4-Ethynyl-4-hydroxycyclohexan-1-one and 4-ethynyl-4-hydroxy-2,3,5,6-tetramethylcyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-one

• Published in: Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications Crystal structure communications, 2000-11, Vol.56 (11), p.1356-1358
• Main Authors: Bilton, Clair, Howard, Judith A. K., Madhavi, N. N. Laxmi, Desiraju, Gautam R., Allen, Frank H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aliphatic, non-condensed and condensed benzenic, and alicyclic compounds; Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Exact sciences and technology; Organic compounds; Physics; Structure of solids and liquids; crystallography; Structure of specific crystalline solids
• ISSN: 0108-2701; 1600-5759
• DOI: 10.1107/S0108270100011355

The title compounds, C8H10O2, (I), and C12H14O2, (II), occurred as by‐products in the controlled synthesis of a series of bis­(gem‐alkynols), prepared as part of an extensive study of synthon formation in simple gem‐alkynol derivatives. The two 4‐(gem‐alkynol)‐1‐ones crystallize in space group P21/c, (I) with Z′ = 1 and (II) with Z′ = 2. Both structures are dominated by O—H⃛O=C hydrogen bonds, which form simple chains in the cyclo­hexane derivative, (I), and centrosymmetric dimers, of both symmetry‐independent mol­ecules, in the cyclo­hexa‐2,5‐diene, (II). These strong synthons are further stabilized by C[triple‐bond]C—H⃛O=C, Cmethylene—H⃛O(H) and Cmethyl—H⃛O(H) interactions. The direct intermolecular interactions between donors and acceptors in the gem‐alkynol group, which characterize the bis­(gem‐alkynol) analogues of (I) and (II), are not present in the ketone derivatives studied here.