1-sec-Butyl-3-[hydroxy(1-methyl-1H-indol-3-yl)methylidene]pyrrolidine-2,4-dione

Abstract

In the title compound, C18H20N2O3, the dihedral angle between the indole ring system (r.m.s. deviation = 0.018 Å) and the hydroxymethylenepyrrolidine-2,4-dione plane (r.m.s. deviation = 0.036 Å) is 9.87 (7)°. The keto and enol groups are involved in an intramolecular O—H...O hydrogen bond. An intramolecular C—H...O interaction also occurs. The sec-butyl group is disordered over two orientations corresponding to an approximate 180° rotation about the N—C bond, with occupancies of 0.670 (6) and 0.330 (6). In the crystal, molecules are linked into chains along the c axis by C—H...O hydrogen bonds.