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2-Oxo-2H-chromen-7-yl penta­noate

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aLaboratory of Material, Sciences, Environnement and Solar Energy, Research Team: Crystallography and Molecular Physics, University Félix Houphouêt-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire, bLaboratory of Molecular Chemistry and Materials, Research Team: Organic Chemistry and Phytochemistry, University Joseph KI-ZERBO, 03 BP 7021, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso, cLaboratory of Molecular Chemistry and Materials, Research Team:, Organic Chemistry and Phytochemistry, University Joseph KI-ZERBO, 03 BP 7021, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso, and dCRM2, CNRS-Université de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy CEDEX BP 70239, France
*Correspondence e-mail: [email protected]

Edited by I. Brito, University of Antofagasta, Chile (Received 15 September 2025; accepted 23 October 2025; online 28 October 2025)

In the title compound, C14H14O4, the dihedral angle between the coumarin nucleus and the penta­noate moiety is 62.20 (7)°. The coumarin moiety is planar as usual, with a maximum deviation from the least-squares plane of 0.081 (2) Å. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds into centrosymmetric dimers with an R22(8) graph-set motif, and the cohesion of the crystal is also supported by ππ inter­actions with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.9342 (8) Å. A Hirshfeld surface analysis revealed that 44.6% of the inter­molecular inter­actions are from H⋯H contacts, 28.2% are from ⋯O/O⋯H contacts and 16.3% are from H⋯C/C⋯H.

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Chemical scheme
[Scheme 1]

Structure description

The mol­ecule of the title compound (Fig. 1[link]) has a coumarin moiety at the C7 position and a penta­noate one at the O3 position. The dihedral angle between the coumarin nucleus and the penta­noate moiety is 62.20 (7)°. The coumarin moiety is planar with a maximum deviation from the least-squares plane of 0.081 (2) Å for atom O1. The bond distances and bond angles in the coumarin moiety are normal and are in good agreement with analogous structures (Rajalakshmi et al., 1999View full citation; Anand Solomon et al., 2003View full citation; Usman et al., 2002View full citation; Krishna et al., 2003View full citation; Kant et al., 2004View full citation). The double-bond character of C1—O1 in the pyrone and C10—O4 in the penta­noate groups is confirmed by their distances of 1.2099 (15) and 1.2013 (16) Å, respectively. An inspection of the bond lengths shows that there is a slight asymmetry of the electronic distribution around the pyrone ring: the C1—C2 [1.4531 (17) Å] and C2—C3 [1.3441 (18) Å] bond lengths are respectively longer and shorter, than those excepted for a Car—Car bond. This suggests that the electron density is preferentially located in the C2—C3 bond of the pyrone ring, as seen in other coumarin derivatives (Bationo et al., 2024View full citation; Gomes et al., 2016View full citation; Ouédraogo et al., 2018View full citation). In addition, the bond angles, O2—C9—C8 and C3—C4—C5, at the junction of the pyrone and benzene rings are, respectively, smaller [116.5 (1)°] and greater [123.7 (1)°] than 120°. This phenomenon has also been observed in some analogous coumarins (Kanwal et al., 2007View full citation).

[Figure 1]
Figure 1
The title compound with displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level. H atoms are shown as spheres of arbitrary radius.

A view down along the [010] axis (Fig. 2[link]) shows that in the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by C—O⋯H hydrogen bonds (Table 1[link]) into centrosymmetric dimers with an R22(8) graph-set motif (Etter et al., 1990View full citation; Bernstein et al., 1995View full citation). The cohesion of the crystal is also further supported by ππ inter­actions [Cg1⋯Cg1i = 3.9342 (8) Å where Cg1 is the centroid of the C4–C9 ring; symmetry code: (i) 1 − x, 1 − y, 1 − z]. Another weak hydrogen bond inter­action is observed (C3—H3⋯O4; Table 2[link], Fig. 2[link]). The inter­molecular inter­actions were qu­anti­fied using Hirshfeld surface analysis in order to visualize and understand them (Fig. 3[link]). The two-dimensional fingerprint plots were generated with CrystalExplorer 17 (Spackman et al., 2021View full citation) to show the contribution of different inter­actions to the crystal cohesion (Fig. 4[link]). Thus, 44.6% of the inter­molecular inter­actions are from H⋯H contacts, 28.2% are from H⋯O/O⋯H contacts and 16.3% are from H⋯C/C⋯H.

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D—H⋯A D—H H⋯A DA D—H⋯A
C3—H3⋯O4i 0.95 2.37 3.243 (2) 153
C8—H8⋯O2ii 0.94 2.45 3.378 (2) 167
Symmetry codes: (i) Mathematical equation; (ii) Mathematical equation.

