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Synthesis of (E)-1-benzyl-4-benzylidenepyrrolidine-2, 3-dione: Spectroscopic Characterization and X-ray Structure Determination

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The compound (E)-1-benzyl-4-benzylidenepyrrolidine-2,3-dione was synthetized using Ethyl 1-benzyl-4,5-dioxopyrrolidine-3-carboxylate, and benzaldehyde in Ethanol/HCl medium. The isolated compound was characterized by elemental analyses, 1H and 13C NMR and FTIR spectroscopy. Suitable crystal for X-ray diffraction was obtained from slow evaporation of a solution of the compound in ethyl acetate. The compound crystallizes in the centrosymmetric space group P-1 of the triclinic system with the following unit cell parameters a = 6.4367 (4) Å, b = 7.4998 (5) Å, c = 15.3455 (5) Å, = 86.448 (4)°, β = 78.732 (4)°, = 83.943 (5)°, V = 721.80 (7) Å3, Z = 2, R1 = 0.049 and wR2 = 0.135. In the title molecule, C18H15NO2, the pyrrolidine-2,3-dione ring is almost planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0081 Å). The pyrrolidine ring has an envelope conformation with a methylene carbon as the flap. The two phenyl rings are severely twisted with dihedral angle of 72.234 (5)°. The pyrrolidine ring is quite coplanar with the C13-C18 phenyl ring and severely twisted from the C1-C6 phenyl ring with dihedral angles of 0.762 (5)° and 72.750 (5)°. The molecule adopts an E configuration with respect to the ethylenic moiety. Unclassical C—H•••O hydrogen bonding link the molecules, forming layers in the bc plane.

Published in Science Journal of Chemistry (Volume 11, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.sjc.20231103.11
Page(s) 71-77
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Pyrrolidine, Benzaldehyde, FTIR, NMR, Crystal, X-ray Diffraction

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