Conformations of bridged diphenyls. XIV. Crystal structure of 2-(4′-carbomethoxy-2′ aminophenoxy)-1,3,5-trimethylbenzene and endocylic angles in bridged diphenyls
The structure of 2-(4′-carbomethoxy-2′-aminophenoxy)-1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, C17H19NO3, has been determined by X-ray diffraction. The crystals are monoclinic, a = 23.895(9), b = 7.821(4), c = 16.641(8) Å, β = 99.26(3), C2/c, Z = 8. The integrated intensities of 3540 independent reflections were measured on a four-circle diffractometer. A total of 2403 of these reflections was used in the refinement to give a final least-squares weighted residual of 0.069 and a conventional R factor of 0.096. The molecule adopts the skew-amino-distal conformation as does the analogous ortho-nitro-substituted compound. The lengths of the bonds from the amino substituted ring and the mesityl ring are 1.404(3) and 1.376(4) Å respectively and the torsional angles about those bonds are ±5.8 and [Formula: see text]. The angle subtended at the bridging oxygen atom is 120.1°. Variations in the endocyclic angles subtended at substituted ring carbon atoms in this and other bridged diphenyls may be understood in terms of a combination of hybridization effects, and the spatial requirements of the bonds to substituents.