1,1-Bis(4-fluorophenyl)-3,4-dihydro-1H-1,3-oxazino[3,4-a]indole

Abstract

The title compound, C23H17F2NO, which crystallizes with two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit, was prepared by the cyclization of 4-[2-bis(4-fluorophenyl)methyleneamino]but-3-yn-1-ol at room temperature. The molecules display a tripod conformation. The two fluorophenyl rings make dihedral angles of 79.26 (2) and 85.87 (1)° [86.53 (1) and 83.67 (2)° in the second molecule] with the indole ring, and the dihedral angles between the fluorophenyl rings are 67.74 (2) and 66.33 (2)°, respectively. Furthermore, the indole rings are located on the edge of the respective oxazine half-chair ring systems. Nonconventional C—H...π contacts between indole and fluorophenyl rings are observed.