C23H29NO 6 1637 the three planar segments in the molecule result in a rather loosely packed structure consistent with the ease of sublimation of the solid material.We wish to thank Dr Richard A. Kretchmer Least-squares refinement (nonhydrogen atoms anisotropic, H atoms isotropic) led to a final unweighted R value (on F; 1392 observed reflections) of 0.038. The carboxamide group is rotated by 34 ° from the plane of the pyridine ring and oriented such that the carbonyl O atom is directed toward the 4 position of the pyridine ring. The hybridization of the amide N is close to sp2; the chiral C atom, C(7), is 0.20A out of the plane of the carboxamide group. The phenyl group extends toward the B side of the molecule and the methyl group towards the A side. The conformation of the molecule is discussed in relation to studies of stereospecific reduction by models for the reduced pyridine nucleotide, NADH. It is found that the structure leads to predictions of asymmetric induction which are opposite to those experimentally observed.
Structure of (S)-N-(~-