Crystal structure of 10-benzyl-9-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3,3,6,6-tetramethyl-3,4,6,7,9,10-hexahydroacridine-1,8(2H,5H)-dione

Abstract

In the acridinedione moiety of the title compound, C32H37NO4, the central dihydropyridine ring adopts a flattened-boat conformation, with the N atom and the methine C atom displaced from the mean plane of the other four atoms by 0.0513 (14) and 0.1828 (18) Å, respectively. The two cyclohexenone rings adopt envelope conformations, with the tetrasubsituted C atoms as the flap atoms. The 3,4-dimethoxybenzene and benzyl rings are almost normal to the dihydropyridine mean plane, with dihedral angles of 89.47 (9) and 82.90 (11)°, respectively. In the crystal, molecules are linked via a pair of C—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers, which are, in turn, linked by C—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming slabs lying parallel to (001).

Keywords

• crystal structure
• dimedone
• benzylamine
• acridinedione