2-(3-Cyano-4-{3-[1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3,3-dimethyl-1,3-dihydroindol-2-ylidene]prop-2-enyl}-5,5-dimethyl-5H-furan-2-ylidene)malononitrile

• Main Authors: Graeme J. Gainsford, M. Delower H. Bhuiyan, Andrew J. Kay
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2014-01-01
• Series: Acta Crystallographica Section E
• Online Access: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536813033242

The title compound, C25H24N4O2, adopts a cisoid configuration and has twofold orientational disorder of the 2-hydroxyethyl group. The molecule is twisted from planarity so that the dihedral angle between the terminating indol-2-ylidene and the furan-2-ylidene moiety mean planes is 12.75 (7)°. Conformational disorder occurs at the indol-2-ylidene N atom, which results in two orientations for the hydroxyethyl group [occupancy ratio = 0.896 (2):0.104 (2)], and the hydroxy O atom of the 2-hydroxyethyl group is located over three sites [occupancy ratio = 0.548 (2):0.348 (2):0.104 (2)]. An intramolecular C—H...O hydrogen bond involving the lowest occupancy hydroxy O atom is observed. In the crystal, the molecules pack in parallel dimeric sheets about centres of symmetry, utilizing O—H...N(cyano), C—H...N(cyano) and O—H...O hydrogen bonds, in two sets parallel to (02-1) and (021) planes.