Acta Crystallographica Section B

Structural Science

Volume 54, Part 3 (June 1998)

research papers

Acta Cryst. (1998). B54, 264-276 [ doi:10.1107/S0108768197012020 ]

Pseudoacids. II. 2-Acylbenzoic Acid Derivatives

E. J. Valente, S. B. Martin and L. D. Sullivan

Abstract: Structures of derivatives of cyclic o-acylbenzoic acids, including the chloride, endo- and exocyclic amides, esters and anhydrides, are examined. 3-Chloro-1(3H)-isobenzofuranone (1), orthorhombic, Pbca, a = 11.616 (5), b = 8.120 (3), c = 15.640 (9) Å; 3-methoxy-3-phenyl-1(3H)-isobenzofuranone (3), orthorhombic, P2₁2₁2₁, a = 6.923 (2), b = 8.291 (4), c = 21.551 (8) Å; 3-hydroxy-3-phenyl-N-propyl-1(3H)-isoindolone (4), orthorhombic, P2₁2₁2₁, a = 8.662 (4), b = 9.551 (7), c = 17.649 (14) Å; 3-(N-morpholino)-1(3H)-isobenzofuranone (5), triclinic, P1, a = 6.172 (4), b = 11.163 (7), c = 17.33 (2) Å, [alpha] = 105.91 (6), [beta] = 99.85 (6), [gamma] = 97.57 (5)°; 3-(2'-benzoylbenzoyloxy)-3-phenyl-1(3H)-isobenzofuranone (7), triclinic, P1, a = 9.694 (3), b = 10.505 (4), c = 11.163 (4) Å, [alpha] = 80.58 (3), [beta] = 80.41 (3), [gamma] = 76.49 (3)°; bis[1(3H)-isobenzofuranone-3-yl]ether (8), monoclinic, I2/a, a = 15.31 (2), b = 6.111 (12), c = 28.30 (5) Å, [beta] = 101.61 (12)°. An open oxoacid tertiary amide is also described: N-morpholino 2'-benzoylbenzamide (6): monoclinic, P2₁/c, a = 6.844 (4), b = 15.696 (8), c = 14.154 (7) Å, [beta] = 99.43 (4)°. Pseudoacid derivatives form planar isobenzofuran and isoindole rings, and the former aldehyde/ketone carbon-heteroatom endocyclic and exocyclic bond distances show bond length variations which correlate with the relative basicities of the attached groups. Structures of both endocyclic and exocyclic nitrogen pseudoamides are reported as well as examples of the normal-pseudoanhydride and the dipseudoanhydride.