Crystal structure of ethyl 2-[(4-bromophenyl)amino]-3,4-dimethylpent-3-enoate
In the title compound, C15H20BrNO2, there are two independent molecules (AandB) comprising the asymmetric unit and these adopt very similar conformations. InA, the dihedral angle between the CO2and MeC=CMe2groups is 80.7 (3)°, and these make dihedral angles of 3.5 (3) and 84.09 (16)°, respectively, with the bromobenzene ring. The equivalent dihedral angles for moleculeBare 78.4 (3), 2.1 (3) and 78.37 (12)°, respectively. The most prominent interactions in the crystal packing are amine-N—H...O(carbonyl) hydrogen bonds between the two independent molecules, resulting in non-centrosymmetric ten-membered {...OC2NH}2synthons. Statistical disorder is noted for each of the terminal methyl groups of the ethyl residues.