Table 2
Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula C14H14O4
Mr 246.25
Crystal system, space group Monoclinic, P21/c
Temperature (K) 296
a, b, c (Å) 14.067 (2), 5.6449 (8), 15.400 (2)
β (°) 97.885 (5)
V3) 1211.3 (3)
Z 4
Radiation type Mo Kα
μ (mm−1) 0.10
Crystal size (mm) 0.23 × 0.12 × 0.10
 
Data collection
Diffractometer Enraf–Nonius CAD4
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections 75215, 4059, 3178
Rint 0.052
(sin θ/λ)max−1) 0.737
 
Refinement
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S 0.052, 0.154, 1.08
No. of reflections 4059
No. of parameters 219
H-atom treatment All H-atom parameters refined
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) 0.42, −0.32
Computer programs: COLLECT (Nonius, 1997View full citation), DENZO/SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997View full citation), SHELXT2018/2 (Sheldrick, 2015aView full citation), SHELXL2019/2 (Sheldrick, 2015bView full citation), CAMERON (Watkin et al., 1996View full citation) and CRYSTALS (Betteridge et al., 2003View full citation).
[Figure 2]
Figure 2
Part of the crystal structure viewed along the [010] direction. Hydrogen bonds are shown as dashed lines.
[Figure 3]
Figure 3
The Hirshfeld surface mapped over dnorm to visualize the inter­molecular contacts in the title compound.
[Figure 4]
Figure 4
Fingerprint plots for the title compound showing (a) C⋯C, (b) H⋯H, (c) O⋯H/H⋯O and (d) C⋯H/H⋯C inter­actions. The outline of the full fingerprint is shown in grey. di is the closest inter­nal distance from a given point on the Hirshfeld surface and de is the closest external contact.

Synthesis and crystallization

The title compound was synthesized by O-acyl­ation of umbelliferone with valeryl chloride (reagent) in the presence of diethyl ether as a solvent and pyridine as a base. To a solution of valeryl chloride (0.74 ml, 6.17 mmol, 1 equiv.) in dried diethyl ether (16 ml) were added dried pyridine (2.31 ml, 4.7 equiv.) and 7-hy­droxy­coumarin (1 g, 6.17 mmol, 1 equiv.) in small portions over 30 min, with vigorous stirring. The reaction mixture was left stirring at room temperature for 3 h. The resulting mixture was next poured in a separating funnel containing 40 ml of chloro­form and washed with diluted hydro­chloric acid solution until the pH was 2–3. The organic layer was extracted, washed with water to neutrality, dried with magnesium sulfate and the solvent removed in vacuo. The resulting crude product was washed with petroleum ether and recrystallized from chloro­form/n-hexane (1:3); the title compound, was thus obtained as a white powder (1.17 g, 77% yield). Colourless crystals suitable for single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis were then formed from an acetone solution, after the solvent was left to evaporate slowly at room temperature. The melting point (338–340 K) was measured in open capillaries with a Cole-Parmer Stuart MP-800D Series- Melting Point S apparatus.

Refinement

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 2[link].

Structural data


Computing details top

2-Oxo-2H-chromen-7-yl pentanoate top
Crystal data top
C14H14O4F(000) = 520
Mr = 246.25Dx = 1.350 Mg m3
Monoclinic, P21/cMo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
a = 14.067 (2) ÅCell parameters from 4060 reflections
b = 5.6449 (8) Åθ = 2.9–31.6°
c = 15.400 (2) ŵ = 0.10 mm1
β = 97.885 (5)°T = 296 K
V = 1211.3 (3) Å3Prism, white
Z = 40.23 × 0.12 × 0.10 mm
Data collection top
Enraf–Nonius CAD4
diffractometer
Rint = 0.052
ω/2θ scansθmax = 31.6°, θmin = 2.9°
75215 measured reflectionsh = 2019
4059 independent reflectionsk = 88
3178 reflections with I > 2σ(I)l = 2222
Refinement top
Refinement on F2Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods
Least-squares matrix: fullSecondary atom site location: difference Fourier map
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.052Hydrogen site location: difference Fourier map
wR(F2) = 0.154All H-atom parameters refined
S = 1.08 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.082P)2 + 0.3497P]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
4059 reflections(Δ/σ)max < 0.001
219 parametersΔρmax = 0.42 e Å3
0 restraintsΔρmin = 0.32 e Å3
Special details top

