Characterization and structural analyses of trimethoxy and triethoxybenzo[b]thiophene

The crystal and molecular structures of two methoxybenzo[b] thiophenes have been determined by three-dimensional, single-crystal X-ray diffractometry. Both 3-(3',4',5'-trimethoxybenzoyl)-2-(4'-methoxyphenyl)-6-methoxybenzo[b]thiophene and 3-(3',4',5'-triethoxybenzoyl)-2-(4'-methoxyphenyl)-6-methoxybenzo[b]thiophene (hereafter referred to as I and II, respectively) crystallize In the triclinic centrosymmetric space group P (1) over bar (No. 2, C-1) with two formula units per cell with a = 6.842(1) Angstrom, b = 12.602(2) Angstrom, c = 13.815(2) Angstrom, alpha = 94.80(1)degrees, beta = 98.27(2)degrees, and gamma = 100.59(2)degrees and a 10.600(1), b = 11.415(2), c=12.137(2) Angstrom, alpha = 94.57(1)degrees, beta 101.18(1)degrees, and gamma = 110.45(1)degrees, respectively. The phase problems were solved by direct methods and the respective final full-matrix least-squares refinements converged to R = 0.039 and 0.068. The structures differ in the orientation of the trimethoxy and triethoxy groups of the benzoyl ligands. The molecules in the crystal lattice are held together by van der Waals forces. Selected bond distances, angles, and torsion angles are tabularized as well as reference to the synthesis of the title compounds and peripheral studies.