organic compounds
The title polysubstituted pyridines, ethyl 4-hydroxy-2,6-diphenyl-5-(phenylsulfanyl)pyridine-3-carboxylate, C26H21NO3S, (I), and ethyl 2,6-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-4-hydroxy-5-(4-methylphenylsulfanyl)pyridine-3-carboxylate, C27H21F2NO3S, (II), adopt nearly planar structures. The crystal structure of (I) is stabilized by intermolecular C—HO and C—Hπ interactions. The C—HO hydrogen bonds generate rings of motifs R22(14) and R22(20). The crystal structure of (II) is stabilized by intermolecular C—HF and C—Hπ interactions. The C—HF bond generates a linear chain of motif C(14). In addition, in (I) and (II), intramolecular O—HO interactions generating a graph-set motif S(6) are found. No significant aryl–aryl or π–π interactions exist in these structures.