The crystal structure of an aliphatic nitro compound with atropisomerism, C13H21NO3, has been determined by X-ray diffraction at ambient temperature. The monoclinic structure (P21/c, Z = 8) was refined by the full-matrix least-squares method to a final R = 0.040 for 2394 observed unique reflections. Two crystallographically independent molecules consist of a pair of atropisomers. The intramolecular O···H–C type hydrogen bonds (O···C(methyl): 3.21–3.54 Å) and the contact between the nitro oxygen and ethylenic carbon atoms (O···C: 3.24 and 3.36 Å) may be responsible for this isomerism.
                                    在室温下,通过X射线衍射确定了具有旋光异构性的脂肪族
硝基化合物C13H21NO3的
水晶结构。通过全矩阵最小二乘法,将单斜晶系(P21/c,Z = 8)的2394个观察到的独特反射最终精炼为R = 0.040。一对旋光异构体由两个晶体学上独立的分子组成。分子内O···H-C型氢键(O···C(甲基):3.21-3.54 Å)以及硝基氧和
乙烯基碳原子之间的接触(O···C:3.24和3.36 Å)可能是这种异构性的原因。