2,6-Bis(3-methoxyphenyl)-3-methylpiperidin-4-one

In the molecule of the title compound, C20H23NO3, the bulky methoxyphenyl substituents at the equatorial 2,6-positions crowd the vicinity of the equatorial amino H atom and prevent it from forming intermolecular hydrogen bonds. The piperidine ring adopts a distorted chair conformation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Venkatesha R. Hathwar, Motakatla Novanna, F. Nawaz Khan, P. Nithya, Seik Weng Ng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2009-12-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536809045346