Crystal and Molecular Structure of 2-Deacylusnic Acid
Crystals of the title compound are monoclinic a = 9.801(2) b = 9.120(1) c = 8.026(2) Å, β = 107.45(1)°, Z = 2, space group P21. The structure was determined by direct methods, and refined by electron-density and full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.0325 for 1363 observed reflections. An attempt to determine the absolute configuration by use of the anomalous scattering of oxygen and carbon atoms has been made. The most important structural feature is delocalization in the cyclohexadiene ring. There are two intramolecular O—H … O hydrogen bonds, O … O distances 2.532(3) and 2.712(2) Å. The crystal structure consists of molecules linked by intermolecular O—H … O hydrogen bonds, O … O = 2.625(2)Å, to form continuous spirals about the 21 axes.