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Title: Molecular structures and crystal packings of 2-styrylquinoline and its derivatives

Journal Article · · Crystallography Reports
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  1. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (Russian Federation)
  2. Russian Academy of Sciences, Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds (Russian Federation)
  3. Russian Academy of Sciences, Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry (Russian Federation)

The crystal and molecular structures of five styrylheterocycles of the quinoline series are studied. All molecules are planar. The double bond in the ethylene fragment is essentially localized. In the molecule of 2-(4-methylstyryl)quinoline, the ethylene fragment is disordered by the bicycle-pedal pattern. In four of the five compounds, the crystal packings do not contain stacking dimers prearranged for the [2+2] photocycloaddition (PCA) reaction. In the crystal of 2-(3-nitrostyryl)quinoline, pairs of crystallographically independent molecules form stacking dimers. In a dimer, the ethylene fragments have a twist orientation, which is incompatible with the PCA reaction. An attempt to initiate a temperature-dependent process of bicyclepedal isomerization in the crystal and, as a consequence, the PCA reaction by means of simultaneous irradiation and heating of a single crystal is unsuccessful.

OSTI ID:
22054274
Journal Information:
Crystallography Reports, Vol. 56, Issue 4; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2011 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7745
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English