0000000000936958
AUTHOR
Marcel Sonneck
3-Ethylindan-1-one
The title compound, C11H12O, has been prepared as a side product in the attempted room-temperature synthesis of (E)-1-phenylpent-2-en-1-one. The molecular structure consists of an approximately planar indanone core (r.m.s. deviation = 0.042 Å) with the ethyl group protruding from this plane. In the crystal, centrosymmetrically related molecules are linked into dimers by pairs of C—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming rings ofR22(10) graph-set motif. The dimers are further connected by C—H...π interactions into chains running parallel to [-101].
Crystal structure of (E)-pent-2-enoic acid
The molecule of the title compound, C5H8O2, a low-melting α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, is essentially planar [maximum displacement = 0.0239 (13) Å]. In the crystal, molecules are linked into centrosymmetric dimersviapairs of O—H...O hydrogen bonds.