C 18 H 19 NO 4 ,monoclinic, P2 1 /n (no. 14), a =10.204(6) Å, b =14.888(9) Å, c =10.750(6) Å, b =95.081(6)°, V =1626.7 Å 3 , Z =4,R gt (F) =0.089, wR ref (F 2 ) =0.226, T =296 K.
Source of materialAsolutionofninhydrin (1 mmol), L-proline(1mmol) and methyl methacrylate (1.2mmol) was stirred in 10 mL methanol at room temperature for 2h.Completion of the reaction was evidenced by TLC analysis, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, and the residue was separated by columnchromatography (silica gel, petroleum ether/ethyl acetate =10: 1) to give the title compound. Finally, 30 mg of the title compound was dissolvedin 20 ml MeOH, and the solution was kept at room temperature for 7d.Natural evaporation gave yellow single crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction analysis.
Experimental detailsHatoms bonded to Catoms were positioned geometrically and allowed to ride on their parent atomswith d(C-H) =0.96 Åand U iso (H) =1.2 U eq (C). The large R values maybedue to the not ideal quality of the single-crystals, although several attempts have been made to grow better ones. The reported data are the best of aseries of experimentsondifferent crystals.
DiscussionThe 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction provides asimple and direct entryi nto an umber of five-membered heterocyclicc ompounds such as pyrrolidines,pyrrolines, andpyrroles [3]. In this reaction,t he azomethine ylidei sf irstly generated in situ,v ia decarboxylative condensation of an aldehyde or aketone with an amino acid, which is trapped smoothly by trapping dipolarophiles to form five-membered heterocyclic compounds [2,3].Almost all these reactions run with ag ood yield and high regio-and stereoselectivity [1][2][3][4]. The two components of the title crystal structure, indane-1,3-dione and hexahydro-pyrrolizine,j oin at the spiroquaternary carbon (C1). The two rings of hexahydro-1H-pyrrolizine display typical envelope conformation. C6 and C2 deviate out of the envelope planes. The hexahydro-1H-pyrrolizine moiety displays M configuration and the two rings of hexahydro-1H-pyrrolizineare nearly mirror symmetrical. The relative configuration of this molecule is 2S,7aR.The indane-1,3-dione moiety is nearly planar, with the C9-C14-C15-O1 torsion angle of -4.8(5)°. The two carbonyl groups of the indane-1,3-dione moiety display different characters forthe asymmetric effect, theangle ÐC1-C15-O1is 125.0(3)°comparedwith125.1(4)°of theangle ÐC1-C8-O2.