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.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) top
xyzUiso*/Ueq
O20.39242 (6)0.89521 (15)0.55349 (5)0.02545 (18)
O30.67996 (6)0.44508 (16)0.59537 (6)0.02665 (19)
O10.25834 (7)1.09807 (17)0.51875 (7)0.0345 (2)
O40.73985 (7)0.7127 (2)0.69647 (7)0.0460 (3)
C90.44175 (8)0.7035 (2)0.59192 (7)0.0229 (2)
C80.53766 (8)0.6840 (2)0.57977 (7)0.0242 (2)
C20.25031 (8)0.7636 (2)0.61120 (8)0.0282 (2)
C60.54497 (9)0.3126 (2)0.66098 (7)0.0261 (2)
C70.58668 (8)0.4856 (2)0.61403 (7)0.0239 (2)
C10.29628 (8)0.9302 (2)0.55824 (8)0.0268 (2)
C40.39670 (8)0.5355 (2)0.63897 (7)0.0235 (2)
C50.45001 (9)0.3398 (2)0.67415 (7)0.0259 (2)
C30.29744 (8)0.5745 (2)0.64863 (8)0.0269 (2)
C110.84651 (9)0.5030 (2)0.61245 (9)0.0301 (3)
C100.75243 (9)0.5724 (2)0.64053 (8)0.0295 (2)
C120.88245 (10)0.2667 (3)0.65340 (11)0.0386 (3)
C130.96766 (11)0.1684 (3)0.61273 (12)0.0428 (3)
C141.05507 (11)0.3292 (3)0.62324 (13)0.0453 (4)
H60.5857 (12)0.171 (3)0.6822 (11)0.035 (4)*
H11A0.8386 (13)0.497 (3)0.5494 (12)0.039 (5)*
H50.4193 (12)0.219 (3)0.7078 (10)0.028 (4)*
H12A0.8271 (16)0.147 (4)0.6451 (14)0.054 (6)*
H20.1840 (14)0.795 (3)0.6158 (12)0.043 (5)*
H14A1.1069 (16)0.245 (4)0.5961 (14)0.058 (6)*
H30.2666 (12)0.460 (3)0.6822 (10)0.030 (4)*
H11B0.8947 (13)0.636 (3)0.6294 (12)0.040 (5)*
H12B0.9014 (14)0.299 (3)0.7148 (13)0.042 (5)*
H80.5655 (13)0.798 (3)0.5427 (12)0.041 (5)*
H13A0.9496 (15)0.138 (4)0.5470 (14)0.056 (6)*
H14B1.0754 (16)0.369 (4)0.6879 (15)0.061 (6)*
H14C1.0362 (16)0.494 (4)0.5950 (15)0.065 (6)*
H13B0.9906 (15)0.010 (4)0.6454 (14)0.059 (6)*
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
O20.0241 (4)0.0240 (4)0.0288 (4)0.0003 (3)0.0057 (3)0.0025 (3)
O30.0233 (4)0.0290 (4)0.0277 (4)0.0005 (3)0.0038 (3)0.0046 (3)
O10.0304 (5)0.0319 (5)0.0415 (5)0.0054 (4)0.0056 (4)0.0066 (4)
O40.0295 (5)0.0629 (7)0.0458 (6)0.0041 (5)0.0054 (4)0.0286 (5)
C90.0245 (5)0.0233 (5)0.0207 (4)0.0005 (4)0.0025 (4)0.0015 (4)
C80.0250 (5)0.0244 (5)0.0235 (5)0.0020 (4)0.0050 (4)0.0015 (4)
C20.0230 (5)0.0333 (6)0.0289 (5)0.0013 (4)0.0056 (4)0.0003 (4)
C60.0280 (5)0.0270 (5)0.0228 (5)0.0003 (4)0.0013 (4)0.0007 (4)
C70.0231 (5)0.0275 (5)0.0211 (4)0.0004 (4)0.0029 (4)0.0034 (4)
C10.0240 (5)0.0279 (5)0.0283 (5)0.0013 (4)0.0036 (4)0.0010 (4)
C40.0242 (5)0.0256 (5)0.0205 (4)0.0027 (4)0.0029 (4)0.0002 (4)
C50.0277 (5)0.0271 (5)0.0225 (5)0.0023 (4)0.0026 (4)0.0020 (4)
C30.0256 (5)0.0310 (6)0.0245 (5)0.0045 (4)0.0048 (4)0.0002 (4)
C110.0243 (5)0.0333 (6)0.0329 (6)0.0010 (4)0.0053 (4)0.0003 (5)
C100.0248 (5)0.0343 (6)0.0290 (5)0.0003 (4)0.0028 (4)0.0033 (5)
C120.0275 (6)0.0398 (7)0.0491 (8)0.0013 (5)0.0072 (6)0.0072 (6)
C130.0301 (6)0.0366 (7)0.0618 (10)0.0018 (5)0.0068 (6)0.0019 (7)
C140.0283 (7)0.0473 (8)0.0608 (10)0.0009 (6)0.0083 (6)0.0030 (7)
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
