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Facile Preparation of (2Z,4E)-Dienamides by the Olefination of Electron-deficient Alkenes with Allyl Acetate
Published on: June 21, 2017
(E,E)-1,2-Bis[3-meth-oxy-4-(prop-2-yn-1-yl-oxy)benzyl-idene]hydrazine
Wisam Naji Atiyah Al-Mehana1, Raied M Shakir, Rosiyah Yahya
1Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Abstract:
The complete mol-ecule in the title compound, C(22)H(20)N(2)O(4), is generated by the application of an inversion centre. With the exception of the terminal acetyl-ene groups [C-O-C-C = -78.02 (17)°], the remaining atoms constituting the mol-ecule are essentially coplanar. The configuration around the C=N bond [1.282 (2) Å] is E. The formation of supra-molecular chains mediated by C-H⋯O inter-actions, occurring between methyl-ene H and meth-oxy O atoms, is the most notable feature of the crystal packing.
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