The epimeric 9-oxobicyclo[3.3.1]-nonane-3-carboxylic acids: Hydrogen-bonding patterns of the endo acid and the lactol of the exo acid

Markos M. Papadakis, Jorge A. Pavon, Roger A. Lalancette, Hugh W. Thompson

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Abstract

The two δ-keto carboxylic acids of the title, both C10H14O3, are epimeric at the site of carboxyl attachment. The endo (3α) epimer, (I), has its keto-acid ring in a boat conformation, with the tilt of the carboxyl group creating conformational chirality. The molecules form hydrogen bonds by centrosymmetric pairing of carboxyl groups across the corners of the chosen cell [O⋯O = 2.671 (2) Å and O-H⋯O = 179 (2)°]. Two close intermolecular C-H⋯O contacts exist for the ketone. The exo (3β) epimer exists in the closed ring-chain tautomeric form as the lactol, 8-hydroxy-9-oxatricyclo[5.3.1.03,8]undecan-10-one, (II). The molecules have conformational chirality, and the hydrogen-bonding scheme involves intermolecular hydroxyl-to-carbonyl chains of molecules screw-related in b [O⋯O = 2.741 (2) Å and O-H⋯O = 177 (2)°].

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)o167-o170
JournalActa Crystallographica Section C: Crystal Structure Communications
Volume59
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2003

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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