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Crystal structure of triethyl 2-(5-nitro-2H-indazol-2-yl)propane-1,2,3-tri-carboxyl-ate
Mohammed Boulhaoua1, Mohammed Benchidmi1, El Mokhtar Essassi1
1Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Hétérocyclique URAC 21, Pôle de Compétence Pharmacochimie, Av. Ibn Battouta, BP 1014, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
Abstract:
In the title compound, C19H23N3O8, the 5-nitro-2H-indazol-2-yl unit is almost planar, with the maximum deviation from the mean plane being 0.024 (2) Å. The fused-ring system is nearly perpendicular to the three carboxyl-ate groups, with dihedral angles of 90.0 (3), 83.8 (1) and 80.4 (1)°. The ethyl groups attached to both ends of the propane chain are each disordered over two sets of sites, with site-occupancy ratios of 0.425 (17):0.575 (17) and 0.302 (15):0.698 (15). In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by pairs of C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers. The dimers are further linked by C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network.
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