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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
Crystal structure of (E)-4,4'-(but-2-ene-1,4-di-yl)bis-(2-meth-oxy-phenol)
Kyle S Knight1, Patrick J Carey1
1Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA.
Abstract:
The title compound, C18H20O4, was synthesized via the ruthenium-catalyzed alkene methathesis dimerization of eugenol. The whole mol-ecule is generated by inversion symmetry; the center of inversion being located at the mid-point of the trans C=C bond. The phenol ring is inclined to the mean plane of the central C-C=C-C unit (r.m.s. deviation = 0.014 Å) by 68.83 (16)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked via O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, involving the hy-droxy and meth-oxy groups, forming undulating sheets parallel to (010).
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