Gurale BP, Gonnade RG, Shashidhar MS. Chiral crystals from an achiral molecule: 4,6-di-O-benzyl-1,3-O-benzylidene-2-O-(4-methoxybenzyl)-myo-5-inosose.
Acta Crystallogr C 2012;
68:o183-7. [PMID:
22552307 DOI:
10.1107/s0108270112010001]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Accepted: 03/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
The title achiral compound, C(35)H(34)O(7), crystallizes in the chiral monoclinic space group P2(1). The molecules are densely packed to form a helical assembly along the crystallographic twofold screw axis via C-H···O and C-H···π interactions. Interestingly, the unit-translated helical chains are loosely connected via a rather uncommon edge-to-edge Ph-H···H-Ph short contact (H···H = 2.33 Å).
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