Crystal structures of two acridinedione derivatives

Abstract

The crystal structures of two acridinedione derivatives, namely 10-(3,4-Dichloro-5-hydroxyphenyl)-3,4,6,7,9,10-hexahydro-1,8(2H, 5H) acridinedione (DHHA, CCDC 206440) and 10-(3,5-Dihydroxy-4-nitrophenyl)-3,4,6,7,9,10-hexahydro-1,8(2H, 5H) acridinedione (DHNA, CCDC206441) are reported here. Both the structures were solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to final R- values of 0.073 and 0.076 respectively. In both the crystal structures, the central pyridine ring in the acridinedione moiety tends to be planar while the outer two rings adopt half-chair (sofa) conformation. The buckling angles 2.2(2)° and 11.0(1)° for DHHA and DHNA show the degree of planarity of the acridinedione moiety. The C-H…O types of hydrogen bonds help to stabilize the molecules in the unit cell in addition to van der Waals forces. (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)