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Structure, z′ = 2 crystal packing features of 3-(2-chlorobenzylidene)-5-(p-tolyl)furan-2(3h)-one
Anis’kova, Tatyana V.,Grinev, Vyacheslav S.,Mayorova, Oksana A.,Tikhomolova, Alexandra S.,Yegorova, Alevtina Yu.
, (2021)
3-(2-Chlorobenzylidene)-5-(p-tolyl)furan-2(3H)-one (1), C18H13ClO2, crystallizes with Z = 8 and Z′ = 2, and the structure at 100 K has orthorhombic (Pna21) symmetry. Each kind of molecule takes part in π–π stacking interactions to form infinite chains parallel to the c axis. We believe that the existence of two forms can be explained by the probable rotation around a single C–C bond. The quantum chemical modeling reveals that these molecules are almost equivalent energetically, and they can be described as the two most stable conformers (rotamers) with a minor rotational barrier of about 0.67 kcal/mol.
