Crystal structure, DFT study and Hirshfeld surface analysis of ethyl 6-chloro-2-ethoxyquinoline-4-carboxylate

Abstract

In the title quinoline derivative, C14H14ClNO3, there is an intramolecular C—H...O hydrogen bond forming an S(6) graph-set motif. The molecule is essentially planar with the mean plane of the ethyl acetate group making a dihedral angle of 5.02 (3)° with the ethyl 6-chloro-2-ethoxyquinoline mean plane. In the crystal, offset π–π interactions with a centroid-to-centroid distance of 3.4731 (14) Å link inversion-related molecules into columns along the c-axis direction. Hirshfeld surface analysis indicates that H...H contacts make the largest contribution (50.8%) to the Hirshfeld surface.

Keywords

• crystal structure
• quinoline
• offset π–π interactions
• Hirshfeld surface analysis
• DFT