Crystal structure of methyl 1-methyl-2-oxospiro[indoline-3,2′-oxirane]-3′-carboxylate

Abstract

In the title compound, C12H11NO4, the dihedral angle between the indole ring system (r.m.s. deviation = 0.019 Å) and the oxirane ring is 88.8 (2)°. The oxirane O atom and the bridging ester O atom are in an approximate syn conformation [O—C—C—O = −25.4 (3)°] In the crystal, inversion dimers linked by pair of C—H...O hydrogen bonds generate R22(8) loops, where the C—H donor group forms part of the oxirane ring. A second C—H...O interaction arising from one of the C—H groups of the benzene ring links the dimers into [001] double chains.

Keywords

• crystal structure
• ester
• spiro compound
• indoline
• oxirane
• hydrogen bonding