Acta Crystallographica Section E (Jul 2010)

(R)-2-Benzyl-4-methylpentyl (R)-2-methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propionate

  • Yoshinori Inoue,
  • Takatoshi Matsumoto,
  • Masataka Watanabe,
  • Hiroshi Katagiri,
  • Tsutomu Kumagai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S160053681002101X
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 66, no. 7
pp. o1665 – o1665

Abstract

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The relative configuration of the alcohol component in the title ester, C27H32O3, has been assigned as (R) from the known configuration of (R)-(−)-2-methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propionic acid [(R)-MαNP acid]. In the crystal structure, the C atom of the methyl group of the MαNP acid lies in the extended plane of the naphthyl ring system [methyl C atom deviates from plane by 0.211 (2) Å; r.m.s. deviation of fitted atoms = 0.0187 Å] and a weak intramolecular C—H...O hydrogen bond links the naphthyl ring system and the methoxy group. These structural properties are similar to those of most MαNP acid esters.