(Z)-1-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-4-(2-methoxybenzylidene)-2-methyl-1H-imidazol-5(4H)-one

In the title compound, C14H16N2O3, an analog of the chromophore in green fluorescent protein, the methoxyphenyl substituent and the imidazole N adopt a Z conformation with respect to the C=C bond. Aside from the hydroxyethyl group, the molecule is approximately planar, with the five- and six-membere...

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Main Authors: Hongyi Wu, Weihua Wang, Edwin H. Walker Jr, Frank R. Fronczek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2013-04-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536813007770