1-(Anthracen-1-yl)pyrrolidine-2,5-dione

Abstract

In the molecular structure of title compound, C18H13NO2, the succinimide ring is orientated away from the plane of the anthracene moiety by 71.94 (4)°. The crystal structure features three different types of intermolecular interactions, viz. C—H...O, C—H...π and π–π bonds. Molecules along the b axis stack on each other as a result of π–π interactions which have a centroid–centroid distance of 3.6780 (15) Å, while C—H...π interactions are present between neigbouring stacks. Also, acting between the stacks are the C—H...O interactions between the aromatic H atoms of the anthracene and the O atoms of the succinimide.