8 | 0.14 (16) |
| C2—C3—C4—C9 | −179.20 (10) | C3—C4—C9—C8 | 179.91 (10) |
| O3—C3—C4—C9 | −4.17 (16) | C4—C9—C8—C7 | −0.05 (16) |
| C15—C14—C13—C12 | 0.96 (17) | C6—C7—C8—C9 | 0.34 (17) |
| C17—C14—C13—C12 | −178.64 (11) |
| Cg1 is the centroid of the C1–C5/O1 ring. |
| D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
| C2—H2···O2i | 0.93 | 2.49 | 3.4223 (14) | 176 |
| C9—H9···O4ii | 0.93 | 2.57 | 3.4164 (14) | 151 |
| C16—H16···O2iii | 0.93 | 2.54 | 3.4436 (14) | 163 |
| C1—O2···Cg1iv | 1.22 (1) | 3.27 (1) | 3.5408 (14) | 93 (1) |
| Symmetry codes: (i) −x+3, −y+1, −z; (ii) x−1, y, z; (iii) −x+2, −y+1, −z; (iv) x+1, y, z. |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the Institute Jean Barriol (Université de Lorraine, France) for the X-ray diffraction measurements.
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