Three isomeric forms of hydroxyphenyl-2-oxazoline: 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-2-oxazoline, 2-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-2-oxazoline and 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-oxazoline

Crystal structures are reported for three isomeric compounds, namely 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-2-oxazoline, (I), 2-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-2-oxazoline, (II), and 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-oxazoline, (III), all C₉H₉NO₂ [systematic names: 2-(4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol-2-yl)phenol, (I), 3-(4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol-2-yl)phenol, (II), and 4-(4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol-2-yl)phenol, (III)]. In these compounds, the deviation from coplanarity of the oxazoline and benzene rings is dependent on the position of the hydroxy group on the benzene ring. The coplanar arrangement in (I) is stabilized by a strong intramolecular O-H...N hydrogen bond. Surprisingly, the 2-oxazoline ring in molecule B of (II) adopts a ³T₄ (^C2T_C3) conformation, while the 2-oxazoline ring in molecule A, as well as that in (I) and (III), is nearly planar, as expected. Tetramers of molecules of (II) are formed and they are bound together via weak C-H...N hydrogen bonds. In (III), strong intermolecular O-H...N hydrogen bonds and weak intramolecular C-H...O hydrogen bonds lead to the formation of an infinite chain of molecules perpendicular to the b direction. This paper also reports a theoretical investigation of hydrogen bonds, based on density functional theory (DFT) employing periodic boundary conditions

Crystal Structure, Infrared Spectra and DFT Study of Benzyl 2,3-Anhydro-β-D-Ribopyranoside

The crystal structure of benzyl 2,3-anhydro-β-D-ribopyranoside is orthorhombic, P2₁2₁2₁, Z = 4. The pyranose ring adopts the E_O conformation distorted considerably to the ⁵H_O direction. The molecules of the title compound are linked into infinite chains running along the a-axis by bifurcated O–H···O hydrogen bonds. Interaction energies of these hydrogen bonds are significantly different, ~−5.4 for the bond with the smaller and ~−1.1 kcal/mol for the bond with the larger O···O separation. The hydrogen-bond pattern is completed by the two weaker C–H···O intermolecular hydrogen bonds, aiming at the epoxy oxygen atom. IR vibrational spectrum was interpreted by means of comparison with the full list of vibrational modes predicted using DFT method in the solid state. While till 1495 cm⁻¹ the individual bands can be reconciled with single calculated modes, the region below this limit is populated by heavily overlapped HCH, HCO, HOC, COC and HCC bending modes merged with few ν(CC) and ν(CO) modes. The respective “red” shifts of the positions of the ν(OH) bands correlate well with the size of the O···O separation