The crystal and molecular structure of metachloral, 2(e),4(e),6(e),8(e)-Tetrakis-(trichloromethy1)-1,3,5,7-tetraoxocan

Abstract

The molecular conformation of the title compound has been defined by an X-ray crystallographic analysis from diffractometer data measured with Cu Kα radiation. The monoclinic crystals belong to the space group P2₁/n with a 16.256(6), b 6.130(1), c 9.812(2) Ǻ, β 96.42(2)°, and Z 2. The structure was solved by direct methods and refinement converged to give an R of 0.071 for the 1221 observed terms. Unlike other 1,3,5,7- substituted eight-membered heterocyclic compounds, the molecule adopts a chair conformation and has exact C₁ symmetry. All the trichloromethyl substituents are equatorial.