Crystal structure, DFT and Hirshfeld surface analysis of N-acetyl-t-3-methyl-r-2,c-6-diphenylpiperidine

Abstract

In the title compound [systematic name: 1-(3-methyl-2,6-diphenylpiperidin-1-yl)ethanone], C20H23NO, the piperidine ring adopts a distorted boat conformation, while the phenyl rings subtend a dihedral angle 65.1 (2)°. In the crystal, molecules are linked by C—H...O hydrogen bonds into chains extending along the b-axis direction. The DFT/B3LYP/6–311 G(d,p) method was used to determine the HOMO–LUMO energy levels. A Hirshfeld surface analysis was conducted to verify the contributions of the different intermolecular interactions, indicating that the important contributions to the crystal packing are from H...H (73.2%), C...H (18.4%) and O...H (8.4%) interactions.

Keywords

• crystal structure
• 2,6-substituted piperidine
• hydrogen bonds
• dft