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A Two-Step Protocol for Umpolung Functionalization of Ketones Via Enolonium Species
Published on: August 16, 2018
2,2'-(4-{[(E)-4-Meth-oxy-benzyl-idene]amino}-phenyl-imino)-diethanol
Xiaoju Liu1, Bingqin Yang, Mingjuan Wang
1Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Material Science, The North-West University of Xi'an, Taibai Bei Avenue 229, Xi'an 710069, Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the title compound, C(18)H(22)N(2)O(3), the dihedral angle between the aromatic rings is 3.9 (2)°. Both H atoms of the hy-droxy groups are involved in inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonding. In the crystal structure, this hydrogen bonding assembles mol-ecules into chains of 2(1) symmetry extending parallel to the b axis. The almost planar (within 0.09 and 0.06 Å) 4-CH(3)O-C(6)H(4)-CH=N-C(6)H(4)- groups are oriented outwards the twofold screw axis.
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