Crystal and Molecular structure of (+/-)-8,8-Dimethyl-6,7-diazabicycloocta-1,6-diene 7-oxide

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/hlca.19800630522

The exclusively product of thermal rearrangement of (+/-)-7-isopropylidene-2,3-diazabicyclo<2.2.1>hept-2-ene N-oxide (2) has been identified as the title compound (1).The compound crystallizes in the orthorombic space group Pbca (No61), with a=8.953(2), b=12.740(2), c=14.446 (3) Angstoem; Z=8; p_x=1.227 g/cm³.The details of the molecular structure are not unusual, except for a long C-N distance (C(8)-N(7), 1.560(4) Angstroem.No significant short intermolecular constants are observed in the crystal.