O2—C91.3750 (14)C4—C31.4414 (16)
O2—C11.3787 (14)C5—H50.991 (16)
O3—C101.3583 (15)C3—H30.966 (17)
O3—C71.4002 (14)C11—C101.4997 (17)
O1—C11.2099 (15)C11—C121.531 (2)
O4—C101.2013 (16)C11—H11A0.962 (18)
C9—C81.3916 (16)C11—H11B1.020 (19)
C9—C41.3972 (15)C12—C131.531 (2)
C8—C71.3810 (16)C12—H12A1.03 (2)
C8—H80.976 (19)C12—H12B0.965 (19)
C2—C31.3441 (18)C13—C141.519 (2)
C2—C11.4531 (17)C13—H13A1.02 (2)
C2—H20.96 (2)C13—H13B1.06 (2)
C6—C51.3869 (17)C14—H14A1.01 (2)
C6—C71.3921 (16)C14—H14B1.02 (2)
C6—H61.011 (17)C14—H14C1.05 (2)
C4—C51.4014 (16)
C9—O2—C1122.05 (9)C4—C3—H3117.8 (10)
C10—O3—C7117.85 (9)C10—C11—C12111.32 (11)
O2—C9—C8116.47 (10)C10—C11—H11A108.3 (11)
O2—C9—C4121.30 (10)C12—C11—H11A111.9 (11)
C8—C9—C4122.22 (10)C10—C11—H11B108.4 (10)
C7—C8—C9117.08 (10)C12—C11—H11B111.4 (10)
C7—C8—H8122.5 (11)H11A—C11—H11B105.3 (15)
C9—C8—H8120.0 (11)O4—C10—O3122.82 (12)
C3—C2—C1121.55 (11)O4—C10—C11127.00 (12)
C3—C2—H2122.8 (12)O3—C10—C11110.13 (11)
C1—C2—H2115.6 (12)C13—C12—C11112.33 (12)
C5—C6—C7118.76 (11)C13—C12—H12A109.5 (12)
C5—C6—H6123.7 (10)C11—C12—H12A108.7 (12)
C7—C6—H6117.5 (10)C13—C12—H12B110.1 (11)
C8—C7—C6122.92 (11)C11—C12—H12B105.7 (11)
C8—C7—O3119.14 (10)H12A—C12—H12B110.5 (17)
C6—C7—O3117.74 (10)C14—C13—C12114.08 (14)
O1—C1—O2116.98 (11)C14—C13—H13A107.0 (12)
O1—C1—C2126.11 (11)C12—C13—H13A111.3 (12)
O2—C1—C2116.90 (10)C14—C13—H13B105.4 (12)
C9—C4—C5118.60 (10)C12—C13—H13B108.5 (12)
C9—C4—C3117.68 (10)H13A—C13—H13B110.3 (17)
C5—C4—C3123.72 (11)C13—C14—H14A107.2 (13)
C6—C5—C4120.39 (11)C13—C14—H14B110.5 (13)
C6—C5—H5119.8 (9)H14A—C14—H14B112.8 (17)
C4—C5—H5119.8 (9)C13—C14—H14C109.3 (13)
C2—C3—C4120.33 (11)H14A—C14—H14C113.8 (18)
C2—C3—H3121.9 (10)H14B—C14—H14C103.3 (18)
C1—O2—C9—C8177.80 (10)C8—C9—C4—C50.70 (16)
C1—O2—C9—C40.89 (16)O2—C9—C4—C32.21 (16)
O2—C9—C8—C7176.65 (9)C8—C9—C4—C3179.17 (10)
C4—C9—C8—C72.03 (16)C7—C6—C5—C41.46 (17)
C9—C8—C7—C61.66 (17)C9—C4—C5—C61.10 (17)
C9—C8—C7—O3173.10 (9)C3—C4—C5—C6179.04 (10)
C5—C6—C7—C80.04 (17)C1—C2—C3—C41.71 (18)
C5—C6—C7—O3174.88 (10)C9—C4—C3—C21.74 (17)
C10—O3—C7—C878.01 (14)C5—C4—C3—C2178.40 (11)
C10—O3—C7—C6106.95 (12)C7—O3—C10—O41.68 (19)
C9—O2—C1—O1176.56 (10)C7—O3—C10—C11179.37 (10)
C9—O2—C1—C24.23 (16)C12—C11—C10—O4100.31 (17)
C3—C2—C1—O1176.21 (12)C12—C11—C10—O377.26 (14)
C3—C2—C1—O24.67 (17)C10—C11—C12—C13169.11 (12)
O2—C9—C4—C5177.92 (10)C11—C12—C13—C1460.59 (19)
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) top
D—H···AD—HH···AD···AD—H···A
C3—H3···O4i0.952.373.243 (2)153
C8—H8···O2ii0.942.453.378 (2)167
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y, z; (ii) x, y+1/2, z+1/2.
 

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the Spectropôle Service of the Faculty of Sciences and Techniques (Aix-Marseille, France) for the use of the diffractometer.

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