Crystal and molecular structure of: 5-(1-oxoethyl)-1-methyl-2-(5-bromo-6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)-6-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-7-one and 5-(1-oxoethyl)-1-methyl-2-(5-bromo-6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)-6-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane

Abstract

X-ray crystallographic studies of the two title compounds have shown that the molecules crystallize in the same triclinic space group,$P\bar 1$, with very similar cell dimensions. For C₂₁H₂₁BrO₄,a=12.056(5),b=13.206(5),c=7.595(3)Å, α=90.38(3), β=106.07(3) and γ=124.42(3)° and for C₂₁H₂₃BrO₃,a=12.076(6),b=13.090(5),c=7.490(3)Å, α=92.65(5), β=104.90(5) and γ=124.55(5)°. Both compounds possess the oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane bridged ring system and differ only at the carbon α to the ring oxygen where the Csp³ in the ether is replaced by Csp²=O in the lactone. Both cyclohexane rings adopt distorted chair conformations and the lactone and ether rings approximate closely to the envelope conformation. The bromine substituent at C(4) results in distortion of the naphthalene ring. Both molecules pack with the naphthalene rings parallel to each other with interplanar spacings of 3.71 Å in the ether and 3.66Å in the lactone.