Conformational polymorphs of 22-cyano-<i>N</i>-methyl-5-phenylpent-2-en-4-ynamide
作者:Oleg Ya. Borbulevych、Igor R. Golding、Alexander N. Shchegolikhin、Zinaida S. Klemenkova、Mikhail Yu. Antipin
DOI:10.1107/s010827010100909x
日期:2001.8.15
Although the two polymorphic modifications, (I) and (II), of the title compound, C13H10N2O, crystallize in the same space group (P2(1)/c), their asymmetric units have Z' values of 1 and 2, respectively. These are conformational polymorphs, since the molecules in phases (I) and (II) adopt different rotations of the phenyl ring with respect the central 2-cyanocarboxy-aminoprop-2-enyl fragment. Calculations of crystal packing using Cerius(2) [Molecular Simulations (1999). 9685 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA 92121, USA] have shown that (I) is more stable than (II), by 1.3 kcal mol(-1) for the crystallographically determined structures and by 1.56 kcal mol(-1) for the optimized structures (1 kcal mol(-1) = 4.184 kJ mol(-1)). This difference is mainly attributed to the different strengths of the hydrogen bonding in the two forms.