Open Access4,4′‐(4,5‐Dimethyl‐1,2‐phenylene)bis(2‐methylbut‐3‐yn‐2‐ol): structural variation in vicinal dialkynols
Author(s) -
Bond Marcus R.,
Hathaway Bruce A.,
Kilgore Uriah J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1600-5759
pISSN - 0108-2701
DOI - 10.1107/s0108270112013169
Subject(s) - vicinal , synthon , intramolecular force , chemistry , phenylene , hydrogen bond , molecule , intermolecular force , stereochemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , polymer
The structure of the title compound, C 18 H 22 O 2 , contains two non‐equivalent molecules which differ primarily in the location of the –OH groups on opposite sides or on the same side of the molecular plane. Inversion‐symmetric pairs of molecules form intermolecular O—H...O hydrogen‐bonded tetrameric synthons that link non‐equivalent molecules into an approximately square double layer parallel to (02). Recently reported fluorinated analogues [Kane, Meyers, Yu, Gerken & Etzkorn (2011). Eur. J. Org. Chem. pp. 2969–2980] have significantly different structures of varying complexity that incorporate intramolecular hydrogen bonding and suggest that further study of structure versus substituents in vicinal dialkynols could be fruitful.